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Best adventure games - 1 per franchise

by CoinMatze

This is a list of my favorite adventure games with just one game per franchise. I dedicate this to a dead genre. I'm still waiting for your resurrection. The games on this list are not in any order.
 
I wrote that intro when? In 2008? Now that the genre has been resurrected thanks to Telltale I may finally finish this list.  

There are two things Germans love apart from kinky sex: Adventure games and RPGs. Germany gets flooded with B- and C-list Adventure games every year and they still sell well despite their lack of quality. Some Adventure game sequels have only been made because of their performance on the German market. But you won't find any of these games on my list because let's face it: most of them are bad. Look out for my list on Adventure games I like but didn't make this list.

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Sam & Max Hit the Road

1. Sam & Max Hit the Road

As much as I like the new Sam & Max Episodes, this game just doesn't have the soda popers in it. Man, I hate those guys.

Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle

2. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle

Time travelling was never so funny.

Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!

3. Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!

Love for Sail! may be funnier but LSL6 makes it for the puzzles. Hard, but rewarding, just like Ninja Gaiden without the ninjas and sword fighting but with Ayane's boobs

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

4. King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

Wow, talk about epic storytelling. This is Sierra's best adventure game period!

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

5. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

I remember scary nights where I had to sleep with the lights on after playing this game. It still gives me the creeps.

Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe

6. Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe

This game is up there with such high-class games like MI2 and S&M.

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

7. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

They should have made this the fourth film. Multiple ways in an adventure game!?! That's just crazy! But I love it.

Space Quest V: The Next Mutation

8. Space Quest V: The Next Mutation

Wankmeister... hm huh huh hehehe

Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon-Ra

9. Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon-Ra

Features: body impaled on a pterodactyl, his head pinned to a wall in another room; body stuffed in a sarcophagus; body stuffed in an ancient armor; body impaled on a stuffed porcupine... I should have put that last one first.

Loom

10. Loom

Combining two things I love: Adventure games and music. It's unique gameplay really sets it apart and made it hard for people to swallow. Everyone should play Loom but it has two problems: 1. It ends on an annoying cliffhanger and 2. There are at least 5 versions of this game and by far the best are the FM Towns and the CD version. But only one of them features music throughout the whole game while the other has voiceover but background music only plays on occasions.

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