This series is designed as a way to call attention to things, practices, places, activities, or anything else you might not be aware of that I think are worth checking out. I try to cover as wide a variety of topics as I can.
I’ll admit it, I’m a bit of a videogame junkie. Fortunately for me, that moniker no longer carries nearly the social stigma it did even 10 years ago. I enjoy titles from nearly all different genres (though I’m still waiting for the fighting game that can hold my interest for more than 2 minutes), but many of my favourites are adventure games. These heavily story driven games that require players to solve puzzles throughout in order to progress have largely fallen out of favour with the marketplace, except in Germany, for some reason, to the point where Telltale is really the only company still producing them. Today, though I’m going to focus on some of my favourite classic adventure games.
This is the series that first introduced me to adventure games, thanks to a free copy on the PC Gamer Demo Disk. There are now five games in the series, with the first two having recently received a Special Edition makeover with modern sound and graphics. The series follows the comical tale of wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood and his battle with the ghost pirate LeChuck. The first three are done in the classic point and click style, while the final two graduate to full 3D. 1, 2, and 5 are available on the PC (and Mac for 5) through Steam, as well as on iOS devices through the App Store. 3 and 4 are only available for PC and may be harder to track down.
Widely considered the greatest adventure game of all time, this is the brainchild of Tim Schafer. Set in the Mexican Land of the Dead, this is an epic, four year, noir journey, filled with intrigue, humour, and fantastic dialogue. Released for PC and Mac, this one is tough to track down, but it’s well worth the effort.
This one’s a bit of a cheat, since it’s not one game, but four, but it’s also the best $10 you can spend on gaming. Available through Steam for PC or Mac, any one of these games would be worth the price on their own. It includes Steven Spielberg's The Dig, the story of a mission to investigate an asteroid, Loom, a fantasy set in an alternate earth, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a loose adaptation of the film, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, a completely new Indiana Jones story and my personal favourite.
There are plenty of other adventure games worth checking out, so I’m sure I’ll revisit the topic in the future. Be sure to let me know what you think if you play any of these, and feel free to suggest others you think are worthwhile.
Sleep well,
DTE
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