the worst ever adventure game?

[Vel]

I guess you just aren't very musical, eh AGA?
The only bad thing I can think of about loom is that it was far too short. Also, the dig rocks. In my opinion. If I had to choose the worst game ever, I'd choose the scroll, escape from delirium or something as bad as that.

[remixor]

I shed a tear every time somebody bashes Loom.

Crappy, shitty, godawful, world's worst adventure game Loom, you mean?

I can't hang around these forums very long before I need some heavy-duty towels.

[Radiant]

I've loved Loom from the start and still replay it occasionally. Sure, it's not much of a challenge puzzle-wise, but the story is very evoking and I just love Tschaikovsky.

As to really bad games... The Black Cauldron and the two Manhunter games get my vote for  (imho) abuse of the otherwise good AGI engine.
Monkey Island four was disappointing mainly because of the annoying controls which made me give up before getting anywhere.
And I was quite a bit disappointed in Day of the Tentacle because it lacks the cooperation puzzles of Maniac Mansion (i.e. have Dave ring the doorbell, then quickly have Sid walk into Ed's room to grab the hamster).
Actually vote for the worst ever would go to King's Quest V. Because most of the puzzles really don't make sense (I mean, killing a yeti with a PIE? come on!) and it's far too easy to have the game go zombie on you because you missed a pixel. And you can't skip most of the demos when replaying. And the end is just a deus-ex-machina. Oh well I'll shut up now. The rest of the KQ series is great though including the remake of II.

[fivetrickpony]

City of Lost Children was particularly horrible.

[Nellie]

Loom is very overrated (Captain Mostly summed up it's fatal flaw best), but I don't think it comes anywhere near 'worst adventure game'.

The worst adventure I've played to date is probably Starship Titanic.  Though I also hate The Feeble Files with a passion.

[Kinoko]

I personally loved Loom and The Dig, so I have to voice my disagreement with them being anywhere on is thread. Worst adventure game of all time? No no no. I didn't like Escape from Delirium either but I still wouldn't put it anywhere near this list. There are some REALLY bad, crappy games out there.

Also, to whoever bagged the Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes ... take yourself into a corner and whip yourself with a dead cobra! It's a great game ^^ You just have to be a fan of either Holmes himself or good, detailed description. I have no problem with any detective style adventure game, in fact, there aren't nearly enough.

[m0ds]

But I'm not a fan of Sherlock Holmes.

Neither am I fan of hellraising creatures that are here to destroy teh human race, and that's probably why I didn't particularly like Quake, either.

[Babar]

Neither am I fan of hellraising creatures that are here to destroy teh human race, and that's probably why I didn't particularly like Quake, either.

But you don't have to be a fan of hellraising creatures to like quake... you just had to like running around blowing them up  .
I also feel a strong need to voice my disagreement with all those who seem to hate Loom... sure, it might not be your favourite game, but to mention it as your worst??? ?? It was a really great game...so much about it I loved, INCLUDING its unique interface.  I remember playing the City of lost children, too. I borrowed it from a friend of mine but I never got that far and then I just lost interest. Aside from that I dont remember anything all that horrible about it. King's Quest V I loved as well... it was my first of the KQ series. I guess that is the major reason I have for liking it so much- but I dont remember anything particularly wrong with it either.... alot of other games had much more annoying puzzles. Is "The lost files of Sherlock Homles" a game where you get to choose from a number of mysteries to solve and then you go through choosing a series of video clips to watch and addresses to visit and at the end you go to some courtroom to identify the murderer? I think I still have that CD... I never solved any of the mysteries tho...

[Vel]

I think you're mistaking it for "Law and order"...

[Las Naranjas]

Is Mods hating "The lost files of Sherlock Holmes" [awesome], or one of the other crappy Sherlock Holmes games out there, which are crap?

[Minimi]

yeah!! Sherlock Holmes is one of the best games! I have a cd with 3 cases. The Mummy's curse, The mystified murderess, The tin soldier.

I completed all 3 cases, but I was wondering if there excisted more cd's of this with more cases?! If you have another cd of it, maybe you can burn it over, or send me the complete game, and I wanna pay $$$

[Kinoko]

There are more. I have one that isn't any of those but... are the ones you have "The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes"? Because there are a lot of other Sherlock Holmes games out there. I haven't played them so I'm not sure how different they are.

The one I have is a "Lost Files" called "The Case of the Serrated Scalpel". There's also one called "The Case of the Rose Tattoo" but I've never seen it around.

[Toefur]

I just thought you all should know that Loom is nothing short of awesome. Actually, the story and plot itself were probably quite horrid, but everything else made for an amazing game. Minus the ease with which one could finish it. Still, it's a great game.

[Layabout]

Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective was one of the first FMV games, and is probably the one that most have played. I actually enjoyed it when i played the 12 years ago.

[Captain Mostly]

I guess the only adventure game to make me actually ANGRY at how bad it is would be Escape from Monkey Island.

I mean, they were SO lucky to make the 3rd one so awsome, and we all KNEW it was pushing their luck to go for number 4 and it was SO SO DISSAPOINTING!!!

GAHHH!!!

What amazes me is the way they made it and decided to have constant fan-boy references to the origional two games, but almost none to number 3! As though number 3 didn't bring anything but a wedding to the seriese. Talk about an under-use of popular characters (*cough cough* murry *cough*) And I can't remember ONE joke that made me laugh, where there are simply BUCKET loads of laugh-out-loud jokes in CMI...

forget the feeble files, this is hardcore dissapointment! To make a more dissapointing game than this, would have to be equivalent of Run Hot being basically "Mika's Surreal Dream part 7: EVEN MORE WEE JOKES!"

[HillBilly]

1.The Feeble Files
Annoying controls, bad walk areas, confusing graphics, and it only runs on 95 and 98.
2.The Dig
I didn't even care to finish it.
3.Escape from monkey island
Not really bad, but one hell of an disapointment. MI DON'T BELONG IN THE 3D WORLD, AND STRATEGY PUZZLES (monkey kombat etc) REALLY SUCKS.

And that's the end of that chapter.

[bs...er... Neil Cicierega]

Something about how people keep dissing EMI and how it was cool and stuff.

Also, link to a weird thingy: www.weirdthingy.com

[Frogman]

The Dig was pretty crappy.  The worst for me is King's Quest V.  It could have been pretty good, but it's got some of the worst-designed puzzles I've ever seen in a supposedly good game.  There's no freaking way to beat this without either a walkthrough or by spending a billion hours at it (or if you're a little better at adventure games than me).  But all those DEAD ENDS!!!  So, so stupid.

Plus, Graham's a loser.

[Shattered Sponge]

The worst adventure I've played to date is probably Starship Titanic.  Though I also hate The Feeble Files with a passion.

Anyone who hates the Feeble Files obviously didn't catch the fantastic Question Time spoof on the prison TV.  Anyone who hates Starship Titanic obviously never tried asking for a blowjob (in the game, natch).

And come on; who can possibly hate a game with John Cleese in it?  Disregarding the Monty Python games, obviously.

[Nellie]

Hey, the Question Time spoof was superb.  But put a diamond in a turd and it's still a turd.