Posted January 01, 2019
Thanks to GOG donating Full Throttle and to the Winter sale discounts, I was able to finally complete my LucasArts adventure games collection. Now I want to play all the games, probably in chronological order, to start the year with that.
I have not played all of these games (and I won't be able to play Grim Fandango this time because it doesn't work with my Intel grahics card) so, I was wondering how would you rank the games, which ones are your favorites, what do you liike and/or hate about them.
Here I rank them from most to least liked:
1. Maniac Mansion. This is not just my favorite of the bunch, but one of my all time favorite games ever. It was the game that started my love for point and click adventure games. My favorite version is the Commodore 64 one, followed by the LucasFan remake.
2. The Secret of Monkey Island. I love this game almost as much as Maniac Mansion, but since I was older when I played it there's less nostalgia attached to it. I think this is arguably the best adventure game the company made, certainly the most influential.
3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. I didn't care much for the final part and weird ending, but still lots of fun.
4. Day of the Tentacle. I'm not a fan of the characters design, but I love the game! I have not played the remastered edition, I installed it to see if it would work on my computer -whcih it did- and I can tell they really made a great work with it (I wish the same love and care was put into the Monkey Island special editions), can't wait to play this version.
5. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Another great title, my favorite Indiana Jones game.
6. Loom. A different take on the SCUMM games mechanics, using music instead of inventory items and verbs. Very interesting approach. I really like this game, but I'm kinda lazy having to write down the music notes, so it's a game I don't play often.
7. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. I mostly love this game and I remember fondly as I played it in my C64 back in the 80s, but there are two things I really hate about it: the mazes and the airport/traveling mechanics, I wish I could go anywhere from any airport, I never know which countries will allow me to travel to the place I want to go, so it's annoying. The opening theme is one of the best!
8. The Dig. I didn't play this one back in the day, I've played it only once, a year or two ago, and I really enjoyed it.
9. The Curse of Monkey Island. Great adventure game, but I have a hard time accepting it as a "Monkey Island" game and I totally hate the character designs. There's a guy converting the graphics to the MI1 and MI2 style, I can't wait until that project is complete: Link.
10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I love everything about this game except the fights, that's the only reason I rank this game so low, it took me years to complete this game just because I was always killed in the fights.
11. Sam & Max Hit the Road. To be honest, I don't like this game too much, I don't know why. I love the characters and enjoy parts of the game, but I always get bored half-way. I've started playing this game many times, but I think I've only finished it once.
I have never played these games:
-Full Throttle.
-Grim Fandango.
-Escape from Monkey Island (this one doesn't look like something I would enjoy, let's see).
I have not played all of these games (and I won't be able to play Grim Fandango this time because it doesn't work with my Intel grahics card) so, I was wondering how would you rank the games, which ones are your favorites, what do you liike and/or hate about them.
Here I rank them from most to least liked:
1. Maniac Mansion. This is not just my favorite of the bunch, but one of my all time favorite games ever. It was the game that started my love for point and click adventure games. My favorite version is the Commodore 64 one, followed by the LucasFan remake.
2. The Secret of Monkey Island. I love this game almost as much as Maniac Mansion, but since I was older when I played it there's less nostalgia attached to it. I think this is arguably the best adventure game the company made, certainly the most influential.
3. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. I didn't care much for the final part and weird ending, but still lots of fun.
4. Day of the Tentacle. I'm not a fan of the characters design, but I love the game! I have not played the remastered edition, I installed it to see if it would work on my computer -whcih it did- and I can tell they really made a great work with it (I wish the same love and care was put into the Monkey Island special editions), can't wait to play this version.
5. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Another great title, my favorite Indiana Jones game.
6. Loom. A different take on the SCUMM games mechanics, using music instead of inventory items and verbs. Very interesting approach. I really like this game, but I'm kinda lazy having to write down the music notes, so it's a game I don't play often.
7. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders. I mostly love this game and I remember fondly as I played it in my C64 back in the 80s, but there are two things I really hate about it: the mazes and the airport/traveling mechanics, I wish I could go anywhere from any airport, I never know which countries will allow me to travel to the place I want to go, so it's annoying. The opening theme is one of the best!
8. The Dig. I didn't play this one back in the day, I've played it only once, a year or two ago, and I really enjoyed it.
9. The Curse of Monkey Island. Great adventure game, but I have a hard time accepting it as a "Monkey Island" game and I totally hate the character designs. There's a guy converting the graphics to the MI1 and MI2 style, I can't wait until that project is complete: Link.
10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. I love everything about this game except the fights, that's the only reason I rank this game so low, it took me years to complete this game just because I was always killed in the fights.
11. Sam & Max Hit the Road. To be honest, I don't like this game too much, I don't know why. I love the characters and enjoy parts of the game, but I always get bored half-way. I've started playing this game many times, but I think I've only finished it once.
I have never played these games:
-Full Throttle.
-Grim Fandango.
-Escape from Monkey Island (this one doesn't look like something I would enjoy, let's see).
Post edited January 01, 2019 by krugos2