Oldskool puzzle games

Pants · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:22

Hi,

Does anyone remember those games where the charachter would get in a sticky situation. Then you had to like tie the bedsheets together, tie it to radiator and climb out the window etc. You could pick up items and add them together / use them on stuff to figure out how to progress.

I'm not explaining very well... somebody must know what i'm talking about.

I can't remember an examples...

Help me out here!

Pants · 11 Jan 2007 at 21:32

Broken Sword!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit, and this:

Those were the days. I want to play a modern version of this.

mcwildcard · 11 Jan 2007 at 22:45

Pants said:
Broken Sword!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edit, and this:

Those were the days. I want to play a modern version of this.

The Sam & Max episodes are supposed to be pretty good, I'd say it's as close to the old Monkey Island 'vibe' as we'll get these days.

Ugley_Matt · 12 Jan 2007 at 13:14

See sig.

Grandmaster Fap! · 12 Jan 2007 at 13:23

Beneath a Steel Sky, amiga version was awesome, dunno how much better (or worse) the pc version is.

Pants · 12 Jan 2007 at 18:54

Castor said:
Beneath a Steel Sky, amiga version was awesome, dunno how much better (or worse) the pc version is.

Thats freeware now. I'm playing it on ScummVM... the whole package is on thier website.

Pants · 12 Jan 2007 at 22:40

Been playing beneath a steel sky for hours now!

I reccomend you download it.

Grandmaster Fap! · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:14

Pants said:
Been playing beneath a steel sky for hours now!

I reccomend you download it.

Hehe, ill give it a try, i remember it had some fiendish puzzles and the humor was brilliant

smit101 · 12 Jan 2007 at 23:57

I've always loved this type of game,most of the good ones,e.g the Lucas Arts adventures are fairly old now but are definitely still worth playing.

There are modern equivalents though,i've recently played Dreamfall which despite mixed reviews really impressed and immersed me,it's the sequel to 'The Longest Journey which was a classic point and click from a while back.

Currently playing 'Still Life' which is in a classic point and click style but with a modern slant on the genre,the game was released in 2004 and seemed to go largely unoticed outside of the hardcore adventure gaming community, if you crave this type of game but don't feel like reverting to age old material then I recommend you give this game a go.

The Syberia series and Farenheit are also worth checking out.