About the term "adventure game".

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But when those people are outdated by the lastest tech themselves, they will be more likely to try retro games. It's just technology naivity, IMO. The same with films, and food etc - you open up to different things after a while. When you appreciate/understand how it works you become more responsive to it. That or everyone is doomed, because whatever we play at a younger age defines what we'll like in terms of games for the rest of eternity..

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So isn't it better the term "classic adventure game" to be changed for example to "interactive story" or something like this? Because in nowadays for the gamers we are "in the past", but for the book readers we can be "a future".

I'm not so keen on "interactive story". I think it has the reputation (in my little head at least) of being ironically mainly non-interactive, and there has been the perception that adding story kills gameplay because it can only be done with cutscenes - which is obviously nonsense. That's mainly why I like (point and click) adventure games: they bleed story from every pore without even trying

I tend to just call them "adventure games", but when people look at me confused I call them "point and click adventure games" to distinguish them from "action adventures" like Tombraider. I still have a hard time explaining them to anyone who hasn't played any of the classic 2D adventures though, and not much luck finding them in stores except as bargain titles buried under all the Hidden Object Games. Not so keen on those tbh, although they do look lovely. There is definitely cross over: I loved games like Oblivion and Mass Effect 2 which I consider "action adventures" rather than RPGs  as they're described.

I can't understand how ANYONE can look at this without saying: "Wow, this is beautiful!"

Drool...

As far as I'm concerned, we're living in a golden age for adventure games! The internet has allowed small developers to make high-quality games to delight and entertain people like us.

Absolutely! I'm a relative newcomer to adventure games so I still have a lot of classics to catch up on, but it seems we're swimming in new offerings these days. My tastes have changed - I barely look at mainstream titles these days - but i'm not exactly short of new experiences to enjoy.

Personally I don't think graphics matter so much. I'll happily play blocky low-res titles if the concept appeals. The indie scene seems to be doing very well with low-res graphics imho.

and even after all these years, WHY ARE MY ELLIPSES STILL SO NUMEROUS?!

Haha, i'm still trying to kick my addiction to commas..