Loving these quick reviews. I wish you would pause to speak between the dialogue here 6:07 though because I wanted to hear both clearly. Keep up the good work!
Personal all-time favs: - DreamWeb - Simon the Sorcerer 2 - Day of the Tentacle - Monkey Island 1 - Leisure Suit Larry 6 - Gemini Rue - The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo - Loom - SpaceQuest 2 - Leisure Suit Larry 7
My Top5 No5 : The Curse of Monkey Island No4 : Broken Sword 1 No3 : Simon the Sorcerer 2 No2 : Simon the Sorcerer 1 No1 : Indiana Jones - Fate of Atlantis
I think my personal favorites are: Myst Maniac Mansion Blazing Dragons Shadowgate Thimbleweed Park The Inner World Nightshade Grim Fandango Broken Sword II Hugo's House of Horrors D Lunacy The Mansion of Hidden Souls games Oxenfree (if it counts as one- point and click is the closest feeling to me) The Sexy Brutale Rise of the Dragon I grew up with consoles, so Maniac Mansion on NES really brought me into the fold along with Shadowgate, and I enjoyed the shareware Hugo games on a friend's 486 back in the day. The Sexy Brutale, Inner World, and Thimbleweed Park really got me excited to play modern point and click games. Blazing Dragons, though, has to be one of the most underrated. I play it on Saturn, but any version is awesome.
Gotta give some love to The Longest Journey. A game that surprised me how deep the world building was. A fantastic story that mixes sci-fi with fantasy.
Man, no LucasArts games on this list! Shameful! I never played the Sierra games but just looking at LPs of them makes me not wanna play them as you die at random times for very little reasons, that's not my cup of tea. My favorite point and clicks are: 1. The Curse of Monkey Island. 2.Day of the Tentacle. 3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (especially the Special Edition). 4. Sam & Max: Hit the Road. 5. The Secret of Monkey Island (especially the Special Edition).
I know I know. I think I may need to expand the list next time lol. I do love some Lucas arts. Maniac Mansion is probably my fav. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Wanted to add. I was not award of a talkie Star Trek game. Mine was on floppy. Beavis and Butt-head had 2 adventure games. Mike Judge seemed to be involved as he voiced his characters. The first game I remember better, but the second is ok.
I loved all all the computer games people are saying but also I had a lot of good ones on DS that I don’t see mentioned. 5) Room 215 4) 999 3) Ghost Trick 2) Professor Layton 1) Phoenix Wright
Nice to hear your favorites and what they mean to you. The thumbnail is a bit misleading though, as the omission of any LucasArts title from "best ever" is a bit surprising to say the least. Of course not everybody has to like them but they sure are more user friendly than the average Sierra title. Also, I'd suggest lowering the game's audio / cranking your voice over, as it's distracting, especially when the games themselves are rather talky. Enjoyed the video though!
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the tips on the audio. Still working on my video editing :) the main reason for the omission of any Lucas Arts stuff is I haven’t played many of them for some reason. I definitely need to correct that. Thanks!!
@@overwhelmed-gamer They released almost nothing but gems in the first half of the nineties, almost jealous you get to experience them for the first time! ;)
@@overwhelmed-gamerProbably the first Secret of Monkey Island game would be the perfect start! Made me a lifelong fan of the genre for sure. Personally I much prefer the original VGA or Amiga graphics to those in the Special edition but YMMV. Can you actually put the hamster in the microwave on the NES Maniac Mansion or was it censored? 😋I played MM on the C64 and Amiga, as these were the systems I grew up with.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve never played the Star Trek 25th Anniversary game. But Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity is great. It has a similar playstyle, this time with the actors from TNG. Grim Fandango is also great!
I’ve not played fandango yet. I was never a big Star Trek fan but that game just stuck with me. I played it all the time and loved it. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I don't know about the VGA Space Quest. I'm used to playing the first game as a text parser. Of course I played the first three decades after their release. Now Tex Murphy games, I played those when they came out. Yeah, it's not the game changer that was Myst but so what.
Thanks! I know I played at least one Discworld, but don’t remember it all that well. I’ll have to try and hunt them down and refresh my memory. Thanks for watching!
@@overwhelmed-gamer Time travel mechanic was weird enough and too many of the solutions require a "Discworld-style" logic that is not intuitive at all. Only game I thought even harder is "I have no mouth but I must scream". In "Noctropolis" you could get stuck too as far as I remember...
Just can't get on board with Myst. In many ways, it was largely responsible for killing the point-and-click genre by inspiring countless clones that turned adventure games from story- and character-driven games to games that emphasized pretty slideshows with minimal effort put into telling a story. And yes, I realize that Myst has tons of lore, but asking players to read books and papers as a primary means of storytelling is lazy and shifts all of the work to the player. It's no wonder people lost interest in adventure games, after suffering through years of pretty but empty slideshows devoid of humor, character interaction, and creative inventory-based puzzling.
I can get on board with this. I loved Myst, but I hear ya. It felt like when CD based games started rolling out everyone went for graphics and less substance for. Bit. 🤷♂️. Thanks for watching the video!
There are many different approaches. That suit many different people in different ways. P.S.: Cryo style adventures are their own style of quests and did not hinder games like Full Throttle in how different they played. Close analogue today could be Obra Dinn and Tacoma, I guess.
MY DUDE!!! Great video I love point and click adventure games and there was definitely some on this list that are knew to me!!!
Thanks man! Super appreciate it!!
Stumbled upon this channel from across the pond. Great content man, subbed!
Thanks! This comment warmed my heart. Really appreciate it!
Loving these quick reviews. I wish you would pause to speak between the dialogue here 6:07 though because I wanted to hear both clearly.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the advice I really appreciate it. Also thanks for watching!
Personal all-time favs:
- DreamWeb
- Simon the Sorcerer 2
- Day of the Tentacle
- Monkey Island 1
- Leisure Suit Larry 6
- Gemini Rue
- The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo
- Loom
- SpaceQuest 2
- Leisure Suit Larry 7
Some games in here I haven’t played. Great list and suggestions:)
My Top5
No5 : The Curse of Monkey Island
No4 : Broken Sword 1
No3 : Simon the Sorcerer 2
No2 : Simon the Sorcerer 1
No1 : Indiana Jones - Fate of Atlantis
I’m going to have so may point and click games to play with all these great suggestions lol. Thanks for watching!
Oh yeah! Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was soooooooo good.
Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and Uninvited
for me it will always be Sam & Max and The King's Quest franchises
Yea the Kings Quest franchise is what really started it for me. My kids got into the newest one with me as well which I also thought was great.
I think my personal favorites are:
Myst
Maniac Mansion
Blazing Dragons
Shadowgate
Thimbleweed Park
The Inner World
Nightshade
Grim Fandango
Broken Sword II
Hugo's House of Horrors
D
Lunacy
The Mansion of Hidden Souls games
Oxenfree (if it counts as one- point and click is the closest feeling to me)
The Sexy Brutale
Rise of the Dragon
I grew up with consoles, so Maniac Mansion on NES really brought me into the fold along with Shadowgate, and I enjoyed the shareware Hugo games on a friend's 486 back in the day. The Sexy Brutale, Inner World, and Thimbleweed Park really got me excited to play modern point and click games. Blazing Dragons, though, has to be one of the most underrated. I play it on Saturn, but any version is awesome.
You have a bunch of games on your list I either forgot about or haven’t played. I loved D. Great list and thanks so much for watching!
Gotta give some love to The Longest Journey. A game that surprised me how deep the world building was. A fantastic story that mixes sci-fi with fantasy.
Longest Journey was great as well.
For me:
King Quest VI
Space Quest V
Goblin 3 (might even be the best I've ever played)
Myst
Full Throttle
I don’t know Goblin 3. Another one I’m going to have to try and find. Great list 👍
Most underrated point-and-click masterpiece of all time definitely is 'Simon The Sorcerer 2'....
Haven’t played that one. Noted, I’ll try and check it out. Thanks!
Underrated... still not really among the best.
@@Ozzy3000 Well true, the best are mostly quite far behind Simon the Sorcerer 2 in production value, epic scale, artistic depth, humor and story.
The Monkey Island games are great but I also remember a pretty good Scooby Doo game on the Sega Genesis that almost no one talks about.
What?! There is a Scooby Doo point and click game. Thanks for watching!! *runs to eBay
Back from eBay. It looks awesome, but kinda pricy. Definitely a BOLO. Thanks for the tip!
@@overwhelmed-gamer Happy to help
Never heard of it but I’ll check it out.
Showdown in Ghost Town? Wonder why its not know so well...
Shadowgate on the Mac was my first point and click. It is by no means the best but it has a place in my heart.
I just grabbed the new Shadowgate. Shadowgate Beyond. Really looking forward to checking it out. Thanks for watching!
thanks for this video!
Absolutely! Thanks for watching!
Gabriel Knight, Broken Sword, Postmortem/Still Life, The Longest Journey and Sam and Max are some of my favorites in the genre.
Haven’t played Gabriel Knight or Postmortem. After making this list I realized how many I forgot I had played lol. Thanks for watching.
Man, no LucasArts games on this list! Shameful! I never played the Sierra games but just looking at LPs of them makes me not wanna play them as you die at random times for very little reasons, that's not my cup of tea.
My favorite point and clicks are: 1. The Curse of Monkey Island. 2.Day of the Tentacle. 3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (especially the Special Edition). 4. Sam & Max: Hit the Road. 5. The Secret of Monkey Island (especially the Special Edition).
I know I know. I think I may need to expand the list next time lol. I do love some Lucas arts. Maniac Mansion is probably my fav. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Discworld Noir, Longest Journey, for me.
Definitely liked many others, can't remember them now or place in top something at the moment.
I get it. So many comments from this video made me almost rethink my list. lol. 😂. Thanks for watching.
Wanted to add. I was not award of a talkie Star Trek game. Mine was on floppy.
Beavis and Butt-head had 2 adventure games. Mike Judge seemed to be involved as he voiced his characters. The first game I remember better, but the second is ok.
I dug the Bravia and Butthead games. Just finished the Sega Genesis one a couple months ago.
@overwhelmed-gamer I meant the PC ones. Was vaguely award of the console ones. I had a habbit of avoiding those due to the past trash usually by LJN.
The Legend of Kyrandia and The 7th Guest were my favorites. Fullthrottle was also pretty great.
I forgot about Kyrandia. Someone else also mentioned it. Loved 7th Guest. Thanks for watching!!
I loved all all the computer games people are saying but also I had a lot of good ones on DS that I don’t see mentioned.
5) Room 215
4) 999
3) Ghost Trick
2) Professor Layton
1) Phoenix Wright
Oh great now I have more to look up. 😂 I played Dr Layton but none of the other ones. Thanks for the tip, and thanks for watching.
Leisure suit Larry
lol 😂 I’ve only played a little of Leisure Suite Larry. It wasn’t bad.
Nice to hear your favorites and what they mean to you. The thumbnail is a bit misleading though, as the omission of any LucasArts title from "best ever" is a bit surprising to say the least. Of course not everybody has to like them but they sure are more user friendly than the average Sierra title. Also, I'd suggest lowering the game's audio / cranking your voice over, as it's distracting, especially when the games themselves are rather talky. Enjoyed the video though!
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the tips on the audio. Still working on my video editing :) the main reason for the omission of any Lucas Arts stuff is I haven’t played many of them for some reason. I definitely need to correct that. Thanks!!
@@overwhelmed-gamer They released almost nothing but gems in the first half of the nineties, almost jealous you get to experience them for the first time! ;)
@@OperationPhantom what to play first? I have played Maniac Mansion, but only the NES version
@@overwhelmed-gamerProbably the first Secret of Monkey Island game would be the perfect start! Made me a lifelong fan of the genre for sure. Personally I much prefer the original VGA or Amiga graphics to those in the Special edition but YMMV.
Can you actually put the hamster in the microwave on the NES Maniac Mansion or was it censored? 😋I played MM on the C64 and Amiga, as these were the systems I grew up with.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve never played the Star Trek 25th Anniversary game. But Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity is great. It has a similar playstyle, this time with the actors from TNG.
Grim Fandango is also great!
I’ve not played fandango yet. I was never a big Star Trek fan but that game just stuck with me. I played it all the time and loved it. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Grim Fandango had a great story and humour but the time everyone had to make bad 3d games was just insufferable.
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Never played that one, will have to check it out. Thanks for watching the vid!
Give Broken Age a try. Love that game.
I actually own that one and haven’t played it yet. Thanks for the tip, and thanks for watching.
I don't know about the VGA Space Quest. I'm used to playing the first game as a text parser. Of course I played the first three decades after their release. Now Tex Murphy games, I played those when they came out. Yeah, it's not the game changer that was Myst but so what.
I didn’t know Space Quest started as a text based game. That super cool. Curious if there is a way to track that down. Appreciate you watching!!
As good as Sierra Quest games are, why no Lucas Arts? Monkey Island changed the rules on how adventure games are made, even today.
That is a good point.. loved Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. May have to may a longer list next time. 🤷♂️. Thanks for watching!
For me it was Prisioner of Ice
Haven’t played that one. Will definitely check it out. Thanks for the tip, thanks for watching.
im surprised discworld 1 and 2 wernt on here. but good list
Thanks! I know I played at least one Discworld, but don’t remember it all that well. I’ll have to try and hunt them down and refresh my memory. Thanks for watching!
N1 Space Quest 3
N2 Myst
N3 Maniac Mansion (Nes)
N4 Leisure Suit Larry 1
N5 Space Quest 4
Fight me...
Can’t argue with any of those. Great list. Thanks for watching.
@@overwhelmed-gamer Thank you for a great video.
Fun to see your list. But this may be the only list ever made that doesn’t include a single LucasArts game.
Yea, I’ve got that a couple of times now and i grabbed the top 5 I remembered the most but Lucas Arts has some gems too. Thanks for watching!!
Discworld...
Loved Disc World. Another great game.
@@overwhelmed-gamer I was 10 when it came out, me and a friend never managed to finish the darn game. 30 years later and Im still stuck :D
@@Ozzy3000 If my memory serves me right I played this on my Sega Saturn. It’s been a while. I definitely remember the puzzles being difficult.
@@overwhelmed-gamer Time travel mechanic was weird enough and too many of the solutions require a "Discworld-style" logic that is not intuitive at all.
Only game I thought even harder is "I have no mouth but I must scream". In "Noctropolis" you could get stuck too as far as I remember...
No Gabriel Knight 2?
I haven’t played Gabriel Knight. Was one I always meant to checkout but for whatever reason haven’t. I’ll get to it one day. Thanks for watching.
Really great video except for having ingame sound mixed with the voice over that a truly horrible thing
Thanks for the compliment, and the tip. Still working out the kinks for this UA-cam stuff and vid editing. 😀
Just can't get on board with Myst. In many ways, it was largely responsible for killing the point-and-click genre by inspiring countless clones that turned adventure games from story- and character-driven games to games that emphasized pretty slideshows with minimal effort put into telling a story. And yes, I realize that Myst has tons of lore, but asking players to read books and papers as a primary means of storytelling is lazy and shifts all of the work to the player. It's no wonder people lost interest in adventure games, after suffering through years of pretty but empty slideshows devoid of humor, character interaction, and creative inventory-based puzzling.
I can get on board with this. I loved Myst, but I hear ya. It felt like when CD based games started rolling out everyone went for graphics and less substance for. Bit. 🤷♂️. Thanks for watching the video!
There are many different approaches. That suit many different people in different ways.
P.S.: Cryo style adventures are their own style of quests and did not hinder games like Full Throttle in how different they played. Close analogue today could be Obra Dinn and Tacoma, I guess.
Without Monkey Island and /or Leisure Suit Larry this list is void. Sorry.
😂 I need to play Monkey Island again. It’s been so long I don’t remember much of it. Thanks for watching.