Adventure Game?

[Mr Burns]

It's been a long time since I last spent ages playing a computer game. Back in my teens I was a big fan of RPG's (is that right!?) like Monkey Island and Simon The Sorcerer.

Is there anything more recent and more modern with better visuals and gameplay, but still in a similar 'adventure' style to the games mentioned above??

Any recommendations, YT links and trailers much appreciated.

(PC or XBox format plz)

Ste.

 

[Darren S]

Well, from what I've tried on the PC - some good ones are:-

• Dragon Age
• Baldur's Gate II - very old now with dated graphics, but a HUGE game - still one of the benchmarks in the genre.
• Oblivion - Game of The Year Edition (again, huge)
• Torchlight - very straight-forward dungeon hack, but a few of the devs are from the Diablo background - and you can certainly see the influence.
• The Witcher : Enhanced Edition
• Heroes of Might & Magic 5 - superb game that, but it's more of a cross between RPG and strategy than an adventure game.

For pure adventure-type games...

• Fahrenheit
• The Longest Journey & Dreamfall

D.

 

[lanky]

Fallout 3
Or buy a ps3 and get unchartered 2 for the ultimate adventure.

 

[Cookie]

BG2 <3

Go for the eyes Boo!

 

[Bruce-BHPerformance]

As said already, Baldurs Gate 2 is an awesome game but looks its age now.
Playing Fallout 3 at the moment and totally addicted. Not really an adventure game though as its shoot 'um up/RPG.
Can't think of anything I have played lately that is along the same lines as the games you have listed but then again I am not a massive game player anyway.

 

[oska]

I'd go with Oblivion, even after 4 years it still looks and plays like any current offerings. It's a massive game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_4

If you like that then try Fallout 3 which uses the same engine. That should keep you busy until next year. Dragon's age origins is also very good I hear but I haven't played it.

 

[SharkyUK]

I think Ste might have meant "Point 'n' Click" adventure rather than RPG (judging from the Monkey Island and Simon the Sorcerer references).

To be honest mate, there haven't been so many of these types of games since the 'golden era' of LucasArts (the time when The Dig, Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Sam 'n' Max, Broken Sword, Day of the Tentacle, etc. were released). There have been a few remakes of some of those titles recently - typically with episodic content - so it might be worth checking out.

 

[Craigus]

:S

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[theduck]

There was quite a few follow ups to simon the sorcerer iirc, might be worth hunting them down?

 

[Darren S]

As Sharky says, they have re-released The Secret of Monkey Island and also have churned out 6 episodes of Sam & Max. You can buy and download all of those from Steam....

http://store.steampowered.com/

D.

 

[The Hoff]

Fallout 3, immense game, I'm also completely addicted.

 

[paulharrison123]

the new monkey island adventures are available now too, love the monkey island games

And as above, spent too many hours on fallout 3 once you get into it!

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Or buy a ps3 and get unchartered 2 for the ultimate adventure.

This! One of the best games ever.

 

[Brasseye]

This! One of the best games ever.

yup got to agree playing adventures for 20 years now this is one of the best all round