10 Best Point And Click Video Game Adventures Ever
Lock up your rubber chickens...
Like all great genres in gaming, the point and clicker came to life in relatively slow fashion, with players getting their first lateral workout around the time On-Line Systems the artist soon to be known as Sierra - opened the doors to their Mystery House in 1980. This was soon followed up by the likes of Wizard And The Princess and Kings Quest. By the time LucasArts joined the party at the end of the decade with their own spook house romp, Maniac Mansion, the typing command menu of yore had a new rival in the now familiar mouse-controlled interface. The advent of the nineties saw the genre enter its halcyon phase, with LucasArts and Sierra launching a number of enduring franchises, along with other developers trying to emulate this success by creating their own bigger and better adventures. Be it by unleashing the dialogue-based adventure upon us (The Longest Journey), offering a unique first person experience (Myst) or even wowing with some movie realism (Blade Runner). History may tell it that the genre took a tumble into the gaming abyss at the turn of the millennium, but theres enough indie titles available, ongoing Kickstarter campaigns and remastered classics out there to show that the folks at TellTale Games havent necessarily brought the genre back from the dead they've merely carried on the great work of those that came before them. Each entry in this best of list has a story to tell, in front of and behind the scenes, and we hope that by perusing the exemplary titles being covered that fuzzy pang of nostalgia will overcome you enough to relive your favourite adventure.