All these modern high falootin' games listed and I have to say King's Quest 2. It was the first adventure game I ever played and it got me hopelessly hooked on graphic adventures.

I had a computer for word processing mainly and I heard about something new called King's Quest that everyone was talking about. The only one I could find was King's Quest 2 and I'm glad because it was much better than KQ1 and I got so absorded in the game that I worked around the clock on it. I missed getting the correct thing from a horse and spent days trying to squeeze through poison vines in the vampires castle until I finally got a hint from Sierra and found that had I handled the horse correctly I could get a potion or something (don't remember now) that made me immune to the poison.

There have since been much better games with great graphics, puzzles and all but it's because Roberta Williams paved the way with here King's Quest games.

That's why I have to say that my all time favorite is my first, King's Quest 2.

If we're talking current games that have given me the most enjoyment and consumed my time the most it would have to be Morrowind because it is long, involved and very replayable.

Matt and I played this game together and we both wept at the ending. Actually I am glad that didn't come out with the proposed sequel. I thought the game ended with such clarity and greater resolution than most games.

Amazing game .. amazing.

Laura

for adventure game, that would be easy: The Longest Journey. but there are so many other great ones too.

but if you include all games ever played. I couldn't pick one. There are just so many wonderfull RPG's i have played over the years there is no way to say which one is my favorite.

Senor>>>>
Would you be really ticked off if I could NOT say ONE....many GB's have given some good games and I can think of several that are so close together that to name one I would have a cow in naming just one (plus I would feel like I betrayed the other games).
Ok...Ok Senor Calavera which is a good game but <drum roll, please> the one I would have to say is THE BEST is ZORK NEMESIS !! There..I just Pi--ed off aboubt 20 other games.
The reason would be that it had some very good puzles in it (the best part was that some of the puzzles were connected to a person you were to help). and All the 4 person's puzzles gave you clues to the WHOLE story/game. You first had to solve a puzzle to help a person then go their "land", then solve more puzzles to "awaken them". The game also had a great twist at the end that forced you to make a crucial decision.....BASED on trust. Truly a great game, not too hard but not too easy either and the fact that it had many layers in it added to the suspense and fun of the game itself. I have played this game several times and still get a twinge when trying to awaken someone to get to their land, I also get a twinge in the monestary (one part being the rope puzzle), the auditorium (orchestra puzzle to turn up lights ) or the sanitariam/hospital puzzles !!!!!!
I think that all of the Zork series should be counted as one as they play on one another and the same land..But I'll be fair and say Just "Zork Nemesis" ARRRRGGGGHHH!!!
Senor...if I cant get my other games to play for me now becasue I ticked them of...I'll be sure to mention your name and e-amil ..so they can tell you themselves how mad they are !! LOL
VERY GOOD QUESTION !!!! I commend you !!
Take Care...I wish you had put a vote in for hardest puzzle as I would have liked to know your answer... if you get this and can give me an answer before I make my final tally I'll take it but I'm going to to that right now>>>>so HURRY !!
hanksdog

This one's easy for me - Rama.

[...waits for boos to die down]

I know, I know, I can choose almost any area (graphics, acting, plot,...) and easily name several different games that surpass it. But I loved that game and can remember how thrilling it was to figure out another piece or to suddenly discover another section. Those were my kinds of puzzles.

Pandora: See my comments about Rama in the "Games I Didn't Finish" thread. hehehehehehe

Okay, Pandora, I thought I liked you. Now, it seems you are trying to steal my man.

Innocent! I'm innocent! Look up my last year's Top 15 in the archives! (This year's list was different - top 15 recommendations for newbies.) And I just looked at that "Games I didn't finish" thread. He doesn't say he particularly likes Rama, he just defended it.

So you can keep on liking me, Lucky's Rainbow!

Ya'll are all too much!!!!

But.... you'll also see Rama made my list in the "Who Is This New Guy?" thread. I loved loved loved this game. Smart-but-fair puzzles and an intriguing plotline. And only Journeyman Project 3 did as good a job of blending FMV and drop-dead gorgeous rendered backdrops and animation. My only quibble was the limit on how many "moves" you could make once the nuke was armed.

And bake all ya want, Pandora, I know how delicious LR's chicken pot pie is. The crowbar doesn't exist that is strong enough to pry me away.

I just cant do it, I would have to list probably 5.

Now there are some phenomenal games out there these days, and I have to admit that Syberia is breathtakingly beautiful, but... no game can compete with The 11th Hour. I loved playing against Stauff, with his taunting and rideculously difficult puzzles. To this day I still hum "If you only had a brain!".

Silver

gabriel knight 2. that game is perfection, IMO.

(okay, except for what happened at the very end btwn gabe and grace... or to be more precise, what *didn't* happen...)

emily

All-time favorite would have to be Syberia!

Uhm, SenorCalavera, I somehow showed up in your Greatest Games list
I'll have to see who voted for me .

I'll vote for you, Colpet!

Oh me Three - Woot! Go Colpet. :kiss:

Laura

Heeeeeeeeee...... Colpet gone! (Pains me to do that Colpet) Too late over at this part of the rock...

Just read that Joe Napolitano(Director of the X-Files) did Zork:Nemesis. wow.

Wow, didn't think we were voting on gameboomers people now! Nope, can't do it - I like you all!

I'm sticking with my choice for absolute favorite game, though Manny Calaveros (from Grim Fandango) has a special place in my heart. I really like him.

On Manny, notice how he's really a city guy? I think of him as a bit of a dandy, except he doesn't have a choice of wardrobe! He doesn't like to get dirty, I remember that from the game. He also seems so right, running a nightclub.

I also like the atmosphere, the afterworld is not how I pictured it. I remember an early bar scene. It looked like a 50s beat scene in Mexico - the dark bar, the black clothes, the beat poetry, the cigarettes. Inspired!

Just when I was starting my own fan club!

I`m guessing you all know whats my favorite. Check my signature *hint* *hint*

Riven

Divine Divinity. Has a huge amount of humor so lacking in most games, and never takes itself too seriously; exceptionally easy learning curve; intelligent and sometimes playful AI, open ended skills, great amount of interactivity, seamless world to romp in, and a huge dollop of charm.

Boy, there have been a lot of good ones, but I'd have to say Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive. (even though I only played it once, when it was 1st released)

Louis

Since we can't pick Colpet--GK2 is my favorite... :kiss:

Its tough to pick just one--sometimes you need humor, sometimes a good scare