We all know that the best way to play classic point-and-click games is with a mouse. Consoles have historically been lacking in that regard.
Nevertheless, I played a lot of adventure games on my original Switch. That was probably because of its convenience, portability, huge library, and the fact that I don’t enjoy sitting at a PC as much nowadays (it feels a little too much like work).
With the new Switch adding mouse controls through the Joy-Con, I’m really excited to see how they might be implemented in adventure games. So far, I haven’t seen any titles take advantage of it, but I hope they do soon.
What are your thoughts on this?

I played through "The Expanse" from Telltale. 5 episodes plus the bonus episode.
Took about 9 hours.
It was typical Telltale fair with QTE's (although very easy) a couple of sneak past drones bits, but mostly explore and solve puzzles or talk to people.
Being in space means there is a element of verticality when looking for stuff. Float around in weightlessness.
I really like the IP, the books and TV show are great. It is a prequel as one of the characters appears at the start of the Show.
I liked it

Do appreciate this is an edge case, but it doesn't  happen with the main website so thought I'd mention it.
When a window goes over 2550px (I think), the whole forum jumps to the right of the screen rather than staying centre aligned.

From Dev of Lair of the Clockwork God and Gentleman Time Please



[b]Earth Must Die[/b] is the story of my glorious rise to power (off the back of my adored father’s passing), my subsequent accidental surrender to the Terranoids, and my infamous revenge against Earth and everything it stands for.
Apparently the story is retold in the form of one of those old point and click adventure games that people gave a sh*t about in the 1990s, I wanna say? But in 2025. Doesn’t sound like a good idea to me, but what do I know – I’m just a benevolent, terrifying leader of worlds who everyone loves and also super respects.
I’m also not sure what the phrase “British comedy royalty” is supposed to mean, but I guess they got a bunch of “funny” f*ckwits to dub over my glorious voyage to feed the Terranoids their own bumholes? Let me just copy/paste the list here so I don’t have to give them any more time and effort than they deserve:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/36397..._Must_Die/

The annual Halloween adventure game tourney is coming soon.  For anyone who's interested, here's a link to the announcement poster:
https://www.mysterymanor.net/forum/viewt...96#p201396

There's SO MUCH good stuff coming out this Fall and Winter! I don't know if I can choose. I think I'm torn between Pokemon Legends Z-A, Mina the Hollower and Winter Burrow. GHOST TRAVELLER: Adventures in Edo also looks good, and Moves of the Diamond Hand is also supposed to come out before the end of the year (by the same dev who did the Off-Peak adventure game series). 

What's everyone else looking forward to? Best of each genre coming out?

-DC

What's everyone's most anticipated game for the upcoming fall/winter season? 

I'm looking forward to playing Strange Antiquities, but for games not yet released, I'm REALLY looking forward to The Seance of Blake Manor, by the same team who did the Darkside Detective games, which I love. But also, spooky games, Ireland as a setting and a detective with a mystery to solve? Sign me up! 

-DC

I realize that a lot (if not most) adventure games play best on PC, but what is everyone's preferred platform? I love my Switch's dual docked/mobile capabilities, but I think most of my favorite things are all on PS4. I also just had to get a specific Ikea stand to fit my PS5 so I'm not loving on that lately, hence going back a generation. 

-DC

Anyone started playing Hades II yet? Or finished? What are everyone's thoughts?

Also to anyone reading this who has not played the original, highly recommended, even if you do need to play it on God Mode.

-DC

This is sure a weird one. If I'm not logged into the site, when I view a thread, I see all the replies just as I would expect to.


When I'm logged in, it seems like that part of the page simply isn't rendered. I don't get the link to Page 1, Page 2 etc. and after the first post, I just get the footer part (where it says "View printable version", "Send this thread to a friend", and "Users browsing this thread").  



This doesn't change if I try a different browser or turn off Firefox's tracking protection and uBlock (I doubted either of those could be the culprit, but it's usually the first thing I try). Logging in simply seems to mean I can't see the whole thread. It's bizarre.