Jake
12-31-2003, 11:49 AM
Great stuff. I especially like the last question and his answer to it. (for those who don't want to bother going and reading it themselves:)I guess my last question would be: do you see adventure games as a core genre that is still significant in the industry, or do you think action-adventures have taken up that place? I see a lot of examples from adventure games at this conference. I also just leafed through your new book and you dedicate a whole chapter on adventure games (like many other game design books have). So it's still significant here, but will it be in the industry?
It's not very financially significant right now. I think they will come back but they may not be in the form that we're used to. I think that whatever they do come back as, it may not be Monkey Island or Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones changed from being a story adventure to an action-adventure really, once it went over to 3D. But yeah, I think they will be back in some form.
I personally happen to think that adventure games are the only truly new computer-generated form of entertainment. Before there were computer flying simulators there were mechanical flight simulators, and mechanical racing games. I remember mechanical soccer and sports games. Before RPGs there was Dungeons & Dragons on paper and pencil. Adventure games are one of the very few truly new forms of interactive entertainment. I think they're very, very important.
It's not very financially significant right now. I think they will come back but they may not be in the form that we're used to. I think that whatever they do come back as, it may not be Monkey Island or Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones changed from being a story adventure to an action-adventure really, once it went over to 3D. But yeah, I think they will be back in some form.
I personally happen to think that adventure games are the only truly new computer-generated form of entertainment. Before there were computer flying simulators there were mechanical flight simulators, and mechanical racing games. I remember mechanical soccer and sports games. Before RPGs there was Dungeons & Dragons on paper and pencil. Adventure games are one of the very few truly new forms of interactive entertainment. I think they're very, very important.