Consolidated "Adventure Games We'd Like to See" thread
Threads suggesting adventure games we'd like to see TellTale work on are no new thing to the TTG forums but I thought it might be a good idea if we had the one list of titles rather that dozens of threads that have scrolled away. Every few days or so I'll even update the thread with suggestions from those who've replied.
So far they're mostly old Adventure games nostalgic fans would like to see innovated but there are also TV shows, books and movies in there, too.
I might make a poll on this, depending on responses.
I'll begin by CP'ing lists from other such threads' (FYI, I've omitted 'ideas' that TTG should continue various series' they've already began);
So far they're mostly old Adventure games nostalgic fans would like to see innovated but there are also TV shows, books and movies in there, too.
I might make a poll on this, depending on responses.
I'll begin by CP'ing lists from other such threads' (FYI, I've omitted 'ideas' that TTG should continue various series' they've already began);
- Rex the Runt Adventures
- Day of the Tentacle
- Myst
- Indiana Jones
- Simon the Sorcerer
- The Simpsons
- Doctor Who
- Gabriel Knight series (I don't know if this is an existing game franchise or a TV series or what).
- Pushing Daisies (ig0rpwnwEd; I LOVE YOU!)
- Maniac mansion
- Grim Fandango
- Space Quest
- Futurama
- Red Dwarf
- The Dig
- Full Throttle
- MacGyver
- Family Guy
- Doctor Who
- King's Quest
- Police Quest
- Quest For Glory
- Loom
- Calvin and Hobbes
- Star Trek
- The Mighty Boosh
- Get Smart
- 'An H.P. Lovecraft based game'
- Garfield
- Barney Google (Somebody might want to enlighten me, here)
- The Boondocks (and here)
- Discworld (Yes, yes; oh please god yes!)
- Monk
- Psych
- Laura Bow (and also here)
- Simon the Sorceror
- A Nuklear Power RPG (?)
- Sanford and Son (I've heard of this but never actually seen it)
- Leisure Suit Larry
- The Neverhood
- The Feeble Files
- Beneath a steel sky (maybe TTG should just buy Revolution. I can't imagine it'll cost much considering all the cuts they've had to make and it'll be a sure fire way to get a leg in the UK)
- Blade Runner
- Gateway
- Death Gate
- Shannara
- Blazing Dragons
- Digimon (this guy, apparently, was serious)
- So Blonde
- Kyrandia
- Normality
- Nightlong
- Sanitarium
- Stupid Invaders
- Ceville
- Flight of the Amazon Queen
- Still Life
- Chewy
- The Accolade adventures (I may have got confused, here, the way that MusicallyInspired's post was phrased made me thing it was but I could have been wrong).
- Zak McKracken
- Gang Garrison (no idea if this is real)
- Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman"
- Lucifer (Sandman Spinoff)
- Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Dilbert
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Day of the Tentacle - Could possibly work, but it wasn't true to Maniac Mansion in the first place...
Myst - Myst was a one off, I will kill anyone who tries to do that again, it was special.
Indiana Jones - Most definitely, Indy has a hundred adventures
The Simpsons - F*** off
Doctor Who - No. No. No. It would work, but you're not supposed to do that with Doctor Who
Maniac mansion - Maybe. But again, it was a one off
Grim Fandango - Definitely.
Futurama - Go away!
Red Dwarf - If you want Max to kill you in your sleep, go ahead and make it
The Dig - Again, The Dig was a one off
Family Guy - Seriously - no.
Loom - Only played this for a few minutes, but maybe Telltale is the right studio to make a sequel
Star Trek - Maybe...
Garfield - Hell no
Discworld - Most definitely!!
Leisure Suit Larry - Maybe
The Feeble Files - This was a one off, and should not be remade
Beneath a steel sky - Only Revolution can do this
Blade Runner - That was a one off
Digimon - I lol'd
Flight of the Amazon Queen - The original was terrible!
The Neverhood was an amazing point-and-click adventure in which all the graphics were made with stop-motion-animation using real clay. It was beautiful, quirky, and amusing.
You should Google the ones you don't recognize, they're worth knowing about if you're an adventure game fan.
Gabriel Knight was a series of adventure games by Sierra, as far as I know they were on the more serious side. Get Smart was an old detective/comedy TV series, that the Steve Carell movie is based on. Barney Google is, apparently, a long-running comic strip.
Myst had several sequels, and most of them were great. Riven, the second game in the series, is one of the most fantastic adventure games ever (too hard for today's audience, I suppose, but such an immersive story), and while none of the later sequels were as amazing as Riven, I would say that most of them were as good as Myst.
Obviously, the Myst series has a very different style and presentation from Telltale's games, so I think if Telltale were to team up with Cyan (the Myst people) it'd be smarter for them to make another Myst spin-off rather than a sequel, something that tells a different story in a different way, but within the same universe.
No, not the Steve Carell film. The original Get Smart was a hilarious comedy series based around spies, starring an optimistic and arrogant yet inept spy named Maxwell Smart. Think if James Bond and Inspector Cleuseou had a child. It's absolutely perfect for the adventure game medium. It was also co-created by Mel Brooks.
Laura Bow is a Sierra adventure/murder mystery game series.
Nuklear Power has a long running comic strip spoofing Final Fantasy and RPGS, featuring idiotic and insane characters, and pretty irreverent yet hilarious humor. If Telltale ever wanted to go into RPG's, I think they could pull this off.
In that case I certainly hope I'm wrong, but I seem to recall there were 4 titles in the Myst series. (They weren't called Myst II, Myst III, etc, they had original titles like books and movies used to when their producers weren't all soulless cretins). But with such a lack of information about your character I imagine the sequels could have been based in the same world without mentioning any of the other characters at all.
I'm always surprised to hear people say that there should be a sequel to Grim Fandango when the original came to such a logical conclusion that I can't possibly see any furtherance the story and a prequel would only depress me, as it would mean Manny would have to go through the same kind of ordeal [as he did in 'G.F'] to end up in the dead end job he was in at the beginning of the first game with the knowledge he'll be stuck there for years longer than any of his 'clients' for reasons unknown. It was my intention to, however by the time I thought most appropriate for quitting the list was so long I thought it would be a drag.
TBH I grew up in a town where a wide range of games were inaccessible and those that were available were never adventure games. I didn't even discover the genre until this mid 90s when I was around 13. It was the first discworld game (which I played as a fan of the books) and I didn't even get a copy (I played it for about 5 minutes when the first shop completely dedicated to games finally opened), the first one I owned was discworld 2 (the first game being unavailable by this point). Actually Broken Sword might have been first. It's hard to remember, it's all a blur to me.
Adventure games just never made it this far and now they've pretty much stopped getting here, unless it's a big name.
I openly profess my ignorance and inexperience of my favourite genre. Well I didn't suggest them, I went around looking for similar threads (there weren't as many as I thought, but they were quite long). Still, almost all the suggestions above are from other people; I've repeated what they've suggested in as much of a non-biased way I could.
Actually I think I might have seen repeats of this, way back when I was a child. It does sound awfully familiar.
Myst
Riven
Myst III: Exile
Myst IV: Revelation
Myst V: End of Ages
So please keep suggesting them but also please feel free to give reasons to remove them so I can make said short list
It would also be nice if a reason was given with the suggestion.
That would just be like remaking the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, or continuing Harry Potter after it finished (has it finished? I don't care to follow). That's what I'm saying.
Marduk: I know you didn't suggest them, it was just funny.
Can you elaborate on or ? or even Because the first 2, in my opinion, would make quite good adventures while Indy, even though there have already been adventure games in this franchise, just wouldn't work so well. Yeah, a lot of those films content are puzzles and adventure but it's also about being chased by soldiers, boulders, car chases, swinging on or over things with whips... if I was to play a game in that franchise I’d expect to feel like I’m participating in the action as well as the puzzles.
I agree 100%. As I have stated in more than one topic, WE NEED a Futurama episodic adventure game series, Telltale.
Or is something else awkward?
I'm inclined to agree about futurama, though. I found the platform mildly entertaining but I think the futurama characters are klepto enough to make it work.
Only problem is narration. I can't see the futurama characters describing every character because very few, maybe none, of the episodes are narrated. (I'm sure none of them are).
Totally 100% agree! Futurama could totally work! The story possibilities, the jokes, even the art design, which I think Telltale could make work after seeing SBCG4AP!
Except for the "alright" movies. I think Bender's Big Score is more than "alright" (though the rest are alright or less).
What do you mean by narration? Wallace and Gromit and Sam and Max aren't narrated either.
Also, I'd love a Telltale Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy game.
Yes. Very yes.
Though, I tend to think that where the designers are being asked to pull non-adventure-game characters into the adventure game role, they haven't played as well for me as the ones based on existing (or new) characters for the roll. Does that make any sense?
I liked S&M and the initial TOMI more than I liked SBCG4AP and the first three W&G. That being said, I still do like SBCG4AP and W&G.
Edit, I would love: Full Throttle (and I note as well BladeRunner in the first post, which actually was made into a parallel-story based point-n-click adventure game that was pretty solid)
Or the adventures of Sean Connery...Scottish man of awesomeness.
Or something.
IF you, or anybody else, was to actually write up an idea (either on a blog or here on the TTG forums) I'll add a link to the list so that people browsing can see what they're referring to.
A new Beneath a Steel Sky, or a game set in the same universe would be epic.
If we're going the comedy way, I'd like to see Telltale tackle Simon or Kyrandia.
:eek:
it was supposed to be the 1st part of a trilogy, it's crying out for sequels!!
If you get the analogy, I feel the exact same about Another World/Out of This World.
So? I can imagine Fry doing that. I can imagine any character from Futurama to do that, especially Bender, with his Max/Strong Bad-like attitude.
But seriously, Neverhood? If you've played, or have seen the gameplay of it, you'll see how it could NEVER work with Telltale's style. If you want a Doug TenNapel creation to be made into a Telltale game, I think Gear or Creature Tech would fit better, if you've heard of them.
Ooh, and how about Psychonauts? I know it's a platformer, but I think it's got potential to be a good adventure game as well.
My friend insisted on suggesting Quantum Leap. I've never seen it, but I'll put it anyway.
And Peasant's Quest, maybe? Telltale could really give the old classic some Good Graphics.
Also, as much as I hate to imagine Telltale entering hazardous lawsuit prone areas (Disney), I have to suggest Duck Tales. Some really good potential there.
I wouldn't write it off. As W&G proved, TT can do the clay look rather well. And while Neverhood wouldn't work with their "three task" puzzle system, they don't *have* to use it. The only thing I'd be worried about is the music. Terry Taylor can't be replaced. (no offense towards Jared Emerson-Johnson.)
Of course, I'm not exactly the most neutral party on the subject. I'm so desperate for new Neverhood material that I'd buy a blank disc if it had Klaymen's face on it.
Simon the Sorceror Game number 5 was released this year There is no chance in the world TTG would get the rights for this but they might actually get it right.
I completely agree with Duck Tales. Awesome suggestion. We're talking about an established adventure series that even influenced Indiana Jones. I would love to see some episodic Duck Tales adventures.
2. Space Quest: Might be a little harder to get the license, but Scott Murphy is available and the humor fits perfectly.
3. Leisure Suit Larry: This series has fallen far but if they got Al Lowe back on board Telltale could do great things.
The "Enchanter" series-- Running concurrently with and in the same world as the original "Zork" games was the trinity of gaming excellence that began with "Enchanter" and ended with "Spellbreaker." For some reason, they got left behind, possibly because they never invoked the otherwise omnipresent grue. Still, it was a rich (if short) and rewarding (if growing in difficulty) series, and I would love to see more done with it.
Deadline-- This game was one of the first "detective" adventure games. Even if it doesn't deserve a re-do, it has some valuable lessons and a solid concept.
Planetfall-- "Planetfall" and its sequel "Stationfall" initiated the concept of the adventure gamer's "sidekick," a concept that is still alive and well, if in slightly altered form. Not only that, but the storyline in the first one is dynamite: a spacefarer unintentionally marooned on a doomed planet with a civilization that set itself in suspended animation to escape an incurable plague is faced with all manner of difficulty and interactive experiences while fighting for survival. I wouldn't want to see it re-done, really, but there's much more to squeeze out of the universe and the franchise.
Hollywood Hijinx-- This was a fun one. Visually, it would be a treat to re-do, and a treat to be seen re-done. C'mon! There's an inheritance at stake, a malicious intruder running around, and ten old movie props to find. Not to mention the setting is an eccentric mansion stuffed to the gills with all manner of deliciously describable oddities.
Starcross-- Kind of on the same level as the Douglas Adams "Starship Titanic," but not as humor-stuffed. Once again, so much more could be done with the concept and the universe.
But that's all wishing. Something actually feasible would be the acquisition of the licenses to some of the old Adventures International Inc. games. The Scott Adams games formed the basis of all of the modern and late adventures we love so well, IMHO. Much of the original Monkey Island work referenced/lampooned the Scott Adams games. The best of the best were:
"Return to Pirate Island" (sequel to Adams' second game "Pirate Adventure")
"Savage Island" (Parts I and II)
"Voodoo Castle"
"Kayleth"
"Escape from Pulsar 7"
"The Golden Baton" (and "Arrow of Death" sequels)
If I had to choose one out of all of those I've listed so far, knowing it would actually happen, it would be the "Golden Baton" series. It was really simple, constrained by the graphics, but at the same time somewhat complex. The world it contained was engaging, and the series could stand some expansion.
Other Misc. Games that Would Be Good:
Texas Instruments "Tunnels of Doom"
Unknown "The Search for Murgen's Keep"
Unknown "The Enchanted Keep"
Unknown "The New King"
Would you be kind enough to add just a couple of these to your consolidated list? Please?
[*]Laura Bow - The games were great, but they're a long gone relic of a golden era. Modern replacements are Art of Murder (No Wikipedia page, sorry) and Secret Files, though I'll agree that they're not as good.
[*]Simon the Sorceror - Again? Did you even check this list?
[*]A Nuklear Power RPG - If by 'Nuklear Power RPG' you mean 'get Brian Clevinger of NuklearPower.com to help script a game', then YES. Given that 8-Bit Theater, the main attraction of NuklearPower.com, is a sprite-based comic retelling of the very first Final Fantasy, a Nuklear Power RPG would basically be a remake of Final Fantasy I. And hasn't that been remade enough?
[*]Sanford and Son - Why would anyone think this would make a good game?
[*]Leisure Suit Larry - I think this has had it's day, unless you could get Al Lowe back on it. Even then, it'd be too adult for Telltale anyway.
[*]The Neverhood - You know that this had a sequel (Skullmonkeys) and they're making a film of it, right? If the film takes off, then yeah, this may be good. But I think Doug TenNapel would make it rather then Telltale.
[*]The Feeble Files - I don't think the original was good enough to warrant more of it.
[*]Beneath A Steel Sky - I highly suspect that if Revolution are still going, they'll make this eventually.
[*]Blade Runner - We already got one fantastic adventure game. Let's leave it be.
[*]Gateway - I think the original poster was referring to this, in which case I don't think it'd work out as an adventure game. Maybe as an Elite-style flight sim or something like Mace Griffin, which had spaceship-stlye segments and First-Person shooter aspects. Well, maybe.
[*]Death Gate - Never heard of it, which doesn't bode well at all.
[*]Shannara - I really do doubt this would work out at all. You'd have to be incredibly faithful to the books to avoid some sort of uprising from the fans, and somehow I doubt that anyone would honestly want that job, especially when the world has been going for thousands of pages already.
[*]Blazing Dragons - A much better suggestion then some of the others in this list, but it's too old a title and it's too obscure, even by Telltale's standards.
[*]Digimon - Ha!
[*]So Blonde - A little early to be calling for more, isn't it?
[*]Kyrandia - I'd actually like to see these remade, perhaps allowing players to explore for 5 minutes without dying.
[*]Normality - This could work I suppose, but you'd pretty much have to redo everything about the game in order to make it work. Would you really want that?
[*]Nightlong - Too old, not obscure, too much work.
[*]Sanitarium - Self-contained story, doesn't need or deserve a sequel.
[*]Stupid Invaders - There was an incredibly faithful game (which I really should track down at some point), but the series is originally French and sadly too obscure to really warrant a repeat.
[*]Ceville - Again, this only recently came out. Stop jumping the gun!
[*]Flight of the Amazon Queen - It's not a bad little game, but it's too similar to ndiana Jones for most people to want another one.
[*]Still Life - A sequel for this just came out! Gah!
[*]Chewy - You mean Chewy: ESC from F5? That was a terrible game! Terrible!
[*]The Accolade adventures - Wikiepdia turned up nothing, so I'm gonna leave this one alone.
[*]Zak McKracken - There's several fan sequels for this. The New Adventures of... is one, Between Time and Space is another. A remake of the first one would be much appreciated though, it looks pretty basic these days.
[*]Gang Garrison - Cute. But no.
[*]Neil Gaiman's 'The Sandman' - This would most definately not work as an adventure game. And even if it were to somehow be made into a game at all, Telltale would not be the people for it.
[*]Lucifer - See 'The Sandman'.
[*]Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - With the new one by Eoin Colfer due out later this year, a game wouldn't be amiss, but somehow I can't really see it happening. How would you go about doing it, anyway? Remake the old one that was absurdly difficult?
[*]Dilbert - I'd actually quite like to see this. Think Strong Bad in the office he works at, then set a series of random adventures there. You wouldn't be too far off the mark, and I think (with enough imagination and occasional adventures 'out there') it could work pretty well.
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I'd also like to see a modern point-and-click interpretation of their Bureaucracy text adventure.
Yeah, but as much as I love the old style puzzles of Neverhood, I don't see how it would work with Telltale's episodic methods.
No, he cannot be replaced, that's for sure. First game I ever tapped my toes to while playing.
I heard rumors about a movie being written.
Skullmonkeys, the sequel to the Neverhood, was a platformer. Why couldn't a hypothetical Neverhood game be character driven? The Neverhood was full of characters after beating the game.
I was pointing out Terry Taylor's music, not the game.
Yeah, it would work. Though some changes from the first game would be necessary if it's going to be made into an adventure game.
Oh sorry, I thought you're commenting on my previous post, which leads to a skullmonkeys-related youtube video.
And I guess it could work, but it would be a lot different than the original franchise, which is exactly what Telltale's famous for NOT doing to its games.
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Get it to work right now it's not so hard, you'll need Dosbox and some time, and trust me it's whort it.
That's why I think it could work, incidentally. The Neverhood would be an entirely different and more active place with Klogg gone. Assuming that the movie truly is canned (and thus unable to add to the canon), then whoever were to pick up the franchise would have unparalleled creative freedom to work with. Any given paragraph from the Hall of Records has enough material to fuel a full-sized plot, and they're all vague enough to be very malleable.
The only issue I can see is that the fanbase is tiny compared to other adventures, and the bizarre nature of the game might be a hard sell to those who haven't played Neverhood or Skullmonkeys (or Boombots, for that matter.) Not to mention the fact that Doug TenNapel clearly has some sort of plan for the franchise, and he probably wouldn't hand over the rights very easily.
You mention all of these other games are one offs, but don't seem to think that Grim Fandango was?