List of
Games |
St. George’s Games:
Reviews of Story-Driven Video Games in
Chronological Order
The table below contains a full list, in
rough chronological order, of all the story-driven videogames currently
reviewed in the latest version of the St. George’s Games Review project as well
as in the SubStack blog "Only Solitaire / St. George’s Games Herald". Links lead to HTML or PDF versions of the reviews (I recommend the
PDF format unless you somehow do not have a PDF reader in your browser).
Ratings
(only present in this table, not included in the reviews themselves) are given
in order to indicate my personal preferences and opinions: 1 or more (up to 3) hearts indicate general quality and enjoyability, 1 or more (up to 3) spades indicate general awfulness, and
a special star may
be awarded for special historical importance and innovation.
Date |
Studio
/ Main author(s) |
Game |
Genre |
Review |
Rating |
|
1984.05 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
Kingʼs Quest: Quest For The Crown |
Adventure |
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1985.05 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
Kingʼs Quest II: Romancing The Throne |
Adventure |
|
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1986.10 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
Kingʼs Quest III: To Heir Is Human |
Adventure |
|
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1986.10 |
Sierra On-Line / Mark Crowe & Scott
Murphy |
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter |
Adventure |
|
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1986.xx |
Sierra On-Line / Al Lowe |
The Black Cauldron |
Adventure |
|
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1987.07 |
Sierra On-Line / Al Lowe |
Leisure Suit Larry In The Land Of The
Lounge Lizards |
Adventure |
|
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1987.10 |
LucasArts / Ron Gilbert & Gary Winnick |
Maniac Mansion |
Adventure |
|
||
1987.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Mark Crowe & Scott
Murphy |
Space Quest II: Vohaul’s Revenge |
Adventure |
|
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1987.12 |
Sierra On-Line / Jim Walls |
Police Quest: In Pursuit Of The Death
Angel |
Adventure |
|
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1988.09 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
King’s Quest IV: The Perils Of Rosella |
Adventure |
|
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1988.10 |
Sierra On-Line / Al Lowe |
Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking For
Love |
Adventure |
|
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1988.10 |
LucasArts / David Fox |
Zak McKracken & The Alein
Mindbenders |
Adventure |
|
||
1988.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Jim Walls |
Police Quest II: The Vengeance |
Adventure |
|
||
1989.03 |
Sierra On-Line / Mark Crowe & Scott
Murphy |
Space Quest III: The Pirates Of
Pestulon |
Adventure |
|
||
1989.04 |
Sierra On-Line / Al Lowe |
Leisure Suit
Larry III: Passionate Patti In Pursuit Of The Pulsating Pectorals |
Adventure |
|
||
1989.10 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
The Colonel’s
Bequest |
Adventure |
|
||
1990.01 |
LucasArts / Brian Moriarty |
Loom |
Adventure |
|
||
1990.10 |
LucasArts / Ron Gilbert et al. |
The Secret Of Monkey Island |
Adventure |
|
||
1990.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
King’s Quest V: Absence Makes The
Heart Go Yonder |
Adventure |
|
||
1991.04 |
Sierra On-Line / Mark Crowe & Scott
Murphy |
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco And The
Time Rippers |
Adventure |
|
||
1991.08 |
Sierra On-Line / Al Lowe |
Leisure Suit Larry V: Passionate Patti
Does A Little Undercover Work |
Adventure |
|
||
1991.12 |
LucasArts / Ron Gilbert et al. |
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge |
Adventure |
|
||
1991.xx |
Sierra On-Line / Jim Walls |
Police Quest III: The Kindred |
Adventure |
|
||
1992.06 |
Revolution Software / Charles Cecil |
Lure Of The Temptress |
Adventure |
|
||
1992.10 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
King’s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow |
Adventure |
|
||
1992.xx |
Sierra On-Line / Bruce Balfour & Josh
Mandel |
The Dagger Of Amon Ra |
Adventure |
|
||
1993.02 |
Sierra On-Line / Mark Crowe |
Space Quest V: Roger Wilco – The Next
Mutation |
Adventure |
|
||
1993.06 |
Sierra On-Line / Al Lowe |
Leisure Suit Larry VI: Shape Up Or
Slip Out! |
Adventure |
|
||
1993.06 |
LucasArts / Dave Grossman & Tim
Schafer |
Day Of The Tentacle |
Adventure |
|
||
1993.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Daryl F. Gates |
Police Quest: Open Season |
Adventure |
|
||
1993.12 |
Sierra On-Line / Jane Jensen |
Gabriel Knight: Sins Of The Fathers |
Adventure |
|
||
1994.03 |
Bethesda / Vijay Lakshman & Ted
Peterson |
The Elder Scrolls: Arena |
RPG |
|
||
1994.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
King’s Quest VII: The Princeless Bride |
Adventure |
|
||
1995.07 |
Sierra On-Line / Scott Murphy & Josh
Mandel |
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco In The
Spinal Frontier |
Adventure |
|
||
1995.08 |
Sierra On-Line / Roberta Williams |
Phantasmagoria |
Adventure |
|
||
1995.12 |
Sierra On-Line / Jane Jensen |
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery |
Adventure |
|
||
1996.09 |
Bethesda / Julian LeFay & Ted Peterson |
The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall |
RPG |
|
||
1996.09 |
Revolution Software / Charles Cecil |
Broken Sword: The Shadow Of The Templars |
Adventure |
|
||
1996.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Al Lowe |
Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love For Sail! |
Adventure |
|
||
1996.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Lorelei Shannon |
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle Of Flesh |
Adventure |
|
||
1997.10 |
Revolution Software / Charles Cecil |
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror |
Adventure |
|
||
1997.11 |
LucasArts / Jonathan Ackley & Larry
Ahern |
The Curse Of Monkey Island |
Adventure |
|
||
1998.10 |
LucasArts / Tim Schafer |
Grim Fandango |
Adventure |
|
||
1998.11 |
Valve / The Valve Team |
Half-Life |
Shooter |
|
||
1998.12 |
BioWare / James Ohlen |
Baldur’s Gate |
RPG |
|
||
1999.11 |
Funcom / Ragnar Tørnquist |
The Longest Journey |
Adventure |
|
||
1999.11 |
Sierra On-Line / Jane Jensen |
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood Of The Sacred,
Blood Of The Damned |
Adventure |
|
||
1999.11 |
Valve + Gearbox / Rob Hieronimus |
Half-Life: Opposing Force |
Shooter |
|
||
2001.06 |
Valve + Gearbox / Rob Hieronimus |
Half-Life: Blue Shift |
Shooter |
|
Special Extra Spotlight: The Mass Effect
Series
Date |
Studio
/ Main author(s) |
Game |
Genre |
Review |
Rating |
|
2007.11 |
BioWare / Casey Hudson |
Mass Effect |
RPG |
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2010.01 |
BioWare / Casey Hudson |
Mass Effect 2 |
RPG |
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2012.03 |
BioWare / Casey Hudson |
Mass Effect 3 |
RPG |
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