The Thursday Rant

I don’t know about you guys but I sorely miss the era of those amazing Lucas Arts adventure games. Grim Fandango, Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis, Sam and Max and lets not forget the Monkey Island series. They are to this day some of the best games I have ever played. They were sweet, clever, innocent and yet very seductive.

Who can forget sitting down for hours clicking away at various objects in the hope they would lead you to your next destination. Mind you I would often get very frustrated and find my self erratically clicking all over the screen trying to find that missing piece of the puzzle and end up banging my mouse for five minutes only to find the item I needed was in fact in my inventory already. This was all apart of the fun though, the range of emotions you experienced while playing these games was astounding. From anger, to fear, to extreme jubilation and that hot feeling in your loins you felt every time you saw Guybrush’s girlfriend Ellain (or was that just me?).

I know there has been the odd “Adventure Game” released since that golden era but they by no means live up to the glory that was Monkey Island. I mean there’s Myst and the like but they just don’t have that same childish humour or shall I say “Pizazz” about them. What I want, what I yearn for is a fun adventure game to the likeness of Monkey Island Three, with the same feel, game style etc and updated graphics. Now, when I say updated graphics I don’t mean uber realistic “I can see the speck of dirt in his eyeball” graphics, I still want that 2d cartoony feel. Perhaps 2d with 3d backgrounds or something similar.

If anyone can prove me wrong and let me know of an awesome adventure game that has been released in the last couple of years, please do. I would be eternally grateful.