What the hell happened to the adventure genre???

I miss the Lucusarts Adventure games a lot though.

Tony-Harrison

You know that the company Telltale Games was formed by a bunch of former LucasArts employees? Many of whom were previously involved in titles like Sam and Max, Grim Fandango, and Sam and Max (in fact they're the ones making the new episodes).

is now called the action adventure genre.LibertySaint

Adventure and action adventure are NOT the same genres. AA emphasizes the action part more than anything else. There are usually puzzles to be solved, but these generally are fewer in number and not as complex as those often found in the adventure genre.

lets not forget uncharted, god of war 3, naruto broken bond and unltimate storm, prince of persia, assassins creed, and inFAMOUS, and im sure there is many more

I hear ya, I'm totally missing the Action Adventure, something like God Of War or around that. I want adventure with some mystery, puzzles and action!

I love games :)

Adventure games arent gone, theyve just branched out. Is God of War not an adverture game? Its story driven, great puzzles, and great action. Just because it focuses on killing things with morally disturbing displays of power doesnt mean its not an adventure game.

what about fable 2? that seems like its gonna be a good oneKGB32

Fable's an Action RPG. Not an adventure game.

I feel your pain. :(

Personally, I want more platformers like Jak II.

Isn't Tomb Raider adventure?nVidiaGaMer

No, that's an action adventure. An adventure game would be something like King's Quest or Sam and Max.

people changed their taste (for the worse IMO). Ever wonder why theres alot of FPS/TPS hype&anticipation this gen around while Platformers, beat-em-ups are nowhere to be found?

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]Isn't Tomb Raider adventure?ThePlothole

No, that's an action adventure. An adventure game would be something like King's Quest or Sam and Max.

I guess I never played an adventure game then. :P

[QUOTE="ThePlothole"][QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]Isn't Tomb Raider adventure?nVidiaGaMer

No, that's an action adventure. An adventure game would be something like King's Quest or Sam and Max.

I guess I never played an adventure game then. :P

Not a "pure" adventure game. Tomb Raider is perhaps the most favourite of all action-adventures for adventure gaming fans.

What adventure fans like is a good story, and good puzzles to back it up. Tomb Raider had lots of puzzles, even if some were reflex ones. Action-adventures usually require reflexes as well, and some purists hate that.

Heavy Rain is also technically an action-adventure, but it's more on the adventure side of things from what I can tell. Or maybe it's a sidestep in the genre.

But if you wanna play adventure games, plenty come out of the PC each year.

[QUOTE="loganh92"]

Point and clicks died when people discovered the ability to render 3d visuals. They found much more interesting, and actually fun games, like Quake, doom and Starcraft. (And Duke Nukem =D)

Face it, you can bash FPS all you want, but it really is hardcore, I played shooters on the NES with my light gun and moved onto windows shooters. As long as you only get the good ones, you shouldn't get sick of them.

FYI Adventure games are boring as hell.

mjarantilla

People who like to think don't find them boring at all.

That's the real problem with the adventure genre's success. The vast majority of people prefer instant-gratification, action based titles instead of complicated games where you really have to spend time in the game.

I do find Adventure games "boring", but unlike Logan, I can accept that there are people out there with different tastes than me, and I can sympathize with them for having their favourites constantly outshined and outdone in popularity and critical consensus by games they don't even enjoy.

And that's because I dislike how popular Command and Conquer is compared to games like Homeworld, or how popular Call of Duty 4 is compared to games like No One Lives Forever or Jedi Knight 2. That's because in both cases, I've played all the games and I enjoy the less popular title much more.

That's the real problem with the adventure genre's success. The vast majority of people prefer instant-gratification, action based titles instead of complicated games where you really have to spend time in the game.

I do find Adventure games "boring", but unlike Logan, I can accept that there are people out there with different tastes than me, and I can sympathize with them for having their favourites constantly outshined and outdone in popularity and critical consensus by games they don't even enjoy.

And that's because I dislike how popular Command and Conquer is compared to games like Homeworld, or how popular Call of Duty 4 is compared to games like No One Lives Forever or Jedi Knight 2. That's because in both cases, I've played all the games and I enjoy the less popular title much more.

aliblabla2007

I have to admit though, it's not that the adventure genre is only for lateral thinkers (and thus nose-dived in popularity), it's due to the stagnation of the genre, and all the major players writing it off in the late 90s, especially Lucasarts.

Adventure games haven't evolved for a long time. Especially with the low-budgets of most adventure devs, they can't afford to. There are some, like the devs of Overclocked, who will use a story telling gimmick to shift things up, or the devs of Penumbra: Overture who turn it into a FPS/Adventure hybrid, but those guys are few and far between.

Cue in Quantic Dream, who want to make sure everyone knows the adventure genre is king of cinematic storytelling in video games through the use of high production values and very innovative, genre-bending techniques, and we might have a resurgence in popularity.

Try PC, it is not only still popular but there is currently a resurgence of new games.foxhound_fox

Not exactly a resurgence, just has a couple of the big players putting something down in the future.

Apart from that, it's still the same old adventure genre I've been following for a long time.

Hang on... Gray Matter, Vampyre Story, Sam and Max: Season 3 and Mata Hari should all be out next year - all made by ex-Sierra/Lucasarts employees. That's a fantastic line-up, and that's just a fraction of the number of good looking adventure games currently being made.

The Dreamfall Chapters should be nearing completion, too. Yay!

Unfortunately, the only adventure game actually being hyped at the moment is Heavy Rain, which looks like more of an interactive movie than an adventure game (it's almost like we've gone back to the FMV-game era...urgh).

It committed suicide.Greatgone12

This article counters yours - they never intended for that damn cat-hair moustache puzzle to be in the game, but they ran out of time and couldn't cut it.

xbox killed that genre. sony and nintendo been trying to revive it with games like heavenly sword, zelda, and ratchet and clank, all consoles went the way of fps genre though because of halo 1,2 and 3 and games like itCiocioE1E

excuse me?...if i seem to recall,ports of syberia and dreamfall:The longest journey were on xbox and did rather well.i dont remember those games being on the ps2 or gamecube.the original xbox didnt only have fps contrary to popular belief.

but as for the topic.the adventure genre faded out,when unique gamers that liked to think got replaced with button mashing retards that drool at da pwetty gwaffixx

OBJECTION!

Do the Ace Attorney games count?