Monkey Island
Monkey Island is an Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player series of five video games developed and published by LucasArts. The Secret of Monkey Island is the first entry in this series released by the same developers. The story follows the series protagonist named as Guybrush Threepwood as he attempts to become the ultimate pirate in the fictional Caribbean, defeat the evil and destroy their plans to win the heart of the Queen named as Elaine Marley. It offers the fictional Island is the Caribbean where the game takes place in the 17th and 18th centuries. Take on the role of the protagonist and start exploring the world to fulfill your objectives and become the ultimate pirate to dominate the world. The game uses side-scrolling to navigate the environment and includes a variety of NPCs to interact. The series contains different games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge, The Curse of Monkey Island, and more. With superb mechanics, smooth gameplay, attractive sounds, and brilliant story, Monkey Island is the wonderful video game series to play.
#1 Life is Strange
Life is Strange is a Single-player Graphic Adventure and Interactive Fiction video game by Square Enix. The game consists of five main episodes and focuses on the character of a Photography student named as Maxine Caulfield. Maxine Caulfield discovers out that she has the special ability to reverse time and any specific moment. The story takes a twist when Maxine foresees a huge Storm raging to destroy her town and that the time when she realizes that she’s the only one to prevent it from happening. Life is Strange allows the players to control the character of Maxine Caulfield and follow the narrative as it unfolds into all the storyful actions that the player character performs. Amazing trips to the past, fantastic quests, freedom to explore and the ability to manipulate environmental elements, loads of challenging puzzles and game ending based upon the actions performed by the character, Life is Strange offers a truly remarkable gameplay experience that is based on pure graphics and interactive elements. With an episodic gameplay, various character archetypes, a great story, graphic adventure nature and point-and-click puzzles, Life is Strange offers beautiful visuals and an impressively addictive gameplay to enjoy. Life is Strange is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox and Linux platforms.
#2 Monkey Island 2: Special Edition LeChuck’s Revenge
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition LeChuck’s Revenge is a Single-player and Graphic Adventure video game created and published by LucasArts. The game serves as the 2nd title in the series of Monkey Island and offers an exciting story, in which the protagonist who set out himself on an epic quest to find the mysterious treasure known as Big Whoop after defeating the ghost pirate named LeChuck in the previous title. The game mixes the Graphic Adventure and Point-and-Click elements and puts the player in the role of the playable character named as Guybrush Threepwood. Dialogues and actions appear in an animation window which covers the top part of the playfield, and inventory icons show as icons on the right corner while the verbal command lists in the left corner. During the game, the player needs to solve mind-bending puzzles manipulate the fictional environment known as the Caribbean and unlock further. High detailed Graphics, Classic Modes and Special Edition, Hint System, etc. are core features in the game.
#3 Syberia
Syberia is a 2002’s Hit Single-player Point-and-Click Action and Adventure, Third-person video game by Microids. The game follows the story of Kate Walker, game Protagonist and a skilled Lawyer who tries to wrap up a deal for her client in Europe and Russia, but soon after reaching her destination, she is forced to run for her life. With amazing and realistic visual novel style, wonderful environments, brilliant characters and immersive game-play, Syberia allows you to experience the true hardships a Lawyer can go through and in her case, as the story-line suggests, you get a really good lesson out of that. Running for her life, Kate goes through a number of hardest phases of her life including the time when she receives calls on her Cell Phone from unknown numbers and a worsening relationship with her fiancé. According to the story of the game, Kate reaches to French Village named as Valadilene, where she attends the funeral of Toy Factory owner, an old lady named Anna Voralberg. After a visit to the local notary, Kate gets to know about the Old lady’s brother Hans, living in the North-East of Europe but his whereabouts are unknown. In order to transfer the ownership, Kate must find him and when she starts off her journey to find Hans, the story takes a massive turn that actually writes the fate of Kate. A drama begins that topples her life upside down. Now in order to go with the story and enjoy the game, you must get into the character of Kate and start exploring. Syberia offers a fantastic thrill filled Drama and an equally exciting game-play that makes this game one of the most amazing additions to this specific genre. If you are a fan of Action-Adventure gaming, you must play this game and raise the curtains off of the mysterious theme of the game. With all the amazing things combined, Syberia offers a unique story, a totally challenging and quite exciting game-play and beautiful 3D visuals for you to enjoy.
#4 The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct developed by Terminal Reality and published by Activision is a First-person Shooter video game for Multiple Platforms. The gameplay is based on the TV series of the same name, and the title serves as the prequel to the series, taking place in the Georgia countryside. The story mainly focuses on Merle Dixon and Daryl as they struggle to make their way to Atlanta during the days of zombie-apocalypse. The player assumes the role of the protagonist named Daryl Dixon, who can either battle against the walker or sneak past. As the player traverses, he encounters other survivors, who can either leave or help the player. During the gameplay, the player can explore the world from a first-person perspective with an objective to maintain his resources, health, food, and more. There are several challenging levels, and each has a set of objectives that the player needs to complete at any cost to advance through the story. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct includes core features such as Heart-pumping Environment, Thrilling Storyline, Detailed Graphics, and more.
#5 Myst III: Exile
Myst III: Exile combines the Graphic Adventure and Puzzle elements developed by Presto Studios and published by Ubisoft. The game has Single-player mode only and it is the third installment in the series of Myst. It takes place in the fantasy-themed world and puts the player in the role of the stranger, who is a friend of Atrus. According to the gameplay, Atrus is capable of creating links to other mysterious worlds known as Ages by writing a book. The game offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors and allows the player to explore engaging, pre-rendered worlds called as Ages by using either the space bar or mouse clicks for movement around the world. It uses point and click interface to interact with environment and non-player characters. The player needs to explore the world from first-person perspective and struggle to complete a variety of objectives to progress through the game. With well-written story, superb mechanics, and brilliant controls, Myst III: Exile is the best game to play and enjoy.