The Neverhood

This is a game I grew up with and it will always have a place in my heart even though it was terrifying as hell at some points.
The Neverhood was released in 1996, it was developed by Neverhood inc. and published by DreamWorks interactive. It's a point and click adventure game with over 60 puzzles to solve in order to progress in the story line. The game starts out with the protagonist Kleymen waking up in a land that may have never existed and explores the Neverhood revealing hints and artifacts about the history of his surroundings. In addition he discovers terrifying monsters, strange machines and just in general bizarre stuff. The whole game has a really creepy  vibe and the unique soundtrack adds even more bizarre feel to it. It is a really original game both puzzle wise and animation wise. Actually it's claymation which mean everything in the game was shot frame by frame with a digital camera. Everything in the game is animated really well and you can actually see some of the principals of animation take place- squash and stretch, anticipation, secondary action and such.
Even though the game creeped me out as kid, it also excited me because there were some unexpected twists to it and the claymation concept really stood out in the range of games at that time. It really is a brilliant and unique game. Or maybe it's just me. I don't know.