Monkey Island's Ron Gilbert working with Penny Arcade

Opa-Opa · Post by **Opa-Opa** » Sun May 13, 2007 12:52 am

I have no idea who likes Penny Arcade here and who loathes it, but I know some people really like Lucasarts' old adventure games, so...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6170327.ht ... ws;title;1

I was already thinking this was going to be a good game. I mean, it's not as if it was made by someone who doesn't know shit about it, and now that they informed Ron Gilbert is on the project, well, past experiences show little to none fails with this guy.

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:35 pm

This is pretty awesome. I haven't gotten to play any of Lucasarts' adventure greats, so it's great news for me. I suspected that Penny Arcade Adventures was headed for this direction, and am glad that's it's been confirmed.

This reminds me: has anyone played the Space Quest series? I saw a collection of the games sitting in Gamestop and was wondering if it was worth my $19.99.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:55 pm

As far as the "golden age" of point-and-click adventure games goes, there are pretty much just two camps: LucasArts and Sierra.

Sierra's games are generally more unforgiving and difficult (especially the King's Quest series), known for puzzles with completely arbitrary solutions and the fact that you can screw yourself over by missing a single item at the beginning of the game.

There are some great games from both companies in that era, though I prefer the LucasArts ones. Sam & Max, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, and the Monkey Island games are all fantastic.

Ritz · Post by **Ritz** » Sun May 13, 2007 5:55 pm

Speaking of Sierra, anyone else here remember Lighthouse? From what I recall, it was a pretty enthralling experience, though I didn't get much further than the submarine sequence (Which, admittedly, isn't too far into the game)- have any of you managed to get past that point?

Opa-Opa · Post by **Opa-Opa** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:20 am

Yeah, I prefer Lucasarts too. Loom, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, they were all amazing and I still play it from time to time.

Sierra had some gems, like some of the Quest series (I actually beat Space Quest V and King's Quest V) but they were a real pain with the dying and screwing up thing. Also, The Adventures of Willy Beamish had a really nice cartoonish touch that ourstanded from the rest of the Sierra games.

Oh yeah! Westwood had the Kyrandia series, which were really cool and very well polished, specially Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate.

There were some really good adventure games from other companies too, such as Simon the Sorcerer (1 and 2), Beneath a Steel Sky, Nocturne, Darkseed (concept art by H.R. Giger, sweet!), some Sherlock Holmes game I forgot the name (apparently there's a new one coming out), Return of the Phantom of the Opera. Oooh, and please let's not forget, Scooby Doo Mystery for the Mega Drive, that was the best Scooby Doo game ever made (that's not saying much, but Acclaim really surprised me making an adventure game).

Telltale is making a good job with Bone and the new Sam & Max games, it's great to see the genre coming back.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:21 pm

You fight like a cow!

Blue Mage · Post by **Blue Mage** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:22 pm

Leisure Larry is one of Sierra's best adventure games. It was funny, witty, and all the hoaxes around it was also funny. It was also challenging.

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:36 pm

Blue Mage wrote:Leisure Larry is one of Sierra's best adventure games. It was funny, witty, and all the hoaxes around it was also funny. It was also challenging.

Larry had the only Ã¢â‚¬Å“revival in 3DÃ¢â‚¬ï¿¾ of a grafical adventure that was okey until Sam&Max episodes. Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude was a good game despite the fact Sierra was a bastard and didnt hire Al Lowe...