Best classic zork adventure - an IFDB Poll
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| Zork I, by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling 6 votes "The first is the best." [+]"The first is the best." ( ) --Xervosh... "In the beginning, there was ZORK." [+]"In the beginning, there was ZORK.: I think ZORK I had the best parser/vocabulary of the trilogy so I recognize it as the best. I liked ZORK II better though because I thought it was more fun." () --Puddin Tame... "The best of Zork" [+]"The best of Zork" --Ant-Fan... (No comment) [+](No comment) --sushabye... "It's just a good..." [+]"It's just a good game." --theqbasicwizard... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Gortab Magnifico...  Vote for this game | |
| Zork III, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 3 votes "Most memorable Zork experience." [+]"Most memorable Zork experience.: Map making for Zork III was really a ton of fun for me and the room descriptions really drew me into the game. " ( ) --EatenByAGrue... "Eerie, evocative." [+]"Eerie, evocative.: Something about the stark atmosphere of this game has haunted me for years." --Jubal... "I'm probably..." [+]"I'm probably alone on preferring Zork III, but I loved the set piece puzzles and the backward references to earlier games. " --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Zork, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling 2 votes "The Zork that started it all" [+]"The Zork that started it all" --Ant-Fan... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --schifter... Vote for this game | |
| Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty 2 votes "Many would argue ..." [+]"Many would argue ...: ... that it's some kind of devil-hybrid between the Enchanters and Zorks, etc, and that's not untrue. But it's the Zork title I play, and replay, and replay, and replay, and never stop marveling over." ( ) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) --BifurcatedFocus... Vote for this game | |
| Zork II, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 2 votes "Just right" [+]"Just right: The Goldilocks median of the original trilogy. Its large-scale map features and non-local puzzles save it from seeming as cursory and arbitrary as Zork 1, but it doesn't try to fit everything into an overarching plot the way Zork 3 did." --baf... "i just love..." [+]"i just love running around with the wand fluorescing things for some reason. " ( - Full review) --tggdan3... Vote for this game | |
| Zork Zero, by Steve Meretzky 1 vote "The ultimate distillation of the flathead empire" [+]"The ultimate distillation of the flathead empire: A lot of the Zork games are almost plotless (with the possible but limited exception of Zork III). You need to run around and gather a bunch of items, but the items appear rather randomly. You wave your wand a bunch of times, but there is no sense as to why Flood Control Dam #3 happens to be there near the maze of twisty little passages. In some sense Zork Zero is similar, but unlike the others, being set in the distant past, it can explain the universe, while celebrating it. The lives of the twelve flatheads are integral to the game, and learning to play Double Fanucci is a joy. It has all of the strengths of the previous Zork games, but it feels like it has a real sense of place in the flathead empire that is missing in many of the other Zorks." --Mikalye... Vote for this game | |
| Mini-Zork, by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank 1 vote "Like Zork I, just smaller" [+]"Like Zork I, just smaller: If you find Zork I to be too big, you might prefer to play this reduced version." ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |