Since I'm a huge fan of old-school adventure games (Lucas Arts in particular), I'm definitely going to have to go with the two new Monkey Island games, even though I'm not crazy about the art style in either of them.

Otherwise I'm pretty hyped about Alan Wake, Brutal Legend, Left 4 Dead 2 and the two new Mario games.

Played all of those -- one of them on floppy, one from a Telnet download and the rest of them (up to Sam & Max on) on diskettes before people started calling diskettes floppys. Fuckin' hell, Zak McKraken and the Alien Mind Benders was one of the hardest and coolest adventure games of the bunch. I defy you to beat it without cheating. And Loom! Holy awesome, an adventure game using music -- loved it! All of them. I won't even bother commenting on the rest, because they're all well-known classics. (Except maybe the Dig, which was good, but too serious for me.)

But what about Grim Fandango?

Don't forget to play Ico!

In reply to this comment by EDD:
Guess it's about frikkin' time I played Shadow of the Collosus (yes, I deserve to be flamed, I never played it). But if there's one title that would eventually break my never-ending cycle of PC-gaming exclusivity, I'd be glad if SotC was it.

>> ^EDD:
Guess it's about frikkin' time I played Shadow of the Collosus (yes, I deserve to be flamed, I never played it). But if there's one title that would eventually break my never-ending cycle of PC-gaming exclusivity, I'd be glad if SotC was it.


Don't forget to play Ico!

I loved you in Grim Fandango! Where have all the good adventure games gone? WHERE?! Oh yeah, that's right: http://www.telltalegames.com/

I found a bunch for my phone, but they require a 'Z-code' emulator to run. found that, too, I even found the unzip ap I need to install them, but it's zipped! drats.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Might this be the game you're referring to? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml

I never got too far in it, but I did rather enjoy the bit that I did play. Text-based games are both frustrating and amazingly fun at the same time, since you're never quite sure exactly what limitations there are, unlike conventional games.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
that's the stuff. my fav was 'hitchhiker's guide' which still runs out there on the web as an emulator. I found a bunch for palm os that I'm going to check out.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I remember playing some Oregon Trail back in early elementary school. My younger brother was the one who inevitably died of something or other every single time I played.

What sort of text games are you thinking of, purely text-based, or stuff like Police Quest back on those actually floppy disks?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good times indeed. I go all the way back to atari. I even died of dysentary on the Oregon Trail. I always loved text adventure games and was recently looking to see if there is still anyone writing good ones. perfect to run on phones or pda's you'd think, right?

Might this be the game you're referring to? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml

I never got too far in it, but I did rather enjoy the bit that I did play. Text-based games are both frustrating and amazingly fun at the same time, since you're never quite sure exactly what limitations there are, unlike conventional games.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
that's the stuff. my fav was 'hitchhiker's guide' which still runs out there on the web as an emulator. I found a bunch for palm os that I'm going to check out.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I remember playing some Oregon Trail back in early elementary school. My younger brother was the one who inevitably died of something or other every single time I played.

What sort of text games are you thinking of, purely text-based, or stuff like Police Quest back on those actually floppy disks?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good times indeed. I go all the way back to atari. I even died of dysentary on the Oregon Trail. I always loved text adventure games and was recently looking to see if there is still anyone writing good ones. perfect to run on phones or pda's you'd think, right?

that's the stuff. my fav was 'hitchhiker's guide' which still runs out there on the web as an emulator. I found a bunch for palm os that I'm going to check out.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
I remember playing some Oregon Trail back in early elementary school. My younger brother was the one who inevitably died of something or other every single time I played.

What sort of text games are you thinking of, purely text-based, or stuff like Police Quest back on those actually floppy disks?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good times indeed. I go all the way back to atari. I even died of dysentary on the Oregon Trail. I always loved text adventure games and was recently looking to see if there is still anyone writing good ones. perfect to run on phones or pda's you'd think, right?

I remember playing some Oregon Trail back in early elementary school. My younger brother was the one who inevitably died of something or other every single time I played.

What sort of text games are you thinking of, purely text-based, or stuff like Police Quest back on those actually floppy disks?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good times indeed. I go all the way back to atari. I even died of dysentary on the Oregon Trail. I always loved text adventure games and was recently looking to see if there is still anyone writing good ones. perfect to run on phones or pda's you'd think, right?

Good times indeed. I go all the way back to atari. I even died of dysentary on the Oregon Trail. I always loved text adventure games and was recently looking to see if there is still anyone writing good ones. perfect to run on phones or pda's you'd think, right?

>> ^kulpims:
click here
The End.


That has to be the most amazing Choose Your Own Adventure game ever.

Yes, yes, yes and more yes.

As I watched the enormous hype engine rumbling along for LBP, I noticed that by far the main thing they were spruking was the ability to make your own levels, and I saw very, very little in regards to what there was of an actual game. I thought 'meh, like I can be friggen bothered to make my own levels'.

Then the game came out and all the reviews said 'yeah, the single player game is very short, but then you can make your own levels'... to which I thought 'meh, I can't be bothered... AND I have had plenty of experience with user created content in the old days of doom, quake etc. and yeah, there were a few good ones, but I DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR WISH to wade through the crap for a few good ones that in themselves are usually only 'good' and not 'great' and just argh'

I predicted it all before it came out that people would initially get really excited about creating their own levels but this would quickly peter out because they realised it was HARD to actually make something good, and so the longevity of the game would be... oh... SHORT.

I'm not a huge fan of multiplayer either... I like games that are lovingly crafted to give an experience and a story. I LOVED Bioshock for this very reason. I used to LOVE Adventure games (Monkey Island et al) for the same reason... I want to move my way through a crafted experience, NOT be at the whim and fancy of other people who also are not talented enough to be employed as a professional game designer.

This video is a viral marketing piece. Ubisoft PR did not feel they were getting enough credit for their "innovation", and produced this along with several positive articles through other outlets.

Sands of Time's time rewinding mechanic, to name one of several titles that used that approach, allowed the player to have control over where they were placed after making a mistake. It makes no sense why they would call this generation of Prince of Persia's approach to player-failure "innovative" when the game removes control from the player and forces them to lose progress when unable to surmount one of the platforming segments (sending the player back to a previous point that could be seconds away, or minutes).

At what point are we going to stop simplifying games for newer audiences? Dragon's Lair? Hey, remember adventure games???

Lovely, but I have to disagree about The Adventures of Willy Beamish. I love all of Sierra's games, and Willy Beamish is no exception. He just doesn't appreciate classic adventure games.

Love the rest of the video, though.

>> ^Babymech:
And then, when I want to go out and meet my friend at the café, I call up Ubiquity and type GO NORTH > OPEN DOOR > GO NORTH > TAKE KEY > OPEN DOOR WITH KEY > USE KEY ON DOOR > OPEN DOOR > GO NORTH
Ubiquity: we make integrated web-use intoa text adventure game.


BEST. WEB EXPERIENCE. EVER.