Adventure Gamers - Forums

To enter the February in fashion here’s a scene from Missing: Since January aka In Memoriam, a proof how diverse and rich adventure genre is - when Myst was released, many were skeptical to call it “an adventure game”, and same could be said for Missing, but now that the time has passed that’s exactly how they’re remembered. Our beloved genre not only withstands the test of decline in popularity, but also the “stretching” in the “Adventure games focus on puzzle solving within a narrative framework” definition. We never said how much “puzzle solving”, or “narrative framework” was involved, or how they’re achieved.

And Missing is a brilliant type of game to play right after seeing Michael Douglas in The Game - one (well, two since it got the sequel) of a kind - perhaps not by today’s standards but certainly when it was released, it’s a great effort, though now it’s clear that the genre hasn’t really followed on the “alternate reality” idea - I mean, would you really like a phone call from a female game character while you’re in the middle of a dinner with your girlfriend?! (also, what about those websites you need to visit that don’t work anymore?)