So for all of you who are curious as to why the Grumpy Gamer thinks adventure games suck, go on over here to
check it out. I don't agree with all of this person's points, but it is a good look at the various mechanics and techniques used by certain adventure game companies.
Of a notable point: Ron Gilbert is the man behind the Monkey Island point and click adventure series, as well as some of Lucasarts' other point n clicks from the 80s-90s.
ReplyDeleteWhich really makes the whole article all the more interesting to read.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, there's a link on the article to Old Man Murray's site about adventure gamer logic which has a neat summary: "Who killed Adventure Games? I think it should be pretty clear at this point that Adventure Games committed suicide." You can find the article here: http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/79.html
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