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[A Killing Sound]

Hey all.    I wanted to create a thread for fans of this old school genre to discuss and talk point and click games.  For me, point and click was all  about classic characters, puzzles, witty dialogue, and ridiculous situations.  I've recently started playing the Broken Sword series on the PC, and I am loving it so far (working through part 3).   I used to play tons of the old Sierra titles (Police and Space Quest), and the Lucasarts classics (Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Sam and Max, Maniac Mansion), but now I kind of want to get back into playing these types of games on a more regular basis.  My question to the community is, what are some good titles to play that are not too old to run on newer operating systems(no DOS titles please).

[Loerwyn]

Check Gog.com.

Still a few Broken Sword games that've been released recently, um... The Sherlock Holmes games... Can't think of many,

[Seagloom]

Drat. There goes my Gabriel Knight series suggestion.

The Longest Journey, Syberia and its sequel instantly spring to mind. Dreamfall has enough weird elements that I'm not entirely comfortable labeling it point & click.



Other more recent adventure games I enjoyed were A Vampyre Story and So Blonde. Both were fairly goofy and cartoony. The latter has a coming of age plot, but was still very silly through most of the game. The former is short and is part of an ongoing series. I have no idea when A Vampyre Story 2 is out, but until then you may want to wait.



One campy point & click game I rarely see get a mention is Hell. It's a weird little cyberpunk game and kind of mediocre compared to many of the outstanding titles you mentioned, but I enjoyed it quite a bit way back when.

[invert180]

Oh man, those Sierra adventure games were the bread and butter of my gaming experience back in the day. King's Quest, Quest for Glory, Eco Quest, Pepper's Adventures in Time, Police Quest... I think I've played every single one of them, with the exception of Space Quest. Don't know why, but I could never get into that series.



You could try Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy). I suppose it was a... decent game. Very different from everything else on the market, that's for sure. Done by the person who made Heavy Rain too, no less. Whether that's a plus or minus is up to you!

[invert180]

Seagloom wrote...

Drat. There goes my Gabriel Knight series suggestion.
The Longest Journey, Syberia and its sequel instantly spring to mind. Dreamfall has enough weird elements that I'm not entirely comfortable labeling it point & click.

Other more recent adventure games I enjoyed were A Vampyre Story and So Blonde. Both were fairly goofy and cartoony. The latter has a coming of age plot, but was still very silly through most of the game. The former is short and is part of an ongoing series. I have no idea when A Vampyre Story 2 is out, but until then you may want to wait.

One campy point & click game I rarely see get a mention is Hell. It's a weird little cyberpunk game and kind of mediocre compared to many of the outstanding titles you mentioned, but I enjoyed it quite a bit way back when.

Gabriel Knight!  That's what I was forgetting.  I was planning on playing that like years ago, but never got around to it.  And because my memory is so terrible, I ended up forgetting about it entirely.  GAH!

The Longest Journey was a lot of fun, and I also enjoyed Dreamfall (though it wasn't as great as TLJ).  Wish they'd develop some more good old adventure games.  Been thinking about trying that new one, Black Mirror 2, but I've been on the fence about it.  We shall seeeeeee...

[enormousmoonboots]

I always hear good things about Darkseed. Spoilers after the first entry, natch.

[Outamyhead]

Grim Fandango was a classic

[Onyx Jaguar]

There are some indy games like Ben there Dan that



But if you are looking to the really old school, one that predates DOS even. So it is against what you said, but it is worth mentioning. And that is Shadowgate. Can't think of many at the moment because most of the ones I would mention are really old and most likely would not run on modern computers.



If you have a DS though there are a few on that platform as well.

[Beocat]

Well, there's also the horror/survival point and click games out there. Haunting Ground was good if you are into that. Rule of Rose was disturbing.



And it's nice to see other people liking Dreamfall! I loved it. Wish they'd continued the series.

[Pacifien]

Outamyhead wrote...
Grim Fandango was a classic

Run, you pigeons! It's Robert Frost!

[enormousmoonboots]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

If you have a DS though there are a few on that platform as well.

Oh right, Phoenix Wright and Hotel Dusk are techinically point-and-click adventure games as well. I always forget about them because they're so dialog-heavy.

Some people find Hotel Dusk dull and too wordy since the characters aren't as over-the-top as PW, but I totally love the noir genre and the more down-to-earth characters; I probably cared about Melissa more than I did Pearl. And you're damn right I got the secret ending. I really hope the sequel, Secret Window, will come over here, but the company went under soon after it was released...

[Onyx Jaguar]

Cing went under?

[Andariel669]

I used to find Adventure games boring as hell, but It all changed when I tried this:







This one's really a big kick-ass!!!

Some sort of Adventure/Survival Horror with some disturbing Lovecraftian atmosphere. Even if the graphics are a bit old, it's terribly immersive and involving !

[enormousmoonboots]

Onyx Jaguar wrote...

Cing went under?

Yep. :C

Oh, it was Last Window, not Secret Window. And it's unlikely it'll ever get fan-translated, because it's an obscure DS game which will undoubtedly be very dialog-heavy. A fan translator's worst nightmare.

I really hope someone officially brings it over eventually, though.

[Blind Bard]

Apart from all the classics mentioned above, I'd say you should try out "Indianna Jones and the Fate of Atlantis", if you haven't already. It's a DOS game, but with DOSBox or something similar you shouldn't have trouble playing it, as long as you don't mind the graphics that is. There's a voiced over version, although I remember playing it with only Ad Lib sound from 12 or so floppy disks on a 386. It was my first PC game ever

As for new ones, well, The Longest Journey and Syberia are a must, even if a bit old, as was mentioned above.

The only trully new point and click I managed to find that is well made, is "The Whispered World". It has lovely graphics, a nice protagonist and an attractive story, although I haven't finished it yet. Keep in mind, however, that it plays on a fixed 4:3 resolution, and therefore must be either distorted or windowed on a widescreen PC/laptop.


Edit: I just remembered and I think it's worth mentioning: Indianna Jones and the Fate of Atlantis has actual replay value, as you can follow three different "paths" to finish it: playing solo, playing solo with more action (that is punching ****s now and then and less puzzles, I think) and playing along with another character, Sofia.

Modifié par Blind Bard, 11 mai 2010 - 07:34 .

[Loerwyn]

Oh right, Phoenix Wright and Hotel Dusk are techinically point-and-click adventure games as well. I always forget about them because they're so dialog-heavy.

Some people find Hotel Dusk dull and too wordy since the characters aren't as over-the-top as PW, but I totally love the noir genre and the more down-to-earth characters; I probably cared about Melissa more than I did Pearl. And you're damn right I got the secret ending. I really hope the sequel, Secret Window, will come over here, but the company went under soon after it was released...

God, I loved Phoenix Wright when I had a DS, I even imported the second one from Japan 'cos I couldn't wait for the EU/UK release.
Hotel Dusk was... Hm. Strange, I think. A little frustrating at times is a good description, IMHO.

Modifié par OnlyShallow89, 11 mai 2010 - 11:30 .

[Brako Shepard]

I remember Beneath a steel sky on the Amiga. I got right to the end and messed up the ending because the floppy disc scratched as I put it in. 11 discs of brilliant gaming though.

[The Uncanny]

I'm so looking forward to the special edition of Monkey Island 2 this summer I could faint!

[DarthCaine]

If you're a Terry Pratchett fan I strongly recommend the Discworld series

In the first 2 games, the puzzles might be a bit illogical, but the third one (Noir) is one of the best adventure games I've ever played (right along with Broken Sword and Monkey Island). It's basically a parody of old Bogart movies.

[A Killing Sound]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I've tried a few on the list (ex. Indigo Prophecy (I still can't decide if I liked that game or not...it started good, but the ending was ****) and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis...man, that needs a proper sequel) and a few I haven't (ex. Dreamfall, the longest journey, Hotel Dusk)

Has anyone ever played Rise of the Dragon and The Adventures of Willie Beamish on Sega CD? Man, those games were great, if not amazingly hard.

Modifié par A Killing Sound, 11 mai 2010 - 04:34 .

[Wittand25]

Amongst the recent classic adventures I played and liked are "The book of unwritten tales", lots of jokes about computergaming, and "The wishpered world" a rather sad story about a little clown and his caterpillar.

[enormousmoonboots]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

Oh right, Phoenix Wright and Hotel Dusk are techinically point-and-click adventure games as well. I always forget about them because they're so dialog-heavy.

Some people find Hotel Dusk dull and too wordy since the characters aren't as over-the-top as PW, but I totally love the noir genre and the more down-to-earth characters; I probably cared about Melissa more than I did Pearl. And you're damn right I got the secret ending. I really hope the sequel, Secret Window, will come over here, but the company went under soon after it was released...

God, I loved Phoenix Wright when I had a DS, I even imported the second one from Japan 'cos I couldn't wait for the EU/UK release.
Hotel Dusk was... Hm. Strange, I think. A little frustrating at times is a good description, IMHO.

I troll people with that damn coin puzzle all the time. The fact that it was so easy to game over drove me nuts, though. "Oh god, I've ripped this wine label, I cannot possibly investigate the mystery anymore, might as well go eat worms."

Have you played Ace Investigations yet? It's awesome, but I wish it had more touch-screen puzzles like 1-5 and some of the Apollo cases did.

[Loerwyn]

No, I haven't Enormous.

I don't have a DS anymore.

[FutureBoy81]

Day of the tentacle and Full throtle were awesome point and click's, Gabriel knight the first one was awesome not much a fan of the second installment ....

[A Killing Sound]

It's too bad they cancelled the Full Throttle sequel a couple of years back, though from what I heard it was kinda bad looking. It deserved a proper sequel, as most of the titles mentioned.