Hello,

I'm looking for some recommendations for PnC games along the lines of Nick Chase, but with less or none of the "find the hidden items" type of deal.

Syberia seems to fit the bill, started playing it and so far it's great.
Safecracker was the best one yet. Absoloutley loved the puzzles.

I really don't like games where they force you to combine two or more random items through the game and apply it to another item that make no sense and noone would think of kind of thing. Ala Monkey Island series/Teenagent.

Can you suggest some? Doesn't have to be from GoG

Most third-person adventure games are inventory based (combining items), while most first-person adventure games are mechanical based (manipulating puzzles in the environment). In your case, if you're in doubt, go for the first-person adventure games.

Try the Traitor's Gate series - I believe they were developed by the same people as Safecracker.

You might want to try Puzzle Agent.
It's not a point-amd-clock adventure per se, but it is a 2d third person game where you advance the story by solving puzzles. No inventory puzzles.

Get a DS and go for the Professor Layton series.

Wow, Puzzle Agent is amazing, exactly what I was looking for!

Professor Layton looks also just what I'm looking for, but can't afford (or want) to buy a DS

Really enjoying it so far but I know it'll end someday :) Are there any others?

Certainly. Myst and Riven are two of the best, in my opinion. I also recently started playing Darkfall: The Journal, and it's nearly as good (although fairly unsettling if you are affected by "creepy" scares). Scratches looks to be similar to the Darkfall games, although I myself haven't tried it (yet).

Director's Cut of Broken Sword makes an effort of pointing out stuff for you so that you wouldn't really miss it. Great game btw.

Hey thanks for the reply.

Myst I played, not a very good series IMO. Too much "mystery" in terms of puzzles, which I found scarce to begin with.

Scratches was terrible BTW. Probably worst adventure game I have played all around.

wait... so you don't like Adventure games with "inventory" puzzles but you don't like Adventure games with environmental puzzles either?

-_- are you sure you're in the right genre?

I never said I don't like environmental puzzles. See Safecracker. But Myst just has very few of them (compared with Safecracker, Nick Chase, and Puzzle Agent for example) and the ones that are there are just too time consuming and confusing.

As for Scratches - I don't even remember doing a real puzzle there honestly. It was very inventory heavy .

Those are more adventure games I guess. I'm really looking for a game that goes from puzzle to puzzle to puzzle. Maybe there aren't any more after Safecracker, Nick Chase, Puzzle Agent and Professor Layton?

So you're looking more for just a sequence of different "brainteser"-type puzzles then?

Yeah... Professor Layton is YOUR GAME, my friend. Tons and TONS of these.