[Sylvaedawn]

Well, for me, the best adventures ever are The Longest Journey and Myst.

And here's my list:

1) The Longest Journey & Myst
2) Syberia
3) Sherlock Holmes series [both old ones (Scalpel, Rose) and new ones (from Frogwares) - I'm an SH lover... (-; ]
4) Broken Sword series
5) Dark Fall series
6) Rest of Myst series [II to V]
7) Grim Fandango
8) Secret Files series
9) Machinarium
10) Simon the Sorcerer

I probably forgot some but these are those I remember best and therefore on the list... (-;

[Weare6]

Well after reading peoples choices I have to say everyone on this Forum is definitely on the same page so to speak.
This list was more difficult than I previously thought.
My Top 10 -
1. Monkey Island 3 series - (Just simply awesome, so so funny)
2. Myst series - (Exile & Revelations my favorite)
3. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father - (Brilliant)
4. Zak McKracken - (So much fun, great puzzles)
5. INDY: Fate of Atlantis - (Which the 4th film should of been based on)
6. Broken Sword 2 & 3 - (good times, good characters)
7. The DIG - (exceptional story, great challenge. wasn't spielberg going to make a movie of this?)
8. Day of the Tenticle - (like Monkey Island I laughed my ass off)
9. Machinarium - (A beautiful,magical game.. can't be missed)
10. Penumbra Series - (creepy, and really nice physics)

Below are some Honorable mentions.. (well more for nostalgia really)
Maniac Mansion - (I had such fond memories playing this)
Neverhood - (Claymation... ahhh you can't beat it, fun game)
Space Quest 1-3 - (what can I say a Sierra classic)
Kings Quest 1-4 - (again classic adventure games)
Sherlock Holmes Series - (these are brilliant. ya gotta love the Sherlock)
Secret Files 1-2 - (not without its flaws but good all round point & click)
Bards Tale - (apart from text adventures this was the 1st graphic adventure I ever played)
Dungeon Master 1-2 - (an early Adventure/RPG classic... only vague memories)
Legends of Kyrindia 1-3 - (there not great but still plenty of nostalgia there)
Zork series - (what can I say A brilliant, classic text adventure)
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - (you will need to read the book to finish this game)

Also anyone remember these little beauties
Labyrinth - (very early memories of this... released just after the movie I think)
Krystal - (Beautiful graphics... around the same time as DIG)
Wishbringer - (Awesome Text adventure)
Mortville Manor - (Vague memories of this one)
Deja vu - (wow 1985 where has the time gone Ha!)

Sorry for the ranting on each selection but ya know I'm sure I'm ranting to the right people
cause we all love our adventure games what ever they may be.
Anyway there are still so many to mention. Congrats on everyones choices they are all so awesome.
Weare6

[thejobloshow]

In no order what so ever.

Leisure Suit Larry 6/7
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Normality
Bad Mojo
Ace Attorney: Justice for All
Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within
Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis
Discworld (I'm torn over this one or Noir - I went for the first)
The 7th Guest
Beneath a Steel Sky

Is Twinsen's Odyssey/Little Big Adventure considered adventure? They would top the list if so.

[Hoipolloi]

I'm going to expand the "adventure" genre here a little.

My favorite adventures:

1. Deus Ex (2001), FPS-RPG-conspiracy adventure game
... and BTW, installment 3 is definitely approaching something

2. Tomb Raider, the original (1996), 3rd person acrobatic self-defense and lever-seeking adventure
.. lately, I've become a great fan of the Tombrunner speedruns.
But I confess, when I now play Lara, it's the new Lara. Even if the gameplay will never come close to the classics, Underworld looks simply gorgeous. But there's no beating the atmosphere of the original, even with every color-compressed pixel painfully visible.

3. Syberia (2002)
... part 1 only. Gorgeous, over the top, depressing, real steampunk!

4. Riven (1997)
... the best of the pre-rendered Myst games, and I've played it again recently. That's why it gets mentioned before Nemesis.

4. Zork Nemesis (1996)
... everything a romantic horror adventure needs, besides a fitting bad (good) ending. (Watch the intro and opening gameplay here - the hour glass cursor isn't part of the game interface, actually :hide_my_head_in_shame)

Everything else I can't really put grades on, they were games I either did or didn't finish, and you've all heard of them, maybe. Does anybody remember a 199x's title called Shine? My recollection is somewhat clouded, but it was around the time Riven came out, and I played it together with my little brother. This was the type of game I wouldn't finish nowadays - quite hard, I think. I still have the cool steel box it came in, with a cool screaming face embossed on top! ( Here it is in all its glory)

[rollercoaster]

i don't know..
haha..
i like to play all of the game..

[Drolin]

Its quite hard to choose only 10, but I will try

1) The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
2) Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
3) The Lost Crown: A Ghost-Hunting Adventure
4) The Dig
5) Grim Fandango
6) DreamWeb (short, but very atmospheric)
7) The Last Express
8) Mission Critical
9) Death Gate
10) Toonstruck

And i have to mention another quality adventures as Scratches, Sanitarium, Dune or The Neverhood.

[nightfan]

It's hard for me to list in order, but I do know a Top 3:

1. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
2. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
3. The Curse of Monkey Island

Here it gets tricky:

4. Syberia I and II
5. The Longest Journey
6. All the other Mysts
7. Monkey Island I and II
8. Grim Fandango
9. Indigo Prophecy
10. Bad Mojo (ha, bet no one's heard of this) + Machinarium, tied

[Stonez]

Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity
Day of the Tenticle
Grim Fandango
The Lost Crown
Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive
The Hobbit
Blade Runner
Broken Sword
The Dig
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father

This is really difficult, because I love a multitude more, and have a special memory from each of them.

[Aubstopper]

Here's my list:
1. The Longest Journey/Dreamfall
2. Gabriel Knight series
3. Tex Murphy series
4. Culpa Innata
5. The Lost Crown
6. Tex Murphy: Overseer
7. King's Quest VI
8. Sherlock Holmes series
9. Syberia series
10. Indigo Prophecy

[pointandcliklover]

Ok somy favs change all the time as i play more games old and new. In alot of cases for example gabriel and syberia kick myself fornot playing sooner in both cases i had the games on the shelves for years. In fact for syberia i got it on psx2 and xbox for the sequal then ended up buying on pc to play them forgetting that i already had them.


So in no order and yes i will cheat

Simon the sorcerer.........series except 3 and 5
syberia.......series ......hopefully so far
gabriel knight ......series
hotel dusk ......series......i am crying there will be no more...
Broken sword.....please can we have more
Discworld....series......it was these that made me read the books
runaway series.......tho 3 felt rushed
Monkey island.........all even tales
day of the tentacle ......not MM
Agatha christie's evil under the sun...........the others were good


Close to top ten

another code (both)
all ace attoney even apollo for kristoph gavin
tunguska 2
the dig
black dahlia
ripper
moment of silence
kings quest
kyrania 2 ..i cannot spell
labyrith of time
sam and max - not played seasons yet...but will
Toonstruck
grim fandango

I have played soooo many games that i cannot remember some but these stick out be interesting to see how these change in 10 years time

[zoecastillo]

1. TLJ/Dreamfall
2. Still Life
3. The Lost Crown
4. Lost Horizon
5. Gray Matter
6. Agatha Christie Series
7. Sherlock Holmes Series
8. Secret Files Series
9. Art of Murder 2 & 3
10. 15 Days
11. Syberia series
12. Black Mirror Series

(sorry I had to make it 12 - and that's because I love all of these fairly equally and have replayed them each many, many times! - I do also really enjoy the Nancy Drew Series - but I find 3 out of the last 5 were terrible - last two very good tho!) )

(I also probably answered this thread ages ago - wonder if my responses changed! lol - Currently installing A New Beginning - so just playing here!)

[Fantasysci5]

I love that the Lost Crown is in so many of your lists. It's my #1, and I'm glad it's getting the attention it deserves.

[zoecastillo]

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

I love that the Lost Crown is in so many of your lists. It's my #1, and I'm glad it's getting the attention it deserves.

And like me (and probably many others), you have probably been waiting forever for "The Last Crown" - I truly cannot wait another second! The minute I receive it I'm hunkering down with the lights off and having a blast. It will be like a mini-vacation!

[TheLongestJourney]

Top Ten (in no particular order)
1. Monkey Island Series (Particularly Curse of Monkey Island and Tales of Monkey Island)
2. The Dig (I love the story and setting)
3. Full Throttle (I love the setting and characters)
4. The Longest Journey Series (Particularly Dreamfall, it is the most exciting game I have ever played so far)
5. Gemini Rue (Amazing plot twists!)
6. Sam and Max series (I love all of them I even have the comic book and dvd of the animated series, Sam and Max are two of my favorite characters of all time)
7. Portal Series (GlaDOS and Wheatley are awesome and the puzzles are so much fun and the ending)
8. Day of the Tentacle (I need to play this again, maybe after I finally finish Maniac Mansion)
9. Grim Fandango (Who doesn't love Manny? This game is truly remarkable)
10. Loom (I loved the concept of this game and meeting the different guilds)

Wow 7/10 are LucasArts games. I don't know if that makes me a fanboy but other games never seem to stick with me as much)


Games I haven't played that could make the list:
Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
Gabriel Knight Series
Myst series
Tex Murphy series
Syberia series
Indigo Prophecy
L.A. Noire
Heavy Rain
Hotel Dusk series
Ghost Trick
Phoenix Wright series
Professor Layton series

[zoecastillo]

I should also add that Alpha Polaris (just released last month) was a very good game. I have played it about 4 times. The only reason I wouldn't put it my Top 10 (12 ) is that I literally finish the game in 2.5 hours (1st time took much longer of course) - but the game is just way too short. But it is definitely worth playing - if I didn't personally include time as a factor, it would have made it into my Top 12.

[Mikekelly]

Here's my list:

Last Window

Hotel Dusk

Thersia Dear Emily

Lux Pain

Again

999

Ghost Trick

Ace Attorney 3

Secret Files

Crime Lab

[Drolin]

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

I love that the Lost Crown is in so many of your lists. It's my #1, and I'm glad it's getting the attention it deserves.

I hope its not a OT, but I really enjoyed reading Lost Crown playthrough here, which gave me some answers to the main plot (or questions?) . And I cant wait to the second one too.

[Fantasysci5]

I'm glad you enjoyed the playthrough. I worked really hard on it, trying to make connections with everything to make it a little easier to understand.

[SamuelGordon]

Gabriel Knight 1 -3
Monkey Island 1-3
The Longest Journey
Fear Effect 2 : Retro Helix (psx)
Tombi!(aka Tomba) (psx) =(freaking hilarious game,mygod and really fun!!)
Resident Evil 1&2 (psx)

[Lucky Strike]

1 - Grim Fandango
2 - Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror
3 - The Last Express
4 - Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
5 - Full Throttle
6 - Scratches
7 - Silent Hill 2 (had to include it here. There's the option to play the game without enemies so it becomes a pure Adventure game)
8 - Silent Hill
9 - Day of the Tentacle
10 - Monkey Island 1/Sam 'n' Max: Hit the Road