Are Adventure Games Really Dead?

[el Chi]

Last week me and my freind played Full Throttle and almost beat it( its not very long). He told me that Lucas Arts cancelled the second one
Too bad, I would have liked to played it.

Yep. Just a few weeks before they cancelled Sam&Max2.
I find it a bit hard to believe that two sequels to two of the best adventure games ever could both be bad enough that LucasArts would want to cancel both and pretend it was a money issue so as not to lose their good reputation.
So I just reckon it was them being money-grabbing bastards. After all the appalling drivel they've sloshed out with the name of StarWars, I doubt quality over profit is much of an issue of theirs.

 

[StardogChampion]

FREE AMATEUR ADVENTURE GAMES
Made in Adventure Game Studio (free) WEBSITE - FORUMS

Amateur games I recommend:

7 Days a Skeptic by Yahtzee
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Apprentice II: The Knight's Move (pretty professional Sam & Max style graphics)
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Cirque De Zale by Kinoko
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No-Action Jackson by cerebrit (very pro DOTT'ish graphics)
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So as you can see, adventure games are very much alive. Join the AGS forum and make some of your own games, who needs Lucasfarts!!!!!!!1111 We can just make our own games.

 

[tvharti]

Is Prince of Persia considered an adventure game? Or is it more of an action adventure genre? I was really thinking of Myst when you said 'adventure'.

I would rather go with Action Adventure as far as the last PoP is concerned. For the first 2 games I would only describe them as platform action - never played Pop3 ...

By the way, anyone remember "Sanitarium"? I thought this was a great adventure, but totally underrated!