I'd say that FutureWars is the classic point 'n' click -game with the best graphics ever.
Used to playing PoliceQuest, Larry, and SpaceQuest, I was absolutely stunned by
Futurewars graphics. Just look at them..
(http://adventure.klasyka.do.pl/img/recenzje/FW_1.jpg)(http://adventure.klasyka.do.pl/img/recenzje/FW_3.jpg)
(http://adventure.klasyka.do.pl/img/recenzje/FW_2.jpg)(http://adventure.klasyka.do.pl/img/recenzje/FW_4.jpg)
Woooooww!
That is some totally cool art! I haven't played much of the older games, but from what I played, these are the best.
Monkey Island 2 (backgrounds)
Beavis and Butthead Virtual Stupidity (because it looks so much like the show, and i was a huge fan when i was like 9 or something :D)
(http://www.btinternet.com/~ctswin/bb.png)
I like
BASS:
(http://www.ppa.ltd.pl/strefa/pics/beneath1.jpg)
Broken Sword (both):
(http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Broken_Sword_II/broken2_4.jpg)
And its newer, but I really liked the MI3 art work.
(http://www.linux-bg.org/data_images/games/scumm3.gif)
I like the futurewars external locations, but I dont really like the look of the internal (top left) so much
Yea broken sword had some really nice art.
I believe Future Wars was one of the first adventure games ever to use VGA graphics, so it was way ahead of its time. What I loved about the game is the music, and how it managed to be almost polyphonal over the PC speaker.
But I'd also have to give Kyrandia (I or II) a honorary mention for graphics.
Some favourites:
Lure of the temptress
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1079431348-00.png)
Curse of the monkey island
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1087166481-00.gif)
Beneath a steel sky
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/974906422-00.gif)
Kings Quest 6
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/942714345-00.gif)
Space Quest 6
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/997190643-00.jpg)
Simon the sorcerer 2
(http://cerberus.gamershell.com/screenshots/803/19589_full.jpg)
I love the graphics of King's Quest 6. It is the best that Sierra ever achieved of that particular style of graphics.
I did not realise that Future Wars used VGA. I always thought that it was just clever use of the colours available that made their backgrounds so beautiful
every game exxos/delphine made was beautiful.
Captain Blood:
(http://www.oldskool.org/shrines/captainblood/b000.gif) (http://www.oldskool.org/shrines/captainblood/b006.gif)
Flashback:
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1086391616-00.png)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/945561548-00.gif) <- note the square resolution. One of the few games to do that.
Also, Kyrandia 1
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/941988698-00.gif)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/951604070-00.gif)
Goblins 3
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1061236945-00.gif)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1061237008-00.gif)
and finally, a very underrated (but hellishly difficult) game, KGB
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1074248866-00.png)
I absolutely love the graphics in Kyrandia 1. I dont know, whenever i play the game i get by a wave of nostalgia to when i was like 6 or 7 playing it. The music in it was beautiful too from what i can remember.
Indeed, Kyrandia 1 is absolutely gorgeous - I was totally stunned when I first saw it.
Some other games with great graphics are
Runaway
The Dig
Gabriel Knight 1
The black mirror
Quest for Glory IV
yeah, I forgot KGB but thats one of my favorites aswell.
im a sucker for:
(http://www.samandmax.net/images/screenshots/hittheroad/hittheroad27.gif)
and
(http://www.nazionaleitalianacalcio.it/monkeyisland/jpg/dott5.jpg)
Very closely followed by MI2 an MI3.
I really like the magic bg's in VGA Loom:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Largo/02.gif)
Beautiful! ;_; :P
I also like DotT, MI 1-3, Sam & Max and BaSS. Oh, almost forgot, Gabriel Knight also has neat graphics. ;D
(I know, I should have shrunk it down, but that would've messed it up ;) )
I gotta say MI2, MI3, DOTT, S&M and BS is my favorite letters.
Kings Quest 7
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/skeith2572/KQ7.png)
I love the MI series, but i am more of a Sierra adventure game fan. I started playing KQ7 again after about 10 years and realized how beautiful a game it is.
MI3 is a very awesome looking game, but i prefer KQ7.
I think Runaway has great backgrounds:
http://membres.lycos.fr/adolav2/images/run2.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/adolav2/images/run3.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/adolav2/images/run5.jpg
Definately Broken Sword. Too bad I never got Runaway to run on my computer...
Seems like Project Joe will raise the bar in our time.
It is very interesting to see people's perception of beauty (at least that is what I assume "best graphics" would mean). So far it seems "Beauty" is defined by the amount of detail put into a background. This definition allows for even very old games to be included here
one of the flashback pics i posted is made with a vector engine, and isn't detailed. But the composition is still very good and stylish. Detail's not everything
This is kind of obvious:
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/945008473-00.gif)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/945008495-00.gif)
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1076011028-00.gif)
and this was my favourite scene in the game
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1076010976-00.gif)
Helm and Eric... Whereas Flashback and Another World (Out of this World) are very beautiful, and fun games, I believe the topic's title is "Best point 'n' click graphics". Those two games, though they had adventure elements in parts, were played using the keyboard or a controller.
That being said, I really loved the graphics in Gabriel Knight 1 and King's Quest 6. Actually, basically all of the last VGA Sierra games looked amazing (SQ5, KQ6, LSL6, etc...).
Ah, KGB (or Conspiracy as the version I bought was called, which featured Donald Sutherland as your character's dead father, appearing to give you advice when you wanted). Difficult indeed, and I think the graphic style is quite unique, especially the characters.
Now for the real reason I wrote this post. A very good review of said game.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/kgb/reviews/reviewerId,4870/
I think they should skip the academic mumbo jumbo next time, and write so that simple people like us can understand.
Quote from: BerserkerTails on Mon 28/03/2005 18:30:32
Helm and Eric... Whereas Flashback and Another World (Out of this World) are very beautiful, and fun games, I believe the topic's title is "Best point 'n' click graphics". Those two games, though they had adventure elements in parts, were played using the keyboard or a controller.
Point n click is such a constrained term, so I guess I'll start posting pictures of WarCraft II ;)
I thought the graphics for Another World were awesome back when I saw them like in '92, and I still think they're awesome today.
Well, personally, I've always been very fond of Discworld II... :)
(http://www.gametective.de/images/screenshots/d2_discworld2_03.jpg)
(http://www.scummunity.de/~stefan/adventuresunlimited/pix/perfect/discworld2_2.jpg)
Other than that, GK1 and most of the early 90's LEC-games are on the list as well.
Good to see a rare mention of Captain Blood here. That game is super-stylish to this day.
First one that comes to mind for graphical loveliness is The Dig, for me. Some of the backgrounds in that game are sublime.
I agree with the kyrandia crowd, although for preference I like Kyrandia 2 more than 1... But I think this is only because of the order I played them. I think that later games like Mokey Island 3 and Discworld 2 etc are amazingly well drawn, but somehow a little less enchanting.
I like Lure of the Temptress too.
Captain Blood was pure genious, but I don't think I'd commit to saying it was pretty as such.
Depends, Cpt. I think it's beautiful, not pretty.
EDIT: also, the topic does read 'point and click' adventure games, but OotW was in many essential ways quite a bit more of an adventure game than most others, so there. Less so for Flashback.
It certainly was beautiful... But I decided that since even a piece of code can be beautiful it was more apropriate in this subject to talk about the pretty games... Elsewise I'd have voted for Dungeon Master and Heimdall 2 and to hell with the "they're not point and click adventures" comments. := := := := := := := := := := := := := := := :=
Heimdall 2 is certainly a point and click affair, and it is very well made I agree.