5punk

I've just started playing adventure games again, point-and-click type things or similar, and I'm wondering if anyone knows of any good ones I might have missed?

Good ones I've played/got:
Grim Fandango
Monkey Islands
Indys
Syberias
Full Throttle
Longest Journey
Sam & Max
Day of the Tentacle

not interested in Maniac Mansion or Zak McKraken, too old.

hurrah!

i picked up grim fandago off the floor after seeing your avatar

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:i picked up grim fandago off the floor after seeing your avatar

I hope you like. Of all the millions I have played it's still my favourite

Should do, i liked DOTT, the monkey islands etc.

The Broken Sword series is excellent

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:The Broken Sword series is excellent

nutcrusts! I knew I'd forget one that I've played. Did you play the 3rd one?

anymore?

spoodie wrote:

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:The Broken Sword series is excellent

nutcrusts! I knew I'd forget one that I've played. Did you play the 3rd one?

anymore?

Loved the first two, got the 3rd for the xbox, it's shit, crippled by insane loading times and mindless box pushing puzzles.

I thuroughly enjoyed "The Dig," but most of the games on the initial list I enjoyed more

beneath a steel sky? its free. its on the floor and the publisher put it there.

LOOM is quite good, but if you think Zak Mcraken/manic mansion are too old then thats probably too old as well.
Shadow of the comet is another oldie but goodie (esp. if you like HP Lovecraft's works)

Lure of the temptress.
Discworld Noir, its the best of the discworld games. but it is by T.Pratchett so be warned.

some of the later Leisure Suit Larrys as well

mrbobbins wrote:Loved the first two, got the 3rd for the xbox, it's shit, crippled by insane loading times and mindless box pushing puzzles.

same here. another genre mixing disaster. I hear there could be a 4th one on the way which will learn from the mistakes of the previous. Also Beneath a Steel Sky 2, woo!

nickface wrote:I thuroughly enjoyed "The Dig," but most of the games on the initial list I enjoyed more

another one I forgot about and I enjoyed it too

Anhamgrimmar wrote:Shadow of the comet is another oldie but goodie (esp. if you like HP Lovecraft's works)

Lure of the temptress.
Discworld Noir, its the best of the discworld games. but it is by T.Pratchett so be warned.

some of the later Leisure Suit Larrys as well

Shadow of the Comet sounds interesting. but I tried one of the discworld games recently and I couldn't get it to run on XP, I did pick it off the floor though so it may have been soiled.

a problem with these older games is that it's hard to get them to run if they are not supported by ScummVM
I guess I could try DOSbox or something

Beneath a Steel Sky 2?!?!?!



When?, where?,

here, but I smell vapourware

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:The Broken Sword series is excellent

this they pwned so much i loved them

Anhamgrimmar wrote:beneath a steel sky...
LOOM...
Shadow of the comet...

Darn it, I was going to suggest those. If anyone finds a way of getting Shadow of the Comet working in XP please post it. It was one of those games I almost bought when it came out and thought 'I'll get it eventually'. Now I can't get it to run

Anhamgrimmar wrote:LOOM is quite good,

this

Shadow of the Comet and Discworld Noir are the only ones I've never played but sound good. Maybe I'll retry Loom and Lure.

Are there any other gems out there that I don't know about? I've only just discovered the Syberia games so was hoping there were others I'd missed but maybe I've just played too many of these games and there's none left to find.

Have you tried Sanitarium? That's a good pointy clicky type game, and very odd. It might even be abandonware too now.

you may have got something there, it's not abandonware as far as I can see but it should be floorware

I'll try it

spoodie wrote:it's not abandonware as far as I can see but it should be floorware

arf!