Added Azazel's Christmas Fable to my honorable mentions. Playing it now, just about finished, so good. Even if you hate Christmas, if you like adventure games you'll enjoy this one. Ask me how I know.

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I disagree. I'm not a Monkey Island worshipper --I think the first two games are very good and very flawed games. The only game in the series that would crack an all-timer list for me would be Curse, the third one. But I thought return was just a really good adventure game. The art was definitely not atrocious, c'mon. It might not have been as nice as the art in Curse, or MI2 if you dig the pixel aesthetic, but the animation and design were still a cut above most of the other games I played that year. Yeah, it could've been harder, but it didn't hold your hand either. I could go on, or you could just read my review on this site!

How do you know?

I thought Gilbert's disregard for the online backlash was a good move in this parasocial era and I agree the fans should "grow up and move on", though

a) if that was in the cards it would've happened already
b) he should've learned that lesson rather than projecting it onto his fans. Maybe a) applies here is as well.

Kathy Rain 2 probably won't making the list. I will finish it, considering Joe's remark about how it picks up near the end.

Maybe it's me - I might have a case of the Grinch. I didn't get any presents this year, not even from myself.

How do you know?
Maybe it's me - I might have a case of the Grinch. I didn't get any presents this year, not even from myself.

Here is my present for you Bob.
so you can replace your grumpiness with frustration of not finding the last cat

https://store.steampowered.com/app/26871...tmas_Cats/

It is easy enough to pick out the top games but to put them in order more difficult when you like quite a few of them equally. So, quite a few of the games in my top 10 are interchangeable as far as placement goes.

1 Syberia: The World Before
2 Kathy Rain 2
3 The Drifter
4 Foolish Mortals
5 Not Another Weekend
6 There is No Game: Wrong Dimension
7 Urban Witch Story
8 Locomotive
9 The Case of the Golden Idol
10 Prim

Honourable mentions:
Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry
Monolith
Old Skies
Rosewater
Slender Threads
Return to Monkey Island

Thank you Joe, now the spirit of Christmas has taken the reins!

One more shift today, after that I'm dedicating some time to play games that might go on this list. Abandoned Planet, Beyond The Edge of Owlsgard and Betrayal at Club Low.

I struggled not to put Return to Monkey Island in my dishonorable mentions... As someone already mentioned, the art was atrocious, and the whole thing is kind of a slap in the face to the franchise lovers who should "all grow up and move on" in Gilbert's opinion. Plus the game is so dumbed down, you can't try to use everything on everything and get witty remarks from Guybrush, as it should be. It won all the awards because of Disney's huge marketing budget.

Yea, I also wanted to put it on the dishonourable list, but:
1. I didn't want the threat to turn into a discussion about MI.
2. I was wondering if other people would mention their dissatisfaction with this title.
3. I don't actually hate this game. I think it's meh, with a laughable ending (and not in a good way).

1 Lorelei And The Laser Eyes
2 Return to Monkey Island
3 Foolish Mortals
4 Blue Prince
5 Chants Of Sennaar
6 The Drifter
7 There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
8 Syberia: The World Before
9 The Forgotten City
10 The Excavation Of Hob's Barrow

It looks like most of the people who wanted to make their lists have already done so.
However, I’ll wait until January 15th before counting the points, for those who may still want to edit their lists, or are finishing up their last games to check if they’re good enough to make it into the top 10.

1. Foolish Mortals
2. The Procession to Calvary
3. Röki
4. Return to Monkey Island
5. Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
6. The Case of the Golden Idol
7. Loco Motive
8. Call of the Sea
9. Blue Prince
10. Slender Threads