Full list of ranked games and timestamps: 01:52 Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Final Cut 02:54 Are You Afraid of the Dark: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse 03:53 Belladonna 04:38 The Blackwell series 07:35 Broken Age 08:51 Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars 10:00 A Case of Distrust 10:57 The Cat Lady 12:26 The Charnel House Trilogy 13:10 Chicken Police: Paint it Red 14:05 The Darkside Detective 15:12 Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp 16:15 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive 17:19 Downfall 18:21 Dropsy 19:11 Fran Bow 19:55 Gemini Rue 20:45 The Goosebumps Game 21:33 The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Game 22:21 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream 22:23 Jenny LeClue Detectivu 24:22 John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles 25:26 Kathy Rain 26:25 King's Quest (2015) 27:56 The Last Door 28:55 The Legend of Kyrandia 30:15 The Lion's Song 31:14 The Little Acre 32:13 The Longest Journey 33:33 Lorelai 34:44 Midnight Scenes: The Highway 35:33 Moebius: Empire Rising 37:21 Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail 38:25 Neofeud 39:49 One Chance 40:43 The Pandora Directive 41:31 Primordia 42:18 The Procession to Calvary 43:19 Rainswept 44:20 Richard & Alice 45:04 Sanitarium 46:08 Shardlight 47:01 The Shivah 47:46 Stasis 48:48 Strangeland 49:56 The Sundew 51:16 Technobabylon 52:13 The Tesla Effect 53:13 Thimbleweed Park 54:04 Unavowed 55:25 Under a Killing Moon 56:22 Whispers of a Machine 57:40 The X-Files Game I realized that I forgot a bunch games, there are just so many of them: 7th Guest is a B. Some of the puzzles are cool, some are very annoying. I like the vibe though. Blade Runner is a B. I love the aesthetic, it really captures the movie, but I spent an inordinate amount of time just jumping between locations trying to figure out what I was supposed to do to trigger the next event. Lamplight City is a detective point and click with multiples ways to solve cases, some of which may be wrong. Quite good. A. Syberia is a C. It's pretty, but boy is it boring. Tex Murphy Overseer is an A. Great puzzles, great story. I just didn't like the interface as much as the other games.
Great List, but not one single DAEDALIC Game? I know they have their Flaws (God knows) but i Think "The Whispered World" and "Edna: The Breakout" Earn a chance
Not bad for a part 1, seriously, I feel it's fair to list several of the final fantasy titles as adventure games, adventure, pitfall and E.T. all from Atari should be included as well. Just to be fair E.T. is a masterclass on how not to make a game, Scarab of Ra, Myst, Riven, The Last Express, 7th guest, 11th hour, the Dig, and Atlantis for the Mac should be covered as well. Thank you for making this content it was very entertaining to watch.
It has some weaknesses. The VA is awful (luckily the german dub is fantastic). Its has some frustrating pixel hunt moments. The famous goat puzzle and a rather disappointing ending. Also I dont get why the neo templars are supposed to be the evil guys. tehy only really killed one of their own. And no organization of that size can be expected to not accept some collateral. Their actual goals seem fine.
It's dog shit... just kidding haha. Bro, it's good but atleast she is honest about her own tastes and don't give AF how unpopular her opinion is. I enjoy it.
@@briankory She's entitled to her opinion and I certainly enjoyed listening to her, but in that case I think she vastly underestimated such a legendary game.
I enjoyed Beneath a Steel Sky and the first two Broken Swords, i remember being stuck on a couple of the puzzles in a Smoking Mirror, pre gameFAQ days.
I'm surprised not to see Beneath a Steel Sky, Syberia, Vampyre Srory and the Czho Mythos on this list. A very overlooked comedy adventure game is Flight of the Amazon Queen, which is free on GOG so it's super easy to give it a try.
You didn't mention Myst, but that game has had a major influence on the adventure genre ever since it came out. The kind of serene, chill, unthreatening style of gameplay, coupled with new age-y ASMR-like atmospheric music, that we find in Syberia, The Longest Journey, The Witness, Firewatch, Gone Home, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and on and on, would be unthinkable if Myst didn't exist. The first time I saw Myst and its aesthetics when the game came out, it was unforgettable. That kind of aesthetics also coincides with the sensibility of many adventure game fans, I would think. It fits adventure better. In a first-person shooter, that kind of aesthetics wouldn't work.
I tried to play Myst once when I was 11. Had no idea what to do. I tried it again a few weeks ago, again I turned it off almost immediately. It's just not for me.
Someone else would have inspired the genre instead. And yeah myst might be related but is also very different from P&C adventure games. Mainly in being dialogue story driven. Which changes the whole deal of the game. I did play the very similar physicus when I was younger. And I could only get myself to play that one cause it taught about actual science. While I love P&C Myst is not for me. Id say Zork is closer but I can understand anyone being frustrated by the navigation
I get the feeling that this channels is more focused more on shorter, easier(at least not hardcore), story driven games. Since myst-like games are usually long, difficult and cryptic, it's no surprise there are non on this list.
The greatness about your channel you always bring new and interesting titles to my attention that I have never heard of. (btw when you do long videos like this I treat them like a podcast, so I play video games in the background while listening) Thank you for your contribution to the gaming community.
It is sad see that all daedalic adventures were skipped, because there are some really nice games from them. I could recommend the "Deponia" and "Edna & Harvey" games.
Love these ranking videos, i hope you cover Dreamfall: The Longest Journey and Dreamfall chapters one day as seeing The longest journey in S is the thing i needed to see to push on and finish that game.
I had the same first bad impression about Technobabylon when I played it (getting stuck at the very beginning and all) and almost dropped it, but after the bad start it was an amazing game. The restaurant sequence was bone-chilling, I fear that something similar could become reality someday.
I love this genre. A couple I didn't see on the list (or forgot about, sorry) that you might enjoy: "A Golden Wake", "Haven's Vault", "Lamplight City", "Lost Horizon", "A New Beginning", "The Raven".
A UK developer called Darkling Room has made a few point-and-click adventure games that I enjoyed: Dark Fall (2002), Dark Fall: Lost Souls (2010), The Lost Crown (2008). They all have supernatural themes. An Australian-made indie adventure game called The Eyes of Ara (2016) also impressed me. These are all fairly challenging games with little hand-holding. E.g. When you have to guess a computer password, it won't be written on a scrap paper nearby; you have to deduce it from all the journals, posters, etc. you've seen up to that point.
Great video! Kyrandia was my jam as a kid. I loved those games - vastly underappreciated. And ah, the Last Door.... Such a promising series that ended in such disappointment. I wish another studio would pick it up and give it a proper ending.
While Kyrandia's 1 and 3 where both wholly infuriating experiences for me, the second Kyrandia game, The Hand of Fate, is surprisingly solid. There are a few bad puzzles, certainly, but overall it's colorful, charming, and funny, and the puzzles generally make sense or are even clever sometimes.
The Longest Journey is amazing and probably deserves its own video. I never played many adventure games growing up (I did play Legend of Kyrandia and, despite the ridiculous puzzles, thought it was great at the time) but picked up The Longest Journey and had an amazing time. I want to replay it but I remember it was like 6 discs of content or something.
In this comment, I'm going to be your very predictable GenX'er with my list of 'how come you didn't talk about these games I like?' haha! Great video Pam. Lots for me to check out! :) Not sure how you didn't get to Hand of Fate or Malcolm's Revenge which improve on Kyrandia in every possible way and even make the 1st one worth playing. Also, does Dynamix count? Rise of The Dragon!!! And then finally - I think you'd REALLY love Companions of Xanth, and to a slightly lesser extent, Death Gate. :)
Well, I just played the first Kyrandia a couple weeks ago, so that would explain how I didn't get to the 2nd or 3rd. Also the fact that there are thousands of games out there to play. I really hate the Xanth books, don't think I'll play the game.
Where is Overseer? Since you are a Tex fan I figured it would be there. Other recomendations from the 90s would be: Ripper and Black Dahlia. Both are pretty great games with great stories and seem to be in line with the type of games you like. Unfortunately, they are not on GOG or anything and are difficult to get to run these days, but both were pretty awesome mid-90s FMV games that were done by Take 2.
I am in an On/Off Relationship with Point and Click Adventures. Back in the day I loved them, partly also because there were not as much options in the video game market as today. Then, when technology evolved, i stopped playing them. But from time to time, i get this nostalgia boosts and want to play them again. but it is not just that. in my opinion point and click adventures are the "reading a good book on a rainy sunday afternoon" of the video game industry, and when i have the right pointy and clicky at the right timey, its hard to beat that feeling, man. the last ones i played for the first time a few weeks ago were: broken sword, secret files tunguska and broken sword 2. and after trying to decide for a felt decade if i should give the longest journey or the very first monkey island a try, this video right here made the decision for me. for a very long time i wanted to play the longest jorney, because every time i see it mentioned in a video it has a strange power over me. like a magic spell, casted on my brain. it has some sort of gravity. cant wait to play it°!
@@Cannotbetamed1 thanks. i am a few hours in already and i have to say, this game really has a magic to it, i love the world and the sound but i have one big problem. i dont like the main character. she is so bitchy and unlikeable. i really hope they did that so she can grow and get some good ol´ character development. ^^. the story itself had me hooked from the beginning. ^^ i am curious if i will ever find a pointy n clicky that will ever beat my GOAT (Gabriel Knight) ^^
Daedalic are very hit n' miss and I think they suffer for poor English voice acting as well as translation issues in places. But the Dark Eye series: Chains of Satinav & Memoria are excellent and "A New Beginning" is a hidden gem.
Hey, i got into the Blackwell series after watching this, and i was pleasently surprised today as i finished Deception for the second "commentary" playthrough when Dave Gilbert mentioned Deionarra's theme from Planescape, my jaw dropped.
This is a super interesting ranking, totally different from what I would choose. Mby its personality driven or some other factors. Not sure, is it strictly Point and Click, so The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Detriot: Become Human doesnt count, or what? xD. Few games I am missing here: Jack Orlando, Hopkins FBI, Deponia (and other Deadalic games), Teenagent(its free on GOG), The Pillars Of the Earth, Syberia, All Sherlock Holmes games made by Frogwares, Her Story, Dont Feed the Monkeys, Doki Doki xD, Gray Matter, The Neverhood, 3 Skulls of the Toltecs, Blade Runner ^
I see The Longest Journey is up there in the S-Tier, that's right where I'd put it, too. There's only so much time in the day, and wow, 57 games must have been a lot of time! If you can find the time, I hope someone, sometime, told you about its sequel, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. TLJ is a hard act to follow, but I was happy and satisfied, revisiting that world. I might compare Dreamfall and TLJ to Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger. Same world, a few of the same proper nouns, you'll recognize a lot from the first game, but it's very much its own story.
Some recommendations not on this list: Simon the Sorcerer I & II Discword 1,2 & Noir Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phangoria Beneath a Steel Sky Toonstruck Nelly Cootalot and the Fowl Fleet 2064: Read Only Memories Gray Matter Deponia (series) The Unwrtitten Tales (series) Blazing Dragons Ark of Time
Very interesting list. I will look into a few of them . I would recommend Black Mirror (2003) if you haven't tried it. I really enjoyed the atmosphere.
You are wrong about Technobabylon! :D Have you played Toonstruck, the Discworld games, and the Syberia games? I'd also recommend Emerald City Confidential - developed by Wadjet Eye Games but published by someone else who unfortunately refuses to sell WEG back the rights to the game.
I have to say, I really enjoyed Monkey island 3. I also found Syberia 1-3 very enjoyable, but for the ambience, there's not much humor. Also I enjoyed A Vampyres Tale a lot. Murder in the Abbey felt a bit like playing a game based on the movie the name of the rose. Stupid invaders was quite funny. Not a difficult or long game, but I loved the ways to die 😂 also I enjoyed the Sam & Max outings from 2008 and 2010. Not the best games, but I found them to be quite good fun. There are some titles in the point and click adventure games your also may check out (if you did not do yet) The black mirror, not sure if there were 2 or 3 parts The mystery of the druids was also quite ok Post mortem was an interesting title too You were no big fan of the game to Indiana Jones 3. Imho I found the game Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis to be the better game. I did like the space quest games... But they are pretty annoying I admit 😂 you die over and over again, or you get stuck somewhere... And have to how you had an older safe game. As for Kyrandia, I do share your opinion. The second part (the hand of fate), is a bit better a game though, imo 😊
I had such high hopes for Unawoved, it was my first Wadjet Eye game, but I was so let down *SPOILERS* at the part where you learn the demon made the protagonist have gay sex. The game commits a relatively long portion of that chapter to this as a trauma to the protagonist, but I thought this was horribly and very insensitively written, being both gay and a rape victim myself. Especially since just before, committing MASS MURDER was moreso dealt with as a plot point and somehow not really as a source of huge trauma that needs any time to be processed...
Thanks for your video. You gave me some games to try! Awesome! I''ll Subscribe Btw, Holes in the seat for belts and stuff.... What corner are you going to take at the Nuremberg ring?
some of these choices.. oof.. big oof.. (Broken Sword 1 is a B? Sanitarium gets a C?! Come on now.. Stop it, please). Also many great titles sadly missing.. ..but it still was a mildly enjoyable video anyway, thanks.
Wow, this gives me a lot to think about. I haven't played many since the heyday of Sierra/LucasArts. One that I did play that I thought was good was To The Moon.
Hi, pam. Maybe you want to try out „discworld“ or „gray matter“. Thanks for your adventure games recommendations. There were many I wasn’t aware of that they exist.
I'd recommend the game Scratches. It's hard to find - used to be a GOG release, it's been delisted due to legal reasons. Might float around on the Internet *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink*. It's almost a mix of Adventure game and Walking Simulator (kind of)
Also, anyone keeping track of The Drifter? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lK_PDdX3nIY.html This one looks really good. The voice acting is next-level good, and oh, the music! I've watched that intro playthrough more times than I'd care to admit.
Yup, first Legend of Kyrandia is a very midiocre game but its sequel The Hand of Fate it whole other beast and much better game. And still beautiful. Recomended.
I have some good news: there's a free program called FlashPoint that lets you play Flash games that have been archived, and One Chance is among them. You can download the whole database, which is over a terabyte, or you can download just the program, and it downloads the game/animation and keeps it on your hard drive the first time you check it out.
book of unwritten tales 2 is my favorite point and click adventure games; its very funny, has great art, and good voice acting. I'm not sure if the Telltale games would be considered adventure games or just visual novels but they are very good because of their choice system. I hated Technobabylon because it mixed meaningless sci-fi technobabble with puzzle solving. The procession to Calvary is made by the same people who made 4 last things. That's game also featured classical music and renaissance art and was very funny. The Unavowed is definitely my favorite Wadjet eyes game. And Grim Fandango is one of my favorites but i don't remember who made that one so maybe that's why it wasn't featured.
Thank you for the video. I picked up "I have no mouth and I must scream" after watching you recommend it. Although I strongly disagree with your take on Broken Sword, I really appreciate your list. I'd recommend the first two "Simon the Sorcerer" games, the "Black Mirror" trilogy, "Cognition - An Erica Reed Thriller", "Gray Matter", "Memento Mori" and the "Runaway" series. And I'm pretty sure you're going to like the "Still Life" games, although they are a bit clunky.
Randomly found this in my feed. Youre getting a sub from me just for putting Longest Journey as your first S :D. Its one of my favorite adventure games along with Grim Fandango
Oh I loved Broken Age and the second act puts a great twist on the story. If I recall it's a much larger share of the game than Act 1 too. It's worth going back to.
Nice ranking list. I haven't played a lot of these, so there's definitely some to look into in the future. I've actually been slowly making my way through The Longest Journey, and whilst I have been enjoying it, it's so long! Haha. Other games that I have played that don't appear on this list are the Discworld games. Especially Discworld II, as well as Broken Sword 2: Shadows of the Templar. I know you ranked the first Broken Sword game, but I found the second game to be a better experience. Anyway, looking forward to your next ranking list.
Longest Journey is the S'est of S'es for me, I played it when as a teenager back in the old days of 2001 and it was the first game I finished that gave me the post-game blues. I remember being restless and sad for several days because this amazing experience was over... good times
You are wrong about Broken Sword - it should be higher! :D I've think I played that game 3 times, and the sequel twice. I'd say it's a great combination of history and thriller, so wouldn't say it is mundane. The humour is probably a different style since a lot of point and clicks can be very over the top. If you hate box puzzles, definitely skip Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon if you decide to try others in the series. An interesting point and click I played a few years ago is Toonstruck which combines animation with your live-action main character. People seem to really love Edna & Harvey the Breakout but I wasn't a fan of that. I did love the sequel Harvey's New Eyes though.
To be honest, I hated the third one (despite I really liked the first two and replayed them multiple times). I've not yet seen the new one, though (The world before? Not 100% sure about the name).
@@jk9554 I've been on the fence to play it. For now, I have some point n clicks waiting in my Android library. But I keep seeing the price drop in the PS store. No doubt, I'll be getting around to it sooner or later. I've only seen a trailer for the new one.
Nice list iv'e added a few to pick up, would recommend giving "The lost crown a ghost hunting adventure" a play, the dialog can be a little janky but the aesthetic and atmosphere are top notch. also Star Trek 25th and Star trek judgement rites. very good adventure games even has the original voice cast.
I know it's old and not entirely your style, but have you played The Adventures of Willy Beamish? I forgot the name and while searching for it discovered your videos. Great content and you have a new subscriber!
I'm a Sierra die-hard (QFG, OMG!) followed by LucasArts-diehard but The Last Express might be my ultimate favorite not made/published by either of those two. I loved the environment and rotoscoped characters. I have to try a bunch of yours on your list. I've only tried a little under half of them but I'm not sure I'm the biggest adventure fan in retrospect so much as a disgruntled RPG/strategy fan wanting more games like QFG, VtM, Fallout 1&2, X-Com: UFO Defense, Shining Force, and M&B.
As usual another great and comprehensive ranking of this plethora of games. Any thoughts on Lacuna from last year? Does it count if it's more dialogue driven?
I remember really liking Access Software's "Countdown". It has a Robert Ludlum vibe that I enjoyed but I also remember it having a super annoying wine cellar puzzle. It's also from around the time when Access started with the digitized characters thing and that probably comes across as a mixed bag today.
Good rankings (I tend to be more sympathetic towards Moebius though it's a total mess--so woulda given it a C--knowing Jane planned to make it a series with the two male leads in a relationship she coulda at least introduced that in the first game. And mazes.) It's interesting, I had always heard how amazing the Broken Sword games were so finally a couple of years back played 1, 2 and 5 (the ones available for phone--I guess 3 and 4 are the more action heavy ones and couldn't make the switch.) And I liked them--I think they actually improve as they go on, but really in terms of the character dynamics, the mix of slightly supernatural historical stuff, etc, they really just felt like Gabriel Knight Light to me. I *am* surprised you don't have Gray Matter on the list though--or haven't played it. It's far from perfect, but is a MUCH better example of a Jane Jensen game post GK than Moebius is.
I have played Gray Matter since I made this list. I quite enjoyed it, though I did find things fell apart a bit at the end. Fun story and puzzles though.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Glad to hear!! It just seems to kinda get forgotten now and, though I know even when it came out a lot of fans were disappointed, I think it's aged quite well (maybe the much bigger disappointment of Moebius has helped raise it in my estimation.) I do think things get a bit too messy in the final sections (and when recruiting students there was one puzzle that, even with a walk through, I had a Hell of a time making work...) Anyway--have had a great time going through all your videos--dunno how I missed them all these years.
Any chance of posting your streamed content on RU-vid so we could watch them there later? I don't really use Twitch, but would love to watch them here. Then they would also be available for longer than a month (or however long Twitch keeps them up). Maybe another channel for vods if it would would anger the almighty algorithm vis-á-vis your main channel? Also, thanks for the great videos. :)
So many adventure games i have never heard of, and im thinking have you not played the Runaway series? by Pendulo Studios? or the Deponia series by Daedalic Entertainment GmbH, if not (they are not included on your list) i think you have something to look forward to, both series are solid entires in the genre :)
This will be awesome! Adventure games made by LucasArts is what i am familiar with so will be cool to see ones from different companies. Thanks for this!
I haven't played most of these, but I did really enjoy Fran Bow, Unavowed, The Last Door, and the Cat Lady. It's a shame that the new King's Quest isn't very good. It looks amazing...Oh well.
Good list. Myst and Riven absolutely destroy every adventure game ever made, and they are in a class all their own. But this was cute nonetheless. Longest Journey was phenomenal as a complete series.
Have you heard about Floyd? That was one of those old games my father bought me because I liked Point and Click Adventures like Monkey Island but it was way too difficult for me and also the theme was not the most interesting for a child.
I love some adventure games, they are very immersive! Mine suggestions are Ghost Trick, the Ace Attorney franchise, Hotel Dusk and the Zero Escape games.
I'd really like to know what you think about Tangle Tower. It's a sequel to Detective Grimoire and I think it improves on the original in almost every way. Hardly anyone talks about it and it makes me sad how it has been under the radar for many people.
In not a huge adventure game fan. I don't have the brain for the puzzles. Saying that I did enjoy the first Syberia game. Would love to hear your thoughts on it if you play it.
Resonance from Wadjet Eye was great! I have mixed feelings about the Telltale Games, and I never played their biggest (The Walking Dead,) but I really loved Back to the Future and The Wolf Among Us. I haven't tried Corey and Lori Cole's new game Hero-U (They made Quest for Glory), but I'm interested in trying it out.
