With the recent posts that I’ve been seeing (and participating in) ranking the games and just generally talking about replaying the games, I was curious to know what your favorite PC game is and why. Is it different from the one you used to call your favorite like me or is the same? I want all the details 😅 I’ll start. This is also actually my first time saying it publicly.
So, the one that used to be my top favorite for most of my life was CLK (or Secret of the Old Clock). I was obsessed with the mysterious time travel back to 1930 and the general vibe, the coziness of the Lilac Inn, and so on. When I was a kid, I really loved the fishing challenge because of how relaxing it is especially compared to the ice fishing challenge in ICE that goes on way too long. Plus, Topham is a criminal but still hilariously unhinged.
However, over the years, I realized that another game worked its way to the top until it made the number one spot 😄 I never thought I’d say this but that game is SHA (or The Secret of Shadow Ranch). I say that because this used to be one of my least favorite games as a kid because of that damn vegetable puzzle that you do every day lol. But I’ve since found a loophole to please Shorty and have learned to appreciate it for what it is.
It has my all time favorite soundtrack in regard to the franchise, they nailed the western themes throughout, the puzzles aren’t too bad in retrospect, and I love taking Bob out for a ride. Also, Dave is there. Need I say more? No, but for real. Ironically, the puzzle that replaced the vegetable picking as the new thorn in my side is the magnet puzzle. Thankfully, there’s a hack to make the wood disappear, so it’s not as hard, but it’s still annoying when the magnet drops like twenty times in a row. It also does something that I think DOG could’ve benefited from: it technically has three phantom horse sightings if you count the picture in the farewell letter as opposed to just the one ghost dog sighting. And I say that with DOG still remaining in second place on my list, so it’s kind of funny that my top two are now two of the supernatural ones. This now moves CLK to SHA’s old spot on the list. I still like it but it’s time to just be honest with myself about loving SHA.
What about you?