Thread 724161009

what's your favorite adventure game

>>724161009 (OP)
day of the tentacle

>>724161009 (OP)
Stasis or Ben There Dan That.

>>724161009 (OP)
Broken Sword 2. I must've finished it and the first one over a dozen times.

>>724161009 (OP)
zak mckracken

>>724161009 (OP)
There are a lot I like but I guess grim fandango gets the prize

I know it's very archaic compared to pretty much everything that came after it, but I still love Maniac Mansion. It's more open-ended design and alternate story paths from playing different characters was really ambitious and something rarely attempted by other adventure games. Even Day of Tentacle is nothing like it despite being a sequel. Though I still can't deny that the Indiana Jones adventure games topped Maniac Mansion in how they handle alternate paths. Those are a close second I think.

>>724162191
I simply could not into the NES version but I blame that on the controller and graphics. Will try on pc.

For me? You're asking me? Lotta nerve to ask me after the accident. For me it's Spongebob Squarepants: Employee of the Month.

>>724161329
>five games in the series with a sixth one announced
You'd think they'd have fixed the sword by now.

>>724161009 (OP)
Kyrandia.
I also want to recommend two small simple games of Nelly Cootalot.

>>724163029
It is possible (though not simple) to run the NES version in scummvm for mouse and keyboard support. Though unless you really need the music, you should just play the DOS v2 version. It's got updated graphics and it goes without saying that it has none of the censorship the NES version has.

>>724161009 (OP)
This exact screen is the moment I dropped Monkey Island forever when I finally gave up and looked up the guide and saw the way in to the temple was a pixel hunt on one of the pillars which actually had a hidden lever sticking out of it. I was so angry and offended that it was the solution I refused to continue playing after that point and I'd laboriously made it that far on my own too

>>724161009 (OP)
Discworld 1

>>724161596
original or remake?

Does anyone know if The Longest Journey is worth sticking out? I love the semi cyberpunk city parts to death but always drop the game at the fantasy sections. There's also like four more games and that makes me want to keep playing.

>>724161009 (OP)
Discworld 2

>>724161009 (OP)
Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis

>>724161009 (OP)
Fuck you and fuck your moon logic

>>724161009 (OP)
Discworld Noir. Checks my two favorite boxes, and even Pratchett himself apparently liked it.

>>724163615
Wet fart of an ending. Never played the sequels.
My child self is still mad that she never got naked like the previous guardian because lmao whoops she was never meant to be the next guardian to begin with

>>724161009 (OP)
Other anons will probably mention all my favorites (someone already posted Grim Fandango), so here's my favorite underdog.

>>724161009 (OP)
Nekopara :3

>>724163650
I kept breaking something and it would warp me to the final act without any of the things needed to beat the final act

>>724163708
Literally no moon logic. Even the infamous monkey wrench puzzle in 2 made sense if you were the intended audience.

The Drifter was very good

>>724164336
Damn. May stick it out anyway cause I think I've started it like 5 times over the last decade.

>>724165328
I loved this one. Gorgeous art. Got filtered by some puzzle near the very end. Some autistic impulse made me allergic to looking up the solution so I never finished it.

Any recommendations for someone who is bad at moon logic and is kind of impatient. I have played
>Monkey Island
>Games by Double Fine
>The Drifter
>The Darkside Detective (too simple)

>>724167538
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is always a good experience

>>724167538
I think Broken Sword 1 I remember rarely getting stuck. Never played the others. Also SPONGEBOB EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BABYYY. Only if you're a fan of old Spongebob. Humor is really good.

>>724161009 (OP)
Conquests of the Longbow. It's got some issues but I really love it.

>>724161009 (OP)
Grim fandango is the absolute peak

>>724164336
I liked the ending. It's one of those games were you have to talk with people to get all the hints.

>>724169586
grim.... fandango

>>724161596
>uncensored bare feet

MODS

>>724161009 (OP)
Unteralterbach

>>724166008
NTA but I remember some key item being behind an opened door you had to close to look behind that wasn't there before, that pissed me off

The Journey Down was also an enjoyable experience.

>>724161009 (OP)
Colonel's Bequest

książe i tchórz a.k.a. galador the prince and the coward
it's far from the best point'n'click in the world, but i have warm memories of playing it and the art is beautiful so it's my favourite one

How do you guys play these games without a CRT monitor and no decent dosbox fork that does filters and resizing well? They look awful on a 1080p display.

>>724167538
Wadjet Eye Games have no moon logic.

>>724170454
In 2, you had the laundry claim check in Largo's room, but that's not moon logic. It's just paying attention.
>why is this door able to be closed when most aren't? let's find out

indiana jones and the fate of atlantis

>>724171316
Noticing a single door can be closed when every other one cannot and hiding something behind it is pretty moon, or at the very least akin to "try everything on everything" brute forcing.

>>724161009 (OP)
Sam & Max Hit the Road

>>724161009 (OP)
For me, it's the official Czech localisation of Teenagent with better jokes.

>>724171423
I'm pretty sure that if hang around in Largo's room for too long he shows up and closes the door so you can see that there's something on the door.

>>724171423
It's a rule in adventure games to sweep your cursor around and find out what can be interacted with. Maybe immersive sims are more your speed, brainlet.

>>724170809
First of all, i DO have CRT monitor. But even if i wouldn't there is always ShaderGlass for filters (and magnifying small windows properly). And, of course, you don't these games in fullscreen on 1080, do you?

>>724170743
Love that one, you played the crimson diamond yet?

>>724172436
ShaderGlass doesn't let you fullscreen
>you don't these games in fullscreen on 1080, do you?
of course I do, what the fuck else am I supposed to do, have a window surrounded by inky black darkness with Windows borders breaking my immersion?

>>724171423
At that point you already know that you can close the door. You need to do the whole bucket on a door thing for the laundry claim check to even spawn and you need to close the door for that.

>>724170743
I played Dagger of Amon Ra a billion times but never played the first one.

>>724172670
Yea but why would you think to check behind the door a second time?

>>724172516
>have a window surrounded by inky black darkness with Windows borders breaking my immersion?
As opposed to have the picture being surrounded by monitor's physical borders? Anyway, there is always WindowBlinds. Yes, crack exists.

>>724172806
You know that you need the ticket and it's most likely in his room. Naturally you would go through his room with a fine-tooth comb.

>>724172905
gib crack pl0x

>>724161009 (OP)
The quest for the holy grail, but I'm not big fan of point and click adventures. Also liked Secret Files series. Any recommendation for 2d or 3d adventure game that can be played with controller?

>>724161009 (OP)
Either Runaway 2 or Broken Sword 1, purely 'cause of nostalgia. Objectively I'd say Grim Fandango is the height of the genre in presentation and snappy writing.

Quest for Glory.
All of them are great in my opinion, even 5, but if I have to choose it's a tie between 2 and 4.
And if I have to choose between 2 and 4, it's 2.

>>724173115
Not that hard to find. It exists in the Sea Plunderer's Creek. 11.04 (that can even be updated up to 11.06).

>>724171316
The fucking finger game password was moon logic. "What do you mean you're unfamiliar with a game my brother made up when we were kids?"

>>724173649
It's a joke puzzle and you can only beat it by savescumming. I figured that out when I was like 10.

Peasant Quest on Homestarrunner.com

>>724174147
That fucking dice game was so much bullshit.

>>724173909
If I recall the guide I looked at said just to answer with whatever number they show first. I don't know if I got lucky or what but it worked for me first try.

>>724174147
That game just had this awesome feel of hidden erotica going on, if only Al Lowe had made his own game for Steam or something. Then the tits could have really been unleashed.

>>724173909
How can you tell it's a joke and you aren't just retarded?

>>724161009 (OP)
Elden Ring

>>724163029
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IQHjhBq7cwE

>>724174495
>guide
Well, there's your problem. I had to solve puzzles without shit like that back in 1992.
>>724174597
How about you jump off a cliff, zoomer try-hard retard tranny cocksucker bitch faggot. :)

>>724174770
I'm 34

Never hood.
>everybody way-oooh

>>724174832
And? Do you want a cookie? Gamefaqs don't discriminate.

What are some good adventure games for general lewdness? Already know about Leisure Suit Larry, >>724171737 and pic related.

>>724174495
That is the answer, it's whatever he threw up first. The solution is stupid because the puzzle itself makes no fucking sense. There's no clue or way to learn how it works, you're just expected to be familiar with a game Ron Gilbert's brother made up as a child.

>>724175063
Les Manley
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
Spellcasting

>>724174495
That's 100% it. After a few tries, you realize the guy is always answering with the first number shown.

>>724175109
Or you just don't give a shit and savescum, like a normal person would.

>>724174880
Absolutely. Too bad Skullmonkeys weren't on PC, Armikrog is a tad bit bland and THE REST OF THE HUGEFUCK LORE had never been made into games.

>>724175109
It has been a while since I played it. But isn't there an NPC who always answers the question correctly? You could solve the puzzle by watching the signs and what he answers.

>>724172413
It's a rule in bad adventure games. Pixelhunting is widely acknowledged to be cancer with modern adventure games doing their best to combat it.

sometimes adventure game puzzles have the opposite problem of moon logic, the game normally swatting away any solution that's the slightest bit sloppy or requiring brute force but then for one puzzle it makes an exception where a highly impractical but technically possible solution is fine, close enough. the infuriating thing will be that you're likely to immediately consider the solution but then not even bother attempting it because you know the game would never recognize something that's even slightly a reach.

>>724175063
Bazooka Sue needs a translation asap

>>724161009 (OP)
Is it true these old point and click adventure games would hard-lock you if you missed stuff 40 hours earlier?

>>724175863
Not really. Older Sierra games would do that constantly, but they used the parser. The only point and click game that I can think of that would lock you like that was KQ5.

>>724175863
Only Sierra games and that one that HR Geiger did.

>>724172516
>ShaderGlass doesn't let you fullscreen

>>724175263
savescumming doesnt help because the puzzle isnt the same each time, and they dont tell you answer after the fact. The only solution is to be lucky or brute force it.

>>724176010
>>724176020
>sierra
what the fuck was their problem

>>724176303
It's literally just about paying attention.
>holds up five
>"if this is three"
>holds up one
>"what is this?"
It's five. If you follow the guy a few times and write down what's shown and what's said, it shouldn't take more than 5 trips before you realize it.
>>724176351
>get gold needle in KQ5
>can be used as a substitute for the gold coin to buy the sled
>can't get the cloak now because the tailor doesn't want money
or
>see cat run by chasing rat
>don't throw boot
>never see it again, and you die underneath the inn
or
>go left
>scorpion stings you with no indication that screen was dangerous

>>724175480
they do show someone getting through the puzzle but the issue is when you try to get in they always ask you a different question. Seeing someone answer correctly once is not enough information to answer all variations.

>>724176426
He does it infinitely until you figure it out.

>>724176351
It's easy to say that they fucked up in hindsight. But you have to remember that they pretty much invented the whole genre. Nobody had any idea how to make a good adventure game. In interviews etc the old Sierra devs have said that they didn't think that dead ends were bad because it was perfectly normal to start the whole game over if you fucked up.

>>724176557
Would the player be told they had fucked up though? Also a question of how long the game is.

Those EGA games have still lots of charm.

My top 3 are Monkey Island 2, LOOM, and Season 3 of Telltale's Sam & Max.

>>724161329
Hell yeah. I loved that one. I played the shitty PS1 version on a controller too.

>>724176820
I seem to remember liking season 3 of Sam and Max the least. Can't really remember why though.

>>724177202
I thought Seasons 1 & 2 were just okay, Season 3 was when it really hit its stride and became something incredible.

>>724171737
i liked most of the puzzles but the art and humor were meh

>>724177816
kek

>>724177816
whoa. I never realized they had that

would be great to see something like that added for MNOG

>>724177448
I quit during the horse sitcom in S1. I hadn't laughed once up to that point, and I didn't expect it to change.

>>724161009 (OP)
Mystery of the Druids
>>724163816
How do you get this to work on a modern pc?

>>724178662
>How do you get this to work on a modern pc?
Just emulate the PS version.

>>724161009 (OP)
Hugo's House of Horrors on DOS is the GOAT.

>>724178853
>PS

>>724161009 (OP)
i fell in love with Curse and Bill Tiller's art
his wacky adventure games are somewhat flawed but full of charm
especially liked A Vampyre Story cause there were funny lines for everything for the heroine to comment on

>>724178853
Injecttheoriginalfilesintothe playstationemulatorandeditittoignoreerrorsandoutputatthedemandedresolutionicantbelieveyoureadthis

>>724176303
Savescumming absolute solves that shit in seconds, you're out of your mind, underage and retarded.

>>724161009 (OP)
Probably Deponia 2

My personal favourite

>>724182456
>ou
>picks one of the worst entries

>>724163189
It keeps breaking at the end of each game

>>724161009 (OP)
Stasis bone totem

>>724161329
Alright, i need a shopping assistant for the broken sword series.
Original? Remastered? Reforged? 1? 2? 4?

>>724183849
Point of interest for 4: lock it to 60fps. Every time you have to push a box, it softlocks you at a higher framerate.

>>724182708
they all awfull

>>724183849
1, original.

Easy, I miss old LucasArts so much.

>>724161009 (OP)
LOOM, now and forever.

>>724184790
Wow, LOOM mentioned!

So creative and interesting, such a shame that no more was ever done with the setting.

>>724183456
Oh my GOD!!
I looked for a game for two days straight, no luck, all tags, all genres, everything and I couldn't find the god damn game I forgot the name.
Until you post this one that has an art style very similar to it, went to the developers website and I finally found it. Thanks, anon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh0AnwHa5hg

>>724183456
I did not like this series, all the journals you find are written by psychos who are crazy for no reason.
I played the first two and the stories were just so.. insane, and not the good kind of insane, just hortible for no reason.

>>724161085
Based

>>724184417
I have my signed copy of that. It was a nice experience getting it. Tim Schafer hadn't squandered away all of his good will yet.

>>724184417
This filtered me hard. The puzzles are retarded, the voice acting isn't anything special, and moving around is sllllooooowww.

Is Unavowed any good?

i think the first monkey island kinda sucks but the sword fighting puzzle is still the best puzzle of any game.

Primordia really reminded me a lot of Beneath a Steel Sky which is one of my favorites.

>>724161596
feet

I overall prefer the sequel, but just look at that fucking cover art.
First game has a lot more somber atmosphere and traversal through the beautiful pixelart world.
Sequel is a lot more direct with more different settings, edgy jokes, and memorable characters. Ending kinda sucked, but I don't really mind. I miss the beautiful pixel art in modern games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5m9DuWs7Q

>>724190930
I wish they'd make a third one in the pixel style, but instead we got that horrible 3D PS1 slop and a german like fan reboot that will 100% miss the point like those two Larry games.

>>724165328
There's a girl called Santana Redd that does fart fetish porn,
and she has a tattoo of machinarium on one of her arms.

>>724161009 (OP)
Where do you rank, /v/....

>>724191501
Only about 15 points.

>>724191432
I got bored with "the longest journey."

I think the reason was the female protagonist,
and that I learned that in the sequels characters verbally say to be homosexual and they repeat it.

>>724192005
The Longest Journey was made by the creator of Dustborn you know

>>724167538
FAITH Trilogy.

>>724161009 (OP)
>pretends to like 2d point and click
>posts blurry upscaled shite
nigger nigger nigger nigger

>>724191215
The second, while having great aesthetics, is pretty much the trope incarnated when it comes to pixelhunting and crazy combination of item usages, but it's kind part of the charm.
What really baffles me is that there were two more games after the abomination that was the third. Never even looked at any gameplay since the style just looked uncanny to me from the screenshots I've seen.

Also while looking for the cover and gameplay footage, I was bombarded with a prequel game releasing in two days. While they at least moved away from 3D, it still looks kinda meh. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1939890/Simon_the_Sorcerer_Origins/

>>724192134

It's funny that the story of the sequel is: the girl got upset she wasn't the chosen one, so she became a villain.

>>724163191
Fuckin based. The ost lives in my head rent free, and I swear wild horseradish jam from stardew valley is either inspired by it or uses the same sampled instrumentation.

Quest for Glory series.

>>724166483
>Got filtered by some puzzle near the very end.
Music tone puzzle I bet. I remember it almost ruining the experience.

>>724173649
Wut? Nigga, I figured that out when I was like 7.
To this day, I style on my older bro by holding out my hand with a random number of fingers out and saying, "if this is four, what's this?"

>>724161009 (OP)
Pic related is simultaneously one of the best point and clicks AND one of the best rpg series. 3 excluded, perhaps.

>>724161009 (OP)
Mi3 easily, but also Full Throttle and The Longest Journey.

Never played much else (aside from Mi1 and 2), I'm ashamed to say that I never finished Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango and Sam & Max, or any of the Indiana ones. I really should get back on that.

forgot pic but it's a classic

>>724192446
that was not the story of Dreamfall TLJ as I understood it
though that game is kind of a cryptic mess...

I wish it could escape the "browser game" stigma

>>724191501
53

>>724193242
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2g2w9YXlGs

I really loved the flash adventure games
>A Small Favor
>Johnny Rocketfingers
>Reincarnation
>Several Journeys of Reemus
>Rusty Lake
>Don't Escape
>The Visitor

>>724191501
Just 4.
>Sam and Max HTR
>Phoenix Wright
>I Have No Mouth
>Day of the Tentacle
I don't know why, but adventure games have always been a genre where I find them really interesting but I don't have any desire to play them. I enjoyed the ones I played though.

>>724193374
one of the best and I'm not even into lego toys

>>724193374
kino
I don't remember much about the movie, but I think it borrowed from this as well

Thimbleweed Park might be my overall favorite despite the terrible ending.

>>724191501
Something like 20+ but I've played a lot of ones that aren't on here.

>>724193125
to this day i still chuckle about the protagonist getting his hero skills from a correspondence course. modern day hero quest would be a guy getting his hero certification from udemy

***audience laughs***

>>724194674
I hatehatehatehate Thimbleweed Park. It started off good though

Zoomers will never know the impossible coziness of huddling at your desk on a rainy day with coffee and cookies to play a point-&-click game.

It shone pale as bone as I stood there alone
And thought to myself how the moon
That night cast its light
On my heart's true delight
And the reef where her body was strewn

>>724193374
About as much of "browser game" type that 2D platformers are....in fact, I would say 2D platformers are MORE browser game.

>know the solution already
>not allowed to use it until the story lets you
what the fuck is wrong with JP devs? I think this happens in no sleep for kaname date too

>>724196076
Try to imagine what it's like writing a mystery story that has to be solvable and has to be solved at the right time, so that no player doesn't figure it out too soon and no player is too late with the solution. It's near impossible to do consistently, you'll probably only solve a case at the perfect moment once or twice per AA game