2005 The List - What to play next
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05/27/05 07:53 PM
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Here we are again. Doesn't time fly. For new members, the aim of this thread is to compile a list of adventure game recommendations from the collected wisdom of us all. It is intended to be a resource to help people decide what game to play next. Its also a bit of fun. When I first joined GB, my best source of game recommendations was other boomers. I had no idea there were so many adventure games. I wanted to find out what was good and what I should play. The resulting list, and lists for each subsequent year, are the collected wisdom of all participating boomers. You bet to list 15 games that you would recommend to someone to play in this day and age. They are not necessarily your own favourite 15 games but they might be. You might however decide to recommend a cross-section of styles or types. You might love a particular game but believe it is too much a product of your own idiosyncracies to recommend, or you might not recommend it because it is notoriously hard to get running on anything later than a 386 machine. There is no rule that says you can’t recommend such games; it is up to you. No game is excluded, if it meets the criteria of being an adventure game. We all know what that is when we see it, so don’t get too hung up on criteria. There are some rules though:
1. You can recommend a maximum of 15 games. You can choose to recommend less. 2. 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. 3. Myst and RealMyst will be counted as one game. 4. Uru and its add ons will be counted as one game. 5. Adventure games only please (other games get there own list later).
The thread stays open for about three weeks, and I will post intermittent updates. It is always compulsory to get more posts than the year before. So here to get things started are my 15 recommendations.
Riven The Longest Journey GK2: The Beast Within Syberia 2 Myst Revelation Morpheus Byzantine Dark Fall Faust BS3: The Sleeping Dragon Blackstone Chronicles Zork Grand Inquisitor Schizm The Dark Eye The Neverhood
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/27/05 08:44 PM
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Hi Thanks for this thread Flotsam Gabriel Knight Sins of the Father Gabriel Knight Beast Within Discworld Discworld II Broken Sword Broken Sword II Lost Files Sherlock case of Rose Tattoo Simon the Sorcerer Kings Quest V Kings Quest VI Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis Legend of Kyrandia Journeyman III Legacy of Time Runaway The Black Mirror Cheers. Mad
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/27/05 09:00 PM
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Here's my favorite games Blackstone Chronicles Darkfall Black Mirror Runaway Cameron Files (Loch Ness) CSI (Dark Motives) Egyptian Prophecy Harvest Hitchcock- The Final Scene Jack the Ripper Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake Secret of Shadow Ranch Danger on Deception Island Law & Order 3 Salammbo Syberia 1
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/27/05 10:31 PM
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Here's my list.
Blackstone Chronicles Black Dahlia Still Life Dark Fall Jack the Ripper Syberia Reah Gabriel Knight 2 - The Beast Within Phantasmagoria 1 Zork Nemesis Riven Myst IV Revelation Last Half of Darkness URU Syberia 2
<3 I am in love with Norman Reedus/Daryl Dixon <3
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/27/05 10:32 PM
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Blackstone Chronicles Dark Fall II: Lights Out Phantasmagoria 1 Dracula II: The Last Sanctuary Grim Fandango Gabriel Knight II: The Beast Within Callahans Crosstime Saloon The Crystal Key II WANTED: A Wild Western Adventure RedJack: Revenge of the Brethren Sherlock Holmes: Mystery of the Mummy The Cameron Files 2: Pharaoh's Curse Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist Ace Ventura Full Throttle
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/27/05 11:13 PM
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This is very very hard. Can I edit as I remember others I loved even more? Just kidding, Flotsam, I don't want to drive you crazy. Not in order of preference: 1. Still Life 2. Phantasmagoria 1 3. Gabriel Knight 2 (Beast Within) 4, The Longest Journey 5. Black Dahlia 6. Obsidian 7. Dark Fall 1 (The Journal) 8. Morpheus 9. Syberia 2 10. Blackstone Chronicles 11. Sanitarium 12. Jack the Ripper 13. I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream 14. Return to Zork 15. Phantasmagoria 2 (Puzzle of the Flesh) I feel like I betrayed some of my best friends by not mentioning them. Melanie
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 01:54 AM
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Aw Melanie, don't . I know what you mean though - I'm leaving some off because although they are personal favorites, they're too hard to find or to get to play with these newer computers, like Master of Dimensions( flotsam, I got it in print anyway). Without further ado: Discworld 1 Discworld 2 Gabriel Knight 1 Gabriel Knight 2 The Moment of Silence Touche Duckman The Longest Journey Broken Sword 1 (Circle of Blood) The Crystal Skull King's Quest 7 Return to Zork Arthur's Knights 1 Neverhood Black Mirror
"How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 05:07 AM
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1. Darkfall 1 (The Journal) 2. Black Dahlia 3. Gabriel Knight 1 (Sins of the Fathers) 4. Gabriel Knight 2 (Beast Within) 5. Phantasmagoria 1 6. Phantasmagoria 2 7. The Longest Journey 8. Simon the Sorcerer 1 9. Simon the Sorcerer 2 10. Dracula 2 (The Last Sanctuary) 11. Broken Sword 1 12. Discworld Noir 13. Amerzone 14. Kings Quest 7 15. Mystery of the Druids Phew...that took some deciding, I could have gone on and on and on Sue
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 06:19 AM
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Return to Mysterious Island King's Quest VI Myst IV Black Dahlia Still Life Dark Fall Curse of Monkey Island Zork Nemesis The Longest Journey Grim Fandango Broken Sword Discworld Noir Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Day of the Tentacle Journeyman Project III: The Legacy of Time
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 07:10 AM
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Riven Syberia Sentinel, descendants in time Myst Syberia II Black Mirror Longest Journey Riddle of the Sphinx II Omega Stone Schizm I Zork Nemesis Myst III Exile Myst IV Revelation Rhem Dark Fall, The Journal L'amerzone Thanks Flotsam Chief
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 08:45 AM
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Here's my list: Uru Ages of Myst, D'ni & POTS Temujin Shivers 1 Conspiracies The Arrival Beyond Time Byzantine, The Betrayal Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Dark Fall The Journal Dark Side of the Moon Grim Fandango Sherlock Holmes Mystery Of The Mummy The Longest Journey The Riddle of the Sphinx Dragonriders of Pern There were at least 5 others I would have recommended but the rules are "only 15". (re-edited May 29th) Love, Betty Lou
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 09:16 AM
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OK this year I'm going to wing it... probably the best way to get a true list out of me!!! Gabriel Knight 2 Longest Journey Dark Fall Lifestream Remedy Syberia Syberia 2 Myst 3 Exile Dig Starship Titanic Grim Fandango Phantasmagoria 2 Nancy Drew Ghost dogs of Moon lake Faust Alida Tig
A bounce a day keeps the doctor away!! Playing Sims2, Sherlock, Phantom of Venice Reading Storm Breaking
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 09:44 AM
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Here are my recommendation Schizm Riven Myst Dark Fall Riddle of the Sphinx Rhem Zork Nemesis Pandoras Directive Still Life Discworld Noir The Beast Within Blackstone Chronicles The Last Express Dark Fall Lights Out Full Throttle
ON:Ether One Redux Recent:Stasis,Gabriel Knight3(RP),Gabriel Knight2(RP),Barrow Hill D P,Syberia2(RP),Secret Files P C,Inner World,Eyes Of Ara
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 10:39 AM
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Personally, I'd consider Uru Complete Chronicles one game. The Ages Beyond Myst portion is really the only bit with a real beginning, middle and ending, IMHO. The other bits are expansion packs, and I would make a distinction between an "expansion pack" and a "game." (tho on the other hand, while I'd certainly recommend Uru Ages Beyond, including POTS makes me have second thoughts....)
So here's my list, anyway (which starts oddly similar to Flotsam's, I notice...)
Riven GK2: The Beast Within The Longest Journey Beyond Atlantis (Atlantis 2) Darkfall Myst Syberia Sanitarium Rhem GK1: Sins of the Fathers Aura, Fate of the Ages GK3: Blood of the Sacred etc. Amber, Journeys Beyond Uru Complete Chronicles Curse of Monkey Island
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 11:36 AM
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Well, here goes;
1. Myst iv Revelation 2. Still Life 3. Moment of Silence 4. The Longest Journey 5. Alida 6. Journey to the Center of the Earth 7. Mysterious Journey 11 8. Aura Fate of the Ages 9. Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within 10. Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred 11. Black Dahlia 12. Syberia 13. Syberia 2 14. Blade Runner 15. Black Mirror
That was really hard. I love all my games, & replay them more than once. Judy
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 11:48 AM
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Still Life The Secret of Monkey Island Discworld Noir The Longest Journey Runaway: A Road Adventure Syberia Grim Fandango Simon the Sorcerer The Day of the Tentacle Broken Sword 1 Discworld 1 The Black Mirror The Moment of Silence The Journey to the Centre of the Earth Beneath a Steel Sky
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 01:02 PM
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Here's my list: 1)Gabriel Knight the Beast Within 2)Lost Eden 3)Syberia 4)Syberia 2 5)Zork Grand Inquisitor 6)Phantasmagoria 7)Phantasmagoria Puzzle of Flesh 8)The Black Mirror 9)The Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 10)Amerzone 11)Grim Fandango 12)Beyond Atlantis 13)Runaway 14)The Feeble Files 15)Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phangoria Cathy
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 02:13 PM
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OK, this is my first list too, so here goes. Gabriel Knight - The Beast Within Gabriel Knight - Blood of the Sacred URU Complete Chronicles The Dig The Longest Journey Broken Sword Syberia Dark Fall 1 - The Journal Schizm 2 - Chameleon Post Mortem MYST Broken Sword 1 MYST IV Revelation The Moment of Silence Full Throttle Well, that's it. I'm going to stop changing my mind, it really is quite hard to come up with just 15. Thanks a lot Flotsam. Teresa
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 03:59 PM
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Beyond Atlantis Uru Myst Exile Syberia Syberia II The Egyptian Prophecy Aura Mysterious Journey Chamelion Black Mirror Crystal Key II Darkfall Lights Out Riven Return To Mysterious Island Amerzone Beyond Atlantis II
Working on Zork Nemesis now.
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
William Butler Yeats
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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05/28/05 04:01 PM
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Amerzone Beyond Atlantis I have no mouth and I must scream Inherent Evil Still Life Syberia Black Mirror Jack the Ripper Black Dhalia Sanitarium Blackstone Chronicles Riddle of the Sphinx Phantasmagoria-Pray its only a nightmare Lighthouse Dracula the Last Sanctuary
Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
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