It's a tie between Day of the tentacle and curse of monkey island(the 3rd one) by lucas arts. to me these are 2 of the best adventure games ever made. its hard to believe they were both made in 1993 and 1997 as they still hold up very well today especially the curse of monkey island which still looks graphically amazing for a 13 year old game

Hmm.. It's a hard question. The thing about point and click games are that I find them very hard but still good. The Myst series are great and are probably the ones I gave most gaming time too. But I'm not sure if it's my favourite.

But since one of my two favourite subjects are history and conspiracy theorys I really loved the game: Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy. It looks good, great voice acting and wonderful feeling in the medieval European villa.

Another great game is The Secrets of Da Vinci it has the same medieval feeling and great voice acting (Not as much as in the Nostradamus one.) But I must say my favourite is Nostradamus since that “world” is or atleast feels bigger and more interesting to explore.

I am one of the few (thousand) lucky individuals who grew up with the Lucas Arts adventures in the early nineties, so those are especially dear to me. Out of the Lucas Arts bunch I'd choose Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, because it had lots of replay value with three distinct paths to choose mid-game.
… but I'd rather pick Samorost 2 by Amanita Design as my favorite adventure game. It's such a small, strange little thing with a weird soundtrack and general feel. It's also very short and the puzzles are too easy. What makes this one so special to me is that I played it with my four year old son. He was enraptured by the whole thing and we had to complete the game twice, with him ordering me around and shouting with glee when something worked. Best co-op point & click experience ever! I think I may have created a little gamer that day…

I think you'll get a lot of love from Mahkia for your pick of Samarost 2. She really enjoys all the games made by the guys of Amantia Design. Great pick!

Have you played the remake of the Monkey Island series? It's always interesting to hear from fans of the games who have played the remake. It seems to be 50/50 on whether they enjoy it or not.

Myst always confused me, so I never did get very far with the series. Did you play Uru? Game Tap made it a multiplayer experience a few years ago and that seemed interesting.

Nostradamus sounds interesting as well. Is it made by The Learning Company? I think they're the same people who did The Longest Journey, which was pretty fun, too.

I have actually played Uru, I found it easier then MYST but I'm not sure if I liked it more. I remember a caravan in the desert. Not so much more!

I don't think Nostradamus is made by The Learning Company, Wikipedia says it's done by Kheops Studio.

Oh and I completely forgot about another P&C game! It's name is Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern, it's also made by Kheops Studio, you start as an male person living in the stone age looking for his family IIRC. That's probably one of the easiest P&C game I've played but it was also the funniest when I think of it. The world is so big and the graphic are so nice!

Thanks. Machinarium and Samorost surely deserve all the love they're getting. I am excited to see what Amanita come up next with.
Anyway, I think it's kind of strange that point & click adventures resonate that much on such a subjective, personal level with me. I cannot really think of any other genre that makes me feel that way. Anyone else out there feeling the same? (On the other hand, booting them up makes me feel old. sadface.)
It's great to have you both back, by the way. And keep up the most excellent work!

That's exactly how I feel about point and click adventure games. They've always given off a sort of “magic” that I don't often feel in other genres as a whole. Other games, certainly, but to be able to say that of an entire genre.. that says an awful lot! Perhaps it's having grown up with them.

Everything by Amanita is amazing, and Samorost 2 is such a gem. I've even been looking forward to seeing Kuky se Vraci, and that's not even a game! Thank you for the comment; we're glad to be back!

Myst was one of the first PC games I ever played, and I admittedly never got very far. I still have it, somewhere. I should see about playing it; perhaps my years of additional wisdom will help me out with it.

Uru sounded very fascinating to me, but I've never played it. I really need to rectify that and play the entire series.

Ah, Day of the Tentacle! I assume you've played Maniac Mansion, then? Maniac Mansion was one of the first point and click games I was ever exposed to, and there's really nothing quite like it.

I came… to see the website.

And approve!

Hi! Dave from Wadjet Eye here (the publisher/producer of Puzzle Bots). Thanks for the plug! I just thought I'd pop in to say that there is a way to play the game in a window. Just run the setup file and you'll see a checkbox marked “play in a window”. It's a limitation of the engine we used that you can't change the resolution from within the game. Glad you enjoyed it regardless!

Oh nice! Glad to hear it is playable in a window, Dave.

I actually realized that after the episode already went out! Sorry about that, but we did enjoy it! Thanks for commenting!

The bcarr Seal of Approval. Rock.

yeah i have played manic mansion. In day of the tentacle if you use the computer in weird ed's room you could play the entire game and thats how i got to play it.

Oh and i realised i could log in with twitter so i did

I have played the tales of monkey island and I really enjoyed them favourite episodes were rise of the pirate God and Launch of the screaming narwhal. and the reveal at the very with Spoiler alert “it ryhmes with smoodooo shadyeee ” All i can say is i really hope they do a second season

How there you betray lucas arts ? i shall see you for this sir ! *joke. i enjoyed samrost 2 as well i picked it up with the humble indie bundle and loved it. have you played machinarium ??

Mr gilbert i Am a huge fan absolutely loving the Blackwell series of games as well as The Shivah and Emerald City confidential so pretty much everything you've done. Thank you for making games.

p.s when is the next blackwell game coming out ? and where are my mac ports hmm??

Thanks Static! Unfortunately the AGS engine is not very portable friendly. So we won't be seeing a mac version anytime soon. But there will be more Blackwell! It won't be the next project, but probably the project after that.

Thanks Static! Unfortunately the AGS engine is not very portable friendly. So we won't be seeing a mac version anytime soon. But there will be more Blackwell! It won't be the next project, but probably the project after that.

I WANT THE SAD CLOWN GAME RIGHT NAOW

Everyone should play Machinarium!

Oh that's right! I forgot Maniac Mansion was playable in Day of the Tentacle. I admittedly haven't played Day of the Tentacle, but there's really no excuse for that, as I played Maniac Mansion a million years ago.

For some reason I keep accidentally deleting my Machinarium savegames (must be a problem due to the game being written in Flash, I guess), so I haven't finished it yet. I had quite a hard time with some of the puzzles, though. Guess I -usually- tend to play more narrative-driven adventure games (like the Blackwell series from Wadjet Eye. Excellent games!), with Samorost being an exception. I fear I could be able to stand Myst, even though there seems to be some big, overarching narrative somewhere beyond all that mad puzzling.

Mahkia actually had that problem too, iLag. Turns out if you use something like CCleaner to clean out your cache regularly, it deletes files that flash saves on your computer, including your Machinarium save file. Might want forgo cleaning out your cache until you complete the game. Hope that helps.

You can actually specify what CCleaner does and does not clean, so you can tell it to avoid that folder entirely, if you know what you're looking for.

Ah, I didn't know that, thanks a lot. I always suspected CCleaner was doing bad things to my savegames. However, I really don't understand why he kills my Machinarium saves and lets my VVVVVV saves alone. Both are Flash games. Ah well, whatever. You made me want to play Machinarium now. Or P.B. Winterbottom. Argh, decisions.

I tried the new episodes, but was put off by the control scheme. Not very pointy & clicky anymore. Is it worth persevering for the stories themselves? Otherwise I'd just replay the original Monkey Island games. Again.
As for the direct remake of MI, I think it's quite good precisely because it does -not- change anything substantial about the game. (One of the better things that LucasArts is doing these days, I'm afraid.)