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Originally Posted by merylsilverburg

- Still Life (my favorite, I absolutely love this game)
- Post Mortem (could've been great...)
- Shivers (so old I know, but it was very good)
- Siberia (haven't played yet)
- Moment of Silence (haven't played yet, but seems promising)
- Scratches (recent, haven't played yet)
- Indigo Prophecy (I played this on the PS2 though...but it was very good)

I can honestly say that I haven't heard of any of these games, with the exception of Siberia which I seem to remember was panned quite badly by critics. Actually, that's a general rule. Most PC review sites distance themselves from the existance of such games I guess this is kind of a rude and horridly stereotypical thing to say, but you'll genuinely have more luck asking on a forum for housewives about these games: Most PC gamers are males, and i'll be surprised if many people even on this forum are familiar with these games, which are popular mainly among females, who primarily use their PCs for work and only play games for casual recreation...

Originally Posted by merylsilverburg

Also, I heard about some older LucasArt titles, such as "Grim Danfango" (sp?) and it's considered one of the best games out there. Has anyone played it?

It's Grim Fandango (like the dance). I too have heard good things about it, that's it's hilarious, but I never did get round to playing it. I think you can still buy it, but it may be hard to get running on a modern PC.. or it may not. Personally, I adore the first two Monkey Island games. They're very witty and good fun to play. The Third game was so-so, mainly because the voice-acting killed the experience (stupid whiney Guybrush grrr) but also because it just wasn't as funny, probably because the original creator left (Oh, and the story should have ended after the second one's ending). The fourth I haven't played, though I hear it's somewhere between the two in quality with the added bonus that it'll probably definitely work on a modern PC.

Sadly, there's really not a lot to recommend. Adventure gaming was killed off in the mid 1990s, mainly because of Tomb Raider and all the Action / Adventure immitations it spawned. They simply had more market appeal I guess. You get about 5 proper adventure games a year now, and most are judged to be pretty bad. I think people are quite hyped about a Sam & Max sequel, but that's the only adventure game I could name to be emerging anytime soon.