Favourite adventure game?

[Till]

Zelda has elements from several genres. If i had to pick one, i'd say it's a RPG. The only typical RPG element that's missing is an elaborate leveling system. It is too focused on combat to count as an adventure.
Pirates is a mix as well, but i can't think of (m)any adventure elements. The overall focus is not on the story, and there aren't any real puzzles. There are quite a lot of games like Pirates: Elizabeth II, Fugger, Port Royale, ..., so many it deserves its own genre.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Heh, that's why action-adventure has become a genre.

Real adventure games are rare these days, I can of perhaps Sam and Max and that's it. Oh, and Tim Schafer's stuff. Persoanlly, I see no problem with counting Zelda as an adventure, IMO not enough character development for an RPG, and the comabt is never too intensive. Action-adventure fits perfectely.

If we have to go more pure... Psychonauts was a fun game.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Zack & Wiki might be a good example of a modern adventure game.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Aye, forgot about that. I've heard good things about it to.

 

[kcwong]

Come to think of it, I still haven't finished The Longest Journey 2... I stopped after I hit the second city, where I found myself disagreeing with Zöe's choice... "It's just your ex, Zöe! It's not worth it to take such big risks!"

Then I got sucked into FFH2 and a number of roguelikes (Dwarf Fortress, Incursion, GearHead)...

 

[GVBN]

After finishing The Longest Journey I realized I hate the genre. The gameplay always consists of pixel hunting the entire screen and trying to use every single item on objects. Getting stuck usually means your cursor missed that tiny object a few screens ago

Favorite? Grim Fandango was funny and BaSS somewhat interesting

 

[Maniacal]

After finishing The Longest Journey I realized I hate the genre. The gameplay always consists of pixel hunting the entire screen and trying to use every single item on objects. Getting stuck usually means your cursor missed that tiny object a few screens ago

That's why I havn't gotten through Monkey Island yet. Point and click adventures are just not that great.

 

[kcwong]

After finishing The Longest Journey I realized I hate the genre. The gameplay always consists of pixel hunting the entire screen and trying to use every single item on objects. Getting stuck usually means your cursor missed that tiny object a few screens ago

Favorite? Grim Fandango was funny and BaSS somewhat interesting

Both Grim Fandango and TLS provide a way to switch focus... in GF Manny's head will turn. In TLS2 you get a huge blue cursor. Which means you won't miss any usable objects if you use the button... zero pixel hunting in both.

 

[GVBN]

Cursor highlighting still means you have to hover your cursor all over the screen. Grim Fandango is an exception since it's not a point-and-click adventure game

 

[kcwong]

Cursor highlighting still means you have to hover your cursor all over the screen. Grim Fandango is an exception since it's not a point-and-click adventure game

You haven't played TLJ2 then... it contains a bit of action elements, and you can use mouse *and* keyboard/joystick movement at the same time. But either alone would be sufficient to perform all the operations in the game.

It has a key for focus - press it, and a target cursor will highlight an usable object on the screen, and your character will turn to face it. If you are too far away, you can look at it, and if you're close, you may interact with it. Press the focus key again, and the cursor will go to the next object. As I already said: zero pixel hunting.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I had to restart The Longest Journey. I got to a point that I needed an item and I should've got at the beginning of the game, and I couldn't get back there.

 

[GVBN]

I had to restart The Longest Journey. I got to a point that I needed an item and I should've got at the beginning of the game, and I couldn't get back there.

You mean that leaf? It's only used to unlock secrets

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Not the leaf.

 

[Swein Forkbeard]

Did I mention that Sam and Max are coming to the Wii?