+- Adventure Game Hotspot Community (https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com)
+-- Forum: Games Discussion (https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3)
+--- Forum: Adventure Games (https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+--- Thread: Best grave / tombs in adventure games? (/showthread.php?tid=646)
Best grave / tombs in adventure games? - Joshua AGH - 03-29-2026
What are some of the most memorable grave/tombs in adventure games? I’ll start it off
RE: Best grave / tombs in adventure games? - Estória - 03-29-2026
Great choice! I'm from Louisiana and GK1 really captured what the cemeteries look and feel like. That whole game captures the essence of New Orleans really well, even if a few details are off or it exaggerates some things.
Here's one that always stuck in my mind as a good one, for the creepy stillness it gives off by day, and the sense of "I gotta get out of here fast" at night:
RE: Best grave / tombs in adventure games? - srnickolas - 03-29-2026
(Today, 02:46 AM)Estória Wrote: Great choice! I'm from Louisiana and GK1 really captured what the cemeteries look and feel like. That whole game captures the essence of New Orleans really well, even if a few details are off or it exaggerates some things.
Here's one that always stuck in my mind as a good one, for the creepy stillness it gives off by day, and the sense of "I gotta get out of here fast" at night:
That mandrake root I had to pull gave me nightmares. I also prefer the earlier EGA art
RE: Best grave / tombs in adventure games? - Piero - 03-29-2026
I'm going for a screenshot from a 1980's text adventure called Heroes of Karn. The game had some beautiful 8-bit artwork to accompany the text, including this 'barrow' (which is an ancient hill or mound over a burial site):
RE: Best grave / tombs in adventure games? - BobVP - 03-29-2026
The graveyard scene in King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella is the most haunting to me, but this one is more memorable stylistically.
RE: Best grave / tombs in adventure games? - Pluto - 03-29-2026
First in my mind appeared grave of Bérenger Saunière.