10 Best Adventure Games That Were Instant Classics

Gameranx: The few, the proud, the adventure games. They just don't make them like they used to. Adventure games have been declared dead by critics far and near, but as far as we're concerned, they're alive and well both in our hearts, and in the hearts of certain game developers. Here are 10 adventure games that became classics the instant they were released.

[Lord_Doggington]

ugh, awful list. just awful

[toaster]

lol You must be new to gaming.

[Lord_Doggington]

shuttup idiot
w/ omissions like space quest, quest for glory, even police quest, as well as day of the tentacle, the gabriel knight series, the longest journey, the star trek interplay games, syberia, also bullshit that they chose the entire kings quest series. talk about cop out. why not choose the best of the series like kq4 or 5 and not lump it in w/ duds like 3.

totally a bullshit list from a bullshit site.

[halocursed]

Must say i really worshiped and adored all of them to the bone.

[Cenobia]

FarCry 2 was a terrible game, imo. I don't know why the author says the plot was 'thought provoking,' because it was idiotic and totally unbelievable.

I can't think of a single redeeming quality about the game except that the world was fairly well built, you could shoot your buddy in the face, and they tried (but failed horribly) at creating an infinitely replayable multiplayer by allowing players to build maps.

Everything else about the game including the NPCs that were 100% enemies, way-to-fast-degradation of weapons, save system, plot, driving through the map, etc. were all complete disappointments.

[wenaldy]

FarCry 2 is a disgrace for free roam genre... This game is way more repetitive than Assassin Creed...

[techrave]

What about The longest journey, or Beyond good and evil?

[StillGray]

Pretty unconventional list, but I like it.

[ironfist92]

What, no Crash or Spyro? Those were the classic-est of classics in the Adventure genre. PSX FTW!

[InactiveUser]

A DVR/PS2 FTW?

[Jezuz]

Spyro is awesome! I just downloaded it from PSN store for free as a PS Plus Member. Ahh the memories

[Mac is OK]

How are Uncharted 2 and Far Cry 2 adventure games?

[ct03]

Yup, this strikes me as quite odd.

[creatchee]

Uncharted 2's inclusion is a testament to its awesomeness. It's a shooter, an action game, a puzzle game, and an adventure game all rolled into one. I think that that is why it is such a great experience - because you can't classify as just one type of game, even though you may see one or more of the elements a little more than others depending on what point you are into it.

It's like Indiana Jones in a way...

[distorted_reality]

Brilliant games. Don't know why Far Cry 2 is on that list though.

I put so many hours into Sierra games on my Amiga when I was younger. Does anyone remember Kings Quest 3, where you start as a wizards apprentice/slave or something, and he lives on top of this massive mountain, and at one point you have to walk this path down the mountain? Died so many bloody times there.

[Triggs]

Of course what adventurer with a feather cap couldn't forget the game? The path got even more dangerous when a player lke me only had a green monochrome monitor. Harharhar.

Edit: I didn't have an Amiga, but an IBM PC (8088).

[distorted_reality]

That would make life more difficult lol.

[Nexy]

Far Cry?! An adventure game and an instant classic at that? How?

Although Uncharted 2 is one of the best games ever it's hardly a pure classical adventure game.

And most importantly - any list of top or classic adventure games without BLADE RUNNER fails miserably.

[xino]

Instant fail!

another fake journalist who doesn't even know about games genre!

How can FarCry 2 & Uncharted 2 be rated as Adventure games?

they are Action Adventure not Adventure alone. Listing adventure games would make the list of the games he listed like Secret of the Monkey Island.

-Ninja Gaiden 3- is sick!:)

[Corrwin]

Nice to see somebody else loved Far Cry 2. It's a game you're as much a part of as the developer... you just make it what it is. And for me it was a brilliant African adventure,

[distorted_reality]

I enjoyed FC2 - just wouldn't put it in the same boat as some of the other classics listed there.

[Nerox3]

none of them were THAT good
and seriously what was really More-than-average about Uncharted other than good graphics?

none can give me a good answer...

[Darkfiber]

The acting/cutscenes are a little above average but that's about it. Shooting is mediocre, platforming is mediocre, story is mediocre, puzzles are insultingly easy, level design is mediocre...I don't get the appeal. It's a decent game but nothing special and it's certainly not and never was an adventure game in the vein of Kings Quest and Myst...

[Darkfiber]

Hahahaha Uncharted 2 is a point and click adventure now? Jesus, fucking kids. It's a FUCKING THIRD PERSON SHOOTER, GET OVER IT.

[chadley]

FarCry 2? Seriously? So awful.