Hi all

I thought this year I would just spring it on you!!

In case you have forgotten or are new, our annual list provides the answer to the question "If I want to play an adventure game, what would you recommend".

So long as you think a game you have played is worth recommending to someone else to play, put it on your list. But only if its an adventure game. Don't fret if you aren't sure that it is an adventure game - there is some latitude for those fuzzy round the edges games that are hard to define.

There are some rules:

1. Games in our Hall of Fame are ineligible, on the basis that we know they are worth playing else why would they be in there. Votes for those games won't be counted. Those games are:

Amerzone
Black Mirror
Dark Fall: The Journal
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Grim Fandango
Longest Journey
Lost Crown
Myst
Riven
Sanitarium
Syberia
Syberia 2
Timelapse
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor

2. You can recommend a maximum of 20 games. You can choose to recommend less.
3. You cannot recommend a series. If you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, that will take 6 (is it still six??) separate recommendations, one for each game.
4. Episodic adventures will be counted as one game, regardless of where they are up to in the series.
5. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game.
6. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game.
7. Directors cuts and Special Releases will be counted as the same game.
8. Adventure games only (Dark Side games and Casual games get their own lists).
9. PC games please (although if you sneak a console game in I won't tell)
10. Voting for Isabelle won't count as one of your votes, so you effectively get 21 (I am convinced its actually everyones 21st recommended game so this will help find out)

If at all possible, please list in alphabetical order - it makes counting so much easier. In doing so, ignore "the" (so The Dark Eye would be under "D" for Dark)

The thread stays open for about 3 weeks, (final results will be posted on the last day of July)and I will (endeavour to) post updates as we go. Also, avoid editing your lists after posting because Chief and I count as we go, and may miss a change.

Who wants to be first?

Thanks flotsam!

Ready to count.

Chief

I think we need to put Monkey Island in the Hall of Fame.

Ankh 1
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Dig
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Dreamfall The Longest Journey
Gilbert Goodmate
Kings Quest 7
Legend of Kyrandia 1
Maniac Mansion:Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Runaway 1
Secret Files Tunguska
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 2
Tony Tough
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Isabelle

The list!! I'm just in time. I'm happy I get to include 2 new fantastic episodic games this year.

Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars
Cat Lady, The
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Culpa Innata
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Dreamfall Chapters (!!!)
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gray Matter
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Life is Strange ()
Lost Horizon
Memoria (The Dark Eye 2)
Moebius: Empire Rising
Moment of Silence, The
Overclocked
Runaway: A Road Adventure
So Blonde
Still Life
Walking Dead, The

Thanks, flotsam!

Venus,

I always check your list to find new games because I know we enjoy the same type of games.

Space Quest, since you have Dreamfall on your list, I would definitely recommend Chapters. It has gameplay similar to Dreamfall (though thankfully without the fighting and [very little] stealth) yet with the detail and character depth of the original Longest Journey. Zoë and Kian are both nicely fleshed out in Chapters, much more so than in Dreamfall. And Life is Strange reminds me very much of TLJ as well with an eighteen year old photography student (April was an art student. Coincidence? ) who discovers she has an unusual, universe altering power. Both games are fantastic so far, and both are up to their respective third episodes.

Regarding your list, I love The Dig! I wanted to include it as well, but there just aren't enough slots, even with twenty spaces. I was torn between it and Overclocked for the last slot but finally went with Overclocked since Martin Ganteföhr has a new game coming out soon. I'm grateful for the Hall of Fame because there are seven games on that list that would take up more spaces, which would mean more games I would have to eliminate.

OK. I started with a long, long list of favourites but have very painfully whittled it down to the 20 allowed

[And I offer no excuses for the oldies I've included because they are all fantastic
Adventures ]

Plus, of course, many thanks to you both - flotsam and Chief - for giving your time to this project !!

Cheers.

Mad

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Black Dahlia
Blade Runner
Black Sails The Ghost Ship
Broken Sword The Shadow of the Templars
Carol Reed The Colour of Murder
Dig [The]
Dracula 3 The Path of the Dragon
Dragonsphere
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Gabriel Knight Sins of the Father
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis
Journeyman Project 3 Legacy of Time
Kings Quest VI
Legend of Kyrandia [The]
Lost Horizon
Murder in the Abbey
Phantasmagoria
Post Mortem
Return to Zork
Riddle of Masterlu

Blackwell Convergence
Blackwell Deception
Blackwell Epiphany
Blackwell Legacy, The
Blackwell Unbound
Dig, The
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis
Journey Down I, The
Journey Down II, The
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Loom
Maniac Mansion I
Maniac Mansion II
Monkey Island I
Overclocked
Police Quest I
Police Quest II
Police Quest III
Scratches
Technobabylon

Venus,

Just from your description Chapters is now a must for me. Mobieus sounds interesting too. I love Jane Jensen and I think I have confused it with Morpheus in the past (which I really liked). I even loved the music in The Dig.



Mad,

Black Dahlia was a good one that I forgot.

Oh, the music of "The Dig" was absolutely spectacular for an Adventure game at that time - and it still holds up splendidly today
The Dig is one my many "oldie replay" games

BUT regardless of all that, we're going to get told off if we're not careful for veering off topic !!!!

Hello All

I've limited myself to ten adventure games that I'd put on any 'happy holiday list' (and I haven't included my own!).

Barrow Hill
The Journeyman Project – Legacy of Time
Kairo
Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
Lighthouse
Morpheus
Myst III: Exile
Rhem
Riddle of the Sphinx
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

I have really enjoyed playing these, as well as most of those on the existing main list.
Elen

About the Dreamfall games, please say if it is The Longest Journey or The Chapters.

Space Quest Fan: I assume yours is the Longest Journey?

Thanks for telling us.

Chief

EDIT: Oups, just read your other post. Longest Journey it is.

Sorry about that Chief. It is Dreamfall: The Longest Journey and I edited my post.

Thanks

The Cat Lady
Cognition
Culpa Innata
Dracula Origin
Dreamfall (The Longest Journey)
Dreamfall Chapters
Gabriel Knight 3
Gray Matter
Life is Strange
The Moment of Silence
Next Life
Runaway - A Road Adventure
Runaway 2 - Dream of the Turtle
Runaway 3 - A Twist of Fate
Secret Files - Tunguska
Secret Files 2 - Puritas Cordis
Still Life
Undercover - Operation Wintersun
The Walking Dead Season 1
The Walking Dead Season 2

Atlantis 2 (Beyond Atlantis)
Aura
Day of the Tentacle
Dark Eye: Memoria
Dracula Origin
Faust: 7 Games of the Soul
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (GK1)
Moment of Silence
Morpheus
Myst III: Exile
Obsidian
Outcry (aka Sublustrum)
Return to Mysterious Island
RHEM 2
Secret of Monkey Island
Shivers
Schizm: Mysterious Journey
Schizm: Mysterious Journey 2
Sentinel: Descendants in Time (aka Realms of Illusion)
Uru

Hi, flotsom!

Here is my list and, hopefully, Tex will finally make it into the Hall of Fame !

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Jack The Ripper
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock
Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch
NiBuRu: Age of Secrets
Phantasmagoria
Post Mortem
Shivers
Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
Still Life
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: Overseer
The Moment of Silence

Susan

flotsam,

What do you think about maybe next year we could have everyone also cast one vote for an older game for Hall of Fame induction? That way maybe a Monkey Island, Gabriel Knight, Tex Murphy etc. game could make our HOF.

Thanks flotsam!

@Space Quest, let me know what you think of Chapters when/if you play it. Personally, I think it's one of the best games I've played, and I'm not at all biased. I think Moebius is a great game. Not everyone liked it, and I do think it was the least of Jane Jensen's adventure games, but I don't think it deserved all the negativity it got by a long shot. I always make sure to recommend it for those who might be interested. It does have the feeling of the beginning of a series, so be warned if you like it, you may get attached to the characters and want more.

@Thorsgoats, glad to see you made it to post your list.

Thanks for your time and efforts, flotsam and Chief. It's always fun to remember the games I've played over the last year and compare them to the great games from the past. I agree with Mad that getting down to 20 recommended games is painful:

AGON 4: The Lost Sword of Toledo
The Book of Unwritten Tales
Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
Culpa Innata

Disc World Noir
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Father
Gray Matter

Machinarium
Moebius: Empire Rising
A New Beginning
Paradise
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches

Secret Files 1: Tunguska
Sinking Island
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: The Tesla Effect
Yoomurjak's Ring

I'm hoping Kentucky Route Zero will be fully released by next year, because it will definitely have a shot at making it on my list (though that will mean a year to ponder what game gets bumped off).

Arthur's Knights: Secret of Merlin
Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry
Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil
Black Mirror III: Final Fear
Dead Reefs
Discworld II: Mortality Bytes
Dust: A Tale of the Wired West
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
King's Quest VI
Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch
Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge
Shivers
Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Carol Reed: Bosch's Damnation

Conspiracies 2

Dark Fall, Lost Souls

Dreamfall Chapters

Dreamfall Longest Journey

Last Half of Darkness, Society of the Serpent Moon

Lost Horizon

Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper

Sherlock Holmes, Nemesis

Sherlock Holmes, Testament of SH

Tex Murphy, Tesla Effect

URU

Yoomurjak's Ring

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
A New Beginning
Beneath a Steel Sky
Blackwell Epiphany
Broken Sword 1
Cognition
Dark Fall
Dracula 3 The Path of the Dragon
Gemini Rue
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Lost Horizon
The Moment of Silence
Neuromancer
Overclocked
Post Mortem
Primordia
Runaway 1
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
Still Life
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive

Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Blade Runner
Book of Unwritten Tales
Broken Sword I: The Shadow of The Templars
Cat Lady, The
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
Dreamfall Chapters
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight: Sins of The Father
Gray Matter
Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis
J.U.L.I.A.
King’s Quest 6
Last Express, The
Lost Chronicles of Zerzura
Lost Horizon
Memoria: Dark Eye
Testament of Sherlock Holmes, The
Tomb of Zojir: Last Half of Darkness
Walking Dead, The

Cool start people - will give some insightful insights on the weekend!

Can't wait to set my sights on your "insightful insights" flotsam !!

flotsam,

Just wondering if you noticed the only member with an Isabelle vote.

My favorite list contains the following games:


Alone in the Dark 4
Blackstone Chronicles (My favorite)
Broken Sword 1
Dark Fall 3
Darkness Within
Dead Reefs
I have no mouth
Jack the Ripper (not the Sherlock Holmes one)
Post Mortem
Runaway
Scratches
Secret Files Tunguska
Still Life

No disrespect to these yearly lists or for the games of the past but I am tired of listing the same old top ten games that I have liked so much in the past. Time for me to move on. They are all good games but most are outdated technology wise so I am now only going back to games released from Jan 2013 to date. I have played more but this list only includes the games that I have enjoyed very much in that time frame. Shame (for me) there are so few.

Capri Connection
Carol Reed Cold Case Summer
Carol Reed: Bosch's Damnation
Decay: The Mare
Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
Roonsehv: Neterra
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Stanley Parable
Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect
Vanishing of Ethan Carter

GreyFuss

A lot of the games on my list are oldies or even ancients but the only one on it that has not yet been tweaked (as far as I know) to play on modern machines is "Black Dahlia".

So, as these older games are some of the best ever made and are now available for a new generation of players to experience, I feel they are definitely worth listing

My list is older games too but I listed them because I still think they are the best games out there and are what I would suggest to people just getting into gaming. I wish I has more recent game to recommend.

Black Dahila was one of those games that stayed with me long after I played it because the plot was so good.

flotsam having other business to attend to, I'll post the results July 31st.


That will give time for all members to post more lists.

Thank you.

Chief

A while back, someone in Glitches mentioned a Black Dahlia patch such that the game will run on Vista/Windows 7. I haven't tried it.

Thanks, Chief - I hope more members will post their favorites.

Thanks, Chief. Appreciate it.

It would be appreciated if you open a Topic of discussion on the List and post only your list in this one.

Thanks.



Here is a first count:


Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood: 7 votes

Gabriel Knight 1, Sins of the Father: 7

Dreamfall, Longest Journey: 6

Gabriel Knight 3, Blood of the Sacred: 5

Lost Horizon: 5

Moment of Silence: 5

Runaway, A Road Adventure: 5

Still Life: 5

and a list with 4 votes:

Cognition
Dreamfall Chapters
Gray Matter
Indiana Jones, Fate of Atlantis
King's Quest 6
Post Mortem
Secrets Files Tunguska
Tex Murphy, Tesla Effect



Keep thoses votes come in.


Chief

Sorry, Chief !! I was one of those "off topic" culprits

So Many games...so little time!

Indigo Prophesy/Fahrenheit
Portal 2
Atlantis 2 Beyond Atlantis
Blade Runner
Dark Fall, Lost Souls
Gabriel Knight 3
Keepsake
The Last Express
Moment of Silence
Monkey Island, Secret of
Outcry
Paradise
Scratches
Sherlock Holmes VS. Jack the Ripper
Sherlock Holmes Rose Tatoo
Shivers
Still Life
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Yoomurjak's Ring

I havn't posted here in a long time,but have been "lurking", sorry to say.(Too
many games and not enough time ) I am very
thankful for these favorites lists 'cause they help me choose some of the really great games to
play.(I have played 9 of the hall of fame list)Anyhow, here are the ones I like:

Tex Murphy Under A Killing Moon
Dreamfall Longest Journey
Immortals of Terra
Botanicula
Machinarium
Grey Matter
Lost Horizon
J.U.L.I.A. Under The Stars
Broken Sword Shadow Of Templars
Tex Murphy Tesla Effect

Thanks, Chief. My list is the same as last year except for one.

Aura
Book of Unwritten Tales
Destination Treasure Island
Dracula Origin
Dreamfall
Egyptian Prophecy
Faust: The Seven Games of Soul
Legend of the Prophet & Assassin
Memoria
Moebius
Mysterious Journey (Schizm)
Paradise
The Raven
Return to Mysterious Island
Rhem 3
Riddle of the Sphinx
Sherlock Holmes: The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Still Life 2
Yoomujak's Ring

I was going to make it easy this year by simply placing the 10 Carol Reed games on top of my list. But since I expect all of them to be moved to the Hall of Fame any year now, that would be quite pointless.

Just as MaG above me, my list is the same as last year, except for one title:

Amber: Journeys Beyond
Blade Runner
The Blackstone Chronicles
The Colonel's Bequest
The Dame Was Loaded
The Dark Eye
Kings Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella
Kings Quest V
Kings Quest VII: The Mask of Eternity
Leisure Suit Larry I: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti
Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island
Morpheus
Police Quest I: In Pursuit of the Death Angel
Police Quest IV: Open Season
Quest for Glory V
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy: The Overseer
Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon
Tex Murphy: The Tesla Effect

Thank you to all of you that posted their list.


More lists needed.


You all have until July 30th to vote.

Why not post a list now.


Chief

I don't know if they can be considered for the list but my most favorite games are the older Tomb Raider games. To me they are the greatest adventure games.

My List:

Tomb Raider 1
Tomb Raider 2
Tomb Raider 3
Last Revelation(TR4)
Chronicles(TR5)
Rhem 1
Rhem 2
Rhem 3

Adventuregame - not adventuregame, that is the question ...

Carol Reed 1: Remedy
Carol Reed 2: Hope springs eternal
Carol Reed 3: Time stand still
Carol Reed 4: East side story
Carol Reed 5: Colour of murder
Carol Reed 6: Black circle
Carol Reed 7: Blue Madonna
Carol Reed 8: Amber's blood
Carol Reed 9: Cold case summer
Carol Reed 10: Bosch's damnation
Her story
Save the date
Casebook 1: Kidnapped
Casebook 2: The watcher
Casebook 3: Snake in the grass
Cute Knight deluxe
Papers please
Spycraft
X-Files
CSI: Crime scene investigation

The Tomb Raider games should go in the Darkside list.
Darkside and Casual have their own lists, which are usually tallied after the Adventure game list is complete.

Thanks Jenny. Help appreciated.

Chief


EDIT: RebKean: please see your PM. Thanks.

Way to go SQF!

Apologies for my continuing absence people, and thanks heaps for Chief taking over
Here is mine before I forget


Alida
Byzantine
Blackstone Chronicles
Black Dahlia
Dreamfall
Faust
GK1
Isabelle
LHOD - Tomb of Zojir
Loom
Morpheus
Mysterious Journey Schizm
The Neverhood
Outcry
RHEM
Sentinel
Still Life
Tormentum
Walking Dead
Wolf Among Us

Thanks Jenny and Chief. I wasn't sure about the older TR games.

Here is another update of the games with the most votes:


Dreamfall-Longest Journey: 9 votes

Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood, Shadow Templars : 8 votes
Gabriel Knight 1, Sins of the Fathers : 8

Still Life : 7 votes

Gabriel Knight 3, Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned : 6 votes
Lost Horizon : 6
Moment of Silence : 6
Tex Murphy, Pandora Directive : 6
Tex Murphy, Tesla Effect: 6

Gray Matter: 5 votes
Runaway, A Road Adventure : 5


Please vote.


Chief

Thanks, Chief !!

Are PS3 games eligible? If so, I will include Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls on my list

A New Beginning
Beyond Two Souls
Black Dahlia
Broken Sword 1 Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword 5 The Serpent's Curse
Contradiction Spot The Liars!
Dead Synchronicity
Dreamfall Longest Journey 2
Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)
Gemini Rue
Heavy Rain
L.A. Noire
Lost Horizon
Sherlock Holmes Awakened
Still Life
Tesla Effect A Tex Murphy Adventure
Testament of Sherlock Holmes
The Dig
The Last Express
The Pandora Directive

A pretty good list with games old and new

123pazu, I would think that PS3 adventure games are OK.

I have "Heavy Rain" on my list of games that I use to count all the votes.

I'm sure flotsam will comment on this to make it official or not.

Chief

Thanks Flotsam and Chief for another list.
The Oldies are still the Goodies. To play and replay.

80 Days
Amber, Journeys Beyond
Broken Sword 1 – The Shadow of the Templars

Curse of Monkey Island, The
Dig, The
Dragonsphere

Gabriel Knight – Sins of the Fathers
Indiana Jones – The Fate of Atlantis
Journeyman Project 3 – Legacy of Time

Keepsake
King’s Quest VI – Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Laura Bow – The Dagger of Amon Ra
Lost Horizon
Lost in Time

Mummy, Tomb of the Pharaohs
Secrets of Atlantis, The
Secrets of Da Vinci - The Forbidden Manuscript

Tex Murphy – Under a Killing Moon
Titanic, Adventures Out of Time
Torin's Passage


Bee

Votes entered up to now.

Please votes. More votes, more recognition to the games.


Chief

Sorry for being so late....

Alcatraz
Art of murder f.b.i. confidential
Black mirror 3
Blade runner
Cognition
Culpa Innata
Dracula 4
Dracula 5
Face Noir
Gray matter
Memento Mori
Nightlong
Outcry
Overclocked a history of violence
Secret files 2 Puritas Cordis
Secrets of da Vinci the forbidden manuscript
Secret files 3
Still life 1
Still life 2
Tesla effect - Tex Murphy

Dreamfall Longest Journey
Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars
Secret Files
Still life

No doubt, the older games were and are still great, but, it seems to me, the games that have been developed and released lately are excellent too and should make "Favorite Lists". Some of my personal favorites are..

Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
Roonsehv: Neterra
Carol Reed 10: Bosch's Damnation
Tex Murphy: The Tesla Effect
Subject 13
ASA: A Space Adventure
1954 Alcatraz

Unfortunately there won't be many newer games on my list. I'm going to pick the 20 most memorable games, since none of them are fresh in my mind:
Alida
Amertis
Bad Mojo
Beyond Atlantis
Black Dahlia
Faust Seven Games of the Soul
Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred
Myst Exile
Obsidian
Outcry
Rhem 1
Rhem 2
Rhem 3
Rhem 4
Riddle of the Sphinx
Schizm
Shivers 1
Shivers 2
Slip Space Burma Shave Analogy
Uru

You can post your List until July 30th.

I'll post the result on July 31th.

Here is an update count:

2015 Adventure Games List

Dreamfall-Longest Journey: 11 votes
Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood, Shadow Templars : 11

Still Life: 10votes

Gabriel Knight 1, Sins of the Fathers : 9 votes
Tex Murphy, Tesla Effect: 9

Lost Horizon : 8 votes

Gabriel Knight 3, Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned : 7 votes
Tex Murphy, Pandora Directive : 7

Gray Matter: 6 votes
Moment of Silence : 6

Blade Runner : 5 votes
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller: 5
Dig : 5
Indiana Jones, Fate of Atlantis : 5
King’s Quest 6 : 5
Outcry: 5
Runaway, A Road Adventure : 5
Secret Files Tunguska: 5
Shivers : 5
Tex Murphy, Under A Killing Moon : 5



Chief

My list:

15 Days
Black Mirror 3
Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Broken Sword 5
Cognition
Dark Eye Chains of Satinav
Face Noir
Gray Matter
Haunted
Kings Quest 6
Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded
Lost Horizon
Moment of Silence
Pandora Directive
Raven, The
Runaway
Secret Files 3
Tesla Effect
Whispered World
Yesterday

Counting today, 6 more days to post your list.

Chief

Counting today, 4 more days to vote for your favorite games.

It would be of help if you vote soon so I can start working on the final lists before posting them on July 31st, but you still have until Thursday to vote.



Chief

1. Ankh 1
2. Barrow Hill
3. Blackstone Chronicles
4. Botanicula
5. Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
6. Last Half of Darkness: Shadow of the Servants
7. Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
8. Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon
9. Machinarium
10. Moment of silence, The
11. Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
12. Nibiru
13. Paradise
14. Runaway A Road Adventure
15. Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate
16. Secret Files 1: Tunguska
17. Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
18. Tales of Monkey Island
19. Tormentum
20. Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The

Blackwell Epiphany
(The) Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Broken Age
Cold Case Summer: A Carol Reed Mystery
(The) Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Deponia
Detective Grimoire
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Gray Matter
(The) Journey Down
Lilly Looking Through
Lost Horizon
Memoria
Myst Uru
Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy
(The) Night of the Rabbit
(The)Perils of Man
Tengami
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Yoomurjak's Ring

Beneath a Steel Sky
Blade Runner
(The) Dig
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
(The) Journey Down
Leisure Suit Larry 1
Monkey Island 1
Police Quest 1
Police Quest 2
Still Life 1
Technobabylon
Tormentum

many adventure games are too demanding for me,
and could consume too much of my real life.
I prefer... no action or dexterity. not too difficult.
not offensive. no graphic violence.

Carol Reed Mystery #1: Remedy
Carol Reed Mystery #2: Hope Springs Eternal
Carol Reed Mystery #3: Time Stand Still
Carol Reed Mystery #4: East Side Story
Carol Reed Mystery #5: Colour of Murder
Carol Reed Mystery #6: Black Circle
Carol Reed Mystery #7: Blue Madonna
Carol Reed Mystery #8: Amber's Blood
Carol Reed Mystery #9: Cold Case Summer
Carol Reed Mystery #10: Bosch"s Damnation
Gomo
Lumino City
Machinarium
Samorost 1
Samorost 2

Last day to vote.

I'll post the results tomorrow.

Chief

Here is your 2015 Adventure games List with five new leaders on top and last year winner, Lost Horizon, just one behind.

As usual, two lists follow: a numerical one with the Hall of Fame games on top and an alphabetical one.

I wrote these two lists as they came and believe me when I say that flotsam has made some great work since the year 2000 when writing the annual List with great care.

And if I may quote flotsam, but in the opposite side:

“Awesome thanks to flotsam who helps with the count and apologies up front for any mistakes, which are all mine”

And indeed, if you notice any mistakes, please tell me so that I can correct them.

Thank you all for your participation.

Chief



Amerzone, The Explorer’s Legacy
Black Mirror
Dark Fall, The Journal
Gabriel Knight, The Beast Within
Grim Fandango
Longest Journey
Lost Crown
Myst/RealMyst
Raven
Sanitarium
Syberia
Syberia 2
Timelapse
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor




11 Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood, Shadow of the Templars
11 Dreamfall, Longest Journey
11 Gabriel Knight 1, Sins of the Fathers
11 Still Life
11 Tex Murphy, Tesla Effect

10 Lost Horizon

8 Gray Matter
8 Moment of Silence
8 Tex Murphy, Pandora Directive

7 Gabriel Knight 3, Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
7 Runaway, A Road Adventure

6 Blade Runner
6 Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
6 Dig
6 King’s Quest 6
6 Secret Files Tunguska

5 Book of Unwritten Tales
5 Carol Reed: Bosch’s Damnation
5 Indiana Jones, Fate of Atlantis
5 Monkey Island 1, Secret
5 Outcry
5 Shivers
5 Tex Murphy, Under A Killing Moon
5 Yoomurjak’s Ring

4 Black Dalhia
4 Blackstone Chronicles
4 Carol Reed, Cold Case Summer
4 Culpa Innata
4 Dark Eye 2: Memoria
4 Dreamfall Chapters
4 Faust, The Seven Games of the Souls
4 Last Half of Darkness, Tomb of Zojir
4 Morpheus
4 Mysterious Journey, Schizm
4 Overclocked
4 Paradise
4 Post Mortem
4 Rhem
4 Sherlock Holmes: The Testament
4 URU
4 Vanishing of Ethan Carter
4 Walking Dead

3 A New Beginning
3 Atlantis 2, Beyond Atlantis
3 Black Mirror 3
3 Broken Sword 5, The Serpent’s Curse
3 Carol Reed, Colour of Murder
3 Cat Lady
3 Dark Fall, Lost Souls
3 Dracula Origin
3 Journey Down
3 Journeyman Project 3, Legacy of Time
3 Last Express
3 Leisure Suit Larry in the Land Lounge Lizards(and reloaded)
3 Machinarium
3 Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle
3 Moebius: Empire Rising
3 Monkey Island 3, Curse
3 Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
3 Myst 3, Exile
3 Police Quest 1
3 Rhem 2
3 Rhem 3
3 Riddle of the Sphinx
3 Scratches
3 Sherlock Holmes, The Awakened
3 Shivers 2, Harvest of Souls
3 Tex Murphy, Overseer
3 Tormentum, Dark Sorrow

2 1954 Alcatraz; Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None; Alida;
Amber, Journeys Beyond ; Ankh 1, Reverse the Curse; Aura, Fate of the Ages; Barrow Hill; ; Beneath a Steel Sky; Blackwell Epiphany; Botanicula; Carol Reed, Amber’s Blood; Carol Reed, Blue Madonna; Carol Reed, Black Circle; Carol Reed, East Side Story; Carol Reed, Hope Springs Eternal; Carol Reed, Remedy; Carol Reed, Time Stand Still;
Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav; Dead Reefs; Discworld 2; Dracula 3, Path of the Dragon; Dragonsphere; Face Noir; Fahrenheit, Indigo Prophecy; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Gemini Rue; I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream; ISABELLE; Jack the Ripper; J.U.L.I.A. Among the Stars; Keepsake; King’s Quest 7; Kyrandia 1; Last Half of Darkness, Society of the Serpent Moon; Life is Strange; Loom; Nancy Drew, The Secret of Shadow Ranch; Nibiru; Obsidian; Phantasmagoria 1, Nightmare; Police Quest 2; Raven, Legacy of a Master Thief; Return to Mysterious Island; Roonsehv, Neterra; Runaway 3, Twist of Fate; Secret Files 2, Puritas Cordis; Secret Files 3; Secrets of Da Vinci, Forbidden Manuscript;
Sentinel, Descendants in Time; Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper;
Still Life 2; Technobabylon;

1 15 Days; 80 Days; Agon 4, Lost Sword of Toledo; Alone in the Dark 4;
Amertis; Art of Murder, FBI Confidential;
Arthur’s Knights: Secret of Merlin; Arthur’s Knights: Tales of Chivalry;
ASA: A Space Adventure; Bad Mojo;
Beyond Two Souls; Black Mirror 2; Blackwell Convergence; Blackwell Deception; Blackwell Legacy; Blackwell Unbound;
Black Sails, The Ghost Ship; Broken Age; Broken Sword 2, Smoking Mirror; Byzantine, The Betrayal; Capri Connection;
Casebook, Kidnapped; Casebook, Snake in the Grass;
Casebook, The Watcher; Colonel’s Bequest;
Conspiracies 2; Contradiction Spot the Liars;
CSI, Crime Scene Investigation; Dame was Loaded; Dark Eye;
Dark Fall, Lights Out; Darkness Within, In Pursuit of Loath Nolder; Dead Synchronocity; Decay, The Mare; Deponia;
Destination Treasure Island; Detective Grimoire;
Discworld 1; Discworld Noir; Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon;
Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy; Dust, A Tale of the Wired West; Egyptian Prophecy; Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island;
Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria; Gomo Haunted; Heavy Rain; Her Story; Journey Down 2; Kairo; King’s Quest 4; King’s Quest 5; Last Half of Darkness, Shadow of the Servants;
Laura Bow, The Dagger of Amon Ra; L.A. Noire; Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin; Leisure Suit Larry 3; Lighthouse, The Dark Being;
Lilly Looking Through; Lost Chronicles of Zerzura; Lost in Time; Lumino City; Maniac Mansion; Memento Mori; Memoria; Monkey Island 2, LeChucks Revenge; Monkey Island, Tales; Mummy, Tomb of the Pharaoh; Murder in the Abbey; Mysterious Journey 2, Chameleon; Nancy Drew, Danger on Deception Island ; Nancy Drew, The Silent Spy;
Nancy Drew, Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake; Nancy Drew, Secret of the Old Clock; Nancy Drew, Shadow at Water’s Edge; Neuromancer; Neverhood; Next Life; Nightlong; Night of the Rabbit; Perils of Man;
Perry Rhodan, Immortals of Terra; Police Quest 3; Police Quest 4; Portal 2; Primordia; Quest for Glory 5; Rhem 4; Rhiannon; Riddle of Master Lu; Runaway 2, Dream of the Turtle; Samorost; Samorost 2; Save the Date; Secrets of Atlantis, Sacred Legacy; Sherlock Holmes, Crimes and Punishments; Sherlock Holmes, Nemesis (vs Lupin); Sherlock Holmes, The Case of the Rose Tattoo; Simon the Sorcerer; Simon the Sorcerer 2, Lion, Wizard and the Wardrobe; Sinking Island; Slip Space-The Burma Shave Analogy; So Blonde; Stanley Parable; Star Trek, Judment Rites; Subject 13; Tengami; Titanic, Adventure Out of Time; Tony Tough, Night of the Roasted Moths; Torin’s Passage; Undercover, Operation Wintersun; Walking Dead, Season 2; Whispered World; Wolf Among Us; X-Files; Yesterday; Zak McKracken, Aliens Mindbenders; Zork, Return to Zork;







Alphabetical List of Adventure Games 2015.

1 15 Days
1 80 Days
2 1954 Alcatraz

3 A New Beginning
2 Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None
1 Agon 4, Lost Sword of Toledo
2 Alida
1 Alone in the Dark 4
2 Amber, Journeys Beyond
1 Amertis
2 Ankh 1, Reverse the Curse
1 Art of Murder, FBI Confidential
1 Arthur’s Knights: Secret of Merlin
1 Arthur’s Knights: Tales of Chivalry
1 ASA: A Space Adventure
3 Atlantis 2-Beyond Atlantis
2 Aura, Fate of the Ages

1 Bad Mojo
2 Barrow Hill
2 Beneath a Steel Sky
1 Beyond Two Souls
4 Black Dalhia
1 Black Mirror 2
3 Black Mirror 3
4 Blackstone Chronicles
1 Blackwell Convergence
1 Blackwell Deception
2 Blackwell Epiphany
1 Blackwell Legacy
1 Blackwell Unbound
1 Black Sails, The Ghost Ship
6 Blade Runner
5 Book of Unwritten Tales
2 Botanicula
1 Broken Age
11 Broken Sword 1, Circle of Blood, Shadow of the Templars
1 Broken Sword 2, Smoking Mirror
3 Broken Sword 5, The Serpent’s Curse
1 Byzantine, The Betrayal

2 Capri Connection
2 Carol Reed, Amber’s Blood
2 Carol Reed, Blue Madonna
2 Carol Reed, Black Circle
5 Carol Reed: Bosch’s Damnation
4 Carol Reed, Cold Case Summer
3 Carol Reed, Colour of Murder
2 Carol Reed, East Side Story
2 Carol Reed, Hope Springs Eternal
2 Carol Reed, Remedy
2 Carol Reed, Time Stand Still
1 Casebook, Kidnapped
1 Casebook, Snake in the Grass
1 Casebook, The Watcher
3 Cat Lady
6 Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
1 Colonel’s Bequest
1 Conspiracies 2
1 Contradiction Spot the Liars
1 CSI, Crime Scene Investigation
4 Culpa Innata

1 Dame was Loaded
1 Dark Eye
2 Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
4 Dark Eye 2: Memoria
1 Dark Fall, Lights Out
3 Dark Fall, Lost Souls
1 Darkness Within, In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
2 Dead Reefs
1 Dead Synchronocity
1 Decay: The Mare
1 Deponia
1 Destination Treasure Island
1 Detective Grimoire
6 Dig
1 Discworld 1
2 Discworld 2
1 Discworld Noir
3 Dracula Origin
2 Dracula 3, Path of the Dragon
1 Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon
1 Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy
2 Dragonsphere
11 Dreamfall, Longest Journey
4 Dreamfall Chapters
1 Dust, A Tale of the Wired West

1 Egyptian Prophecy

2 Face Noir
2 Fahrenheit, Indigo Prophecy
4 Faust, The Seven Games of the Souls
2 Flight of the Amazon Queen

11 Gabriel Knight 1, Sins of the Fathers
7 Gabriel Knight 3, Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
2 Gemini Rue
1 Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
1 Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
1 Gomo
8 Gray Matter

1 Haunted
1 Heavy Rain
1 Her Story

2 I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream
5 Indiana Jones, Fate of Atlantis
2 ISABELLE

2 Jack the Ripper
3 Journey Down
1 Journey Down 2
3 Journeyman Project 3, Legacy of Time
2 J.U.L.I.A. Among the Stars

1 Kairo
2 Keepsake
1 King’s Quest 4
1 King’s Quest 5
6 King’s Quest 6
2 King’s Quest 7
2 Kyrandia, The Legend of Kyrandia

3 Last Express
1 Last Half of Darkness, Shadow of the Servants
4 Last Half of Darkness, Tomb of Zojir
2 Last Half of Darkness, Society of the Serpent Moon
1 Laura Bow, The Dagger of Amon Ra
1 L.A. Noire
1 Legend of the Prophet and Assassin
3 Leisure Suit Larry in the Land Lounge Lizards
1 Leisure Suit Larry 3
2 Life is Strange
1 Lighthouse, The Dark Being
1 Lilly Looking Through
2 Loom
1 Lost Chronicles of Zerzura
1 Lost in Time
10 Lost Horizon
1 Lumino City

4 Machinarium
1 Maniac Mansion
3 Maniac Mansion 2, Day of the Tentacle
1 Memento Mori
1 Memoria
3 Moebius: Empire Rising
8 Moment of Silence
5 Monkey Island 1, Secret
1 Monkey Island 2, LeChucks Revenge
3 Monkey Island 3, Curse
1 Monkey Island, Tales
3 Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock
4 Morpheus
1 Mummy, Tomb of the Pharaoh
1 Murder in the Abbey
3 Myst 3, Exile
4 Mysterious Journey, Schizm
1 Mysterious Journey 2, Chameleon

1 Nancy Drew, Danger on Deception Island
1 Nancy Drew, Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
1 Nancy Drew, Secret of the Old Clock
1 Nancy Drew, Shadow at Water’s Edge
2 Nancy Drew, The Secret of Shadow Ranch
1 Nancy Drew, The Silent Spy
1 Neuromancer
1 Neverhood
1 Next Life
2 Nibiru
1 Nightlong
1 Night of the Rabbit

2 Obsidian
5 Outcry
4 Overclocked

4 Paradise
1 Perils of Man
1 Perry Rhodan, Immortals of Terra
2 Phantasmagoria 1, Nightmare
3 Police Quest 1
2 Police Quest 2
1 Police Quest 3
1 Police Quest 4
1 Portal 2
4 Post Mortem
1 Primordia

1 Quest for Glory 5

2 Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief
2 Return to Mysterious Island
4 Rhem
3 Rhem 2
3 Rhem 3
1 Rhem 4
1 Rhiannon
1 Riddle of Master Lu
3 Riddle of the Sphinx
2 Roonsehv: Neterra
7 Runaway, A Road Adventure
1 Runaway 2, Dream of the Turtle
2 Runaway 3, Twist of Fate

1 Samorost 1
1 Samorost 2
1 Save the Date
3 Scratches
6 Secret Files Tunguska
2 Secret Files 2, Puritas Cordis
2 Secret Files 3
1 Secrets of Atlantis, Sacred Legacy
2 Secrets of Da Vinci, Forbidden Manuscript
2 Sentinel, Descendants in Time
1 Sherlock Holmes, Crimes and Punishments
1 Sherlock Holmes, Nemesis (vs Lupin)
3 Sherlock Holmes, The Awakened
1 Sherlock Holmes, The Case of the Rose Tattoo
4 Sherlock Holmes: The Testament
2 Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
5 Shivers
3 Shivers 2, Harvest of Souls
1 Simon the Sorcerer
1 Simon the Sorcerer 2, Lion, Wizard and the Wardrobe
1 Sinking Island
1 Slip Space-The Burma Shave Analogy
1 So Blonde
1 Stanley Parable
1 Star Trek, Judment Rites
11 Still Life
2 Still Life 2
1 Subject 13

2 Technobabylon
1 Tengami
3 Tex Murphy, Overseer
8 Tex Murphy, Pandora Directive
11 Tex Murphy, Tesla Effect
5 Tex Murphy, Under A Killing Moon
1 Titanic, Adventure Out of Time
1 Tony Tough, Night of the Roasted Moths
1 Torin’s Passage
3 Tormentum, Dark Sorrow

1 Undercover, Operation Wintersun
4 URU

4 Vanishing of Ethan Carter

4 Walking Dead
1 Walking Dead, Season 2
1 Whispered World
1 Wolf Among Us

1 X-Files

1 Yesterday
5 Yoomurjak’s Ring

1 Zak McKracken, Aliens Mindbenders
1 Zork, Return to Zork

Thanks for the hard work, Chief!

Surprise additions to the list.

to flotsam!

Thanks so much for the list! What a great resource for all of us.

Really great work! Thanks!

MaG, Marian, Rebkean,

Chief

Chief, flotsam and all my fellow Boomers.

It was nice to see some new blood on top this year but sad to see my buddy Zak McKracken only getting one vote.

A big thank you to all for taking the time to produce the list, much appreciated.

Many thanks, Chief and flotsam !! Your hard work is much appreciated !!

Thank you all. It certainly was a fun adventure.

Chief

Thank you all for compiling another great list. I've been away from adventure gaming for awhile and this list is just what I need to get caught up.😀

Interesting that we have several games tied this year, and a lot of fantastic ones at that. I do wish Dreamfall Chapters, Culpa Innata and Life is Strange could have gotten more votes, but glad to see them represented at least.

Thanks for all your hard work this year, Chief and flotsam! A lot of fun as always, and looking forward to another one next year.

Thanks Chief and flotsam.

It's always fun and helpful to see everybody's choices. Thanks again, Chief and flotsam.

Thanks to all and especially to Chief for all the help

flotsam.

Thanks you all for your participations and good words.

Chief

Oh, I missed it. I thought it would be in August.

You can still post your list Hugh so we can all see what you would of recommended.

Oh, that would be cool, thank you. Since it won't be counted because I'm late, I'm putting my most fav one on top

Overclocked

Apprentice
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
CSI: Hard Evidence
KnightSquire
Memento Mori
Post Mortem
Secret Files: Tunguska
Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Silver Earring
Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin (aka Nemesis)
The Silent Age episode 1

Hopefully, next time then. I hope I still have time for The Darkside List. I couldn't find it.