Runaway 2 The Dream of the Turtle

Commonly rated as the weakest of the 3 Runaway games but I'd argue that it is the best title in the series. Not only is it much longer than Runaway 1 and 3, it's also way funnier and has more epic locations.

There are one or two puzzles that are too obtuse for their own good but overall and unlike Runaway 1, accusations of being illogical are for the most part exaggerated and/or unwarranted. Runaway 2 is not an easy adventure game, it looks modern with its pretty background graphics but the gameplay is traditional and not always in the most accommodating way. If you decide to pass up Runaway for being illogical, you'll have to pass up the majority of classic adventures because most of them have the same amount of illogical puzzles. Runaway 1 had more poorly designed puzzles than than Runaway 2 but for reasons that make no sense, the second game is far less popular. Most likely, it's the open ended sequel effect. Part 2 of a trilogy is always a tough position to fill with only few exceptions where part 2 is the most popular (e.g. The Empire Strikes Back)

Runaway 1 made me laugh only once whereas Runaway 2 made me laugh several times, loudly on one occasion. Thanks to a monkey who is the secret star of the game. Runaway 3 is about as unfunny as the first game and is much easier. There are no clearly illogical puzzles in Runaway 3 but the game is the shortest of the series and the background art is less detailed.

In terms of story, none of the 3 games make much sense unless you switch into wacky adventure game suspension of disbelief mode in which case you'll be ready to enjoy these games for what they are, which is very wacky. At times, they are even more wacky than some Lucas Arts and Sierra games but due to the slightly more mature looking graphics, you might be mistaken to believe that Runaway is supposed to be more serious.

If you're willing to deal with the occasional improperly clued puzzle, give the series a try and don't skip the second game.

I liked Runaway 2, and never found it to be illogical. But maybe it's just my brain :P
The only thing I hated in it were the painfully long conversations. And remember all that chick's boyfriends, because it is needed for a puzzle later??? No thanks, I just looked up a walkthrough.
Didn't like the ending either. It was a huge ".....dafuq?" for me. Runaway 3 cleared it up somehow, but still.......

Your brain seems to be powerful and nutritious - so be careful, otherwise zombies will come and eat it!

Yes, some of the conversations were annoying but I found this a problem in only one case, when you enter the military camp tent and the colonel goes blabla every time and one has to go there several times to listen to the same crap.

The ending of Runway 2 is a little bit weird but the whole Runaway trilogy storyline still has less plot holes than the average serious Hollywood movie. And even some McGyver episodes (still my favorite series) were just as esoteric as what happens in Runaway 2 in terms of supernatural stuff going on.

Absolutely true :D

I guess that my entire visual novel collection would count.

Diskworld. The original one. The game is so awful and yet so awesome. I hope GOG starts selling it one day.

Discworld wasn't awful, even the obtuse puzzles were fairly typical for the genre if Discwrold is terrible than most point and click adventure games are terrible. UNLESS my memory is misleading me due to the fact that the Discworld game introduced me to funny books by Pratchett.

Teenagent:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/so_i_finished_teenagent

Two Worlds

Jurassic Park: Trespasser. Absolute drizzling shits of a game. But for some reason I stuck it out and finished it. To this day the game still has a special place in my heart.

Ultima IX,Metal Gear(NES),many LGN games,Ride to Hell:Retribuition and Big Rigs.

All the gundam games on ps2 <3

My memories of it were awesome and a year or two ago I felt like I could give it another shot. Turns out, the memories were of my youth, not of the game. The last time I played it was in 1995, when I just started high school and was playing the game with a friend. I remember getting stuck and then calling each other all excited when we found a way to progress.

As a grown man, however, the game doesn't compare to other adventures, such as the ones from Westwood, Sierra and Lucas Arts. Yes the art is still pretty and it's still funny, but now I see how the puzzles make no sense whatsoever. They are not so much "puzzles" even, as random "click everything on everything" time sinks.

Well, at least that's my opinion. As I said, I'd still gladly buy it from GOG if an opportunity ever arises.

Man I have a tonne of them:

Legendary - the enemies were unique and there were some really spectacular action stuff
Bionic Commando (2009) - the gameplay and gameworld was very unique to me
Kane & Lynch 2 - one of my favourite action games of all time, raw action inspired by classic action films
Aliens Colonial Marines - expected an action game and that's what I got, cool settings and nice weapons with an entertaining-enough storyline, I really enjoyed the DLC as well
Omerta - City of Gangsters - I loved the combat and atmosphere in this game
Alpha Protocol - seen as a shooter with RPG dialogue-dynamics I really enjoyed it, especially the stealth stuff
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - loved the combat, the earth-invasion theme is my favourite sci-fi theme and the storyline was very cool...especially towards the end
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission - the gameplay had lots of variety, I thought it was great
Rogue Warrior - the very straight-forward gameplay has a strange appeal to me, I kind-of like the unassuming nature of it, plus I thought the protagonist was very entertaining
Duke Nukem Forever - great boss fights and unusual level design made this fun for me
Risen 2 - entertaining characters and fun open-world
Superstars V8 Racing - obviously not a Simbin game or iRacing but I still thought it was great
Call of Juarez -The Cartel - the devs described it as inspired by classic action movies and my own experience of the game matched this description, loved it
Of Orcs And Men - the combat was addictive and the characters & storyline were unusual and entertaining
Sniper Ghost Warrior - I liked the slow and methodical nature of gameplay
Lost Planet 2 - for someone who loves big monster aliens and sci-fi action this was very cool
Deadfall Adventures - the gameplay was solid, but its really the settings that 'made' the game for me
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - I thought the level design was awesome and the combat very fun
Enemy Front - since BF/CoD don't offer much single-player stuff I really appreciated this game
Turning Point - even I was genuinely surprised I enjoyed this, its the level design and weapons that made this a fun experience for me
Golden Axe: Beast Rider - you get to ride dinosaurs and kill stuff !
The First Templar - one of my favourite third-person action games, great atmosphere and combat
Lost Planet 3 - the gameplay was fun but it was the immersion, characters and story that pulled me in
Crash Time - a series of not-so-serious racing games that I think are simply brilliant
Bullet Witch - probably my favourite Xbox 360 exclusive

Daikatana -- It's a pretty damn good game. Most people seem to hate it because they think they're supposed to or something.

Alpha Protocol -- Also damn good game. It's a game that wins you over, because it starts out rather bland but builds up to a crescendo of silly and fun. If it suffers from anything, it suffers from being slightly too timid embracing what it is at the core.