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Hey all,
I’ve been thinking about the generational issues with adventure games, and realized that maybe the revival is starting. Hear me out:
When most of us played these games, we were high school teens, that honestly preferred to do that then play sports or join band or etc..
After high school, most of us went to college, got a job, moved out, or other items. This was about the time that Sierra was sold and that adventure games were being pushed aside to the likes of action/arcade types. At the time of post-high school, we were all working, starting to increase our wealth, learning, dating, etc.
Now, most of us are around 30 years old, settled, not as much in the party mode, some married, others with kids, and others in serious relationships. But we are financially more stable then the post-high school days with spare time on our hands. As a result, we can afford to again, buy games.. and what kind of games did we grow up on? ADVENTURE GAMES! These are the games we prefer to the hack-and-slash of Half-Life or Quake since it is what we were raised on.
That said, I feel that a comeback in adventure games generationally speaking is very beneficial, and I think we see this with the energy and activity behind The Hobbit and the new Larry game coming out by the “current Sierra”.
Thoughts?
Manish
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(re: re: re: Don’t call it a comeback!)
Yes I know your talking about. You want Adventure games. That would be cool if more adventure games.
Here’s my point. In your Quest to give an example of games you and the people that you mentioned don’t like you said that Half-life was a hack and slash game. A hack and slash game is a term given to games that point a to point b killing everything along the way without really putting any thought into it.
Well lets just put it this way you were half right Quake was a good example.
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I actually love Half-Life, to me it’s the greatest FPS game of all time. I love the multiplayer as well as the single-player story. I don’t like what their doing with this ‘steam’ business at all….leave the game alone.
I’m pretty sure everyone who ever loved adventure games wants them to come back. Most companies think there is no market….well, I think everyone on this site are good examples of a market wouldn’t you say?
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for those that think Adventure is dead, try this web-site…i would recommend 2 games along the lines of sierra and that would be “The Longest Journey” and “Syberia”. There is a “Syberia 2” in production now. These 2 are truly adventures in the Sierra sense.
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i always order/buy games based on reviews. the only other thing you can base a purchase on other than a review is the pictures on the back of the box or the story on the back of the box. the story can usually do a good job of peeking my interest, but is in no way indicative of how great the game will actually be. the pictures on the back of the box are an even worse reason to buy a game, especially in the case of adventure games, because great adventures are story/character/plot driven, not graphics driven. let other adventurers be your guide and trust their opinions as to what great adventures are. i have not been let down by them yet.
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The other thing to do is download demos. I downloaded a Syberia playable demo… and it seemed pretty cool – BUT, it wasn’t enough to convince me to buy the game (and I would have to buy it online now, I live in BC, Canada and I’m sure it was in stores here, but it isn’t anymore). So that’s really your best option is to get your hands on a demo because then you can really see whether you’ll like it or not.
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