Old-style adventure games

[InvisibleSeal]

This being my first ever topic, I'm not sure whether this is a good thing to talk about...

Anyway, looking through my old games yesterday, I found my old copies of Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2 and of course the Monkey Island games, and was struck by a strange nostalgia for when I played them when I was about 10.

The point of this topic is basically to ask what people thought about the old adventure games, in comparison to new ones for example, and if they miss them at all (bearing in mind I am not particularly in favour of reviving the genre).

Also, I'd like to find out if anyone misses the irritating very specific answers to all the puzzles, especially in the lucas arts ones, simply because of the sense of achievement they gave you - I distinctly remember the pirate ship sequence in Simon the sorceror slowing me several weeks.

 

[Clashero]

My favourite games ever are Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island (the first 3, particularly) and the Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes.
So, yes, I'm a sucker for point and click adventure games.
Also, you might want to check out The Longest Journey or its sequel Dreamfall.
Good first topic

 

[InvisibleSeal]

My favourite games ever are Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island (the first 3, particularly) and the Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes.
So, yes, I'm a sucker for point and click adventure games.
Also, you might want to check out The Longest Journey or its sequel Dreamfall.
Good first topic

Thanks!

I've never played Dreamfall, but I've heard its really good - I'll definately borrow it off someone sometime.

My brother gave this game called broken sword to my Mum for a present and I was forced to play it through to see if it was any good... meh. It had loads of quick time events, which broke up the flow a bit. Are all the modern ones like that?

 

[Ymbirtt]

If you haven't tried it yet, you must try LBA for adventure games. Dunno if they'll still feel as good as they did to me when I was younger, but my memories of them are only good ones.

 

[Clashero]

My favourite games ever are Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island (the first 3, particularly) and the Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes.
So, yes, I'm a sucker for point and click adventure games.
Also, you might want to check out The Longest Journey or its sequel Dreamfall.
Good first topic

Thanks!

I've never played Dreamfall, but I've heard its really good - I'll definately borrow it off someone sometime.

My brother gave this game called broken sword to my Mum for a present and I was forced to play it through to see if it was any good... meh. It had loads of quick time events, which broke up the flow a bit. Are all the modern ones like that?

I haven't tried Broken Sword yet, but I've been meaning to.
The modern (and modern in adventure games means 1999 onwards) games are usually a lot like the old ones, except that instead of a verb menu (push, pull, give, talk, etc) you have context-sensitive commands. I recommend:
The Longest Journey
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Syberia and sequels

 

[InvisibleSeal]

My favourite games ever are Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Monkey Island (the first 3, particularly) and the Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes.
So, yes, I'm a sucker for point and click adventure games.
Also, you might want to check out The Longest Journey or its sequel Dreamfall.
Good first topic

Thanks!

I've never played Dreamfall, but I've heard its really good - I'll definately borrow it off someone sometime.

My brother gave this game called broken sword to my Mum for a present and I was forced to play it through to see if it was any good... meh. It had loads of quick time events, which broke up the flow a bit. Are all the modern ones like that?

I haven't tried Broken Sword yet, but I've been meaning to.
The modern (and modern in adventure games means 1999 onwards) games are usually a lot like the old ones, except that instead of a verb menu (push, pull, give, talk, etc) you have context-sensitive commands. I recommend:
The Longest Journey
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Syberia and sequels

Wow I haven't played adventure games in ages, I'm definately going to look these all up - I know one of my friends has Dreamfall and The Longest Journey, though I've never heard of Siberia.

I think Broken Swords 1 and 2 were the point-and-click styles. Broken Sword 3 I liked, but there were 4 or 5 quick time events in it that really annoyed me, and the ending bit was annoying. Other than that, it's well worth trying! I haven't tried the newest one though...

 

[AceDefective]

Point and click ADVENTURES!

 

[Ganado_Headshot]

I really liked the King's Quest games, although I never beat them, and now the software is so outdated, it's hard to find a computer that will even run the stupid games. All that aside though, those were my favorite adventure games back when I was little.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Yes, I miss point and click adventures, though I have to admit I played very few. It feels like with the DS that this would be the perfect platform for point and click adventures to make a come back, but no luck so far.

EDIT: Well apparently I should get Broken Sword...

 

[Andy_Panthro]

The old Sierra adventures games are some of my favourites, I own the Space Quest and King's Quest collections, and used to have almost all of them at one time, but have sold/lost/given away them all over the years.

If you're looking for King's Quest 1, KQ2 or Quest for Glory 2, there are remakes at http://www.agdinteractive.com/ (they even got the OK from Vivendi (copyright holder) for them)

There are other remakes around the place, of unknown legality, not least the KQ3 remake at Infamous Adventures.

[edit] Forgot to mention you can get the Simon the Sorcerer games from Good Old Games, as well as some of the Broken Sword ones.

 

[InvisibleSeal]

I really liked the King's Quest games, although I never beat them, and now the software is so outdated, it's hard to find a computer that will even run the stupid games. All that aside though, those were my favorite adventure games back when I was little.

I remember King's Quest now - I played through one of them (with goblins maybe or am I thinking of the wrong thing?), but it was so difficult that I gave up somewhere in the middle.

Also, SomeBritishDude, now that I think about it, the DS does make sense! The split screen could maybe be used for the inverntory - or probably for other things, since that wouldn't be very interesting.

The old Sierra adventures games are some of my favourites, I own the Space Quest and King's Quest collections, and used to have almost all of them at one time, but have sold/lost/given away them all over the years.

If you're looking for King's Quest 1, KQ2 or Quest for Glory 2, there are remakes at http://www.agdinteractive.com/ (they even got the OK from Vivendi (copyright holder) for them)

There are other remakes around the place, of unknown legality, not least the KQ3 remake at Infamous Adventures.

[edit] Forgot to mention you can get the Simon the Sorcerer games from Good Old Games, as well as some of the Broken Sword ones.

I think I gave most of mine away as well - though in retrospect that's not so bad, since they wouldn't have been playable on my laptop. I didn't know you could get remakes of them though! I'm wondering what the graphics would be like.

 

[Andy_Panthro]

I think I gave most of mine away as well - though in retrospect that's not so bad, since they wouldn't have been playable on my laptop. I didn't know you could get remakes of them though! I'm wondering what the graphics would be like.

Plenty of screenshots on their website, they're as good as the Space Quest 1 and Police Quest 1 remakes that Sierra made back in the day. They also have speech. A very professional production really.

 

[Devildoc]

This being my first ever topic, I'm not sure whether this is a good thing to talk about...

Anyway, looking through my old games yesterday, I found my old copies of Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2 and of course the Monkey Island games, and was struck by a strange nostalgia for when I played them when I was about 10.

The point of this topic is basically to ask what people thought about the old adventure games, in comparison to new ones for example, and if they miss them at all (bearing in mind I am not particularly in favour of reviving the genre).

Also, I'd like to find out if anyone misses the irritating very specific answers to all the puzzles, especially in the lucas arts ones, simply because of the sense of achievement they gave you - I distinctly remember the pirate ship sequence in Simon the sorceror slowing me several weeks.

the Zelda and Metroid series pretty much laid the foundation for the adventure genre and they're still going strong.. Do you mean point and click adventures like Maniac Mansion?

 

[Kirosilence]

Zork is still awesome, I don't care what you say.

It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

 

[Andy_Panthro]

Zork is still awesome, I don't care what you say.

It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

See this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE

 

[xenus87]

A couple of really good recent-ish adventure games I have played though are Vampyre story, and Ceville. Both availible on steam I think.

Which reminds me, I really need to install the first 2 Broken Swords again and see if they run under vista.

 

[Zugg]

I'm shocked nobody has mentioned Day of the Tentacle yet. First game I ever bought. Really well done, and the time traveling really added something cool to the game (ex. changing the past affects the future).

 

[quack35]

I've never really been into point and click-em-ups.

 

[InvisibleSeal]

the Zelda and Metroid series pretty much laid the foundation for the adventure genre and they're still going strong.. Do you mean point and click adventures like Maniac Mansion?

Yes - I suppose I should have said point and click instead of "Old-style".
I forgot maniac mansion! I must've played more of these than I realised. That one was really funny, if I remember correctly. I loved some of the point and click ones just for their sarcastic humour though - some bits were very cleverly written.

Plenty of screenshots on their website, they're as good as the Space Quest 1 and Police Quest 1 remakes that Sierra made back in the day. They also have speech. A very professional production really.

Thanks so much for all the links and info!

 

[Kirosilence]

Zork is still awesome, I don't care what you say.

It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a Grue.

See this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE

You just won the Internet.