Swimmingdancer
Bluelight Crew
Hi guys,
I'm not a huge gamer, but I really liked some of the old puzzle adventure style games like Schizm: Mysterious Journey or Myst: Riven. I'm having trouble finding anything recent that's similar aside from the Submachine series, which I really enjoyed. I also tried Machinarium which was ok.
Perhaps there wasn't a big enough market for this genre so game companies stopped putting so much time/money into these kinds of games? Mostly all I can find now are simple flash games that are usually strictly linear and where it's often about guessing and constantly randomly hovering your mouse around to see if anything is clickable.
But any recommendations for old games are fine too, as long as I can play it properly on a modern/current computer operating system (Mac would be awesome, but Windows is ok if necessary). EDIT: I actually just tried playing Riven and it wasn't nearly as good as I remembered, I got frustrated with it after about an hour and thought it was too difficult, so maybe it hasn't aged well and newer games would be ideal?
Basically some of the things I am hoping for include:
- great puzzles that require thought/logic (and ideally seem realistic/make physical sense, like operating mechanical contraptions and deciphering codes/symbols, etc)
- good graphics
- a plot would be nice
- good movement and interaction (nice if you can walk/move/explore, feel like you are in the world of the game, can orient yourself easily and not be totally confused as to where you are, don't have to pixel-hunt for the elusive path to some hidden location, etc)
- good sound effects and background music would be nice but aren't vital
Anyone get what I'm talking about and like these kinds of games?
I'm not a huge gamer, but I really liked some of the old puzzle adventure style games like Schizm: Mysterious Journey or Myst: Riven. I'm having trouble finding anything recent that's similar aside from the Submachine series, which I really enjoyed. I also tried Machinarium which was ok.
Perhaps there wasn't a big enough market for this genre so game companies stopped putting so much time/money into these kinds of games? Mostly all I can find now are simple flash games that are usually strictly linear and where it's often about guessing and constantly randomly hovering your mouse around to see if anything is clickable.
But any recommendations for old games are fine too, as long as I can play it properly on a modern/current computer operating system (Mac would be awesome, but Windows is ok if necessary). EDIT: I actually just tried playing Riven and it wasn't nearly as good as I remembered, I got frustrated with it after about an hour and thought it was too difficult, so maybe it hasn't aged well and newer games would be ideal?
Basically some of the things I am hoping for include:
- great puzzles that require thought/logic (and ideally seem realistic/make physical sense, like operating mechanical contraptions and deciphering codes/symbols, etc)
- good graphics
- a plot would be nice
- good movement and interaction (nice if you can walk/move/explore, feel like you are in the world of the game, can orient yourself easily and not be totally confused as to where you are, don't have to pixel-hunt for the elusive path to some hidden location, etc)
- good sound effects and background music would be nice but aren't vital
Anyone get what I'm talking about and like these kinds of games?
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