Best Adventure Game
Indigo Prophecy |
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Platforms: PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2 ESRB: Mature Check Prices Indigo Prophecy is a game that actually gives the term "cinematic gameplay" some context, as well as some real heartfelt meaning. |
Myst V: End of Ages |
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Platform: PC ESRB: Everyone Check Prices Myst V concludes this landmark series with dignity and style, delivering a challenging and sophisticated adventure that contains a number of satisfying moments. |
Nibiru: Age of Secrets |
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Platform: PC ESRB: Teen Check Prices Nibiru features the really nifty type of crackpot science that lends itself to great pulp fiction. |
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney |
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Platform: DS ESRB: Teen Check Prices Though the game is heavily text-driven and there's little replayability, it's a bright, rich, and lengthy adventure that could hardly have been improved upon otherwise. |
Trace Memory |
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Platform: DS ESRB: Teen Check Prices Trace Memory serves up an interesting story with a handful of inspired puzzles that are all too quickly conquered. |
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ESRB: Mature Adventure games tend to have strong storytelling, but Indigo Prophecy elevates the genre to a sublime, cinematic level. The engrossing, malleable tale of a man trying to solve a murder he himself committed is matched with a unique control scheme that does away with inventories and layers of menus. With simple and intuitive command gestures to handle everything--from dynamically evolving conversations to tense action scenes--Indigo Prophecy earns this award not only by being a great game, but by managing to infuse a somewhat stagnating genre with new and vibrant life. |