…like we did last summer [Razz]

Here begins the 5th annual game recommendations list. For new members, the aim of this thread is to compile a list of adventure game recommendations from the collected wisdom of us all. It is intended to be a resource to help people decide what game to play next.

When I first came here, my best source of game recommendations was other boomers. I had no idea there were so many adventure games (my wife still wishes that was the case [Big Grin] ). I wanted not only to talk about games with other similarly afflicted folk, but find out what was good and what should I play. The resulting list, and lists for each subsequent year, are the collected wisdom of all participating boomers, and are down at the archive pages, and last years top 15 even found a place on the home page.

The objective is to list 15 games that you would recommend to someone to play in this day and age. They are not necessarily your own favourite 15 games but they might be. You might however decide to recommend a cross-section of styles or types. You might love a particular game but believe it is too much a product of your own idiosyncracies to recommend, or you might not recommend it because it is notoriously hard to get running on anything later than a 386 machine. There is no rule that says you can’t recommend such games; it is up to you.

No game is excluded, if it meets the criteria of being an adventure game. We all know what that is when we see it, so don’t get too hung up on criteria. We are all friends after all.

There are some rules though, and as always I reserve the right to make up more as we go . I don’t think that has actually ever happened (I might have clarified something) but like any lawyer it makes me feel important to be in control .

1. You can recommend a maximum of 15 games. You can choose to recommend less.
2. You cannot recommend a series. If you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, that will take 5 seperate recommendations, one for each game.
3. Myst and RealMyst will be counted as one game.
4. Adventure games only please (other games will get there own list somewhere else later on thanks to nickie’s sucking up ).

We keep the thread open for about three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates. It is compulsory to get more posts than the year before.

So here in no particular order are my 15 recommendations.

Riven
The Longest Journey
GK2: The Beast Within
Syberia 2
Myst III: Exile
Morpheus
Byzantine
Dark Fall
BS3: The Sleeping Dragon
Faust
Blackstone Chronicles
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Schizm
The Dark Eye

Thanks Flotsam,
here's my list.

(numbers are here just for not exceeding the limit)

1. Zork Grand Inquisitor
2. Dark Fall
3. Grim Fandango
4. Death Gate
5. The Dark side of the moon
6. Schizm 2
7. Chronomaster
8. Dragonsphere
9. Beneath a steel sky
10. Myst 3: Exile
11. I have no mouth and I must scream
12. Zork: Nemesis
13. Gabriel Knight 1
14. Dreamweb
15. The Pandora Directive

Ok, here's my list...

1)Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars
2)Broken Sword 2
3)The Secret of Monkey Island
4)The Curse of Monkey Island
5)Syberia
6)Toonstruck
7)Simon the Sorceror 2
8)Day of the Tentacle
9)Escape from Monkey Island
10)Gilbert Goodmate
11)Simon the Sorceror 1
12)Sam and Max hit the road
13)Beneath a Steel Sky
14)Grim Fandango
15)Broken Sword 3

• Dark Fall
• Gabriel Knight 1 Sins of the Fathers
• Gabriel Knight 2 The Beast Within
• Gabriel Knight 3 Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
• Myst
• Myst 3 Exile
• Phantasmagoria
• Rhem
• Riven
• Shivers
• Shivers 2 Harvest of Souls
• Syberia
• Syberia 2
• URU
• Zork Nemesis

flotsam

Good on you Flotsam! My fifteen (or fourteen or whatever . . .)

Alida
Atlantis 2
Atlantis 3: The New World
Day of the Tentacle
Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Louvre: The Final Curse (aka The Messenger)
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 3
Myst Exile
realMyst
Return to Zork
Riven
Temujin
Zork Grand Inquisitor

well, if anyone can post, here's my list...
(in that order)
1. discworld noir
2. syberia(1)
3. The Longest journey
4. Runaway
5. The Curse of Monkey island
6. Grim Fandango
7. Syberia (2)
8. Gabriel Knight (1)
9. Loom (although it's real old, the storyline beats every game i've played to date)
10. Gabriel Knight (2)

Only ten,sorry

In no particular order:

1. The Longest Journey
2. Syberia
3. Syberia II
4. Obsidian
5. Sanitarium
6. Timelapse
7. Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis II)
8. Mysterious Journey (Schizm)
9. Mysterious Journey II (Chameleon)
10. Myst
11. Riven
12. Cydonia (Lightbringer)
13. Riddle of the Sphinx
14. Omega Stone
15. Amerzone

FGM

1. The Longest Journey
2. Grim Fandango
3. King's Quest VI
4. Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
5. Discworld Noir
6. Ark of Time
7. Syberia
8. The Curse of Monkey Island
9. Dark Fall
10. Zork Nemesis
11. Timelapse
12. The Dig
13. The Secret of Monkey Island
14. Sam and Max Hit the Road
15. Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo

I know, only fifteen, so here we go.
1. Timelapse
2. Obsidian
3. Grim Fandango
4. Riven
5. The Longest Journey
6. Morpheus
7. Sanitarium
8. Black Dahlia
9. Syberia
10. Zork: Nemesis
11. Amerzone
12. Myst: Exile
13. Dark Fall
14. Myst (first love)
15. Auryn Quest (the fellowship)
This gets harder to do every year!!

1-The Longest Journey
2-Syberia
3-Syberia 2
4-Amerzone
5-Stupid Invaders
6-NightLong
7-Broken Sword
8-Broken Sword 3
9-Runaway
10-Clue: Fatal Illusion
11-Atlantis
12-Beyond Atlantis
13-Beyond Atlantis 2
14-TimeLapse
15-Sanitarium

1.The longest journey.
2.Dark Fall
3.Syberia
4.Nancy Drew-Message in a haunted mansion
5.Myst 3-exile.

Those are my all time favorite.

Caroline.

1.The Longest Journey 2.Syberia 1 3.Syberia 2 4.Sanitarium 5.Amerizone 6.Darkfall 7.Dragon Riders of Pern 8.Broken Sword 1 9.Broken Sword 2 10.Broken Sword 3 11.The Black Mirror 12.Journey to the Center of the Earth 13.The 7th Guest 14.C.S.I. 2 15.Law and Order 2

Here is my list of a few new favorites...My old favorites, there more then 15.

1-Syberia 1
2-Syberia 2
3-Mysterious Journey 2
4-Myst 3
5-Black Mirror
6-Jack the Ripper
7-Conspiracies
8-Uru:Beyond Myst
9-Black Dahlia
10-The Arrival
11-Bioscopia
12-Chemicus
13-Phiscus
14-Traitors Gate 1
15-Reah

In no particular order.

Bad Mojo
Riven
Zork Grand Inquisitor
The Last Express
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
Day of the Tentacle
Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo
Temujin
Dark Fall
Grim Fandango
Neverhood
Obsidian
Diskworld 1
Black Dahlia
Feeble Files

Oh, this was hard as I so wanted to include so many others I enjoyed. After much agonizing, here’s my final list in alphabetical order:

Alida
Beyond Atlantis
Connections
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Lighthouse: The Dark Being
Morpheus
Myst III: Exile
Obsidian
RealMyst
Rhem
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riven
Starship Titanic
Timelapse
Zork Grand Inquisitor

Here is my list:
1. Grim Fandango
2. Longest Journey
3. Timelapse
4. Dark Fall
5. Zork Nemesis
6. Sanitarium
7. Syberia
8. Shivers I
9. Shivers II
10. Journeyman Project 2
ll. Journeyman Project 3
12. Myst
13. Lighthouse
14. Riddle of the Sphinx
15. Omega Stone

1. Obsidian
2. Neverhood
3. Cassandra Galleries
4. The Longest Journey
5. Dark Fall
6. Sanitarium
7. Discworld Noir
8. Zork Grand Inquisitor
9. Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
10. Arthur's Knights (either one)
11. Faust
12. Timelapse
13. Grim Fandango
14. Nightlong
15. Reah

Love, Jen

Count me in

• Blackstone Chronicles

• Dracula II: The Last Sanctuary

• Grim Fandango

• Sanitarium

• Phantasmagoria 1: Pray It's Only A Nightmare

• Post Mortem

• Black Dahlia

• Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers

• Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

• Crystal Key II: The Far Realm

• Rent-A-Hero

• Flight of the Amazon Queen

• Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist

• Ace Ventura

• Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island

There are other games I'd rather add, but they incorporate action elements. I'll stick with these 15.


Gamehound

Didn't think I would find 15, wound up cutting some out.

Longest Journey
Outcast
Obsidian
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Amerzone
Gabriel Knight 2
Gabriel Knight 3
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Grim Fandango
Zork, Grand Inquisitor
Syberia 1
Syberia 2
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Black Mirror

Heres my list.

conspiracies
Grim Fandango
Dark fall
The neverhood
Black mirror
syberia 1
syberia 2
sanitarium
the longest journey
Amerzone
Egyptian Prophecy
phiscus
Chemicus
Jack the Ripper
Real Myst
Many Many more I enjoyed this year. Diane

NOTE: I've limited myself to only one game from a series.

In alphabetical order:

Black Dahlia
Black Mirror
Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars
Dark Fall: The Journal
Discworld Noir
Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Father
Grim Fandango
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
The Longest Journey
Monkey Island 3: The Curse of Monkey Island
The Neverhood
Obsidian
Riven
Runaway, a Road Adventure
Zork Nemesis

These are my favorites!

Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templers
Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
Syberia
Syberia 2
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father
GK2: The Beast Within
GK3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
The Longest Journey
The Curse of Monkey Island
Monty Python: In Search of the Holy Grail
Black Mirror
Sanitarium
Shiver 2: Harvest of Souls

With all the great sounding games due out this year, this list may be different next year!

Christy

In no particular order:
Black Dahlia
Syberia
Syberia 2
Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast within
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria 2 - Puzzle of the Flesh
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars
Sanitarium
Ripper
The Black Mirror
The Longest Journey
Tex Murphy - The Pandora Directive
Tex Murphy - Under A Killing Moon
Discworld 2 Morality Bytes
Discworld Noir

Here are mine-----

Syberia
Syberia 2
The Longest Journey
Uru
Harvest
Grim Fandango
The Black Mirror
Gabriel Knight 3
Crystal Key 2
Jack the Ripper
The Blackstone Chronicles
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Dracula- The Last Sanctuary
Dracula Resurrection
Darkfall

Susan

Here are my fifteen in no particular order......

1. Myst III: Exile
2. Broken Sword I
3. Broken Sword II
4. Broken Sword 3
5. The Longest Journey
6. Shivers
7. Shivers II
8. Riven
9. Blackstone Chronicles
10. Dark Fall
11. The Black Mirror
12. Post Mortem
13. Monkey Island 1
14. King's Quest 6
15. Syberia