The GWJ Adventure Game Club - Main Thread

Great thanks

(Hence forth I shall endeavour to look at the list.)

I'll third Machinarium. Really enjoyable adventure with some of the game play feel of the old Sierra adventure games.

King's Quest 6 is one of my all-time favorites. It was the first game I remember finishing on my own, and it really made an impact on me. I replayed it a few years ago and still loved it. I can't say how much of that was simple nostalgia, but I do think it's worth a visit for even modern fans of the genre.

New and updated list:
Nominated (still needs two confirmations):
Fred Pohl's Gateway (1992) - Tanglebones
Everyone's Gone to the Rapture (2015) - Archer2r
The Inner World (2013) - brokenclavicle
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006) - Minarchist
Dreamfall Chapters (2014) - Minarchist
Riven (1997) - Minarchist
Myst 3: Exile (2001) - Eleima
Myst 4: Revelation (2004) - Minarchist
King's Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990) - Eleima

Seconded (still needs one confirmation):
Contradiction - Spot the Liar! (2015) - mrlogical, Pyxistyx
To the Moon (2011) - Bubblefuzz, Higgledy
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (2014) - Tanglebones, benign1
Fran Bow (2016) - Bubblefuzz, Eleima
Anchorhead (1998) - Tanglebones, Pyxistyx
Gone Home (2013) - Stevintendo, SpacePPoliceman
A New Beginning (2010) - ClockworkHouse, PaladinTom
Little Briar Rose (2016) - Eleima, brokenclavicle

Thirded (going on the list):
King's Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992) - Minarchist, Eleima, MathGoddess
Machinarium (2009) - Higgledy, Eleima, Archer2r

FYI, we're up to 29 games now.
The survey is still up for a little longer, I'll announce the results tomorrow.

Minarchist wrote:

I'll throw in Ragnor Tornquist's delightfully weird Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chronicles as great contenders. Not quite as good as the original The Longest Journey, but more modern and fantastic games nonetheless.

Not like I need reasons to replay Dreamfall yet another time. But seconded for both. TLJ and Dreamfall are still my favorite adventure games.

Eleima wrote:

The survey is still up for a little longer, I'll announce the results tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Last month I had a pretty clear favourite (Oxenfree), but this month there are two or three that I'm equally interested in.

I look forward to the results before all the sales end!

Okay, I have 22 answers on the poll, a nice healthy number.

***drum roll***

And the second game of the GWJ Adventure Game club is.......

TACOMA!

I'm super excited about this one, it's on my GOTY list for 2018 and will gladly replay it.

Tacoma secured first place with 13 votes (59.1%), with no less than four games tying for second place! Broken Age, Day of the Tentacle, Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth and Zork: Nemesis all garnished 10 votes each (45,5%). Thimbleweed Park came in third (9 votes, 41.0%). So as you can see, a near thing. I keep telling you folks, your vote DOES make a difference! With 22 respondents casting 82 votes, folks voted for 3.73 games on average. At most, people voted for *eight* games! A single respondent voted for only one game (and got his wish ). The bulk of people voted on the very first day (10 votes).

The thread for the game is over this way (it's already in the OP).

POINT OF ORDER! If folks wish for Eleima's pick Zork: Nemesis to remain in the pool of "potentials", it must now garnish three "aye's" for players other than me. (Pretty please? )

I'll 'aye' Zork Nemesis. Colour me intrigued.

Yay, Tacoma! I own it but haven't gotten around to it.

Sweet! I just got Tacoma on sale a couple of days ago, so that's wonderful news!

And here's an AYE for Zork!

One more "aye" for Zork Nemesis?

Also, there's a free Broken Age key available in the keys thread.

I missed all the voting while traveling, but I'll certainly throw in one more AYE for Zork Nemesis.

Eleima wrote:

***drum roll***

And the second game of the GWJ Adventure Game club is.......

TACOMA!

A single respondent voted for only one game (and got his wish ;)

Yay!

Now to finish replay of Oxenfree...

Woooot! ZN on the list, thanks folks.

Yay for Tacoma! I would also like to second Myst: Revelation and Dreamfall: The longest journey. I have been wanting to get around to Dreamfall for a long time.

If you need Tacoma it is on sale right now 70% off for $5.99 US during the Steam Autumn sales. The sale ends November 27th 10am Pacific.

I will third Contradiction, since I am intrigued due to playing way too many FMV games in the 90's.

I hereby nominate The Sexy Brutale, one of my favorite games of last year. It's a very stylish game with a Groundhog Day type mechanic. I played it on the PS4, but it looks like I have a copy on my Mac that I haven't played.

Yay for Tacoma! I never got around to it, so I picked it up on the Steam sale.

I'll second The Sexy Brutale, a recent addition to the pile.

Husband and I are going to try to play some of these together, but I'll probably skip Tacoma. That first person pov really doesn't work for me

I'll third The Sexy Brutale! Love that game.

(Doesn't perform well on Switch though, just fyi.)

Turns out my laptop can't handle Tacoma so I'll be sitting this one out. I hope everyone has fun!

New and updated list:
Nominated (still needs two confirmations):
Fred Pohl's Gateway (1992) - Tanglebones
Everyone's Gone to the Rapture (2015) - Archer2r
The Inner World (2013) - brokenclavicle
Dreamfall Chapters (2014) - Minarchist
Riven (1997) - Minarchist
Myst 3: Exile (2001) - Eleima
King's Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990) - Eleima

Seconded (still needs one confirmation):
To the Moon (2011) - Bubblefuzz, Higgledy
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (2014) - Tanglebones, benign1
Fran Bow (2016) - Bubblefuzz, Eleima
Anchorhead (1998) - Tanglebones, Pyxistyx
Gone Home (2013) - Stevintendo, SpacePPoliceman
A New Beginning (2010) - ClockworkHouse, PaladinTom
Little Briar Rose (2016) - Eleima, brokenclavicle
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006) - Minarchist, Archer2r
Myst 4: Revelation (2004) - Minarchist, Archer2r

Thirded (going on the list):
Contradiction - Spot the Liar! (2015) - mrlogical, Pyxistyx, Aristophan
The Sexy Brutale (2017) - Aristophan, benign1, Stevintendo

Think I covered it all.

Oh, and there's a Grim Fandango key to be claimed here.

Hey. I seconded Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chapters! :p

I'll second King's Quest V. It's the first adventure game I played that elevated the genre to a whole new level for me. It introduced the fantastic point-and-click interface to Sierra adventure games and it was (I think) the first fully voiced adventure game. It's a treasure.

Also, it's the hero image for this thread so it should at least get a nod.

Am I allowed to nominate again yet?

Browsing the Humble Bundle Android games have piled up, stumbled upon what might be a contender... possibly.

Shadout wrote:

Hey. I seconded Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chapters! :p

Quite right, I apologize!!

PaladinTom wrote:

I'll second King's Quest V. It's the first adventure game I played that elevated the genre to a whole new level for me. It introduced the fantastic point-and-click interface to Sierra adventure games and it was (I think) the first fully voiced adventure game. It's a treasure.

Also, it's the hero image for this thread so it should at least get a nod.

Heheh, thanks.

Bubblefuzz wrote:

Am I allowed to nominate again yet? ;)

How about you let the other kids have a turn? No, I'm kidding, go ahead, we still have a few spots, and you'll need to convince two other people anyhow.

Updated list:
Nominated (still needs two confirmations):
Fred Pohl's Gateway (1992) - Tanglebones
Everyone's Gone to the Rapture (2015) - Archer2r
The Inner World (2013) - brokenclavicle
Riven (1997) - Minarchist
Myst 3: Exile (2001) - Eleima
Loom (1990) - Eleima

Seconded (still needs one confirmation):
To the Moon (2011) - Bubblefuzz, Higgledy
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (2014) - Tanglebones, benign1
Fran Bow (2016) - Bubblefuzz, Eleima
Anchorhead (1998) - Tanglebones, Pyxistyx
Gone Home (2013) - Stevintendo, SpacePPoliceman
A New Beginning (2010) - ClockworkHouse, PaladinTom
Little Briar Rose (2016) - Eleima, brokenclavicle
Myst 4: Revelation (2004) - Minarchist, Archer2r
Dreamfall Chapters (2014) - Minarchist, Shadout
King's Quest 5: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990) - Eleima, PaladinTom

Thirded (going on the list):
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006) - Minarchist, Archer2r, Shadout

I'd like to nominate Loom (1990).

Ok, I'll throw up Her Story for consideration. It's been on my pile for quite the long time.

Such a long time I suggested it twice...

I'll gladly second Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and will third King's Quest V and Gone Home. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is one of my favorite walking sims, if not my very favorite. I'd love for more people to play it.

I thought I seconded Everyone's Gone to Rapture, but I guess it slipped my mind, so I'll third it instead.