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| 12 AUG 2010 at 1:35am |
ZanderatIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Adventure game? Hmm...
Probably Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 1:54am |
HalcyonSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Hard not to say the whole URU experience. Although, the solo game can be rather lonely.
Apart from that, the first time I played The Longest Journey. Very immersive. Or, wait, Syberia and its whole revealed culture. Or, the second time I played Dreamfall. Or was it the very first time I stood on the docks of Myst so very long ago....
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 2:24am |
DonaJourneyman
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Status : Offline | It's hard to pick just one. I'm replaying Syberia at the moment, after many years, and I find it so beautiful and enchanting... however, a good part of that is nostalgia and the fact that I connected certain locations in the game to some locations from real life. Not sure if I made sense there.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 2:49am |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Joined: 4 MAY 2007
Status : Offline | TLJ - after I finished it, I missed it so much I immediately replayed it again.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 3:46am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | A good question, though tough to answer. For me it comes down to a choice between Myst (for introducing me to a new and wonderful kind of adventure game), Riven (for its detailed world that meshed beautifully with its elegant puzzles) or Obsidian (for its imaginative environments and puzzles with an almost perfect level of difficulty and excellent use of lateral thinking). Then there's Day of the Tentacle or Gabriel Knight 1...well, you did say one game, didn't you?
Then I'll have to pick Riven.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 4:20am |
| Deleted User | I love to play AG's most and foremost to seek out and experience the story beyond the obvious. For the most part I would have to say that TLJ offered one of the best adventures and the best endgame that I can recall. I'd have to give it my first choice. Sadly these days it seems that ending a game without a solid sense of achievement and or a culminating story conclusion doesn't appear to be hip. Sadly I really wish that wasn't the case.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 4:21am |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | For me, adventure wise (not sure if you meant any game or only adventures) it'd be a toss up between the Syberia series and Sanitarium.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 4:29am |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Andromus (12 AUG 2010 3:46am)
A good question, though tough to answer. For me it comes down to a choice between Myst (for introducing me to a new and wonderful kind of adventure game), Riven (for its detailed world that meshed beautifully with its elegant puzzles) or Obsidian (for its imaginative environments and puzzles with an almost perfect level of difficulty and excellent use of lateral thinking). Then there's Day of the Tentacle or Gabriel Knight 1...well, you did say one game, didn't you?
Then I'll have to pick Riven.
Almost exactly what he said.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 4:39am |
chronotigger65Journeyman
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Status : Offline | Hard to say. Either Kings Quest 6 or The Lost Crown. If this is over any game available it would be Chrono Trigger.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 8:28am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Games that gave me the best time of my life ever:
1) Morrowind. If I had to choose only one, it would be Morrowind.
Strategywise, and for incredible value for value for money, I'd choose Heroes of Might and Magic 1 & 2
Oh, and The Witcher. Just can't dismiss The Witcher.
Games in the AG genre that I enjoyed most are harder to pin down, perhaps because they all end at some point. The games I mentioned above, (especially the 1st 2) you can carry on playing forever, so they'd be my choice for if I was stranded on a desert island for a few years.
Adventurewise it would probably be a tie between The Awakened and Sherlock Holmes Nemesis, and if it had not been that I got stuck for so long in Gabriel knight 2, thereby causing excessive frustration, I would have said Gabe Knight 2, perhaps.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 8:47am |
markornikovJourneyman
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Location: BE, Antwerp
Status : Offline | King's Quest VII, took me 3 years to complete and i never got bored
non-ag: Lemmings
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 10:02am |
FnordSchattenjger
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Location: SE, Stockholm
Status : Offline | For AGs, it is probably either Riven, for its fantastic environments & clever puzzles or Schizm for the sense of achievement after beating each puzzle.
For any game in general: Probably Ultima Online. While the game itself might not be great, I made a lot of friends while playing it, and it had a great community. I also played it for quite some time.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 11:05am |
colpetSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I first played Riven in my pre-internet days. We had just bought our first computer for the business. I used to stay late after work playing the game. It kept me occupied for 3 months or so. I loved moving through the environments - there was always detail that was new to me. About 3 years later, I played it again, and this time I had access to the internet and was a bit more comfortable with technology, but it will always be that 1st game experience that was miraculous for me. To this day whenever I hear a chicadee, it reminds me of the island paths near the axe, and the gate to the jungle.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 1:19pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | that is a sweet commnet Colpet about RIVEN, i love it too, and many others...
probably the most of the most would be The Longest Journey with Dreamfall being a close second, tho it is a vvery hard choice.cause Oblivion, Morrowind, Kyranida, and many others are right up there too
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 1:21pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | Timelapse, being my introduction to adventure games blew my mind with its mixture of clue hunting, puzzles and exploration and I was totally hooked on the genre. As this was pre-interent it took me months to finish and the puzzles would occupy my mind while doing the dishes etc. Truly an immersive experience.
But for laughter and friendship and exploration it would need to be UruLive.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 1:26pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | To revise what I said above: the adventure game that gave me the most enjoyment was King's Quest 6. Back in the days that I played it, I had no internet, and didn't even know what a walkthrough or strategy guide was.
I played it with friends, and we used the little hint book and drew elaborate maps of the minotaur maze. 8-)
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"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 4:20pm |
CulturaJourneyman
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Location: NL, Amersfoort
Status : Offline | RiVen without much hesitation. I practically lived there. A new experience almost every mouseclick.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 4:25pm |
New WolfboySpace Cadet
Posts : 133
Joined: 27 JUL 2010
Status : Online | I want to say Longest Journey, but I was just so disappointed with its sequel... So I need to say Monkey Island. It was witty, utterly memorable, inspired a series of sequels that are still being made today in some form or another, the new remake was an absoloute charm.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 7:31pm |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Status : Offline | It would definitely be among the first games I played, back when gaming was still new and fresh to me and I could just sit back and enjoy exploring beautiful environments. Myst was very atmospheric -- a great combination of sound with visuals. I'll never forget being lost in Channelwood. I got some of the same experience exploring Edanna in Myst III: Exile and Brada Coe in Schizm 2 (especially at night). I like being transported to mysterious other realms, and the background sound/music is just as important as the visuals.
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| 12 AUG 2010 at 7:45pm |
InesrocksPrivate Detective
Posts : 682
Joined: 16 OCT 2008
Location: PT
Status : Offline | Probably Broken Sword 2, the game I played most in my life. Then I would say Dreamfall followed by TLJ.
Non-adventure wise I would say Oblivion (infinite hours of pleasure) and The Witcher (one of the most compelling RPG stories ever).
Playing: Skyrim (ongoing)
Last Finished: can't recall, been too long.
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 2:42am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5538
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By colpet (12 AUG 2010 11:04am)
To this day whenever I hear a chicadee, it reminds me of the island paths near the axe, and the gate to the jungle.
That's very interesting. I found that area memorable as well for its ambient sounds, although in my case it was the crickets that stood out. They reminded me of a lazy summer day at home. Sometimes when I needed a break from the game I would go up there and just listen for bit.
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 6:25am |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I will pass both those nice comments about RIVEN on to Robyn Miller who is a friend of mine....he loved working on that game and it remains one of the special events of his life I think, he always appreciates hearing people enjoying it.
It was at the time of its creation the largest wireframe yet made for any CGI creation. It took years to make, and indeed they spent, Robyn and Richard Vander Wende (former production director of Aladdin)...spent a year alone just creating the backstory and the languages, artistic styles and themes of the D'ni and the people of Riven... it was a remarkable creation. A new format version of Riven is underway at Cyan now.
[img]http://www.mystworlds.com/ss/Riven_6.gif[/img]
[img]http://www.fisicx.com/riven/images/riven001.jpg[/img]
At Mysterium last week, a very talented community member announced he and a team have been working on a fully 3D version of Riven, Real Riven, for a year.
the address of the beta of Real Riven expansion is...
starryexpanse dot com
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 8:50am |
colpetSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | At Mysterium last week, a very talented community member announced he and a team have been working on a fully 3D version of Riven, Real Riven, for a year.
the address of the beta of Real Riven expansion is...
starryexpanse dot com
Can this be? ( quickly checks the date...... nope, not April 1)
If was only allowed to play 1 more game ever, but it could be anything, it would be RealRiven. Darn! I'm leaving in a few hours for a one week trip to Newfoundland. I'll have to wait until I'm back to hear more.
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| 13 AUG 2010 at 9:12am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Concentrate of having a nice trip Colpet. Catch plenty of fish.
Chris, you tell Robyn Miller that I know several avvies in the Cavern who've all said they dream of being able to run around in Riven with buddies. What colossal fun that would be.
Can you imagine the fun finding the exploits?
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