The greatest Adventure Game of all time...

[InCreator]

Dying after every stupid move in adventure game, sucks.
Dead ends do suck too.
Difficult puzzles suck.
Timed puzzles suck.
No jokes? Sucks.
But...
...there's an exception, and damn good one.
KGB!
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=586

Now how can be game, that ignored all basic rules of making a great game can be still great? This is so-oo paradoxal. And cool.

Then again, how many games are there, which have "fight" and "hide" options in interaction list? Or freedom to have a pistol at your inventory and shoot whoever you want to?

[foz]

DOTT !!!!!!!

[Kinoko]

The Greatest Adventure Game of All Time.

Noones ever going to come even close to agreeing because you'd have to define "Greatest" (like, "greatness: the quality or condiction of being great").

Without thinking about it too much, just one comes to mind...

The Secret of Monkey Island   ... (1).
- I just think that it's central to most peoples' understanding of adventure games and it's hard to imagine anyone not having it in their top ten at least. I could speak for pages and pages about why I think this game should at least be among the greatest of all time, but I think most of us get it anyway.

There are other games I probably enjoy playing more, or that I think are more "complete", or technically better, or... whatever. I could never name one as my favourite, they all go in different catagories @_@ Though... if I had to say the greatest adventure game in terms of technical greatness as well gameplay/story/whatnot... Grim Fandango.

...and just because I -need- to back these up, Simon the Sorcerer 2 and QFG1&2 (atmosphere!). Just thinking about the sheer amount of stuff to do in QFG1, and Erasmus' castle... man, I need to play it again!

[Wormmaster]

1# 5 Days a Stranger
2# Little Johnny Evil
3# C.S.I - Dark Motives
4# Rob Blanc 3
5# A Friend Indeed

So the best is definetly 5DAS.

[sedriss]

BaSS!@#!!two

[DarkRiver Design]

I'd like to hear anyone tell me a game with deeper plot, or more intuitive interface. The music is really IMO, and the graphics are rather average, but this game is the most immersive one I have played (and I have played quite a few). Oh, and three more words: Le Serpent Rogue.

Name another game with a deeper plot and all that? Okay, Gabriel Knight 2. You've got it all wrong. The plot was fantastic, albeit ripped off from a novel (Holy Blood, Holy Grail). But what soundtrack are you talking about? Compared to GK 1 and GK 2, the soundtrack was non-existent, and the music came up in all the wrong places.

Gabriel Knight 3 is a great game, but it's not as good as GK 1 and 2. GK2 is probably the greatest of all time.

[Hinders]

bleh, it is Leisure Suit Larry 1 of course!

[Johnny Odd]

Teen Agent
Fate of Atlantis
Brad Bradson: Key Quest
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PLAY THEM ALL!!!
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[Dart]

Quite simply the best adventure game of all is Conquests of the Longbow.

Memorable music + great story + Robin Hood + nice graphics + intriguing puzzles = Best. Adventure.Game. Ever.

[Secret Fawful]

Paper mario
Mario and Luigi
The Legend of Zelda the ocarina of time
Starfox Adventures
Arcane
Megaman Battle Network 3 8)

[Chicky]

*cough* ADVENTURE game... *cough*

around here adventure game is a term used for the classic point and click style gamesa, with mainly pickup and use puzles. I know that "av\dventure game" is a term that has recently been adopted my many game companies, but by reading the thread i think it's pretty obvious what we mean...

its adventure game studio after all.

[Sam.]

i'd say MI1-3 and GF. CSI 1+2 were good too though

[Secret Fawful]

as far as point-and-click :
escape from monkey island
DOTT
Al Gurbish
Arcane online mystery serial
Steppenwolf
5 days a stranger

[soulstealer]

I personally think that the gratest game ever made were the monkey island series. They have very good puzzles and it has some funny things in it.

[YOke]

I have three games on the top of my list. They are all the best:

#1. Indiana Jones - Fate of Atlantis
#1. Gabriel Knight - Sins of the Fathers
#1. Grim Fandango

Monkey Island series are amazing in that they keep such a concistent style and never fail to entertain. I love them with all my heart, but I can't say that any of the games ON THEIR OWN deserve to be on the top of my list.

Honorable mentionings go to Loom and Day of the Tentacle.

I'm sure I'm forgetting some now. Feel free to chop my head off. 

[Snarky]

Quite simply the best adventure game of all is Conquests of the Longbow.

Memorable music + great story + Robin Hood + nice graphics + intriguing puzzles = Best. Adventure.Game. Ever.

Don't forget the multiple solutions to the puzzles that lead to multiple endings, the points system that works on at least two dimensions, and the fact that it includes an authentic medieval board game. It's genius!

[Kinoko]

It -is- a good game, isn't it? I still don't get tired of replaying it every now and again because it's always challenging all over again. There are so many challenging puzzles that you forget them the next time around, and of course you can finish the game differently... very nice game.

(Not the best ever, though ^_-)

[Snarky]

Maybe not. I guess I'd cast my vote along with yours, for TSOMI. And not just for historical significance or nostalgia. I played it last weekend, and if had come out this year it would still be the best adventure game ever.

[Sluggo]

and grace just doesnt sound the same as in the first.

Interesting we don't comment on the voice actors that much, but here's a short history of Grace's voice I found kind of interesting:
GK1: Leah Rimini, I think she's on the show King of Queens on CBS.
GK2: Don't know her name, but apparently she's a porno actress.
Gk3: Charity James, same voice as Elaine from EMI.

Anyway, I don't think there's a best adventure game of all time.

[stw]

My personal favourite has to be Harvester. Yes, it was sick, brutal and very cruel, but I have never experienced such atmosphere in any other game and all the characters were so well designed - they all had their own story and their own twisted minds. It's so far the only game that really has made me feel some emotions besides joy - I actually felt worried about the consequences of my actions, I felt bad about the people who had to suffer because of what I did, I wanted my girlfriend to be safe and till the end I kept hoping for a happy ending... It's a game that truly touched me - a masterpiece.