Riven
Riven is a Graphic Adventure and Single-player video game brought to you by Cyan and Red Orb Entertainment. The game is set in the 3D environment where the player controls the protagonist and embarks on a journey to explore the world from a first-person view. However, the storyline starts immediately after the events of Myst video game, in which after having been saved from the struggles of his son, the main NPC named Atrus enlists the help the player character to free his beloved wife from the custody of hungry father named Gehn. Unlike Myst video game, which took the player in several worlds that are connected by special books, Riven is set entirely on the Age of Riven, a world gradually falling apart due to the destructive rule of Gehn. The game introduces the point-and-click interface, and the player must use to control the character from a first-person view. During the gameplay, the player navigates the environment through a massive series of randomly generated stills using the clicks of the mouse for movements or to manipulate objects. To explore the land, the player just needs to click in the direction he wants to turn or walk.
#1 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.
#2 A Vampyre Story
A Vampyre Story is one of the most liked and played Point-and-Click Action-Adventure and Puzzle video game by Autumn Moon. The game is set in 1892 in an Apocalyptic Era and allows you to go against the hordes of undead (Vampires) in order to survive and to save the ones depending on you. The story follows the character of Mona De Lafitte who after being converted into a vampire starts off the journey to go back home in Paris, France in search of a normal life, but she gets kidnapped and the game tasks you to find out the truth about her disappearance. In order to find her, you’ll have to go through the Dark Castle, explore the premises, find different clues and objects, plan your further strategies, solve some challenging puzzles and find her out. The Point-and-Click element of the game allows you to interact with NPCs, Objects etc. solve the puzzles with the help of collected objects and clues and finally find Mona to conclude the game. A Vampyre Story offers an impressive game-play, brilliant visuals and a lot of other great things to discover.
#3 The Longest Journey
The Longest Journey offers a great Point-and-Click, Action-Adventure, Exploration and Puzzle experience for all the lovers of these specific genres. With amazing new characters, brilliant setting and an immersive game-play, The Longest Journey lets you be part of a multi-layered and a great story that will definitely leave you spellbound for quite some time. The game is set in the two parallel universes named as Stark and Arcadia and it allows you to be the protagonist April Ryan, a student living in Stark City who has the magical ability to move between the two universes. You as the protagonist will have to move to the Arcadia Universe where she meets with the White Dragon who tells her about the coming adventure. Soon after meeting the White Dragon, April gets attacked and suddenly shifts back to the main Stark universe. In order to find out the source of attack and who is behind it, you’ll have to move to a number of locations, interact with objects and NPCs, collect the clues and solve some challenging puzzles and finally reach to source and conclude the story. With a number of great characters, a marvelous setting, immersive game-play and stat of the art visuals, The Longest Journey is a fun game to play.
#4 Myst
Myst is a graphic adventure puzzle video game published by Cyan Worlds. It takes the players to the gameplay containing colorful scenery and puzzle elements. The game allows the player to be a stranger who uses a magical and special book to travel to the island, where he solves enigmas and travels to loads of other worlds known as “The Ages.” The player travels to the new worlds, searching for clues that help him proceed to the advanced levels.
As the game progresses, the player finds out about the backstory of all the characters in the game. It offers multiple endings of the game all based upon the actions that the player character performs. The game offers an adult-centered and entirely non-linear story, realistic characters and appearances, twisted gameplay with an ethical dilemma. It gives you the First-person perspective, beautiful visuals, plenty of room for both the character and gameplay, great stories, and exploration.