Adventure Video Games6
Adventure games. They include three fundamental elements: exploration, solving puzzles and strongly emphasized story. Controlled characters collect items and use them in puzzles in order to push the story further. Adventure games usually offer only single player mode and the point-and-click interface. This category includes also HOPAs (Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure games) which put emphasis on searching items hidden on the screen.
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Myst III: Exile
8.5 Game Score
Myst III: Exile is the third part of the highly acclaimed adventure game series, which dates back to 1995. This time the axis of the plot is the revenge Saavedro wants to make on Atrus and his sons. The player takes on the role of an unnamed hero who tries to thwart the villain's plans. Developers from Presto studio took care of properly complicated riddles and implemented a new graphical engine allowing to generate 3D image.
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
8.5 Game Score
Sequel a well-known action game with a little different title Soul Reaver: Legacy of Kain. Again we play the role of a vampire named Raziel, who, still in the pursuit of revenge on his former lord Cain, moves in time to the past and continues his crusade there.
Alan Wake
8.5 Game Score
A psychological horror third-person action game inspired by the works of Stephen King. It was developed by Remedy Entertainment, the creators of the Max Payne series. The game’s protagonist is an author of widely-read novels who decides to go on vacation to the remote town of Bright Falls in hope of overcoming his writer’s block. After just a few days, Alan’s wife goes missing in unexplained circumstances and the writer sets out to find her.
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
8.5 Game Score
The second part of a great adventure game, The Longest Journey, which was realized and released in 2000 by Funcom. Its action was set in the same realities as we had the opportunity to stay in the original The Longest Journey, i.e. compilation of fantasy and science fiction.
Uru: The Path of the Shell
8.5 Game Score
Second and last addition to the game "URU: Ages Beyond Myst", which is its extension and is designed to uncover the secrets associated with the future of D'ni civilisation.
The Dig
8.5 Game Score
Probably the most underestimated adventure game LucasArts, written by Steven Spielberg himself. The player takes control of a group of astronauts who are trapped on a planet inhabited by an alien civilization in order to explore the asteroid, which rushes at an enormous speed towards the Earth.
Titanic: Adventure out of Time
8.5 Game Score
Titanic: Reverse the course of history is an action game produced by Cyberflix studio, in which players have the opportunity to prevent the catastrophe of the largest liner of all time. The creators took care of a thrilling scenario, photorealistic graphics, a large number of independent characters and demanding puzzles. Players can also take care of sightseeing the magnificent ship, reconstructed on the basis of authentic photos.
Ksiaze i Tchorz
8.5 Game Score
Ksiaze i Tchórz is a classic adventure game with a "point & click" interface, created by the development team of the Polish studio Metropolis Software. The plot of the game depicts the fate of a cowardly young man, who in a magical, fantastic world must show courage. The title is characterized by cartoon visuals and funny dialogues.
Mustang z Zielonej Doliny
8.5 Game Score
Mustang from the Green Valley is a three-dimensional adventure game, especially for young computer users. In the town of Zielona Dolina, players will enjoy an exciting and adventurous experience, all of which will take place mostly in the saddle of the title mustang.
Reah: Face the Unknown
8.5 Game Score
Created by the Polish development studio LK Avalon, this adventure game takes place in the distant future. A journalist imprisoned on a distant planet tries to find his way to the Earth and, at the same time, to solve a few problems tormenting its inhabitants.
Reksio i Ufo
8.5 Game Score
Reksio and Ufo is an adventure game produced by Aidem Media studio with the cult cartoon hero in the title role. This time a nice dog follows the trail of hens kidnapped by aliens. The player's task is to help Reksi thwart the plans of the evil Superintendent and thus save the world. The game offers more than 60 hand drawn locations, rich in puzzles and skill tests.
Metroid Prime Trilogy
8.5 Game Score
Metroid Prime Trilogy is a package of three first-person action games, whose heroine is Samus Aran, an intergalactic prize hunter. Included in the set: Metroid Prime, Metroid Echoes and Metroid Corruption. Developers from the Retro studio also took care of the implementation of the Wii Remote controller, as well as a set of additional materials related to the Metroid series.
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
8.5 Game Score
The second part of the detective adventure game promoted by Sierra. It has a captivating storyline and good audio-visual setting, thanks to which it won the award for the best adventure game of 1996.
Atlantis II
8.5 Game Score
Atlantis II is a continuation of Atlantis: The Lost Tales adventure released in 1997, which was created under the responsibility of Cryo Interactive studio. The action of the game was set in 1043, and the player directs the actions of Seth's descendant, the main character of the first part. The creators prepared five large areas for exploration, presenting, among others, ancient China, Ireland, Tibet and Yucatán.
Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold
8.5 Game Score
A young hunter, the Little Snake, gets entangled in a dangerous game about the fate of the Aztec empire, full of intrigue. As a witness to the murder, he must prove his innocence and prevent the danger that has hung over the entire ancient civilisation.
Gabriel Knight: The Sins of the Fathers
8.5 Game Score
An adventure game inspired by the work of the well-known horror author Jane Jensen. The plot of the game is 10 days from the life of Gabriel Knight, the owner of a bookstore in New Orleans, interested in unexplained and supernatural stories.
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
8.5 Game Score
The next installment of the famous adventure series of Myst games, advertising by the creators, Cyan Worlds team led by Rand Miller, as the most extensive and addictive installment of the Myst series.
Flashback: The Quest For Identity
8.5 Game Score
Two-dimensional adventure and arcade game, reminiscent from the strictly technical side of such programs as Another World (the same developer - Delphine Software) and Prince of Persia.
Uru: Complete Chronicles
8.5 Game Score
Special version of the adventure game Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, enriched with two extensions - To D'Ni (which was a free downloadable file on the Internet) and Uru: The Path of the Shell (addon appeared in a boxed, paid version).
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
8.5 Game Score
Insomniac Games continues the story told in Tools of Destruction and Quest for Booty. Clank is once again in trouble, from which the clever Ratchet will once again draw him out. The protagonists are faced with important existential questions.
Drawn: The Painted Tower
8.5 Game Score
Very visually nice adventure game containing many mini-games and puzzles. The player has to save a girl locked at the top of a mysterious painted tower.
Ecstatica II
8.5 Game Score
Continuation of the action adventure game, which can be treated as Psygnosis's response to the Alone in the Dark series. Like the cult trilogy of Infogrames, the second Ecstatica is a bloody and brutal story about man's struggle against the world's greatest atrocities.
Shelter
8.5 Game Score
An original action adventure game with survival elements, developed by Might and Delight. The player controls a female badger trying to survive in a hostile environment with several offspring to feed. Shelter is a third-person perspective game. The player's mission is to find an appropriate den and ensure the safety of the badger family. The player has to provide basic living conditions for the small badgers.
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
8.5 Game Score
An interactive adventure horror game from visual novel genre and a third entry in Zero Escape series, created ChunSoft in cooperation with Aksys Games. It takes place in Martian research facility, ordered to survey reactions of people locked and isolated from the rest of the world. Gameplay doesn’t differ much from that of previous parts of the series and presents fans with well-known characters.