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Looking for retro adventure games (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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i recently played Syberia, Resonance, The Samaritan Paradox and Lamplight City. I'm looking for games along the same direction: 90s/2000s style adventure games. It could be really old games or also retro ones that have been released recently.

Do you have any recommendations on games you particularly enjoyed?

Any information on Linux compatibility would be a plus. But these days almost everything works anyway, so it's not a big deal.

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[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

!adventuregames@lemm.ee

and use ScummVM for every game it supports (even for you Windows gamers out there)

[–] TuEstUnePommeDeTerre@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

The Nancy Drew adventure game series is in the vein of what you are looking for.
The community on the place that shall not be named is(was?) very active and full of people sharing point-and-click game suggestions.
There's even a spreadsheet!

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Day of the Tentacle

[–] Motorheadbanger@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Check out full Wadjet Eye Games catalog

[–] marv99@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We always liked the Syberia series alot. Aside from all the Lucas Arts classics, we also (very) enjoyed playing the following 90/2000 (style) adventures:

Historic

Fantasy, fairy tales

SciFi

[–] whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 year ago

Wow, this is really detailed. Thanks, I'm bookmarking this.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dreamfall

Indigo Prophecy

[–] SpooneyOdin@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indigo Prophecy was definitely a fun experience, but it has more quick time events than actual puzzles. Still worth a look if you are looking for a good story (although it got rushed in the end so the finale isn't great)

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was in love with it for the first half, then it really dropped the ball story-wise. But it was still a positive and memorable experience for me. Very immersive, at least at the time.

[–] Vordus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I remember correctly, it was originally intended to be an episodic game, but plans changed late in development. As a result, the first half of the game is a really good bit of moody character-driven slow burn storytelling, and then suddenly it's like the entire corkboard full of plot ideas gets vomited out at once.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

(SPOILER?) All I remember is some shiny man appearing and then it all stopped making any sense.