by mento
Just a list of adventure games I've yet to beat, since I've been getting into them again of late. Some of these are real bangers too, so I feel kinda bad about not playing them. Hey, why bother making a list if it won't make you feel bad about yourself?
On a serious note, I'd like to thank Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101 for the amount of work he's put into tracking down adventure games and critiquing them, both on his site and in his book which I fully intend to purchase at some point. I wouldn't have even heard of a great many of the games on this list if it weren't for that fellow.
While I'm filling space, here are some games I've seen in an LP and have no desire to ever play them personally: Phantasmagoria (1 and 2), Scratches, Bad Day On The Midway, Bad Mojo, D (& D2), Dark Seed (1 and 2), Shadow of the Comet & Prisoner of Ice, Ripper and Rise of the Dragon.
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*Completed: 05/08/12* The whole Yahtzee shebang. Dude seems to know what he's talking about half the time, so I'm sure his point and clicks are something to behold. Hell, if I didn't appreciate caustic British wit, I'd be some sort of self-hating loon. Oh wait..
*Completed: 17/08/13* This seems egregious. My lack of playing it, I mean. I dropped off the adventure game scene when they all started getting too Myst-y, which meant missing out on the few gems released during that time.
*Completed: 28/05/14* Before Amanita made Machinarium or Botanicula though, those crafty Czechs made a few primitive point and clicks involving some dude in a cowl. I have Samorost 2 in my Steam pile, having been part of some ancient Humble Indie Bundle, so that's something else I could be getting on with.
*Completed: 31/05/14* It's Vinny Caravella approved, so I'll add it to the list. Hopefully the Thanksgiving Steam sale will give me a decent price for it.
I actually got partway through this one and got distracted (or incredibly sick of Steam games, since this was at the end of the May Madness thing I had going). I better get back to it before I forget what's going on.
The sequel to Longest Journey, above. Will probably play that one first. I occasionally follow the sensible course of action.
No excuses. NO EXCUSES.
Who's the bearded dude in game design that's a sex machine to ladies fine? The Schaf! Ya damn right. I've played Brutal Legend but not Full Throttle? What's wrong with me?
OK, I have played Grim Fandango and I'm fairly sure I completed it, but I don't recall hardly a thing about it. That's not right. Was I in a fugue state? Or am I confusing it with 9: The Last Resort, because that would be criminal and I would probably have to go to jail. I'll play through it again at some point between now and the heat death of the universe, I swear.
As with Grim Fandango, I've played all these before. It's still my favorite Sierra PnC series. I did just purchase the collection recently though, so I'd be up for going through them again. Otherwise I'd be wasting money with unnecessary digital purchases! And that just seems insane.
