Hello Boomers!

I really love adventure games that have free movement in a virtual world as, if I recall correctly, the last three Tex Murphy games had. Tex Murphy also includes full motion video but for me that's not essential. For example, again if memory serves, Normality is an entirely animated game that has free first-person movement.

Those examples are the only ones I know of.

Can anyone suggest others?

Thanks tons!
~Raj

P. S. - The kind of movement I am talking about is what one finds in First-Person Shooter action games (FPSs)and some Role-Playing Games (RPGs), but I am interested in ADVENTURE games.

Myst (real myst, riven, exile, revelation)games have the first person movement.
Aura, too.
Barrow hill, as far as I can remember...
If I remember some more, I'll let you know.

Thanks Iva!

But from your list I've played only Barrow Hill and Riven and both of those, although First-person indeed, still use a node system where one moves from one place to another along a specified path.

I am looking for free movement where there is no specified path but rather one can move anywhere in the play-area. (Not through furniture or walls or anything, of course, but freely around a room looking for clues or hot spots to click on).

I'll have to check out Real Myst, Exile, Revelation, and Aura so thanks muchly for those leads!

Hi Raj,

Here are a few, all with free movement:

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis (first person)
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (first person)
80 Days
Dreamfall

There's free movement (first-person) in Sherlock Holmes: the awakened. I hope someone else will be able to help you more

Too late, this time.
Rushes, there's free movement in dreamfall, but it's 3rd person as I recall.

Cool Rushes and Iva!!

We're making my holiday wish-list here!!

Dead Reefs is another example. Beware, it's keyboard controlled.

How about Conspiracies?

Thanks Bernard and presto!

I've never looked into Dead Reefs but I played Conspiracies ages ago and totally forgot about it. Thanks for bringing it back to mind!

URU

How could I forget Gabriel Knight 3!

Uru and Myst V both have real time 3D (FPS-style) movement, unlike the other Myst games. Uru allows you to switch between 1st person and 3rd person. Myst V allows you to use either point-and-click (which resembles node-based) or keyboard control (which is continuous -- like what you want).

If you like puzzle-based games, there are
Schizm 2 (aka Mysterious Journey 2)
Sentinel (aka Realms of Illusion)

The upcoming Sherlock Holmes game (the one with Jack the Ripper) will also use real time 3D movement. It will probably be like the updated version of The Awakened, and allow you to toggle between 1st and 3rd person.

Journey to the Center of the Earth I believe was like that.

Ana

When I played Journey to the Center of the Earth, it didn't have free movement -- though Frogwares has been updating their games, and it's possible that has changed.

Auryn Quest has free movement, though it's an older game and it has lots of jumping challenges.

RealMyst has free movement.

Penumbra: Origin and Penumbra: Black Plague have free movement.

Free movement is good if it's done right Like Tex Murphy and there are may games that have it. There are some that go into a spin when you look up or down and some times make you dizzy just looking arond. When I see games like this I would rather have the old node to node screen movement. I find them easier to get around in anyway and I always know where I came from and where I am going. If the game has a maze in it I don't want free movement at all as for me there is nothing worse than a maze that can't be mapped and goes around in a circle.
I think my version of Journey to the Center of the Earth had some scrolling screen and some where you had to find an exit to the next. It's been a while since I played it. LOL

In URU you could move 1st person "pushing" the mouse and holding down the mouse button. You would roll the mouse in the direction you wanted to go and you would keep moving until you let up on the mouse button. And of course turning the mouse turned you also.

Rather than using arrows or pointer. This was an amazingly fluent way to move about particularly in wide open areas.

I really liked the area around Zandi's trailer using this movement mode in 1st person.

WOW!
Thanks everyone for the great response!

It is... uh... quite... um... moving...

I now have a nice sized slew of games to get and play.

Yippee!
Thanks again!
~Raj