The Longest Journey is my personal alltime favourite. I played it first shortly after release, it was a complete coincidence. My mom had picked it up because of the art on the box and because we enjoy Adventures games. I was blown away! The setting in two worlds, stunning graphical design, the gripping story, the memorable characters! It was everything I love and to this day, I keep coming back to the game. It's so good! From this video, I also enjoyed Black Mirror and Gabriel Knight 2. The others I might have to check out at some point. :D
Here's the pretty decent list so far: 100 Ripley's Believe it or Not - Riddle of Master Lu 99 Ween the Prophecy 98 Return of the Phantom 97 Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender 96 Chewiy Esc from F5 95 The Feeble Files 94 Escape from Monkey Island 93 Little Misfortune 92 Gold Rush 91 Broken Sword 3 - The Sleeping Dragon 90 Runaway 3 - a Twist of Fate 89 Kapia 88 Sherlock Holmes - The Awakened 87 Still Life 86 Space Quest I - The Sarian Encounter 85 Techno Babylon 84 Life is Strange 83 Legend of Kryandia Book One 82 Discworld 1 81 Kentucky Route Zero 80 The Walking Dead Season 1 79 Thimbleweed Park 78 Black Mirror III 77 Toonstruck 76 King's Quest V - Absense Makes the Heart go Yonder 75 L.A. Noire 74 The Blackwell Legacy 73 Gemeni Rue 72 Drawn - the Painted Tower 71 Freddy Farkas Frontier Pharmacist 70 Indigo Prophecy (AKA Fahrenheit) 69 Syberia II 68 Dreamfall - the Longest Journey 67 Journeyman Project 3 - Legacy of Time 66 Kathy Rain (director's Cut) 65 ...? 64 Gabriel Knight 3 63 Quest for Glory I - So you Want to be a Hero? 62 Myst 61 Zork 60 Sam and Max season II 59 Lighthouse 58 Discworld II - Missing Presumed... 57 Simon the Sorcerer II - The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe 56 King's Quest VII - The Princeless Bride 55 King's Quest III Redux - to Heir is Human 54 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream 53 Black Mirror II 52 The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 51 Black Dahlia 50 Torrin's Passage 49 Star Trek Judgement Rites 48 Leisure Suit Larry VII - Love for Sail 47 Tales of Monkey Island 46 Heavey Rain 45 Police Quest 2 - The Vengence 44 Tex Murphy - Under a Killing Moon 43 Blade Runner 42 Runaway - A Road Adventure 41 Machinarium 40 Syberia 39 Portal II 38 Loom 37 Leisure Suit Larry VI - Shape up or Slip Out 36 Space Quest V - the Next Mutation 35 Laura Bow II - The Dagger of Amon Ra 34 Quest for Glory II - Trial By Fire 33 Leisure Suit Larry and the Land of the Lounge Lizards 32 King's Quest II Redux - Romancing the Stones 31 Broken Sword II - The Smoking Mirror 30 The Dig 29 King's Quest I - Quest for the Crown 28 Maniac Mansion 27 Simon the Sorcerer 26 Conquests of the Longbow 25 The Last Express 24 Sanitarium 23 Discworld Noir 22 Beneath a Steel Sky 21 Book of Unwritten Tales 20 Broken Sword 5 the Serpents Curse 19 Tex Murphy the Pandora Directive 18 The Longest Journey 17 The Black Mirror 16 Riven - The Sequel to Myst 15 Quest for Glory Shadows of Darkness 14 Space Quest 4 - Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers 13 Full Throttle 12 The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Serrated Scalpel 11 The Beast Within - a Gabriel Knight Mystery I've played 35 of them, and partially played 8 more.
And by process of elimination, and games you talk about a lot, I expect your top 10 will look something like this: 10 Curse of Monkey Island 09 Sherlock Holmes - The Lost Files 2 - The Case of the Rose Tattoo 08 Monkey Island 2 - Lechuck's Revenge 07 Day of the Tentacle 06 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 05 Broken Sword - The Shadows of the Templar 04 Grim Fandango 03 Secret of Monkey Island 02 King's Quest VI - Absence Makes the Heart go Yonder 01 Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers Maybe some hopeful thinking of mine to put 2 Sierra games at the top over Monkey Island, but there it is, It's hard to argue the merit of these 10 games. It leaves no room for Space Quest 3, or King's Quest 4 - unexpected, but I'm OK with that - they have some issues that make them not as great as in our memory. These are also very deserving games which could show up, but I'm guessing not: Fran Bow Obduction Conquests of Camelot Neverhood Lamplight City Inherit the Earth - Quest for the Orb Dropsy Unavowed Death Gate Calahan's Crosstime Saloon
@@MagusMarquillin that’s a pretty good observation. I have not played Space Quest 3, nor have I seen a let’s play on it. I can’t believe I omitted conquest of Camelot. More observations soon.
@@AdventureGameHotspot Well, you'll probably have to adjust this when Return to Monkey Island comes out - you could make some other adjustments at the same time. And there's still a chance to slip something into #65. :)
@@AdventureGameHotspot I assume 65 is Conquests of Camelot since it's shown in the outro of 61-70 with the other 9 games. (didn't cover 65 in the video).
Another great video, Joshua! - I played The Longest Journey for the first time last year and enjoyed it. I didn't need a walkthrough for the infamous rubber ducky puzzle; must be getting more experienced with moon logic. - Sherlock Holmes and Riven were games I played in school but didn't finish until picking them up again last year. Great games, especially Riven which holds up graphically today, is one of the most intricately designed games and a great example of puzzles integrated perfectly into the world building (albeit damn hard). - I think out of all the LucasArts remasters, Full Throttle might be the most impressive looking, if only for the remodeled bikes. Yes, very short and easy, but oozes style. "Yeah, when I think of Maureen, I think of two things: asphalt... and trouble."
Looking forward very much to your TOP 10 adventure games - I'm excited! Some time ago I made a video about the five best adventure games (from LucasArts) - and I foresee what could come up now! :) Video liked and subscribed to the channel. :)
@@AdventureGameHotspot its from 1990, it was my introduction as a kid do adventure games, but the game has a very adult story and a lot of mistery envolved in the plot. Play it, if you love adventure games, i guarantee you wont waste your time. :)
>2d and hand-drawn only for the backgrounds, characters are rigged 3D models. Thanks for this series by the way, I found a lot of great games thanks to it and I wish it got more views
@@AdventureGameHotspot 😂🤣 I’m just messing of course, it was clearly a slip of the tongue. I’m watching this countdown in order atm and very much enjoying it. Currently on the top 10. 🙂
