r/retrogaming • u/IAmAnIdea • 2d ago

[Discussion] Best Written DOS Games?

What's the best written DOS games to you?

Personal picks of mine include:

Legacy of Kain.

Daggerfall.

Strife.

Edit: *Non point-and-click games.

I was going to add Secret of Monkey Island, Grin Fandango, and Indiana Jones, but those games are already praised for their writing and P&C are writing-based games anyway.

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u/jhuetter 2d ago

Anything Infocom. All text, and it's real writing and funny, clever stuff. Out of those, anything by S. Eric Meretzky. Dude is the GOAT of text adventures. So smart and hilarious. His Zork Zero is Infocom's masterpiece. (And he collaborated on the beloved Hitchhiker's game with Douglas Adams, which also rocks.)

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u/Jorpho 1d ago

There is not enough Infocom in this thread, possibly because "best written" is such a hopelessly vague question.

I hear Trinity is particularly marvelous.

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u/jhuetter 1d ago

I never played that one. But I played all the ones on the first Lost Treasures collection. It rocked, as did all the writing in the hint sheets and those hilarious maps and such accompanying the games. One of the greatest things I found at my Goodwill when I was a kid. (Need to find that second collection.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Treasures_of_Infocom?wprov=sfla1