What adventure games do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by daniyeg@lemmy.ml to c/games@lemmy.world

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pretty much the title. i have played most of sierra, lucasarts and telltale catalogues so if you are suggesting one of their games i've probably already played it. it doesn't have to be a copycat, homage or in the same style as these companies' games either, just that it must satisfy the vague definition of being an "adventure game" and have a good story. thanks in advance, can't wait to see your recommendations!

EDIT: thanks for your recommendations i couldn't reply to everyone. i can't to play (most of) them when i got time.

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[-] Mad_Punda@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So, I’m playing adventure games (and similar games that work in the setting) with friends most Fridays. We’ve been doing this for years and have quite the list by now.

I’ll list some favorites of mine from that list. But let me know if you’re also interested in some more niche/janky games (not everything we played was good, some of it was so bad it was already entertaining again, especially when enjoyed in a group).

Heaven's Vault
The Case of the Golden Idol
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Chants of Sennaar
Pentiment
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
West of Loathing

[-] daniyeg@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

im ok with niche/janky as long as it doesn't fry my laptop it's fine, so hit me with your best.

heaven's vault was great. i really liked it especially the new game+ and the story. the translation mechanic didn't really impress me but it'll sometimes produce some head scratchers.

the case of golden idol was a brilliant detective game no notes. one mistake i made was disabling automatic highlight of keywords, it doesn't add anything to the puzzles you just spam click until you hit a keyword.

i didn't like chants of sennaar that much. its art is good but it was too easy and it just didn't click with me as much as it should have.

west of loathing is awesome, i've played the original kingdom of loathing and was glad to see it was as much silly and funny as its predecessor. i would also recommend shadows over loathing alongside west of loathing to anyone that hasn't played these games. kingdom of loathing is a really old browser game and is more of a daily type of game so i wouldn't exactly recommend it. all of them are set in the same universe but in different time periods so you don't need to play all of them or play them in order in order to just play one of them.

haven't played the rest so i'll definitely check them out. thanks for the list!