Some great titles mentioned here. I'd strongly recommend Dreamfall on the xbox, I was surprised just how good that was once it got going. Some reviews have marked it down for not having too much in the way of gameplay, but if it's a story you're looking for then this is your game.
Oops I forgot about Dreamfall and its Xbox port By the way does anyone know of purely Japanese adventure games (that were translated either officially or by fans)? Maybe pseudo-visual novels like that Famicom Tantei Club Part II game on the SNES.. Policenauts can't be done soon enough!
Btw, Shenmue isn't a pure adventure game. It's got JRPG elements. It's more like Sega's answer to Nintendo's Zelda.
Pulsar_t wrote:Broken Sword I & II (PS) and Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (PS2) The City of Lost Children (PS) Escape from Monkey Island (PS2) Discworld II and Discworld Noir (PS) Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy (PS2) Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (PS2) Riven: The Sequel to Myst (PS) and Myst III: Exile (PS2) Syberia and Syberia 2 (PS2) Snatcher (SegaCD) Rise of the Dragon (SegaCD) Shadow of Destiny (PS2) The X-Files (PS) Little Big Adventure (PS) Return to Zork (PS) Maniac Mansion (NES) Scooby Doo Mystery (SNES) Secret of Monkey Island (SegaCD) Mansion of Hidden Souls (SegaCD) Blazing Dragons (PS)
Of course you might want to check out reviews of these games before taking the plunge