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Point-and-click adventure games are still around - and many are better than they've ever been! Let's highlight some of the ones that are worthy of note.
Follow along for the fun :D https://twitter.com/targrus/status/1303389408633159683
Point-and-click adventure games are still around - and many are better than they've ever been! Let's highlight some of the ones that are worthy of note.
Follow along for the fun :D https://twitter.com/targrus/status/1303389408633159683
So first, the obvious. Yes, the point-and-click genre evolved a lot, and a good example of that is the Telltale Games ones. Now, they haven't aged well - they charmed us with the illusion that the game would be shaped by our choices, but we all know that it was just an illusion.
The legacy of Telltale Games is one of adventures which feel very samey, as a result of the industrial crunch and the company's rampant pursuit of franchise contracts. But even so, it showed that there is still an audience for these games! Anyway, onwards!
Dave Giblert of @WadjetEyeGames grew from developing freeware games in the 00s to a strong independent company with an exceptional catalog of very atmospheric games, all of diverse genres. Definitely worth a look.
@ClifftopGames are relatively new to the community, but have made two fantastic games so far, a surreal film noir Kathy Rain and the futuristic dystopian Whispers of the Machine. A third game is in the works now. Watch this team!
Next up, @daedalic make a lot of games that are very European in style - dark, introspective, and even the humour is edged with sadness. Very arty, not for everyone, but quite beautiful. I recommend starting with The Pillars of the Earth.
Next up, remasters! There's more than a few remastered editions and 20th anniversary editions out there if you want to relive the past. Some are very much different, whilst others stay closer. They're a bit outside of the aim of this thread, but they're there for people who want!
A lot of the bigger franchises, like King's Quest and Gabriel Knight, are gobbled up in the mish-mash of copyright ownership. But spiritual successors are extremely common, and they form a strong backbone of the current adventure game landscape.
Now my chance to get on my soapbox.
One of the biggest ways that the genre changed is that it's developed a sub-genre of atmospheric, exploration-driven games. They tend to derisively be called 'walking simulators', but nuts to that, these are adventure games through and through.
One of the biggest ways that the genre changed is that it's developed a sub-genre of atmospheric, exploration-driven games. They tend to derisively be called 'walking simulators', but nuts to that, these are adventure games through and through.
People often say "They're not adventure games because there are no puzzles" but my response to that is "Isn't there?" These are games about discovering investigating, finding out 'who' and 'why' and answering the questions that the story poses through exploration; pure adventure!
These are the games you're going to want to watch, because this evolution of the adventure game genre is extremely interesting!
So yeah, there's loads of point-and-click adventure games out there. You just gotta know what you're looking for! Also, check out @AdventurersCap!
So yeah, there's loads of point-and-click adventure games out there. You just gotta know what you're looking for! Also, check out @AdventurersCap!
