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Definitely looking forward to Point and Click games for the Wii. Can anyone say Sam and Max?

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I haven't played a good point and click game in a while. If Zack and Wiki can start a p.a.c. revolution on Wii, I would weep tears of joy.

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I know there are more point'n'click comming to the Wii. Say "Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None"

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I really miss the old Sierra games.

Space Quest
King's Quest
Hero's Quest / Quest for Glory
Leisure Suit Larry

They were really satisfying, entertaining games.

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im hoping and praying that lucasarts and sierra look at allof this and do some remakes like space quest,Leisure Suit Larry, loom, monkey island, sam and max, zack macraken, day of the tenticle, manic mansion to name a few and how about others like beneath a steal sky, flight of the amazon queen, the star treck 25th anaversary game and all the others.

please please please please even if they came out on wii ware im sure we all would be overjoyed

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Point and click? As in a PC? As in... The Sims?

There are times when it's definitely good (PES 2008 looks to have a firm grip on P.A.C.) and times when its definitely... not (Eledees... good game but it was overdone).

Its all about finding a balance.

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i will be picking up zack and wiki... but haven't found it in stores yet (canada). why???

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I'm in as well. :)

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I'm GameFlying Zack & Wiki b/c it looks really fun. But it has a limited audience, I think. That's the problem--I don't think too many will take a risk on it because it doesn't sell to everyone. We'll see how Zack & Wiki does and then figure out if more will be coming like it...

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Actually, I see Z&W as more than Point & Click. With the various ways they're using the Wiimote, it's really using the potential to do other things. Of course, I admit that PAC adventure games are among my favorites - Broken Sword, LucasArts, Sierra, etc all have a special place for me. I think part of that is that I can take my time to really solve a puzzle rather than maneuver all over the place, timing my movements, dodging bullets, etc. There's also usually a plot (unlike an awful lot of FPS games).

I'd love to see a revival of the genre, though, especially if they can come up with interesting ways to use the Wii's controls in a way that doesn't seem contrived.

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Day of the Tenitical FTW. I really wish that this genre never died off in the first place. Some of my greatest memories of PC gaming come from the Lucas Arts games. They were funny, and had great puzzles.

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Can it be Grim Fandango port times now please?

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LOL
"Leisure Suit Larry"

Not sure that one would fly with the ESRB. I could imagine performing certain "actions" in that game with the Wiimote.

If "hot coffee" (fully clothed toons doing sexual motions) can make a game AO...

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yea

Its a much-missed genre

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Monkey Island, oh god yes!

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#1 beat me to it. Wii Sam & Max season 2 would just RULE!

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I'd Like to see Hybrids of FPS and Point and click adventures.
Imagine Myst using the Metroid Prime engine...

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#17: QFT. I've always loved the promise of point and click adventure games but find the gameplay formula that most classic adventure games adhere to mind numbing and entirely too straining on the hands over time. I think the wiimote easily and gracefully addresses the latter problem. The former is creating a game with a great story, characters, productions values, etc that doesn't devolve into going from room to static room waving your mouse around like an idiot searching for hot spots.

I think adventure games could be in for a real return to glory once developers can find unique ways to integrate the more tangible satisfaction from interaction in other genres of games in a way that feels right. Games like Indigo Prophecy are a good example of that evolution, though it still has a ways to go before the 'non-adventure'-ish aspects of the gameplay don't feel shallow and tacked on (the laughable combat in the otherwise very good Dreamfall for example). Zack and Wiki may very well be another important stride towards that balance and once I have a chance to catch up with my Wii games I'll definitely have to give it a go.

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