90's Adventure Games Ranked - Best of Each year
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2021
- In this video we rank the best adventure game from 1990 to 1999. All of the best 90's Adventure Games are ranked here.
From the Titans that started it all, Sierra Online, LucasFilms / LucasArts to Revolution Software and their patented point and click adventure style of the late 80's. Games like Monkey Island, MI2 Lechuck's Revenge, Gabriel Knight, Kings Quest 6, Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle and others are represented.
1993 Was particularly difficult since it gave Sam and Max Hit the Road, GK1 Sins of the Fathers, Simon the Sorcerer and Myst. The Lucas Arts point and click adventures really dominated this list.
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I adore Day of the Tentacle but love Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers too if I had to make this list I don't think I could choose
GK1 had more substance but DOTT is incredibly FUN
No game gives me chills and a enormous feeling of nostalgia and sadness as the monkey island games. Even today at the age of 40 I have a hard time listening to the intro without getting overwhelmed by sadness and how great life was back then....
The simple days of being a wanna be pirate 🙂
Well said! Monkey Island and all the other games I played as a child will always be a part of me. Life was simpler and more friendly. It wasn’t the fake ass world we live in today
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I hear you brother. I truly feel sad for the new generation who didn't get the chance to experience the music/movies and video games of the 80's and 90's. Now with the new world order implemented through this planned demic, we are definitely doomed. The only way out is to live in love and truth and give up our attachments for this world. 🙏
@@quake3quake3 amen brother. I’m glad you said that but I’m also not glad you did as it’s very sad to hear. I’m hearing more and more comments lately on a lot of different videos how everything is falling apart. The only time I’m happy now is when I’m reliving my youth or just generally trying to ignore the masses and stay away from all the bs. It’s hard but I’m happier away from most people now.
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Well friend, true happiness is a peaceful mind and the things we enjoy doing in this world can give us small glimpses of that peace but it will be temporary. Eventually we must learn to detach ourselves and be in the world but not of the world like Christ said and start turning our attention within and go beyond the mind/thoughts. I wish you the best in your journey. God bless 🙏
Domic Armato is so great as the voice of Guybrush that they got him to record lines for the special edition of Monkey Island 1 and 2. I love his imitation of Mark Hamill in the 2nd game when Lechuck says he is his brother
I’ve heard of Broken Sword for years now, I’ve gotta check it out.
Oh man. They should make a movie. Incredible game Ryan. Incredible 🙂
Love this. Great channel.
Thanks so much Jake. We appreciate you buddy
That was amazing I look forward to the 2000s video. Helped spread the word of this video on Twitter just now
Thank you 1981. I really appreciate and respect you. Keep making your videos. The let's plays gets me through some chaotic days. 😊
Great video i definitly need to play Grim Fandango and Broken Sword
Honourable mention for 1996 I think is 'I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream'. A bit disturbing but very different from most other adventure games which tend to be on the child friendly side.
That elevator scene still haunts me
DOTT was my first computer game ever. I was seven, had just started reading frequently and my dad had Larry and DOTT on his win 95 which he left me in my room. I was fascinated by the colourful cover of DOTT and couldn`t stop laughing at the intro. Unsurprisingly I didn`t make it past breaking the chewing gum vendor but was left so overwhelmed that I played fom to time to see if could progress further. Can`t believe how lucky I was to stumble over such a gem at that age, otherwise i might not have looked at another adventure game at all. It took my until 12 to finish my first PnC when I was able to complete Larry 3 without hints.: D For me DOTT still has the funniest intro ever. Gk 2 is my 90`s favorite so it would be no.1 in 1995 and of course Gk 3 in 1999(sorry TLJ). I also preferred BASS over Full Throttle.
Heck yeah buddy. That box pulled me in too
@@AdventureGameHotspot And my dad never managed (or more likely really ever tried)to play it through even there were sparse clues in the computer magazine it had been in;- back in those days when you couldn`t ask ChatGPT for hints ... which is btw a kind of text adventure itself xd
Broken Sword - THE game of my childhood. I agree, it is the greatest adventure game of all time and imo one of the greatest games ever made.
Heck yeah Splinter. 😀
Space Quest IV I love this game. Especially the cd version with the awesome narration by Gary Owens
Watching this really makes you appreciate how far video games have come. I had the Atari 5200 back in the early 80's and bought pretty much every other console on the way, including Coleco, Sega Genesis, Nintendo(s), etc.. Games were always pretty good, just a matter of when the graphics would finally catch up.
I cannot even imagine playing pitfall 30 years ago. 🙂
@@AdventureGameHotspot lol It was brutal.. I had that game on my Atari, but it's all we knew, so it was fun. Similar to your SWG launch day vids here on RUclips. Looking back on it, it may not of have been the best, but it was still fun. Strange, but still fun.
If you take life as a game you will be happy until the end
The decade where I actually had a computer was looking forward to this list
Full Throttle is fun but I hate the motorcycle combat luckily the game has a cheat key that lets you instantly win
I love all Lucasfilm/Lucasarts adventures except for Monkey Island IV. They have been a big part of my childhood and teenage years. I still play them every once in a while.
The Secret of Monkey Island ALL THE WAY!!! Also I know most people didn't but I really liked MYST too.
My favorites were the Legend Of Kyrandia series
Malcolm agrees ✌🏻
Beneath a Steel Sky one of those games I really need to play one of these days I just started Hollow Knight though so check back in a year lol
I have been trying to find a p&c game I played and loved as a kid, but I don't have much to go on. I played it in the late 90s or maybe early 2000s. I think it was just about a dog trying to find his bone. There was one level where you were in a cave or sewer like setting where you could turn a nob that would make someone's shower turn hot or cold. I know it's not a lot of info, but I figured I'd see if you knew.
Good list. Some damn tough choices for sure, but I think I agree on all of them. Except I'm not sure if I'd personally put Indy and Fate Of Atlantis over KQ6, but they're both amazing and as LucasArts got overweight in this list anyway over Sierra..
Thanks Andreas.
Yeah, it was so close between KQ5 and FOA. I went with what I considered the superior dialogue and charm to break the tie. I love 6.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts man 🤠
Wtf! No mentioning of The Dig!??
THE best game of 95! AND the best Point n' click game ever!
The voice acting is AMAZING! It feels real. Like a movie. And of course the music is soo good it touches my soul.
Infact I love it so much, I made an Audiobook of it! Took me several years to finish.
Great video! But in what universe is Fate of Atlantis not only the best adventure of 1992, but also one of the greates of all times, rivaled perhaps only by Monkey Island 2? :P
Broken Sword another series I need to play eventually again I'm playing Hollow Knight so I won't be playing it for awhile
Man, Broken Sword has a deep chill score, good choice for the background.
You clearly love Monkey Island, lol, I do to, though I didn't grow up with it - I first played Secret with the remake, and I played Revenge and Curse just last year.
1990 - Secret was I'm sure the best game so far as innovation, but my personal 1990 I think has to be *Conquests of Camelot* (with QfG2 right behind it).
1991 - *Conquests of Longbow* (Lechuck's Revenge is really close) - I just ultimately prefer straight historical/mytholical epic over parody.
1992 - Yep, *King's Quest 6* for sure, so much love and a pop song to back it up! FOA is sooo close though, but Atlantis itself could sadly be a little tedious, and you get to do the same way for 3 paths!
1993 - What a good year, worth mentioning, Shadow of the Comet and Freddy Pharkas to, but nothing can top my love for *Sins of the Fathers,* even if DotT is as great as everyone says (see 1991) but I also want to say Shadows of Darkness
1994 - much that I need to play here, Dragonsphere, Sherlock Holmes, Dreamweb, Inherit the Earth - I guess I'll agree on *Beneath a Steel Sky,* though I haven't completed it and I hate the voice acting
1995 - *Full Throttle,* yep hard to argue - though in my heart I love the Dig more, it has problems and Full Throttle is pretty solid. The Beast Within gets a story win though, if not gameplay.
1996 - Yes, *Broken Sword* - Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood. Agreed. Yes.
1997 - Curse of MI is lovely, puzzles are pretty hard but I did opt for the hard setting, and they _more or less_ make sense. But I give the year to *the Last Express,* which is just such an achievement in immersion and time travel save games.
1998 - Yeah, *Grim Fandango.* I'm only half way though, I've been playing each segment every year around the Day of the Dead, but there's not a lot to find fault with, and the competition is not much, but I have to try Sanitarium.
1999 - I love the Longest Journey, but not like I love *Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned* - as far as I'm concerned it had one dumb, convoluted drawn out puzzle and TLJ had several, and very slow-burn, dialogue-heavy story. GK3 sort of had that too, but was sooooo much more interesting, and I really love free roam camera through the France recreations.
Thanks as always for I tera to g Magnus. I love your adventure game opinions. There is a lot to break down here so I'll do that when I get to my computer
To be continued. 🤪
Great list, but gotta say, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes is for me, not only the best game of 92, but the best of all time. I am watching your videos with my 6 year old daughter, passing to her the love for adventure games
That is is so great to hear. Hello daughter.
Lost Files is number 10 on my all time list. The first video I made (10 months ago) was my top 10 list 🙂 While many agree that's it's a good game, few are as fond of it as we are.
Thanks so much for sharing Fancotas...and daughter 😊😊😊
I love KQ VI the best game of the KIng's Quest series in my opinion
The Golden age
Whatever happened to Largo Legrande after the second game he is never heard from again
sorry in advance for the excessive reply :P
1990 *Secret of Monkey Island* *
1991 *Monkey Island 2* **
1992 *Fate of Atlantis* !
1993 *Gabriel Knight / Day of the Tentacle* +
1994 *Under A Killing Moon* $
1995 *Gabriel Knight 2- The Beast Within* #
1996 *Broken Sword* @
1997 *Last Express* !!
1998 *Grim Fandango
* §
1999 *Gabriel Knight 3* ##
* The crowning jewel of the series.
In my opinion better than part 2 in every single aspect except for the scope.
The *Ultimate Talkie Edition* (VGA graphics + SE voices) is the ultimate version.
The actual Special Edition`s art-style is terrible.
** no serious contest in 1992. Replayed parts 1-3 last fall. Enjoyed this one the least.
Never understood the fuss around the imuse sound system.
MI2 has more music but it`s not as memorable as it`s predecessors.
! haven`t played *KQ6* (it`s in my GOG library though) & *Sherlock Holmes* yet.
Just recently played *Dagger of Amon Ra*
Great atmosphere but terribly designed.
The notebook dialogue system is unnecessarily cumbersome.
The GOG release of the CD version additonally won`t let you save your game at the most incovenient times.
There`s a long stretch without saving before the end of Act 4 way into Act 5 (where you can die at any given time)
When I failed I had to restore, re-investigate the last crime scene and hope that I won`t get caught by the killer.
Without a walkthrough I would have abandoned it.
+ Had to cheat here☺️
*DOTT* objectively is the better game when it comes to puzzle design and functionality
but *GK1* has one of the best AG stories and atmosphere.
Generally a very strong year:
it saw the releases of my favourite Larry *LSL 6* and Space Quest *SQ5* games
plus the highly acclaimed *QFG4* (which I haven`t played yet)
$ Just playing *UAKM* right now for the very first time.
You have to get used to the controls but it`s worth it.
Might have to replay *Beneath A Steel Sky*
Remember liking it but it didn`t leave a strong impression with me.
# *GK2* has on of the best AG storylines and soundtracks of all time. FMV acting is cheesy but I love it !
Looking forward to replay *Full Throttle* (remaster)
*Riddle of Master Lu* is an underrated 1995 gem of a sleeper.
Still hoping for a GOG re-release some time in the future...
@ My favourite and most re-played adventure game of all time !
There are plenty AG`s with better puzzle design out there, but no other game intrigued me more than *BS1*
Unfortunately it is the only great game in an otherwise pretty forgettable franchise.
!! I love *Curse of Monkey Island* (despite the terribly weak last quarter) and *Blade Runner* though.
but *TLE* is such a unique game which totally caught me by surprise.
Paul Verehoeven was about to direct the movie adaptation but it never came to be.
§ Another remaster I already have bought, waiting to be played.
But this time with the mouse. I remember the keyboard controls to be in need of improvement.
## 1999: THE year of moon-logic puzzles 🤦♂️
*GK3* and *The Longest Journey* gave each other a run for their money in that regard.
Never warmed up to *TLJ`s* story and characters, which made the excessive amount of lore a drawback.
*GK3* has it`s fair share of shortcomings but *Le Serpent Rouge* alone is worth the price of admission.
It also features another great Robert Holmes soundtrack.
Sorry again, but this video brought back a lot memories.
Great job ! Looking forward to your future videos :)
What an incredible contribution to the topic. Thanks so much for your very thought out response.
Sadly, I forgot to add The Last Express to the honorable mention list.
You will hate me but I like MI 2 the best of the series. I really enjoyed the characters and the darkness of character. I'm one of the few that love the ending 😊
Riddle of Master Lu is criminally underrated
You've got to play KQ6.
GK1 was an absolute masterpiece. I've played it at least 5 times. I tried hard to put it number one but it went up against the thickest of competition.
Bs1 is my favorite adventure. I still dream about it. BS5 recaptured it's greatness. Did you play it?
Thanks so much for viewing. I love this kind of discussion. Don't be a stranger my friend.
@@AdventureGameHotspot No worries. I love these kind of discussions as well 😊
I won`t hate anyone for having different preferences when it comes to media.
Although that`s not entirely true. People who genuinly love the Star Wars Prequel trilogy and favour them over the original unaltered trilogy are kinda suspicious to me 😂
I´m in the "MI2 ending dislike" camp. I was extremely disappointed when I first finished it in 1992 and still don`t like it.
If Ron Gilbert actually would have written Part 3 my perception of that ending probably would have changed...
The rest of the game still is very good but lacks much of the original`s charm in my opinion.
I´ll definately play *KQ6* ! First and foremost because of Jane Jensen`s involvelment.
I´m not a big fan of the KQ games that I´ve played.
Momentarily my favourite KQ is the *AGI remake* of *KQ2*
I think *GK1* is my 2nd most replayed AG after *BS1*
Another run is very likely. I´ll consider giving the 2014 remake a try.
Have you played that one ?
Yeah, *BS1* still manages to occupy my mind.
I was hoping for a picturazation and I think it could still work as a movie.
It also could work not just as a mystery thriller but also as a subtle satire on the whole Y2K craze and conspiracy theories.
*BS5* was OK but doesn`t hold a candle to the original.
The thing I disliked the most have been the animated cut scenes.
They reminded me too much of the *Runaway* series which I dislike a lot.
The only good thing about *Runaway* was the inventory system where you could actually see the protagonist manipuating the inventory items. That was a really nice innovation.
@@YTWanderer it's funny that you mentioning the KQ2 remake as your favorite. I did a video ranking my favorite King's Quest games and had it second on my list. People went nuts. I love the facelift and the adjustments in story.
I think the time for a BS movie was 20 years ago. The templar story was still hot then. It's a bit dated now. You may be interested in checking our Broken Sword casting call video from about 9 months ago. It was one our first videos that we made. We had lots of fun choosing actors to play the main characters. We did one for DOTT and Monkey Island too.
Ps....I'm not a runaway fan either.
Secret of Monkey Island I love this game but prefer the second slightly more due to no annoying safe puzzle in the second
I agree with ya man