# Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games **URL:** \ **Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\ **Created:** [August 15, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425 "2017-08-15T09:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Caven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@Caven](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Caven)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/21 "2017-08-16T06:07:50Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > A more comprehensive explanation of what they consider to be an adventure game can be found in the above mentioned article. That’s an interesting read. I can’t really argue with their comprehensive definition too much, particularly the three characteristics they use to define an adventure game. However, I think they’re pushing the third characteristic–exploration–to the breaking point when trying to apply it to a game like Portal 2. It’s a very linear game, and the extent of the “exploring” is limited to inspecting each puzzle room that the player must escape from. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/22 "2017-08-16T06:35:43Z")
> [@Caven](#): > > It’s a very linear game, and the extent of the “exploring” is limited to inspecting each puzzle room that the player must escape from. I agree. Still, some escape-the-room games have been considered adventure games, like “Gobliiins” or “Samorost 2”. Limiting the exploration to the current room doesn’t seem to be _per se_ a sufficient characteristic to not consider the game an adventure game. ---
**Author:** ![Caven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@Caven](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Caven)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/23 "2017-08-16T06:53:52Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > I agree. Still, some escape-the-room games have been considered adventure games, like “Gobliiins” or “Samorost 2”. Limiting the exploration to the current room doesn’t seem to be _per se_ a sufficient characteristic to not consider the game and adventure game. If the process of searching the room reveals elements of the story, I can see categorizing it as an adventure game in that case, since you are exploring your admittedly small environment–not simply manipulating a puzzle from the inside. With Portal 2, you’re only manipulating the puzzle from the inside. ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/24 "2017-08-16T07:32:09Z")
I am a bit ashamed that I did not play Grim Fandango. Currently I am trying to brainwash myself into believing I like the graphics. “I love art deco… I love noir… I love art deco…”. It’s delicious. I am already starting to believe it. What’s interesting about Gabriel Knight 2 is that I don’t remember a single puzzle, and yet my memory is one of the best games I played. So immersive. The cheesy aspect did not bother me the slightest. The atmosphere works, the story works. The acting is good enough not to break it. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/25 "2017-08-16T07:36:26Z")
> [@seguso](#): > > Currently I am trying to brainwash myself into believing I like the graphics. I would never torture myself in that way. 😃 If you don’t like those features, why should you play something that doesn’t inspire you? ---
**Author:** ![seguso](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/seguso/32/1232_2.png) [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/26 "2017-08-16T07:38:08Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > If you don’t like those features, why should you play something that doesn’t inspire you? Because I think if I can pass that initial barrier, the story and puzzles will be good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/27 "2017-08-16T07:48:10Z")
The story is very good but the puzzles are not that memorable. I played both “Grim Fandango” and “Day of the Tentacle” about the same quantity of times and I can remember many puzzles from the latter and just a few from the first one. “Grim Fandango” is definitely not a game that I would suggest mainly for its puzzles. It’s the story, the settings and the art that makes it a wonderful experience. The same goes for “The Longest Journey”: its strength is in the narrative. ---
**Author:** ![Ricardo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ricardo/32/497_2.png) [@Ricardo](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ricardo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/28 "2017-08-16T07:58:30Z")
My two favourite adventures are, definitely: The Secret of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/29 "2017-08-16T20:34:14Z")
As a quick, simple exercise I have taken six top tens of adventure games created by popular sources and I have counted how many times a specific game has been cited. This should represent a wider opinion about what people and critics perceive to be the best adventure games. ## Sources: - Rock Paper Shotgun - WhatCulture .com - AdventureGamers .com - Ranker (ranked user opinions) - Shacknews - WatchMojo ## Results: - Cited 6 times: “Grim Fandango” - Cited 5 times: “Day of the Tentacle” - Cited 4 times: “Monkey Island 2: Lechuck’s Revenge” - Cited 3 times: - Cited 2 times: It seems that the preference for “Grim Fandango” is quite common among the critics. ---
**Author:** ![ideal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ideal/32/9563_2.png) [@ideal](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ideal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/30 "2017-08-16T21:29:07Z")
The list is bonkers. It’s easy to name five, ten or even twenty of the best adventures but putting together a solid top 100, takes some time (research, replaying, balancing), even if you interpret adventures in a broader way (which i would recommend). I think the ranking is less important than being in the list and offering some valuable information about potentially interesting games. Why don’t you use all this energy to create a Thimbleweed Park Top 100 adventure games list? This forum should have enough expertise to come up with something good. ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/31 "2017-08-21T20:15:51Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > I can’t comprehend their list. I would put “The Secret Of Monkey Island” in the first place. Tastes are different and I’m fine with Grim Fandango on top. But I wonder why would Someone put MI1 before MI2? IMHO MI2 is better in every regard. One thing MI1 did was introducing us to the series, but is this important? > [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#): > > I disagree with this list True. Not having Zak in a top 100 best of list is not acceptable! ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/32 "2017-08-21T20:24:25Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > do you consider their top 20 games a good choice? Yes, it’s a very diverse list and every game there is at least a good game. > [@LowLevel](#): > > “Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within”. We were just discussing in another thread how cheesy it is Oh but there are people who like it cheesy! I could also imagine some may have fallen in love with the main character 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DZ-Jay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@DZ-Jay](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/DZ-Jay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/33 "2017-08-21T20:34:40Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > I could also imagine some may have fallen in love with the main character 🙂 Not me! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/34 "2017-08-21T21:54:28Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > Tastes are different and I’m fine with Grim Fandango on top. For me it sounded that the list was/should be a “final/ultimate” one. 🙂 > [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > But I wonder why would Someone put MI1 before MI2? Where should I start? 🙂 Just to name quick a few reasons: - MI1 introduced several new elements, like the sword fighting. MI2 reused some of the elements like the “I-have-to-go-to-the-next-island” principle. Even the spitting contest wasn’t that unique. - I liked the puzzles in MI1 much more, they were more clever integrated with the story. - In MI2 you can see that the graphics are scaled down and that the resolution is obvious too low for all the details. In some screens there are parts with a “puree of pixels” on the screen. So I like the backgrounds in MI1 much more. - The story in MI1 is much better, more thrilling and more clever constructed as the one in MI2. - MI1 is much more funnier as MI2 (just think about the Grog, Stan and the cannibals!). - In MI1 we had brilliant witty new and unique characters like Stan or the Voodoo lady. (In part 2 they are - surprise - back.) - … Note that this is my own opinion and it’s OK if you like MI2 more. 🙂 If you/one would like to discuss this further, we should start a new thread (or send me a PM). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/35 "2017-08-21T22:53:22Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > > [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > > > Tastes are different and I’m fine with Grim Fandango on top. > > For me it sounded that the list was/should be a “final/ultimate” one. Exactly 🙂 > [@Someone](#): > > Note that this is my own opinion and it’s OK if you like MI2 more. 🙂 Monkey Island as a series introduced a lot of nice things, but I wouldn’t prefer some part just because it introduced something the first time. But you listed a lot of other points like story, graphic style and puzzles so you clearly prefer MI1, which is fine 🙂 The spitting contest is still a great puzzle!!! ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/36 "2017-08-22T01:00:16Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > Yes, it’s a very diverse list and every game there is at least a good game. It’s that diversity that makes me think that the list is less influenced by people being fan of games of a specific software house or developer or period of time but, again, it’s still the result of personal opinions. The only difference is that the kind of personal opinions you collect among fans of X will be probably skewed towards X or things somewhat connected to X. You can see this phenomenon in AdventureGamers forum too: their active users waited for and discussed Thimbleweed Park just as any other adventure, they didn’t attribute to it a special value only because it was made by a specific developer. That’s why I think TWP will probably win the Aggie awards for 2017, but I’m not sure that it will win also the people choice award. ---
**Author:** ![LowLevel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/lowlevel/32/48_2.png) [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/37 "2017-08-22T01:08:42Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > Note that this is my own opinion and it’s OK if you like MI2 more. 🙂 If you/one would like to discuss this further, we should start a new thread (or send me a PM). 🙂 I would contribute to a new thread about this topic, because my position on this matter is that I consider MI2 a better game, but I like MI1 more for “sentimental” reasons. It might be interesting to me to understand how much my preference for MI1 is actually a consequence of nostalgia and how much I consider it a good game from a game design point of view. I’ve never asked myself this question. ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/38 "2017-08-22T08:46:19Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > Monkey Island as a series introduced a lot of nice things, but I wouldn’t prefer some part just because it introduced something the first time. I don’t do this either. 🙂 But if you reuse something, you shouldn’t just “copy”. A good example is Legend of Kyrandia: The three games are connected but the developers had tried to write a unique story for each game. In MI2 you have nearly the same story as in MI1: Get reputation as pirate (back), solve the puzzle from the Voodoo Lady, defeat LeChuck, get Elaine (back). > [@Nor\_Treblig](#): > > The spitting contest ia still a great puzzle!!! Of course. MI2 is a great game! (But MI1 is a little bit “greater” 😉 ) > [@LowLevel](#): > > It’s that diversity that makes me think that the list is less influenced by people being fan of games of a specific software house or developer or period of time but, again, it’s still the result of personal opinions. Maybe they should just remove the numbering. So it’s just a list of the X best adventure games. > [@LowLevel](#): > > I would contribute to a new thread about this topic, because my position on this matter is that I consider MI2 a better game, but I like MI1 more for “sentimental” reasons. Then open up a new thread. 🙂 > [@LowLevel](#): > > It might be interesting to me to understand how much my preference for MI1 is actually a consequence of nostalgia and how much I consider it a good game from a game design point of view. This is an interesting question in general: Do we think that the/some of the old LucasArts games are better just as a consequence of nostalgia? (Sounds like we need another new thread… 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![DZ-Jay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@DZ-Jay](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/DZ-Jay)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/39 "2017-08-22T09:57:00Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > This is an interesting question in general: Do we think that the/some of the old LucasArts games are better just as a consequence of nostalgia? (Sounds like we need another new thread… 😉 ) I am perplexed by you needing to ask this question. ---
**Author:** ![Ema](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/ema/32/14101_2.png) [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425/40 "2017-08-22T11:46:00Z")
> [@LowLevel](#): > > I consider MI2 a better game, but I like MI1 more for “sentimental” reasons. > > It might be interesting to me to understand how much my preference for MI1 is actually a consequence of nostalgia and how much I consider it a good game from a game design point of view. As suggested, I have replied in a new topic 🙂 [Previous page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/top-100-all-time-adventure-games/1425.md?page=3)