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Let's list again! 2013
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06/29/13 04:18 AM
06/29/13 04:18 AM
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Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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Here we go again! For all those new boomers, and for the rest of us a year older, its that time where we answer the question for a newbie player "If I want to play an adventure game, what would you recommend". Playability is the key. Your oldie but completely impossible to get going on a modern machine favourite game might therefore not make the list, but Gog-ness might mean it does. Variety might dictate that not every Myst clone should be included, but is too much Myst really enough?? In the end its up to you - if you think a game you have played is worth recommending to someone else to play, put it on your list. But only if its an adventure game. We know what they are (Quake no - does anyone but me remebmer Quake - Monkey Island yes) and there is some latitude for those fuzzy round the edges games that are hard to define Portal 2). There are some rules though, and these are they: 1. Games in our Hall of Fame are ineligible, on the basis that we know they are worth playing else why would they be in there. Votes for those games won't be counted. Those games are: Amerzone Black Mirror Dark Fall: The Journal Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within Grim Fandango Longest Journey Lost Crown Myst Riven Sanitarium Syberia Syberia 2 Timelapse Zork Nemesis Zork Grand Inqusitor (being ineligible means you can spread your choices more widely, and we will list the Hall of Fame games alongside this years results when finished). 2. You can recommend a maximum of 20 games. You can choose to recommend less. 3. You cannot recommend a series. If you want to recommend all the Tex Murphy games, that will take 5 seperate recommendations, one for each game. 4. Episodic adventures will be counted as one game, regardless of where they are up to in the series. 5. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game. 6. BadMojo and the Redux version are one game. 7. Directors cuts and Special Releases will be counted as the same game. 8. Adventure games only (Dark Side games and Casual games get their own lists). 9. PC games please (although if you sneak a console game in I won't tell) 10. Isabelle counts double (not really  ) If at all possible, please list in alphabetical order - it makes counting so much easier. In doing so, ignore "the" (so The Dark Eye would be under "D" for Dark) The thread stays open for about 3 weeks, and I will post updates as we go. Also, avoid editing your lists after posting because Chief and I count as we go, and may miss a change. So who is first?
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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Re: Let's list again!
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06/29/13 10:58 AM
06/29/13 10:58 AM
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Arcadia (twin world of Stark)
venus
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Ha, I must have a sixth sense about these lists, as I tend to come back just in time for them after long hiatuses.  I've also noticed that they are getting harder and harder each year. There are just too many good games fighting to be on it, even with the Hall of Fame exclusions. I had to recommend only one Runaway this time, so I went with the first, even though the second is my favorite. Always better to start at the beginning.  Here is my list this year: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Cognition Culpa Innata Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, The Dig, The Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Edna and Harvey: The Breakout Gabriel Knight 1: The Sins of the Fathers Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned Gray Matter King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow Lost Horizon Moment of Silence, The Overclocked Runaway: A Road Adventure Silver Lining, The So Blonde Still Life Walking Dead, The Whispered World, The
Last edited by venus; 06/29/13 10:59 AM.
Interrogator: [True or false?] All mangoes are golden. Nothing golden is cheap. Conclusion - all mangoes are cheap.
Helena: Where are these mangoes?
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Re: Let's list again!
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#897758
06/29/13 12:58 PM
06/29/13 12:58 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,834
Québec
Chief
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Québec
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Agon 4: Lost Sword of Toledo
Anna
Botanicula
Carol Reed: Cold Case Summer
Conspiracies 2
Dark Fall, Lost Souls
Last Half of Darkness, Society of the Serpent Moon
Lost Horizon
Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
Sherlock Holmes: The Testament of SH
Sherlock Holmes: VS Jack the Ripper
Silver Lining
Yoomurjak's Ring
Chief
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Re: Let's list again!
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#897784
06/29/13 02:21 PM
06/29/13 02:21 PM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 125
Thrudvanger
Thorsgoats
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Settled Boomer
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Thrudvanger
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Black Mirror 2
Black Mirror 3
Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars
Culpa Innata
Dreamfall
Gabriel Knight 3
Gray Matter
Lost Horizon
The Moment of Silence
Next Life
Overclocked
Perry Rhodan
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle
Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate
Secret Files: Tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Codis
Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper
Still Life
The Walking Dead
Last edited by Thorsgoats; 06/29/13 02:27 PM. Reason: wrong order
"Is there anybody there? Am I alone . . . in this place? Can you see me? Can you hear me? SHOW me you are here!"
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Re: Let's list again!
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#897787
06/29/13 02:40 PM
06/29/13 02:40 PM
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Posts: 3,293
Rivellon
traveler
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Black Mirror 2
Book of Unwritten Tales, The
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
Dracula: Origin
Dracula: Resurrection
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Jack Keane
Jolly Rover
Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon
Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
Lost Horizon
Next Big Thing, The
Post Mortem
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Tale of a Hero
Thank you, flotsam! And thank you, Chief!
Gil.
"Best not to think about it. I don't want to fall to bits 'cos of excess existential thought."
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#897895
06/29/13 07:55 PM
06/29/13 07:55 PM
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Posts: 1,104
Netherlands
HandsFree
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Netherlands
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Anacapri
And then there were none
Atlantis 3
Aura
Broken Sword: the shadow of the templars
Byzantine, the Betrayal
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Discworld 2
Discworld Noir
Edna & Harvey: the breakout
Filmmaker
Last Half Of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon
Morpheus
Overclocked
Pandora Directive
Sacred Rings (Aura 2)
Scratches
Sentinel
Shivers
Titanic: adventure out of time
The Bass is the basis
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#897922
06/29/13 10:43 PM
06/29/13 10:43 PM
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Posts: 35,912
United Kingdom
Mad
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Sonic Boomer
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Thanks, flotsam and Chief  Not a full list this year - because I have so many newer games not yet played !! Agatha Christie : Evil Under the Sun Art of Murder II : Hunt for the Puppeteer Broken Sword Director’s Cut for XP [GOG] Carol Reed : Cold Case Summer Dark Eye : Chains of Satinav Gabriel Knight : Sins of the Fathers [GOG] Journeyman Project 3 : Legacy of Time [GOG] Kings Quest VI [GOG] Lost Chronicles of Zerzura Lost Horizon Return to Mysterious Island Secret Files 3 Torin’s Passage [GOG]
Time : The Most Precious Commodity
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Re: Let's list again!
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#898090
06/30/13 07:04 PM
06/30/13 07:04 PM
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Posts: 3,779
Lost in the Arizona Desert
oldman
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Like we did last summer?    Let's list again like we did last year Do you remember when things were really hummin' Let's list again listin' time is here Anyway a very hard choice this year. Had to say goodbye to some long time favorites as many newer games have eased into my list.  15 Days Alter Ego Black Mirror 3 Book of Unwritten Tales Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle Cognition Dark Eye Chains of Satinav Gray Matter Kings Quest 6 Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded Lost Horizon Moment of Silence Next Big Thing Nibiru Pandora Directive Phantasmagoria Runaway Secret Files 3 Whispered World Yesterday
You laugh because I'm different
I laugh because you're all the same
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
John
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#898239
07/01/13 02:16 PM
07/01/13 02:16 PM
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CaptainD
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Hmm... as a spread of great games that are accessible to beginners, I'd go for: AstroLoco: Worst Contact Bladerunner The Book of Unwritten Tales Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror Ceville Curse of Monkey Island The Dig Discworld Noir Gemini Rue Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Jolly Rover Journey to the Moon Lost Horizon Primordia Puzzle Bots Runaway: A Twist of Fate Sam and Max Season One Secret of Monkey Island Space Madness Tales of Monkey Island Season One and... ... oh wait, that's 20 titles. Some great titles didn't quite make it but they'll be on other people's lists!  Now alphabetised.
Last edited by CaptainD; 07/02/13 05:42 AM.
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Re: Let's list again!
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#898246
07/01/13 02:30 PM
07/01/13 02:30 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,834
Québec
Chief
Adept Boomer
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Adept Boomer
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Québec
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CaptainD, please see your PM. Thank you. Chief 
Chief
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#898365
07/02/13 06:44 AM
07/02/13 06:44 AM
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Posts: 13,701
Virginia
Jema
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Virginia
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Thank you for doing this again, flotsam. Thank you for helping him, Chief. 01. Ankh 1: Reverse the Curse 02. Atlantis 2 (Beyond Atlantis): Your Journey Awaits 03. Aura 1: Fate of the Ages 04. Broken Sword 1: Circle of Blood (Shadow of the Templars) 05. Carol Reed 7: Blue Madonna 06. Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers 07. Journey to the Center of the Earth 08. Last Half of Darkness 3: Tomb of Zojir 09. Lighthouse: The Dark Being 10. Loom 11. Lost Horizon 12. Monkey Island 1, Secret of 13. Myst III: Exile 14. Myst IV: Revelation 15. Myst V: End of Ages 16. Mysterious Journey 1: Schizm 17. NiBiRu 18. Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches 19. Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure 20. Still Life 1 Jema
Wouldn't that jar your mustard!
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#898469
07/02/13 07:04 PM
07/02/13 07:04 PM
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Oakland, Ca.
kazzmo
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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express Amerzone
Aura: Fate of the Ages
Baron Wittard
Barrow Hill
Black Mirror
Dracula Origin
Dracula 3 Path of the Dragon
Jazz and Faust
Lost Crown
Memento Mori
NiBiRu
Outcry
Rhiannon
Salammbo
Secret Files 3
Scratches
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
The Colour of Murder
The Dark Eye
Brick walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. Give no thought of tomorrow, today was tomorrow and tomorrow will be today.
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#898493
07/02/13 10:47 PM
07/02/13 10:47 PM
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Posts: 498
Saskatchewan, Canada
hamer
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Saskatchewan, Canada
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You mean Tex Murphy is not in the hall of fame?...wow I am.
Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting
Culpa Innata
Dreamfall
Loom
Rhem 4
Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Walking Dead, The
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Re: Let's list again!
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#898728
07/04/13 05:31 AM
07/04/13 05:31 AM
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Posts: 7,250
Long Beach, Australia
flotsam
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Great start! I will check numbers with Chief and post a first update on the weekend.
Quantity has a quality all of its own
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#898736
07/04/13 06:59 AM
07/04/13 06:59 AM
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Posts: 10,027
Greece
Haroula
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Greece
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Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie : Evil Under the Sun
Art of Murder II : Hunt for the Puppeteer
Black Mirror 2
Black Mirror 3
Book of Unwritten Tales
Dracula 3 Path of the Dragon
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Memento Mori
Post Mortem
Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Silver Earring
Sherlock Holmes vs Arsene Lupin
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Secret Files 3
I change all my passwords to "incorrect". So whenever I forget, it says, "your password is incorrect".
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#899089
07/05/13 10:31 AM
07/05/13 10:31 AM
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Posts: 848
florida
bigmamma1
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florida
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 Uru Complete Chronicles Escape From Monkey Island Schizm Immortals of Terra Moment of Silence Dreamfall Keepsake Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars Return to Mysterious Island Journeyman-Legacy of Time Atlantis 2 Lost Horizon Botanicula Machinarium Gray Matter Tex murphey-Under a Killing Moon Myst Exile
People do not remember how much you know,only how you make them feel
finished Gray Matter, playing Alice Madness returns and Deponia
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#899144
07/05/13 03:35 PM
07/05/13 03:35 PM
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Posts: 336
Alaska
lanlynk
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Settled Boomer
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Posts: 336
Alaska
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80 Days
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
AGON: Lost Sword of Toledo
Ankh: Reverse the Curse
Aura: Fate of the Ages
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny
Dark Fall 2: Lights Out *
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Jack Keane
Keepsake
Lost Horizon
Moment of Silence
NiBiRu
Return to Mysterious Island
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Runaway: A Road Adventure
Scratches
Sherlock Holmes vs. Arsene Lupin
Uru Complete Chronicles
* EDIT: Specifically, that should be ... Dark Fall 2: Lights Out
Last edited by lanlynk; 07/05/13 08:38 PM.
"Dragons were never gone. They were just invisible and very, very quiet." ~ M'aiq the Liar (Skyrim)
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#899171
07/05/13 04:36 PM
07/05/13 04:36 PM
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Posts: 17,172
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Space Quest Fan
Graduate Boomer
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Graduate Boomer
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Posts: 17,172
Upper Arlington, Ohio
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Ankh 1
Broken Sword 1
Broken Sword 2
Dig
Discworld 1
Discworld 2
Dreamfall
Gilbert Goodmate
Kings Quest 7
Legend of Kyrandia 1
Maniac Mansion:Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island 1
Monkey Island 2
Monkey Island 3
Runaway 1
Secret Files Tunguska
Simon the Sorcerer 1
Simon the Sorcerer 2
Tony Tough
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.
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#899336
07/06/13 11:24 AM
07/06/13 11:24 AM
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Posts: 217
ergggo
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Thanks for assembling the list once again, flotsam and Chief. When I run out of new games, I always return to it to find games that I've missed.
These are my picks for this year:
AGON
The Book of Unwritten Tales
Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars
Broken Sword 2: Smoking Mirror
Culpa Innata
Disc World Noir
Dreamfall
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Father
Gray Matter
Lost Chronicles of Zerzura
Machinarium
A New Beginning
Next Life
Paradise
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Secret Files 1: Tunguska
Sinking Island
Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive
Yoomurjak's Ring
I point, therefore I click.
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