Day of the Tentacle only B tier hurts so much. But hey, tastes and colours !

@LarixusSnydes

2 жыл бұрын

I feel that way about Loom. That game was absolutely magical to me and I've lobbied long to get it available on GOG.

@nosferadu

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and Loom too. Yikes!

@rickhynes2693

2 жыл бұрын

Hurts for sure! I bought nearly all of these at actual launch. Day of the Tentacle (No brainer - S Tier) was the one that nailed amazing story, time travel, lots of laughs and great puzzles. Bit tough on Full Throttle and especially Grim Fandango as well. I wonder if it is that she is playing them more recently over the last 5 or so years more so than playing them when they dropped at release? Either way....I don't mind and I enjoy the videos and her opinion! (BTW My 9 year old son finished Full Throttle today on XBOX and loved it.)

@adrianbalmes5704

2 жыл бұрын

also grim fandango... it really messed up my blade... mrs chowchella stole my golden tickets the flowers on my skeletal configuration represent a horrible contradiction because they are the beautiful representation of death in the land of the dedd

@miguelbranquinho7235

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarixusSnydes Masterpiece, wish they could have made the sequels.

The Space Quest series is by far some of the best material Sierra has released

@funghazi

2 жыл бұрын

We're glad you could play Space Quest! As usual, you've been a real pantload!

@-Tristan-

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Miss this series...

@redinthesky1

2 жыл бұрын

Love Space Quest

@GES1985

2 жыл бұрын

Energizer bunny lol

@odeball22

2 жыл бұрын

Not even close

If yoy have not playd Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. You just have to play it. Its the best Indiana Jones game ever.

@chrisfreakinp

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I'm shocked you haven't played Fate of Atlantis!

@scottjeppe7220

4 ай бұрын

I agree I played that game like 50 times .

@rtperrett

2 ай бұрын

It would also made a great Indiana Jones movie.

@marshallsumner4239

9 күн бұрын

It’s the fourth Indy movie as far as I’m concerned

@guybrushthreepwood1090

8 күн бұрын

@@marshallsumner4239absolutely agree. I played it so many times as 8-9 year old, it’s the only “other” Indy movie.

Hey Pam, enjoyed the video. I would recommend : Sam & Max Hit The Road from LucasArts, a definite classic.

@coktoe4487

2 жыл бұрын

I actually never played Hit the Road, but did play The Devil's Playhouse a few years ago, and liked it a fair bit. Good call.

@albynoman

2 жыл бұрын

This. Sam and Max was an absolute joy right from the opening pre-credit scene.

@rschmidt9495

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best in its genre imo.

@DarknessIsTheTruth

2 жыл бұрын

Sam & Max Hit the Road is S Tier, No contest.

I haven't finished watching this yet, but I just wanted to say, "Graham, watch out! A POIIII-SON-OUS snake!"

"Alexander pulls out his magic map." These words will stick with me until the day I die. 😅

This was an entertaining review list. Couple of recommendations: The Dagger of Amon Ra, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and Codename: Iceman.

@MidwayMaiTais

Жыл бұрын

Fate of Atlantis is an ABSOLUTE MUST

@ResoluteGryphon

Жыл бұрын

"Laura Bow: Dagger of Amon Ra" was great!

These games are such a big part of my childhood. Thank you for this. Brings back a lot of memories.

I think the transition from requiring CGA/EGA support in games (and having them fit on disks) was the primary reason for the crisp dithered pixel art style which I also loved too. Great video thank you for the nostalgia!

I got my first computer in 1994 at age 16 and it came with King's Quest VI. I was a Nintendo nerd but this game hooked me AND drove me crazy. It was the early years of the internet and I remember going to Electronics Boutique to try to find a guide for it but to no avail. I finally beat it almost two years later on my own and was absolutely my gateway drug to other adventure games.

Another very nice video! On the subject of missing items, two of them were, back when I played them at the time, probably my favourites that would fit in the category: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, and Sam and Max Hit the Road. Also if the category is broadened out to cover similar games from other publishers, the Broken Sword games were great.

@omgwerockhard

2 жыл бұрын

Conquest of camelot i enjoyed aswell

Roberta Williams definitely enjoyed hitting a dead end and starting a game over with better knowledge of what to do to avoid it. It's the choose-your-adventure book mindset applied to videogames that a few chosen ones have, and I do not: I want to beat a game in a reasonable time and move on to the next.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I understand that without all the starting over again the games are quite short, but I'd prefer that to a lot of repeating myself.

@miguelbranquinho7235

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that a lot of the dead ends she designed don't really look like dead ends until you hit them head on hours later. If at all.

@Ghost_Of_SAS

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguelbranquinho7235 Exactly. You play the game for 4 hours not knowing your run is already screwed.

@miguelbranquinho7235

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ghost_Of_SAS It's blatant poor game design, Robert was a hack. I respect the heck out of her, but hate her games.

@Ghost_Of_SAS

2 жыл бұрын

@@miguelbranquinho7235 I think it was more a deliberate choice to artificially inflate play time and increase perceived value. Callous rather than incompetent.

My all-time favorite was The Dig, it was short, but very memorable

@Panzer_the_Merganser

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, that art style and music made a sense of wonder and exploration I’ve not encountered in any other game.

@jat13

2 жыл бұрын

Lucasarts only real adult adventure imo.

I didn't play most of these games, but I remember really liking King's Quest 8. Also Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis seems to be missing from this list, so if you didn't play that I highly recommend it.

@Magnum_Opus_1124

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad I am not the only one who likes King's Quest 8 (Mask Of Eternity).

@RraMakutsi

2 жыл бұрын

Fate of Atlantis should be at the top of this list, for sure... such a great game! One cannot have a proper list of adventure games without it

@UFOLOGAMER

Жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only player in the world who enjoyed KQ8. We are a clear minority.

@jimlarimore6074

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah. Fate of Atlantis is not only the best Indy game. I'd argue it's the best Indy outing period.

I remember Sierra from my childhood as making The Black Cauldron and Donald Duck’s Playground. I spent so much time on those as a six or seven year old.

I absolutely love your content. There’s a severe lack of retro point and click game content on KZread and I’m so glad I just found your channel. It’s definitely the best one and I can’t believe I went so long without knowing of it. Thanks so much for making these fantastic videos. I just watched your The Dig and Loom videos and they were so polished and entertaining to watch.

@Cannotbetamed1

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

The QFG2, Trial by Fire remake has an option to simplify the travel. The maze in the original really bogged down the game. I believe it's intent was as copy protection, forcing you to use the map that came with game. Worst part of the game. The remake is worth checking out. For purists, you can select the classic street layout. It's a great remake. Oh, and the import system is compatible.

Great video Pam! My S tiers games are Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island 1&2, and maybe The Dig. I am going to play more of Curse of Monkey Island 3 ASAP, but I am unfortunately having trouble with it saving properly. I found your take on Leisure Suit Larry Love for Sail very relatable, I feel it's a hidden gem. One Sierra adventure game I would love to see you cover in the future is EcoQuest. It's an easier game made for younger audiences but still I found it to be memorable.

The reason why KQ1 was so iconic is that its the first PC game that used hacked graphics. Prior to KQ1 PC games looked like.. S***. What KQ1 used was to hack the text mode to use all the available colors making it look more like, if not better, than other games of the day. So despite popular belief, KQ1 is actually CGA. (just like original larry) KQ4 and LL2 was in EGA... or rather PCjr/tandy graphic (there was very few game in true EGA). KQ1 was later remade with this engine. Later when VGA games came around, there was a similar situation. IBM first launched MCGA as a 128kB 256 color grapics mode. This later evolved into VGA, but a lot of games, specially early once, was made for MCGA (that could also be shown on VGA).

Regarding Day of the Tentacle, the different time periods are not just different locations like in Monkey Island 2, they actually have a unique mechanic where some puzzles are dependent on thing done in certain time periods affecting other time periods and items left in one time period changing on other time periods and then can be sent back to be used in puzzles

YASSSS. This may be my favorite subject of yours yet. The very first computer games brought home by my older brother was a Sierra 3-pack with Police Quest II, Manhunter 2, and Hoyle's Book of Games. And some of my best memories as a kid are of flipping through a Lucasfilm catalog and reading about games such as Full Throttle, Sam & Max, and one of the few I was actually able to play back then (and still one of my all-time favorites), Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Love love love this video.

Love this video! Glad to finally hear your thoughts on the 2nd and 3rd Monkey Island games as well!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I can still remember playing the original King's Quest on a Tandy 1000. The 160x200 graphic adventure blew out my 10 year old mind.

Monkey Island 1-3 were always the best in my book. I wish more games got art like Monkey Island 3. That was so beautiful. I've rebought most of the Sierra games during Steam sales. You can get them for a few bucks during sales

Hi Pam, I’m pretty excited about the list of games you had ranked there and can’t wait to play some of them on my new laptop. Solid video!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I remember when my buddy got Full Throttle, we played it all the time. Pam you always do a great job with your reviews, thank you. Looking forward to future videos!

Great informative video as ever. As for the avatar walking around the screen Valhalla on the ZX Spectrum came out in 1983 a year before King's Quest.

Pam, every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new. I never even heard of that rainforest game. I'll have to check that out.

That's so amazing Pam, thank you for ranking them for us! 😊

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

No problem 😊

I can't tell you how much your video touched on my childhood. I'd even bring the Sierra Online magazine to school to read over and over again haha. I would play these all the time, and whenever I talk to a gamer who hasn't played them growing up, I can't believe it. My favorite series were Monkey Island and Space Quest. Thank you! :)

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

Nice video. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is a must play. The story is great and there are three diferent paths. Lots of replay value

@sombra1111

2 жыл бұрын

@ I agree

for anyone interested- the Grim Fandango soundtrack has recently been released on vinyl, it has great artwork and remastered tracks with live orchestras. Also, the Curse of Monkey Island soundtrack is Hi res on KZread, and its really good. I personally have lots nostalgic memories attached to both of these games, and I think the music played a big part of that connection.

Oooooo! A "D" for Zak! I can't remember if the copyright stuff was as intrusive on the C64, but it was present in some form for sure. I definitely enjoyed it more than you did when I played it back in 80'-90', but can appreciate the frustration with it's implementation as you described it.

@freeculture

Жыл бұрын

Considering the crack available for Maniac Mansion, i would think there was one for Zak as well. But failing the code in Maniac Mansion was funny to see the mansion blow up...

Yay! so happy to not feel so old thinking about all these memories:) awesome video, Pam!! Personally would have shoved "it's a poisonous snake..." game with it's moon logic MUCH much lower...

"I went to my Aunt's house and Leisure Suit Larry 3 was the only game she had on her computer." I have many questions.

This was fun Pam. A few games to check out. I've played lots of adventure games but now realize very few of them were Lucas arts or Sierra (e.g broken sword series, Deponia series, beneath a steel sky, Discworld series, Silence etc plus the kings quest and leisure suit Larry reboots). Would enjoy watching a ranked video of these and others. I have played monkey island series and would agree that they are classics deserving top ranks.

My favourites are Maniac Mansion and the Monkey Island games! Thanks for this Pam, It is cool to see other adventure games that i knew nothing about. Good to find out more just like i did with the CRPG ranking video.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad to introduce some new (old) games.

I've just found your channel. Loving all of your videos...I'm Watching them all! Keep up the good content!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel

Great and fun video. It would be nice to hear what you think about Sam and Max and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis as well in another video 😊 Keep up the good work! Cheers!

Really enjoying your videos - thank you x

Another great video Pam. You are a delight, I say with the utmost respect!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice video! Would be intresting to see a part 2 with games from other developers. And i agree about Grim Fandango.

Fun video! I think this is a hard genre to rank, so many promising games held back by unfortunate choices, and notorious moments abound. I've been discussing these games over and over throughout years of being a developer in this genre and have heard plenty of cases for and against, but still enjoyed you explaining why you feel the way you do about these games. It's fun to hear your frustrations with the bits that I remember being annoyed at myself, and also hearing your reverence for some of the best titles. Great stuff!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it. I'm curious what your favourites from this category are.

@benchandler4298

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cannotbetamed1 Good question! In terms of my own work I drew the most inspiration from Full Throttle & The Dig - particularly when I was painting Unavowed, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what made those games look so good, and that was kind of my goal aesthetic! In terms of all around favourite game, The Secret of Monkey Island is just super hard to beat as a game that does everything right! Quest for Glory is probably the most rewarding Sierra game I've played, although I love the art in many of them (even if I like the gameplay less).

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Well, Unavowed looks beautiful! What a great game.

@benchandler4298

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cannotbetamed1 Thank you so much! Dave and I are working on another title together right now, really cool to be working on something else with him again. :)

Personally I would out Day of the Tentacle a rank higher. LSL 6 I would recommend playing again if you don't recall it well. I actually go back and forth on it and 7 being my favorite of the series. I am shocked and appalled (not really lol) at the ranking of Grim Fandango. I really enjoyed that game so much so I actually bothered to buy the remaster edition even though I still own the original which is something I normally wouldn't bother to do.

Kings Quest V was the first graphic adventure I remember playing, will never forget getting my ass killed in the desert over and over

Pam, like so much your videos and comments. I've been a persistent adventure games player back in my teenagehood. Loved both Indiana Jones, the Legend of Kyrandia ones, Cthulhu Shadow of the Comet... Awesome! Love also Sam & Max! It'll be great to hear your thoughts on the latter ones

@freeculture

Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the three Kyrandia's. Westwood's quite unique take on the genre.

I love Mask of Eternity so much. I feel like it's greatly underrated. For people who haven't gotten far in it, it really does have puzzles (lol) and it uses them in often-times creative and non-arbitrary ways. But it's not perfect and I'm not surprised where it landed.

Excellent video and a great trip down memory lane. Suggestion for a future "rank 'em" series - PC FMV Adventure games outside of Sierra and Lucas Arts (i.e. Tex Murphy, Return to Zork, etc.).

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

That is one of the ranking videos I plan on making.

Thank you for this walk down memory lane lane. I can almost hear the hard click of my old 286's big red power switch and whirr of the sub- 1gig 5.25 inch hard drive.

This was a fun video Pam. It flew right by!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great vid Pam! Brought back lots of fun memories - loved playing adventure games with my friends as kids - the Monkey Island games on my Amiga 500 & King Quest (esp 3) series & Manic Mansion on my best friend’s dad’s PC! 😉 Would love to know your take on more recent games - Thimbleweed Park / Jenny Le Clu / Tangled Towers / Darkside Detective series. Hope that you and Lilly are well n grand!

Love this and would love to see more retro game rankings.

One of the very specific design goals for Lucas Arts was to avoid not only the deaths but the unsolvable endings mentioned by her. In fact they made a joke of Sierra games in Monkey Island I where they simulate the typical Sierra death and later say "just kidding" of sorts (falling of a cliff). However Maniac Mansion didn't really apply these concepts to the full, no idea about Zak, never played it.

I would love a list again of these but this time from other developers. I remember games like Kyrandia, Simon the sorceror, beneath a steel sky, Broken sword to name a few.

2 жыл бұрын

This is a really good idea. Especially Simon the Sorcerer series has a different place in my heart along with Monkey Island series. My nickname is Simon just because of Simon the Sorcerer series. :)

These video's are one of the reason's I love this channel. Pams beautiful voice and the way she remembers these games from the past so well. I played Police Quest but, can't remember it well at all but, I'm glad you left it off. Enjoy the memory lane. ID Softare was something I did like in the 90's great company. Cheers to you Pam

I was hyped to see this video in my game. But you broke my heart right off the bat with "I don't like text parsers" and "this will have an impact in the ranking" :( Text parsing was my childhood and when point and click interface kicked in... it was a major step down for me. Still... great way to spend 40 minutes this morning for me. Thanks for the video!

@freeculture

Жыл бұрын

It is funny she skipped KQ2, 3 and 4, she would have learned what real pain was and valued the other games a bit more. Also original HQ/QFG was better than the VGA point and click edition, it had the full ending transition to HQ2/QFG2 which was removed from the remake, it was a blast to watch it back then because it felt you were about to start the second game right away! (you could export/import your character but needed to actually have the second game, still before the rename from Hero's Quest I/II to Quest for Glory I/II. Also that text parsing helped my younger self to learn more about that foreign language that is English, useful when you are not born in an English speaking country...

Myst and Shadowgate were my jam. Indeed, that is a nice bimodal distribution. Good to see Lily and thanks for the vid.

@jafrytvasia9609

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joseph-xe1ry Your recommendation is much appreciated sir~

I didn’t had a pc in my childhood, so I missed out all these click & point classics. And you always make me very curious about these. Btw Pam, your presentation is so much more relaxed since the last couple of months. It’s really good! 👍🏼

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm liking making these less scripted videos.

@marceltuin1546

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cannotbetamed1 I think you have found your style

Hero's Quest aka Quest for Glory series was my ultimate favorite!! I do intend to play all of these games and/or finish what I have started. My brother loved Maniac Mansion on the NES.

@nifftbatuff676

2 жыл бұрын

The quest for glory series wa also a favorite of mine.

@freeculture

Жыл бұрын

You should read the rant about the guy who ported Maniac Mansion to the NES, after you read it you will never want to talk about it again. TL;DR Nintendo (of America) censorship.

I recently ran across your interview on Smash JT discussing the Vampire the Masquerade video. Your nuanced thoughts on the matter really impressed me.

Great video, these games really take me back - point and click adventures and CRPGs were my obsessions back in the 80s and 90s. Personally, I wasn't as bothered by the text parsers since I got my start with the old Infocom text adventures but I can see how they could be annoying. Totally forgot how some of these games could get you stuck in a no-win situation, that was the absolute worst. Funny how at some point along the way, game design seems to have shifted from an adversarial relationship with the player to more of an almost co-operative relationship - providing challenge certainly, but not outright kicking you when you're down. Thanks for the memories!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! I'm certainly happy at the more player-friendly designs in games now.

Oh! I forgot to mention the Laura Bow mysteries! I liked the second one better (Dagger on Amon-Ra), but Colonel’s Bequest was fun too.

@chapterhawk

2 жыл бұрын

Adored both of them tremendously. So well done.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

I need to play those.

@Panzer_the_Merganser

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cannotbetamed1 The voice acting alone makes playing Dagger of Amon-Ra worth it (spoiler, it’s hilariously bad)

Great job with this video and the reviews. For me, Day of Tentacle and Grim Fandango belong in the S category. It's interesting, and very cool, that you loved Monkey Island (and rightfully so) but then considered DOTT and Grim at a B level. I will check out Quest for Glory 4 soon. Thank you for posting this video.

Try as I might, I've never really been able to get into adventure games, even though I feel like it's a genre I should like. Still though, I really enjoyed listening to you talk about your favorites and will likely use this as a reference if I decide to dip my toe into the genre again. Great video, these tier lists are always fun!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@miguelbranquinho7235

2 ай бұрын

Have you since been able to enjoy them?

That EGA style from the late 80's is so memorable. While you didn't rank any of the Laura Bow games I just wanted to bring up The Colonel's Bequest because it might be one of the best looking games ever. Even in the days of the "retro revival" you just don't see a lot of that style anymore. It's really evocative and time warp-y.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

I still need to play the LauraBow games, they seem like something I'd like.

@PCGamingGoodies

2 жыл бұрын

At the time, many people didn't yet have color monitors, myself included, and had to play some of these games in black and white. These games often had a monochrome setting. My first memories of the early Sierra games were all in black and white.

@Davey_Cakes

2 жыл бұрын

@@PCGamingGoodies Either that or people had to play in CGA which wasn’t great but now has nostalgia attached to it. I remember being a kid and enjoying full color experiences as well as some of the more limited stuff. Shoutout to Skullduggery: Adventures in Horror.

This video gave me tiers of joy 8) TY Pam

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

haha

I know it is from a different developer but have you tried the more recent Kings Quest reboot? I had a lot of fun with that one.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

I did. I liked half the chapters a lot, and greatly disliked the other half.

Your eyes are amazing! Thanks for doing your eye makeup like you do, because its so lovely watching you blink and look around and think about stuff.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

So, didn't really see them in the video, and kinda curious, but will you be doing a tier list for the Sam and Max games?

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

No

Gabriel Knight 1 anything but S rank, whaaaaat?! =O That's it! Sick the dogs on her, boys! We got us a non-believer here! (Just kiddin'!) I LOVE all the Sierra/LucasArts content you do! These games will never get old to me. One of the most awesome parts of watching your videos about them, is that back when we were all kids playing them, we didn't have the internet yet to talk about them. If you were lucky, a local BBS might have a message board where someone might strike up a conversation about one but... that was pretty rare. So, it's like we've all got YEARS of excited discussion in us, to make up for those internetless years.

Weird, I didn't get a notification for this, and seeing how point & click LucasArts (primarily) adventure games is my favorite "genre"... Neat list, was a little surprised to see you put CMI above MI2 though! S: Grim Fandango, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Day of the Tentacle, and... I knew some were missing; Sam & Max Hit the Road (S) and Fate of Atlantis (S/A)!

It's really nice to have someone giving thoughtful reviews of old games here without drowning everything in absolutes and hype. I'd be really interested to know where you'd put Fate of Atlantis on this list after playing it, and also my old favourite, Sam & Max Hit the Road. They both involve the back-and-forth travel that was really common at the time, but the stories and voice acting are top notch. Also, if you can stomach just a few (dozen) more arbitrary deaths, at least one Space Quest game would probably be worth your time; they were the funniest of the Sierra games by a long shot.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to try those all at some point.

Thank you for your input. Found it real interesting

lsl3 at 7 being your intro adventure game by your aunt is wild lol. that was quite a difficult game, and i'm curious how many of these you beat. quest for glory was my favorite series as well, i started with 3 then went back from 1 (vga) importing characters forward. my favorite was a thief who i gave magic abilities to. i wasn't a huge fan of typing but really enjoyed qfg2 as well in the end. my first sierra games were actually police quest 3 and space quest 4, then i think king's quest 5. i didn't play agd's vga remake of qfg2 - but it's supposedly one of the best ever fan remade games. thanks for the video, fun watch to bring me back 20 years for a lot of games i sunk a lot of time into. you might like laura bow 2.

@Cannotbetamed1

Ай бұрын

I beat all of these games. Though I didn't beat LSL at 7.

Great little vid and got me into the mood for a little point n clicking. Gonna have to fire up Indy Jones and the fate of Atlantis though. Def an S on my list!

Oh yeah MetalJesusRocks did an interview with the Williams couple who ran Sierra recently. Well worth a watch to hear interesting things from when they were at their peak

Great video, would love to see your thoughts on other adventure/point-and-click games

The first game I ever bought with my own money was Conqueror A.D 1086, a medieval strategy game by Sierra back in '95. Man that game was just the full package to me as a kid, great memories. Thanks Pam, for reminding me : )

Would you compare these kind of quests to escape rooms riddles and puzzles?

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Not really, the puzzles in these tend to be more about combining inventory than math or word puzzles or more standard logic.

Cool rating video :) I played much of the games you talked about myself, so I think I could agree with you most of the time. :) "The Curse if Monky Island" was one of the first P&C-Adventures i ever played and it is my absolut favorite. I finished it 10-20 times and still love this game. Did anyone ever played a strange game called "Normality"? It was developed by Gremlin Interactive. Its absolutly ugly(it even was when it first came out in 1996) but it has a great and funny story that was highly inspired by George Orwells 1984(my favorite book) and it was absolutly great! Great puzzles, hilarious humor, great characters. But nobody seems to know this game anymore today. I think its very underrated. Maybe because it wasn't a LucasArts or Sierra-Adenture and so it was just overlooked. Really like your rating videos tough. Hope you will make more of it in the future :)

Loved this video and I love the genre! If you have not already, it would be great to see a playthrough or your thoughts on Fate of Atlantis and Rex Nebular. Big nostalgia for both here! I have physical cib copies of both if you ever want to review and need them for future videos.

I appreciated this video a lot and thanks for putting it together. I think I have a different view of many of these games, and not at all clear-eyed about them. Except for the very earliest examples, this was a great era of games because they finally became playable cartoons (especially true of the Lucasarts games). Lucasarts and Sierra were at the top of the list, but you are absolutely right that many examples had real playability issues. I look back to this time with rose-colored glasses. We now look at games being generated with Unreal Engine and we're now at fully playable movies. That's fine. It's really about gameplay and great storytelling. But I'll admit I miss that 2D feel.

I loved Maniac Mansion...it had enormous replay value. You could play it again and try so many new things...even things that had nothing to do with the outcome. My favorite was recording the tentacle mating cry and sending it to the record producer...his window shattered and I couldn't stop laughing...they actually thought of that.

The Dig I still need to play.

@Panzer_the_Merganser

2 жыл бұрын

The cinematic opening is still thrilling. Good game too.

Awesome video ‼️ I always loved CPU adventure games and point and click games as a kid ⌨️🛡⚔️💾💽🔦🔮

I'm glad to see that there's someone else who thought that Grim Fandango is overrated and King's Quest 7 is underrated. Personal S-Tiers for me are Finding Teddy, Fran Bow, Kathy Rain, King's Quest 3 and 6, Legend of Kyrandia: Book 1, and Thimbleweed Park. Of them, I think you'd like Kathy Rain, the Legend of Kyrandia series (1 and 2, at least; 3 is pretty rough), Thimbleweed Park, and maybe Finding Teddy and Kathy Rain. Finding Teddy is especially neat because you have to decipher a language based entirely on sound and music notes, which may be a dealbreaker for some, but I'm really stupid when it comes to music theory, and I was able to get through just fine.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

I've played Finding Teddy, Fran Bow, Kathy Rain and Thimbleweed park. None of those are LucasArts or Sierra games though.

@MotherKojiro

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cannotbetamed1 Oh yeah, sorry about that; I don't know what made me think it was just all Adventure games...

A game that was developed by Sierra that I didn’t see on your list was Torin’s Passage…which was a pretty fun one if I remember right. I think that one was 1995 or 1996 if I remember right. I agree with almost all of your choices though. Great video!!

My personal favorite, even if I'm looking through rose-tinted glasses, is the Shadow of Yserbius. It was the first game that introduced me to multiplayer online games. The rush of being able to partner up with 3 other people via their online service, The Sierra Network, was just beyond words. Going into the Tavern online to see all the role-playing and/or people looking for groups to adventure with was a level of gameplay I wasn't prepared for in 1991/2. The challenging monsters, the interesting puzzles, and the multi-user dungeon made it quite memorable for me.

I've not played too many of these but I have fond memories of Monkey Island on the Commodore Amiga. Having to juggle about 10 floppy disks when there was no hard drive to install to was a real pain but well worth it. I had the same issue as you with Grim Fandango which I played as the remaster: I had heard great things but despite a few highlights I didn't really gel with it.

Real quick: what would you rank Escape from Monkey Island (MI4)?

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

If I had played it, I would have ranked it.

Gabriel Knight 1 totally deserves an S. Tim Curry and Mark Hamil deserve that S on their own hehehe. 😂

@bastiknolle5155

2 жыл бұрын

not to forget about Leah Remini

@tommj4365

2 жыл бұрын

I still have my copy... on floppy disk, so no vocals, but replayed the cd version recently and wow thre voice acting made it all feel so new and 3exciting

so, would you play everything from c and upward again? do you plan to review modern point&click games as well, e. g. kathy rain, lamplight city and so on? do you plan to review old adventure games which are not necessarily a series, e. g. flight of the amazon queen, heart of china, colonel's bequest, codename: iceman and so on? carmen sandiego maybe?

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Probably from B upward, I don't feel the need to play any of the Cs again. As I said at the start of the video, I do plan on making a ranking for point and click adventures that aren't from Sierra or LucasArts.

Great stuff, Pam. Thanks for the video.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Hey Pam! That is a rad stop skeletons from fighting shirt! Great video!

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Monkey Island among my favorite games ever! Nice to see them ranked so high.

Hi Pam, great job on all your videos.

I love hearing you talk about point-and-click adventure games, my favourite genre :) I think I'm taking a bit of a break from them to dive into some story-based rpg's, but I'm sure I'll be back. The aliens want to make humanity stupid? I don't think that's a very hard task ;) Very entertaining story about your encounter with LSL3, I guess you could say the game nursed you into the genre. My favourite of these games has to be Beast Within, the real-life actors sometimes display a degree of subtlety in their expressions that I don't even think current-day computer graphics can match. Loom and Curse of Monkey Island are very close behind.

@Cannotbetamed1

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I remember being stuck on these games even for months...

Great video! I' d also recommend Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis - a game that surpasses the actual fourth movie in every single way. The Space Quest series is quite enjoyable as well especially the latest installments. Love the Broken Sword games as well (yes, they're from different publishers, still they combine most of the best qualities of both Sierra and LucasArts).

Ah really glad to see this video mentioning some of my old favourites. I just haven't found the same connection to a lot of modern games. 🙂