![]() ![]() In 1993 Cyan Worlds released "Myst." Its distinct visuals and narrative approach of exploring a mostly vacant world spawned a vast legion of imitators. Other prominent developers would also make notable contributions like Revolution Software's "Broken Sword" series and Infocom's "The Longest Journey." In addition to Seirra and LucasArts iterating on their formula, a lot of experimentation occurred during these years. Sierra would release many of it's most beloved and successful titles such as: "King's Quest VI: Heir Today Gone Tomorrow," "Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and The Time Rippers" and "Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers." LucasArts would establish itself as the masters of the adventure genre through a string of classic releases like: "Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis," "Sam & Max: Hit The Road" and "Day of The Tentacle" just to name a few. In 1990 LucasArts released The Secret of Monkey Island which to this day is still one of the most influential and highly revered games of all time. When most people think of "adventure games" chances are they're thinking of a title from this era. In 1987 Ron Gilbert would popularize the influential point & click interface for graphic adventures with the early Lucas Arts classic "Maniac Mansion."Īs technology continued the advance, allowing for a more sophisticated audio-visual experience, and developers like Lucas Arts and Sierra found their footing adventure games entered a golden age of top quality releases. Which added player controlled movement and a more dynamic game world. ![]() Williams, and her company Sierra, would innovate on this with their seminal "King's Quest" series. Only now with an accompaniment of crude, static artwork to represent where you were and what you did. Legendary game developer, Roberta Williams, created the graphic adventure in 1980 with the release of "Mystery House." At the start, these games were still very similar to text adventures. Which developed games like: "Zork," "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" and "Planetfall."Įventually computer technology would advance sufficiently to allow the genre's next leap. ![]() The most notable developer of this era was Infocom. Players would explore locations, navigate mazes and solve puzzles by inputting commands into a text parser. The genre's namesake is derived from "Colossal Cave Adventure," which released in 1976 and developed by Will Crowther. In recent years referred to as interactive fiction or "IF." These games contained no graphical element aside from text on a screen but nevertheless set the foundation of what the genre would later become. The genesis of adventure games was the text adventure. For this, as well as many other reasons, adventures have sustained a dedicated niche of gamers who play them for those unique experiences and unforgettable worlds. As such, in adventure games, story and gameplay are intrinsically tied to one another more than other genres.ĭue to this unique aspect of adventure game design, the genre is host to all sorts of unique stories and worlds that couldn't conform within the mold of other game genres. Drugging Elaine's pet poodles is the "correct" solution in The Secret of Monkey Island because of the scenario the game's narrative presents, without context from the story the gameplay couldn't function, likewise for presenting a particular piece of evidence to contradict a witness in Ace Attorney. Whereas, in a puzzle game, solutions are determined by logic that is independent of whatever narrative may exist (such as matching 3 colors or lining up shapes to create an image, etc), in an adventure game narrative context determines the correct solution. ![]() It is distinct from other genres in that the gameplay is narrative lead. What are Adventure Games? - Adventure is a unique narrative gaming genre that consist of exploration, story and puzzle/problem solving. Fingers crossed that 2022 is the year that several persistently pushed back titles finally see the light of day, given that we should have a well rounded year full of great games to play. Capcom finally got brought Shu Takumi's latest masterpiece(s) to the west with The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and some indies and experimental titles like Road 96, The Forgotten City, The Captain and Genesis Noir managed to impress. While many in the community commented that it was a lacking year for bread and butter traditional adventures - a few disappointing releases and many delays to blame for that - the year was not all lost. It also serves as a resource to keep track of the years latest releases, announcements, news, etc. Welcome to the 2022 Adventure Games thread! This thread is a community for discussing all things pertaining to the adventure game genre. ![]()
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