Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
#95154
05/31/05 03:57 PM
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Sorry for the delay. I was just counting the tallys and saw the query re Uru. I will count Uru and its add ons as one game; Uru Chronicles. I will amend the rules at the start.
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/01/05 01:45 AM
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Hi all, Pithy insights and summaries follow. Nearly 160 games nominated so far, including 30 or so that weren't mentioned at all last year. The Myst series of games are the most recommended across a whole series, and considering its comparatively short life (and the fact that it remains unavailable to many of us) Still Life is doing well. Black Mirror, Dark Fall, TLJ, GK2 and Syberia have already been recommended by at least 20 boomers. Good to see Ico, Ceremony of Innocence and Shadow of Destiny have been mentioned (I reserve to myself the luxury of editorialising), but the cockroach is yet to be seen. Black is the colour of choice, and Dark is much preferred to Light. Sleeping Dragons are preferred to the riding kind, but not by much, and clocks appear to be on the outer, but cursing is admired by many. Several boomers frequent the saloon, but none the bar, and so far we prefer our titanics in space. Stay tuned
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/01/05 06:10 AM
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flotsam, hi, Not sure if the order matters, so I'll put them in order just in case: 1. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 2. The Pandora Directive 3. Realms of the Haunting 4. Day of the Tentacle 5. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 6. Myst 7. Monkey Island 2: Le'Chuck's Revenge 8. The Last Express 9. Riven 10. The Moment of Silence 11. Discworld Noir 12. The Longest Journey 13. Under a Killing Moon 14. Dark Fall: The Journal 15. Morpheus Also not sure that you will classify Realms of the Haunting as adventure, but what the hey Cheers, metzomagic
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/01/05 07:03 AM
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I haven't been playing long enough to come up with 15 games I would recommend, but I'll add my 10 cents worth anyway... 1. The Longest Journey 2. Black Mirror 3. Sanitarium 4. Riddle of the Sphinx 5. Syberia 6. Cameron Files-The Pharaoh's Curse 7. Jack the Ripper 8. Cameron Files-Loch Ness 9. Nancy Drew-Treasure in the Royal Tower 10. Nancy Drew-The Final Scene 11. Dark Fall-The Journal 12. Return to Mysterious Island 13. (For the kiddie Boomers) Scooby-Doo-Showdown in Ghost Town Winkie
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/01/05 08:16 AM
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1. Myst IV: Revelation 2. Riven 3. Uru 4. The Longest Journey 5. Syberia 1 6. Syberia 2 7. Still Life 8. Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time 9. Runaway 10. Black Mirror 11. Sanitarium 12. Lighthouse 13. Shivers 14. Broken Sword 3 15. Blackstone Chronicles Thanks flotsam!
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/01/05 06:30 PM
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Well, for what it's worth here are my picks (in no particular order)
1. Gabriel Knight 2 2. Gabriel Knight 3 3. Sanitarium 4. Dark Fall 1 5. Syberia 1 6. Syberia 2 7. The Longest Journey 8. Discworld Noir 9. Grim Fandango 10. Broken Sword 1 11. Broken Sword 2 13. Tex Murphy - Pandora Directive 14. CSI Miami 15. Zork Nemesis
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/02/05 06:52 AM
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{not in any order} 1. Shivers 2. Shivers 2 3. Lighthouse 4. Pandora Directive 5. Overseer 6. Uru 7. Syberia 8. Syberia 2 9. Kings Quest 8 10. Aura 11. Auryn Quest 12. Schizm 13. Nancy Drew Ghost Dogs 14. Outcast 15. Gabriel Knight 3 {and a whole bunch more!}
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/02/05 07:43 PM
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Hi all, One week down, 2 to go. Top 3 so far are Syberia, TLJ and Dark Fall. Keep those recommendations coming
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/03/05 12:36 AM
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Well, in my list there have been some shifts, but some have stayed right up there. SYBERIA II missed out because of my preference for 1st person, puzzle-laden, look-all-around-up-and-down games, though it comes up pretty high because of the plot and the great scenery. Anyway, my list: 1... BLACK DAHLIA 2... SCHIZM I 3... MYST II - RIVEN 4... BYZANTINE 5... MYST III - EXILE 6... THE LONGEST JOURNEY 7... GABRIEL KNIGHT III - BLOOD OF THE SACRED 8... SHIVERS I 9... GABRIEL KNIGHT II - THE BEAST WITHIN 10.. FAUST 11.. TIMELAPSE 12.. LEGEND OF THE PROPHET AND THE ASSASSIN 13.. ZORK NEMESIS 14.. AURA - FATE OF THE AGES 15.. CYDONIA - LIGHTBRINGER
I had to leave off some very good ones, such as RAMA, REAH, MYST, OBSIDIAN, LIGHTHOUSE, BLACKSTONE CHRONICLES, SYBERIA II, AND SANITARIUM, but that's how it goes when only 15 are allowed.
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/03/05 07:00 AM
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I used to try and put these in order, but its niggling to decided whether Broken Sword 3 is better than Broken Sword 2. So I am listing them as they occur to me.
Curse of Monkey Island Escape from Monkey Island Darkfall 1 Darkfall 2 Traitors Gate 1 Broken Sword 1 Broken Sword 2 Broken Sword 3 Salaambo Grim Fandango The Longest Journey Egypt II Riven Pandora's Box Runaway
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/03/05 10:10 AM
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In no particular order: 1-RealMyst 2-Zork Nemesis 3-Shivers I 4-Lighthouse 5-The Longest Journey 6-Syberia 7-Gabriel Knight: Beast Within 8-Amber: Journeys Beyond 9-Grim Fandango 10-Myst Exile 11-Dark Fall I 12-Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive 13-Sanitarium 14-Morpheus 15-Riven
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/03/05 10:55 AM
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1 - The Longest Journey 2 - Syberia 3 - King's Quest 5 4 - King's Quest 6 5 - Grim Fandango 6 - Gabriel Knight 1 7 - Gabriel Knight 2 8 - Full Throttle 9 - Myst 10 - Legend of Kyrandia 11 - Zork Nemesis 12 - Zork Grand Inquisitor 13 - Broken Sword 14 - Broken Sword 2 15 - Broken Sword 3
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/03/05 12:51 PM
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I think to take the pain out of this we should do a "favorite 10 runners-up" list, too. Myst Riven Syberia I Dark Fall Zork GI Obsidian King's Quest VI Gabriel Knight, Sins of the Fathers Timelapse Journeyman Project III Riddle of the Sphinx Dig Pandora Directive Amber, Journey Beyond Atlantis 2
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/03/05 06:10 PM
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Well now that I've become a "Settled Boomer"! And a monster has been unleashed!LOL I'ts time I list a few of my favorites! List won't be nearly as long, but heck I just started! My Favorites: Atlantis Evolution Alida Dracula Resurrection Dracula Last Sanctuary Syberia
Currently Playing: Harry Potter-Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter-Chamber of Secrets (That is if I can ever learn how to fly without running into everything!LOL) Escape from Monkey Island
Well that's my list for now! Still have several I've recently gotten but haven't played yet! Thanks Edie
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/04/05 11:24 AM
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Finding it hard to get even a mention of all my favorite series. Havent been able to play as many games this last year, but those that I have played have been very good. Aside from the Myst series, the numbers just indicate I havent run out of slots yet! 1 Uru: Ages of Myst/ to D'ni/ Path of the Shell 2 Myst/realMyst 3 Riven 4 Zork Grand Inquisitor 5 Syberia 6 Grim Fandango 7 Curse of Monkey Island 8 Starship Titanic 9 Darkfall 10 Discworld Noir 11 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood 12 The Egyptian Prophecy 13 Journeyman Project III: Legacy of Time 14 Beyond Atlantis 15 Riddle of the Sphinx Honorable mention: in no particular order Amerzone Broken Sword 2: Smoking Mirror Broken Sword 3: Sleeping Dragon Darkfall 2 Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs Nancy Drew: Deception Island Nancy Drew: Scarlet Hand Nanch Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch Eric the Unready Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist Day of the Tentacle Feeble Files Discworld 1 & 2 Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time Myst III: Exile Myst IV Revelation (havent finished, but Tomahna got them that vote) Secret of Monkey Island (1) LeChuck's Revenge (Monkey Island 2) Escape from Monkey Island (4) Syberia 2 Gilbert Goodmate Lifestream Simon the Sorcerer 1 & 2 Runaway Schizm/Mysterious Journey Mysterious Journey 2 Zork Nemesis Omega Stone Return to Zork Can we make this our favorite 42..err..44?
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/04/05 03:32 PM
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If there's a God, he has a PC and plays adventure games? Here's my list.... Dark fall lights out Dark fall the journal The secret of monkey island Day of the tentacle Indiana jones and the fate of atlantis Syberia 1 The curse of monkey island Alone in the dark 1 Monkey island 2 Le Chucks Revenge The longest journey Gabriel Knight 3 Sam n Max Hit the road Broken sword 1 The dig Broken sword 3
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Re: 2005 The List - What to play next
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06/05/05 07:39 PM
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It suddenly dawned on me that there are two potential reasons for a list like this. First, to acknowledge artistic greatness, sort of like the American Film Institute's list of all time greatest movies (see www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx). Note that there are a lot of old movies on this list, going back to 1915. Or second, to help newer folks find games they might like. I suspect that a lot of the old hands already know what they like and probably have them. It doesn't matter how great a game is if you can't get it. So I'm modifying my approach some this year. I looked over some of my favorite sources and picked out some of my favorites that are still available commercially. Every one of these games is on my Top 15 list or pretty close. Let me emphasize that I am in no way associated with www.cdaccess.com or www.cdromshop.com. If you haven't played these games, get them while the getting is good. Broken Sword: Circle of Blood CdAccess $20 Byzantine: The Betrayal CdAccess $20 Diskworld Noir CdAccess $20 Gabriel Knight 3 CdAccess $20 The Longest Journey CdAccess $20 a little bawdy, but epic The Riddle of Master Lu CdAccess $20 caveat: tough game to run Syberia lots of places The Dig CDROMshop $24 OK, here's a couple of commercial games that the developers have generously released for free. You can get the ScummVM emulator software and the games here: www.scummvm.org/downloads.php Beneath a Steel Sky By the folks that did Broken Sword Flight of the Amazon Queen Very Monkey Islandish Then finally, here are the ones near and dear to my heart that I have room left to list. These will be more difficult to find, but if you ever run across them don't hesitate. The Secret of Monkey Island Tex Murphy: Under A Killing Moon Tex Murphy: The Pandora Directive Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within Zork Grand Inquisitor Albert
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