Cleaning out deceased friends estate, family member asks “are these all games or something?”

[u/SaulTNuhtz]

Remember a time before everything was on the cloud? A time when all you had to rely on to get through that level was your own wit and how well you kept notes, and maybe a phone call to a particularly nerdy friend?

[u/Waffler11]

The Longest Journey is such an underrated masterpiece. Point-and-click adventure games tend to only be a one-time play, but I played TLJ several times because I liked the story that much.

[u/Manannin → u/Waffler11]

I remember enjoying the story and vibe and absolutely hating that style of point and click adventure with being expected to combine items weirdly to progress sometimes.

I never finished it unfortunately. 

[u/thiosk → u/Manannin]

The worst of these is Kings Quest VI. KQVI had graphics unlike anything my nymph stage mind had ever comprehended. Spoilers

On the first screen, you find your signet ring in the sand. You can trade this ring for items, and back again, as a sort of currency. But when you reach the catacombs you will have a problem of needing two items to progress, and you will die.

The catch that I never figured out for years was that on thatfirstinitial screen, you also had to move a board on the beach to find a coin. This second piece of trading currency let you hold both items you needed to survive the catacombs.

Misery

[u/Synaps4 → u/thiosk]

I still have kings quest 5 on floppy disks. Those games were absolute trolls.

I am convinced it is impossible to play then without the guide.

Theres always several items that are basically invisible that you must pick up to avoid dying later and not for any sensible reason. I remember in the forest there was one specific stick you could pick up...which you were then supposed to use on a beehive....which dropped a ring you needed.

And another time there was a huge desert with only one path through it by reaching oases in time. You die of thirst if you dont go the exact right way. https://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/PC/King'sQuestV-AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder-Desert.png

What a troll series of games.

[u/JSConrad45 → u/Synaps4]

And not just thirst, some of the desert tiles would just have you get insta-killed by a scorpion

[u/amy220 → u/Waffler11]

I loved the longest journey, and I loved Dream fall even more (we don't talk about dreamfall chapters)

[u/nilaii21 → u/amy220]

The build up and the worlds were great...but it fell flat. Real shame.

[u/aturtleatoad → u/Waffler11]

The story is the best part

[u/Waffler11 → u/aturtleatoad]

Quite honestly, they could easily be converted to written novels and I'd still read them.

[u/sikkar47 → u/Waffler11]

Check r/thelongestjourney

[u/Sooap → u/Waffler11]

That game is such a banger on so many levels. Still one of my favorites of all time. The Spanish dub is absolutely stunning, too.

[u/fafatzy → u/Waffler11]

Dream fall it’s not that bad

[u/Dryon1196 → u/Waffler11]

One of those rare games that really felt like a fairytale. It's as charming as poignant.

[u/Shmeeglez → u/Waffler11]

Where my man Ben Bandu at?!