Your Top Ten Sierra Adventures

[Jules]

LOL, typical misunderstanding. With "replayability", i'm refering to being able to play the game a thousand times, each time in a different way. This works with strategy games, simulation games, RPG games and such. Adventure games mostly have liniair (spelling?) gameplay, requiring the exact same actions each time you play it. That is also why the devs built in alternate endings, hidden scenes and alternate ways to play through an adventure.
It doesn't mean that i play each adventure game just once. That would indeed be rather shocking.

You had me scared there for a moment!

[Jules]

Okay, here goes, in no particular order:

1. KQ6
2. QfG4
3. LB2
4. QfG1
5. EQ2, because I have a special love for the rainforest
6. FPFP
7. KQ5
8. GK1
9. LSL1
10. SQ4

[Rath Darkblade]

9. Quest for Glory 2 - I just can't go past this utter classic. Anyone who's played it, I'm sure, will agree.

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6. Gabriel Knight 2 and 3 - I never managed to beat GK2, which is why it occupies a shared slot.

Completely agree with QfG2, but why didn't you finished GK2?

Well, basically, because I could never finish the fourth part. I tried and tried, but I could never find all the things that I was supposed to click on in the museums and castles, so I finally just gave up.

[DeadPoolX]

Uhmm... MusicallyInspired, your picks for #2, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are LucasArts/LucasGames games, not Sierra games... I'm not sure about #11 and 12, though.

That's not exactly right, Rath. You mentioned numbers 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10. While numbers 2, 6 and 10 are all from LucasArts (as is number 4), number 5 is indeed a Sierra game. Numbers 9, 11 and 12 are from Interplay, Infogrames and Accolade.

1: Space Quest IV - Sierra
2: Sam & Max Hit the Road - LucasArts
3: King's Quest V - Sierra
4: The Secret of Monkey Island - LucasArts
5: Conquests of Camelot - Sierra
6: Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis - LucasArts
8: Space Quest I (AGI) - Sierra
7: King's Quest I (SCI) - Sierra
9: Star Trek 25th Anniversary - Interplay
10: Full Throttle - LucasArts
11: Prisoner of Ice - Infogrames
12: Altered Destiny - Accolade

[AndreaDraco]

Well, basically, because I could never finish the fourth part. I tried and tried, but I could never find all the things that I was supposed to click on in the museums and castles, so I finally just gave up.

What if I can provide a save game after each castle/museum visit?

[Tawmis]

Uhmm... MusicallyInspired, your picks for #2, 5, 6, 9 and 10 are LucasArts/LucasGames games, not Sierra games... I'm not sure about #11 and 12, though.

That's not exactly right, Rath. You mentioned numbers 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10. While numbers 2, 6 and 10 are all from LucasArts (as is number 4), number 5 is indeed a Sierra game. Numbers 9, 11 and 12 are from Interplay, Infogrames and Accolade.

1: Space Quest IV - Sierra
2: Sam & Max Hit the Road - LucasArts
3: King's Quest V - Sierra
4: The Secret of Monkey Island - LucasArts
5: Conquests of Camelot - Sierra
6: Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis - LucasArts
8: Space Quest I (AGI) - Sierra
7: King's Quest I (SCI) - Sierra
9: Star Trek 25th Anniversary - Interplay
10: Full Throttle - LucasArts
11: Prisoner of Ice - Infogrames
12: Altered Destiny - Accolade

Or one could have simply said "#5 is Conquests of Camelot which is a Sierra game."

And I think Prisoner of Ice is from Infogames, not InfogRames. (Just razzing you man...)

[MusicallyInspired]

No, It's indeed Infogrames with an "R."

[Tawmis]

Wow! I have pronounced it wrong all of my life then.

[Fender_178]

Well heres my List of top 10 Sierra Adventures
1. King's Quest VI
2. Space Quest IV
3. King's Quest V
4. Torin's Passage
5. King's Quest I EGA (AGI)
6. Gabriel Knight II
7. King's Quest VII
8. Space Quest III
9. Police Quest I EGA
10. Space Quest II

[Tawmis]

Interesting! I have to ask how the King's Quest I EGA landed on the list? While a historic game for sure - there has to be some reason it landed in your top 10 with so many later games having so much "more" to them?

[DeadPoolX]

My Top 10 Sierra Adventures...

1. Police Quest II
2. Space Quest V
3. Police Quest I (VGA)
4. Space Quest IV
5. Hero's Quest/Quest For Glory I (EGA/VGA)
6. Conquests of Camelot
7. Quest For Glory V
8. Leisure Suit Larry I (VGA)
9. Gabriel Knight I
10. Heart of China

[Jules]

Fender, no Quest for Glories?

[Rath Darkblade]

Well, basically, because I could never finish the fourth part. I tried and tried, but I could never find all the things that I was supposed to click on in the museums and castles, so I finally just gave up.

What if I can provide a save game after each castle/museum visit?

That would indeed be very helpful. *smile* Hmm... how about if I send you a message and we can continue this outside the thread.

[Fender_178]

Interesting! I have to ask how the King's Quest I EGA landed on the list? While a historic game for sure - there has to be some reason it landed in your top 10 with so many later games having so much "more" to them?

Well it was my first King's Quest game that I have ever played and It holds that special place in my heart. and I really didnt like Sierra's SCI remake of KQ1. If they could have made KQ1 like SQ1 and PQ1 with 256 colors then it would have been a different story.

Jules to answer your question.
I didnt play Quest for Glory at the time it was new. I didnt play the first QFG/HQ until now I completed the game several months ago.

[Datadog]

I stuck KQ1 on my #5 spot as well for several reasons. It was the first video game I ever played, I remember countless hours playing through it with my aunt, it helped me conquer my fear of open spaces, and it's always the first thing I show people who don't know what adventure games are. I've probably played it more than any other game on my list, although I didn't finish it as often. I'd mostly just turn it on just so I could walk Graham into the moat each time for a quick laugh.