The greatest Adventure Game of all time...

[Anym]

While compiling this thread into a top ten list (with fifteen entries), I realized that I'd never actually posted here myself. Therefore, I now nominate Grim Fandango, The Secret of Monkey Island and Loom, in roughly that order, as the greatest adventure games of all time.

[Joseph DiPerla]

I am adding these to my top list:

1)Zak McKracken and the alien mindbenders
2)Police Quest 2
3) Indy 3
4) Space Quest 6
5) Indy 4
6) MI 2
7) MI 1
8) Beneath a steel sky
9) Flight of the amazon Queen
10) Rob Blanc 3


EDIT:

THERE IS A QUICKER POLL HERE: http://energon-plant.com/ehome/index.php?option=com_pollask=results&id=16&Itemid=124

PLEASE: Dont vote on each poll. Rather, find your favorite game and select it and vote and then leave the other polls alone. You can see the results on the page itself.

[CataBina]

Let's make this thread a little longer... 

My favorite commercial games:

The King's Quest Series
The Kyrandia Series
Myst I - IV (V crashed on my PC, and I didn't like URU)
Lighthouse

Favorites from this site:

Ben Jordan all cases
Jessica Plunkenstein... (I got a kick out of the singing cats!) 

[dbzking]

dbz bt 3

[Buckethead]

Happy ducky adventure obviously

[shadow9d9]

Zork Nemesis
Discworld 2
The Longest journey
Sanitarium

[Klaz]

Although I liked Lucasart's games more than Sierra's, my favourite saga is Quest for Glory, in this order:
5. QFG3
4. QFG5
3. QFG1
2. QFG2
1. QFG4
After the Quest for Glory games, the ones I liked the most were the four Monkey Islands, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Zak McKracken and Day of the Tentacle.

[mchammer]

1. Torin's passage
-If i played it today first time, i maybe woudnt like it that much, but it was the first adventure game i ever played 

2. Loom
-Its a pity they never finished the trilogy...

3.MI 1

4.MI 2

5.The Ur-Quan Masters
-I would put it in adventure games category 

[Sylvr]

Ooh I loved Torin's Passage! It was one of my first adventure games. (I know I'm a bit past the era...) But my all-time favourite is still King's Quest VI. I want to play it right now. 

[Cunny]

Grim Fandango (I even bought the soundtrack - My first online purchase)

Curse of Monkey Island, largely for the humour. The intro to Skull Island, Murray and the Death Certificate dialogue are some of the funniest I've heard in any game.

Monkey Island 2. The first adventure game I ever played. I remember my teacher having it on a computer in our classroom and we were allowed to play it every now and then. Gorgeous at the time, great puzzles, great jokes and the music was phenomenal.

[Emerald]

The Longest Journey!

[ShadowWrath]

It's so hard to pick just one Greatest, but here's my number 1 pick and the rest:

1) The Curse Of Monkey Island - Words can't express how much I love this game (and indeed, the entire series). The visuals of this game are jaw dropping and my favourite game art, from the beautiful surroundings of Plunder Island, to the hauntingly amazing atmosphere of Blood Island and Big Whoop. From the amazing storyline and puzzles to the remarkably funny dialogue and situations Guybrush finds himself in. From the sensational voice acting bringing the MI characters to life, to the incredible music score... all of this combined would immerse me in the world of Monkey Island, feeling as though I was in the game and not just playing it... a rarity for third-person adventure games. Couldn't count the amount of times I played the whole series, especially this game, growing up.

2) Grim Fandango - It was the story. I remember being unable to stop playing for a week or two the first time, because I had know what happened to Manny and co. Another glorious game filled with a narrative like nothing I'd ever imagined before, and beautiful scenery you could immerse yourself in.

3)Monkey Island 1 & 2: The beginnings of a legend. For mostly the same reasons as Curse of Monkey Island, only from a different era. I started playing Secret of Monkey Island as a 6 year old, had no idea what was going on haha. It took me years to track down Lechuck's Revenge in my town, but I did it... and much of my childhood was spent on these masterpieces.

4) Sam'n'Max Series (new and old): Hilarious. Won't say any more as I'm starting to ramble.

5) Beneath A Steel Sky: Sci-fi genius.

6) Monkey Island 4: Lost some of the piratey appeal and essential charm that made the others great in some parts, and a couple of utterly embarrassing plot holes, but still a top shelf game... besides, I will follow the series til the bitter end (which was basically a while ago it would seem).

[elentgirl]

Having just posted my own finished game I decided to read through this thread.  I find it interesting (and maybe says a lot about this AGS based forum!) that so many of you prefer the older style third person adventures.  I have played a number of those listed, but for me they will always come second to a good first person immersive game (having just completed a third person game myself!)  I wish I had the technical resources and the time to make a good first person game, but the one I've just finished took over three years!

The first PC game I played was Myst, followed by Riven.  This spoilt me for most of the others!  Of those already mentioned, I enjoyed Zork, Grand Inquisitor, and Gabriel Knight 2, but I want to tell you about a few that have not yet been listed.  All are good first person games.

The Journeyman Project 2 & 3:
Both are good and it is worth playing 2 (Buried In Time) before 3 as it leads into the third game (I played 3 first, but still enjoyed playing 2 afterwards).  Game 3 (The Legacy of Time) is one of the most enjoyable that I have played (I have enjoyed playing more than once!)  It has one of the best 360 view and movement systems that I have encountered, and the puzzles are very good, with a built in hint system (Arthur) if you get stuck.

Byzantne, the Betrayal:
A game with photographic 360 screens and live actors, giving it a good sense of realism.  Set in modern Turkey, but with a device that allows access to the past in certain places.  Good puzzles and an intriguing plot.  Probably difficult to find now, but maybe on ebay, where I have pickd up one or two older games at reasonable cost.

Riddle of the Sphinx:
A game that lets you explore (imaginary) hidden tunnels and treasure filled rooms beneath the Great Pyramid.  The detail of the ancient Egyptian settings and objects is very good, and the game play is engaging.

Amerzone:
A fantasy trip to an Amazon like forest, with strange devices and even stranger animals.  I found both the atmosphere and the puzzles very good.

Morpheus:
A bit of a rarity - I learnt about it by chance and then tracked it down on ebay.  Set on an abandoned ship trapped in the Arctic ice, it is atmospheric and fascinating, with good puzzles.

Rhem:
This is a game created by an individual (Knut Muller) rather than a commercial studio, and shows just what someone like us can achieve!  The graphics are a little less sophisiticated that most commercial games, but he has created a world that I really enjoyed exploring, with excellent puzzles.

I hope that some of you will be tempted to try one or two of the above.  I have just started The Black Mirror, so I hope it is as good as some of you have claimed!

Good gaming
Elen

[Ghost]

Black Mirror may not be all it is cracked up to be, but entertaining- I daresay you won't be disappointed.

On my personal list, three old classics:
Kyrandia II Hand Of Fate
Simon the Sorcerer
Curses

[Jack Sheehan]

Id say tied for first place would be CMI and Grim Fandango, then MI 1 and 2 in 2nd place followed by the chzo mythos in third.

[miguel]

I think it's a personal choice allways, either it's because they were the first adventures one has played or the first one we have finished or just because it came at the right time in our lifes to play them.
Anyway, the one that got me more emersed and I enjoyed the most was Gabriel Knight 3. The ones close to the heart are maybe the Monkey Island series and Loom.

[Equinox]

Humor- Sam and Max Hit the Roads
Horror- Dark Seed
Atmosphere- Grim Fandango
Story- Beneath a Steel Sky

[Ghost]

Horror- Dark Seed

I totally support the list, but Dark Seed? A glum horror setting where the main character was constantly cracking bad jokes? I think I gave up after the "tribbles" comment on the graveyard. It was like watching Shining, but with Jim Carey as the main character.

[Shaden]

I wouldn't know the order, but my favorites are:
Sam & Max episodes
Gabriel Knight
I Have no Mouth, and I Must Scream
Alone in the Dark

[JuuJuu]

For me, the best games are :
Kings Quest 6 - Everything about it I love. EVERYTHING. Zounds!!!

Monkey Island 2 and 3 - They are hilarious! Made me laugh all the way through.

Laura Bow 2 Dagger of Armon Ra - I dont want to talk too much about it. Dont want to give anything away for those who might plan to play it.
(by the way, anyone who HAS played it..feel free to i.m. me. I haven't been able to discuss the game with anyone! No one I know has played it before. =(