Obduction
Obduction is an Adventure, Puzzle-based, Exploration, and Single-player video game played from a First-person Perspective, developed and published by Cyan Worlds. The game is considered as the successor to Myst and Riven, the previous adventure games by Cyan Worlds. It takes place in the strange world, and the story revolves around the protagonist, who finds himself transported to strange alien worlds with some human elements. During the game, the player explores the environment from a first-person viewpoint and attempt to solve the mind-bending puzzles to unearth the way to return home. According to the storyline, the protagonist sees the strange lights in the sky. One light resolves into an object that immobilizes the protagonist, causing to blackout. The task of the player is to find the way to his home by solving the tricky puzzles. The game is played out as an adventure game from a first-person viewpoint, has the player navigating the landscapes of different worlds. With immersive features, addictive gameplay, detailed graphics, and superb mechanics, Obduction is the best game to play.
#1 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is an Adventure, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game developed by Funcom and published by Empire Interactive. The game serves as the sequel to 1999’s The Longest Journey, developed by Funcom and takes place ten years after the first game’s events. The story of the game revolves around three different characters such as April Ryan, Zoe Castillo, and Kian Alvane, who live in two different parallel lands named as Magical Arcadia and Stark. The player has assumed the role of the protagonist named as April in the first game, while the game features two new characters. The core storyline centers on Zoe, the resident of Stark, who must manipulate the world to find out the reason of her boyfriend’s disappearance. During the gameplay, the female protagonist battles the brutal enemies while Azadi and Kian are sent to assist her. The player manipulates the world from a third-person perspective, fight enemies, interact with non-player characters, gather and combine items to solve puzzles while scoring the highest points. With the exciting story, superb mechanics and wonderful gameplay, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is the best game to play.
#2 Jurassic Park: The Game
Jurassic Park: The Game, presented by Telltale Games is an Episodic, Interactive Drama and Graphic Action-Adventure video game based on the Jurassic Park Movie Franchise. The game takes place in the time between the first and the second Jurassic park movies. The game is heavily influenced by the Mechanics used in the Blockbuster Heavy Rain by Quantic Dreams and lets you investigate different matters by exploring the game world, collecting the clues and evidences, Interacting with the AIs (Artificial Intelligence) and NPCs and by solving different complex puzzles. The game has four Episodes named as The Intruder, The Cavalry, The Depths and The Survivors and lets you follow the story-line strictly and act accordingly. With swiftly changing environments, amazing graphics, story-line, and a great Action-Adventure, Interactive Drama and thrill filled game-play, Jurassic Park: The Game is a super exciting and a brilliant game to play and enjoy.
#3 The Wolf Among Us
The Wolf Among Us is an Interactive Drama, Episodic and Graphic Adventure video game developed by “Telltale Game”. The story of the game is based on “Bill Willingham” Comic Book Series named as “Fables”. The game takes you back to the past in the year 1986 and fits you right into the character of “Bigby Wolf” a law enforcing officer. “The Wolf Among Us” starts off with you as the protagonist saving a fable girl from the attack of a woodsman. You take her to your place where she heals her wounds and leaves saying that “You are not as bad as People think you are”. Chapter ends and in next chapter someone gives you the news of the fable girl’s head resting at a Woodsman doorstep. Sherrif “Ichabod Crane” orders you to investigate and solve the case and take “Snow White” with you as your assistant. “The Wolf Among Us” is a super thrilling and exciting case solving and detective video game that lets you solve murder cases by investigating and collecting the clues/evidences and by interacting with objects and NPCs. The game has a twisted and strange story that literally makes you dive deep into imagination and curiosity. Wolf Among Us offers a brilliant Episodic, Interactive and Story Driven gameplay and beautiful visuals to enjoy.
#4 Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands based on the original Borderlands is an Episodic, Interactive Drama and Graphic Action-Adventure video game developed by Telltale Games. Set in the Borderlands universe, this point and click graphic adventure video game lets you be anyone of the two main protagonists Rhys and Fiona, Explore the game world, interact with game objects, engage yourself into conversations with NPCs and make choices that will eventually effect the story and will set the course of events. Tales from the Borderlands provides with some gun-play elements too and features the same mechanics that were previously used with Borderlands and provides with procedurally generated guns and ammunition. Tales from the Borderlands have some more episodes yet to come out and will definitely amaze you with what it has to offer. For a great Adventure and interactive Drama experience, you should totally play this game.
#5 D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die
D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die is a great Episodic, Interactive Drama and Action-Adventure video game developed by Access Games. The game lets you be the protagonist David Young, a Private Detective who struggles to investigate about the murder of his wife. You must follow the story-line and use your Time Traveling abilities to investigate and collect clues and evidence about your lost memories. The time travel abilities are strictly bound to the search of necessary clued and objects so when you find a clue you can go back in time to a specific and limited point. The more you collect objects and clues, the more you can go back in time and eventually reach down to the point where you can stop[ the murder from happening and in some cases you can arrest the murderer. D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die provides with Cel-Shaded graphics and an amazing game-play filled with thrill, action and adventure. Do try it out if you haven’t played it yet, you’ll definitely enjoy this game.
#6 The Walking Dead: Season Two
The Walking Dead: Season Two, based on the Comic Book named The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman is an Episodic, Graphic Point-and-Click Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game. The game follows the story-line of the first season and continues from where it was ended previously. You can set yourself up into the character of Clementine (Previously the companion of Protagonist) and get into the play by exploring the world around you, interacting with the objects, engage yourself in the conversations with AI and NPCs, and by reacting to the replies given by the NPCs and change the course of events and endings of the game. Season Two of the game provides with a 400 Days game play in an apocalyptic world filled with Zombies and allows you to amaze yourself with a super thrilling and survival based game-play. The Walking Dead: Season Two is no doubt a great Graphic-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game to play and enjoy. You must play it.
#7 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.
#8 The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left
The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left is the Final Downloadable Content for the original game of Graphic Adventure, The Walking Dead and brings enhanced mechanics, graphics, story, and gameplay. The plot of the game takes place in the same universe, in which you as the protagonist must defend yourself from the members of your team and the treads outside the allies. You need to effort to lead the allies when some members of your group go against your leadership. The world is populated with deadly creatures like zombies who invaded the environment. You can navigate the environment from a third-person view as survival and communicate with other characters and struggle to solve the puzzles to become the master. There are a variety of levels present, and each level has its unique set of objectives that you have to complete at any cost. Lead your team in the brutal environment and each at the end of each level to progress through the game. With brilliant controls, excellent interaction system, and a variety of dialogues, The Walking Dead Episode 5: No Time Left is the incredible game to play.
#9 Life is Strange: Episode 1
Life is Strange: Episode 1 is an immersive, Adventure, Episodic and Single-player Exploration video game that enables you to rewind effect and time the past, future, and present. The game brings an exciting gameplay for Life is Strange lovers and offers an addictive story follows the protagonist named as Max Caulfield, who is a photographic senior and finds that she is capable of reversing time while rescuing her beloved friend. After progressing the game, the protagonist finds herself investigating the strange disappearance of the student named as Rachel Amber in Arcadia Bay. You assume the role of the protagonist, who can manipulate the world from a third-person perspective and struggle to uncover the dark secrets of the strange world. The ultimate task for you to learn as soon as possible to change the time to fend off the devastation in future. It comprises multiple levels, and the player needs to accomplish each one to progress through the game and earn enough experience points. Life is Strange: Episode 1 includes core features such as Adventure Gameplay, Multiple Endings, Hand-Painted Visuals, Indie Soundtracks, and more. Try it out.