Pixels for Breakfast writes: Welcome to Point and Click Archive, a series where we delve into classic adventure games from days gone by. With the rising success of Telltale’s games, not to mention the release of Broken Age, chances are that there is a whole new generation of adventure gamers looking for the next great story. The aim of this series is to not only share some great games, but a chance for us to relive some of our favourite moments in gaming.
First up is Discworld, a wildly successful game based on the fantasy world created by author Terry Pratchett. At the time of release it was highly praised for it’s humour and voice acting, yet criticised for its puzzle design. Interestingly enough it was published by Psygnosis, the developer well known for the Colony Wars series on the original PlayStation. Phil delved into the fall of the developer earlier last year, so it’s great to see something from the team when they were at full strength.
From GameWatcher: "Between 1995 and 2000, three classic point-and-click games were released based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. These games are Discworld, Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?, and Discworld Noir.
For many years, fans have eagerly requested a rerelease or remaster of the series, making it a highly coveted item on GOG's Community Wishlist. This platform is renowned for revitalising classic DOS games, ensuring they can operate on modern machines."
With Dark Souls Remastered upon us, we’ve rounded up nine other video games from throughout history that are renowned for their notorious level of challenge.
Not really. Definitely not one of the most infuriatingly difficult games of all time.
Go home, dude. You're drunk. Contra was definitely hard. Play it without the Konami code or save states.
Cuphead is far less worthy of this list than Contra. It's hard, but can still be beaten in single digit days.
God forbid someone has a different opinion or maybe can handle a difficult game, right? What's wrong with some of you? If I told you I've gone through Contra with the Konami code but never lost more than 3 lives, would that make any difference to you?
Are you actually taking offense to me saying "go home, you're drunk"? Are you serious?
Fine, I'll make it palatable for your sensibilities...
I, and perhaps many others who remember how difficult classics like Contra are (and including Contra) strongly disagree with your exclusion of Contra from this list. It's arguably am objectively challenging title.
By the way, that question is likely rhetorical, but if you were to say you used the code and beat it without losing 3 lives, I'd call you a liar, of course!
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The Zombie Chimp takes us through their top 5 point and click adventure games. The puzzles range from the sublime to the ridiculous but which are the best?
A fantastic game, based on the books from one of my favourite authors. Wish Telltale games would make a new one of these!
Best Point & Click Adventure ever. But very difficult.