Point-and-Click Adventure Games

[OrientalGrill]

Ever since I was a youngun, I've been a fan of those Point-and-Click adventure games similar to Myst due to their fuzzy yet soulful 3d graphics, and not to mention the immersion. I think Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou seriously got me into the whole genre. It was fun how personal the experience felt, and how mystical the simpler 3D graphics felt as well. Zeddas: Servants of Sheol, Chu-Teng, Eastern Mind, I have no mouth and I must scream, and Garage sit at the top of my favorites. What are some that you've personally enjoyed?

 

[Jade]

The only one I ever remember playing was when I was really little, it was some dora the explorer game where you transformed into a fish with boots and explored some finding nemo-esque world. I only had the demo version, and to this day I swear I can still hear that grating Dora voice repeating over and over "You can't go that way in the demo!"

 

[brentw]

The ones I remember the best are Riven, Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (it was pretty mind blowing getting to explore the Titanic in a computer game) and "Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Tale of Orpheo's Curse".

But there's another, earlier game that I just can't recall the name of.
I know I played it a lot, but the only thing I can really remember clearly is a part where you were scuba diving in a sunken pirate ship.

 

[Thereal]

My favorite point and click game is The Neverhood. Some of the puzzles suck but the music and visuals really make the game special. The game is fully animated in claymation and done by the guy who designed Earthworm Jim.

 

[Cyberbob]

@OrientalGrill those screenshots are great. They are from Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls huh?

My first computer game ever was Cosmic Osmo. Anyone ever play?

 

[OrientalGrill]

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My favorite point and click game is The Neverhood. Some of the puzzles suck but the music and visuals really make the game special. The game is fully animated in claymation and done by the guy who designed Earthworm Jim.

I remember there were plans to make a movie based on it. Wonder whatever happened to that.

 

[cynthiune]

Oh I love this thread. One of my favorite games ever is Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages. Some really fun (and equally challenging) puzzles, and the story and vibe is pure cozy(terrifying??) The lore of the games creator, Harry Horse, lives up to the absurdity of this treasure.

 

[Radical]

Of course I played Myst, and even some text adventures before that. But I also have fond memories of Timelapse. Playing that game taught me how the people of Atlantis were actually ancient aliens.

 

[inverse_square_matrix]

How were those 3D fuzzy graphics made? Is there any way to replicate them with modern software?
Imagine how cool it would be to have new point and click games with updated gameplay but classic graphics.

 

[Jared]

MNOG or known as the mata nui online game , great way in introducing the story of Bionicle. The music is insanely nostalgic to me and the art style is surprisingly well done. Lego games blew it out of the park. Story is simple you start off unknown, and you need to figure out what's happening ,but soon you'll figure out everything and see how important you the player are to the story.

 

[brentw]

Felt like I should have included some screens with the games I mentioned because there's just something about the Aesthetic of these old adventure games with their mix of, at the time cutting edge, pre-rendered environments and FMV.

Are you Afraid of the Dark?

 

[Cinderpeach]

I've always LOVED point n' click (and STILL do) one of the earliest ones I've played were the ISPY games, which I guess leans more hidden objects but there are areas where you could "walk" from one area to another, I just really dig the little details and the animations that would play with each individual item... The set/level designs in these games were just as much eye candy as in the original books!

 

[RisingThumb]

Funny this thread started. Last weekend I played the Myst 2021 game and it's actually pretty good. Had never played Myst before and was surprised how good it was. Felt similar in how you have to get immersed in the world like Forgotten City. Will be keeping an eye on this thread for quality recommendations

 

[brentw]

If you enjoy Myst you should move straight on to the sequel, Riven.
Although I haven't played the other games, I've heard it's the best in the series and I can certainly recommend it.
It's particularly good for exploration.

View: https://youtu.be/xs2ExAy2woY

 

[Thereal]

MNOG or known as the mata nui online game , great way in introducing the story of Bionicle. The music is insanely nostalgic to me and the art style is surprisingly well done. Lego games blew it out of the park. Story is simple you start off unknown, and you need to figure out what's happening ,but soon you'll figure out everything and see how important you the player are to the story.

Hell yeah, the early years of Bionicle were magical and this game is probably the biggest contributing factor to its appeal.




the music is insanely good too.

 

[Jessica3cho雪血⊜青意]

The Myst series and Drowned God are two of my favorite point and click adventures.

Has anyone here ever played I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream, based off the novel of the same name? I enjoyed it a lot. You play as a group of 5 people. The last people. Enslaved for eternity by an evil AI gone rogue after destroying the rest of humanity. You play out their struggles in an attempt to understand both their past and present, so that you can decide their future.

 

[OrientalGrill]

https://apps.apple.com/app/garage-bad-dream-adventure/id1596022730 GARAGE had a phone port announced about a year ago, and without my knowledge, it apparently got released on the iphone recently. It appears to be a decent port to the phone. The publisher is trying to work on getting it ported to Android devices, but it got rejected initially. My assumption is because of the nudity and graphic content already in the game.

 

[elia925-6]

Rusty lake games

 

[zalaz alaza]

Yo does anyone remember the third person point and click adventure games? I got start when I was young on Kings Quest 3, but some of the less popular ones I got into were great too.

Kings Quest here:

The Hand of Fate series was awesome too, but less well known:

and the Gobliiins series had some of the best puzzles

and of course, Leisure Suit Larry

One thing I remember really liking about these is that they were a bit more interactive than something Carmen San Diego but they didnt require you to battle adversaries all the time. The worlds were semi open, you could walk around a given area as much as you wanted and test things out. In the older ones you could even type commands in with keyboard that didn't work and gave funny responses.

 

[MySpace Tom]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Obduction yet. It's from the creators of Myst, and it's excellent. I set out to beat it without a walkthrough because Myst and Riven stumped me when I was much younger. I used a walkthrough for those which spoiled the experience for myself. The worlds and puzzles are fantastic (with the exception of maybe one towards the end where

Spoiler: Puzzle description

you basically have to teleport and rotate blocks around to create a path through a maze which, while interesting, is tedious

). I highly recommend it:


Cyan is also coming out with Firmament soon which also looks to be fun:


For point and click with an old school aesthetic, pretty much anything that Wadjet Eye puts out is fantastic. A portion of them have a hard cyberpunk bend to them. Ones I played through include:

1. Primordia
2. Shardlight
3. Technobabylon
4. Resonance

Fans of Serial Experiments: Lain and Studio Pixel might enjoy Unreal Life

Darkside Detective is also hilarious and fun. Not a super long game, but really enjoyable

If you only have a little bit of time to kill, Whimsy and Escape Lala are really short but fun and imaginative