does anyone know a good new adventure\quest genre games? like indiana jones and the fate of atlantis? and all the lucasarts classics? in a newer version? stuff like simon the sorcerrer and goblins, it seems like this genre someday stopped, there were so many back then and nowadays i rarely see any.
I agree tht old adventure games were far more superior.....But there is always a phase...back then FPS werent tht dominating..n with all the kind of consoles coming in..which provide adrenaline rush...who wud want to play an adventure which is high on story than anything else.... I miss the good old adventure games..... But i love the Indigo Prophecy
I'd also like to take that a step further and say Adventure games require developers thinking and being creative, being clever, being funny. Ans sadly we have very little of that in the industry and what we have is destroyed by the big publishers making modern warfare shooter 16. But when people buy then it's hard to blame them, it will bite them on the ass though.
I'd also like to take that a step further and say Adventure games require developers thinking and being creative, being clever, being funny. Ans sadly we have very little of that in the industry and what we have is destroyed by the big publishers making modern warfare shooter 16. But when people buy then it's hard to blame them, it will bite them on the ass though.nutcrackr
this is a good point, but if what you are saying is true it means that there is no demand for this genre anymore.
The adventure genre isn't completely dead - Telltale is doing great things with Sam and Max, and their new IP (Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People) launches next month, and a lot of ex-lucasarts guys are working on a great-looking adventure game called A Vampyre Story.
The Golden Age is long past, but the fire still burns.
sam & max series has been getting excellent reviews, and it looks like telltale games are continuing to produce adventure games. there are games like gray matter and a vampyre story coming out that look equally as exciting as any of the headline-grabbing titles. there was the longest journey and syberia series. the genre seems to be doing fine and may even be making a comeback of sorts.
not enough people bought them and they fell by the wayside.. but yeah, as mentioned, they're still around and possibly even coming back a bit. we've got brutal legend coming sometime soon, too.
theres been lots of adventures and quests (plus plenty of point and click) in my mmo games :)
Adventure games and RPGs require thinking and most people don't like using that ability (or don't have it) and prefer FPSs and hack n slash gamesDarth_Kane
I think adventures games are more popular than ever but in a different fashion. Games like Mass Effect and The Witcher include elements of adventure games. Games are much more cinematic and interactive now which also comes from adventure games.
Other genres have assimilated much of adventure games and as has been mentioned there's some very good developers like Telltale that still make adventures.
They're still here. Enjoyable adventure games are still being released. People just aren't looking for them. Fact is, there's more money to be made in other kinds of games, which means there's more money to be gotten from ads of those other kinds of games on gaming websites. So adventure games get neither big name publishers anymore nor any real mainstream advertisement, and people who don't look for them (most people) are left going "Where are all the good adventure games, where are all the good adventure games?" They're here, people. Check out websites like Adventuregamers.com and see for yourself that there are still good adventure games being put out today. Perhaps not lots of gems like there used to be, but good ones, nonetheless.
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