In which Genre does this game belong?

[Jhumjhum]

I'm not sure whether this should go in "Adventure related talk" forum so am posting it here.

A couple yrs ago I had downloaded a very cute little game called "Tower of the sorcerer" from gamehippo.com.Ã,  The story was about a man entering a 50 storied tower to rescue a princess. He was to collect different items , find hidden passages etc. There were certain no. of doors of 3 colors (blue, white & red). Red doors being the most important followed by blue & white were regular. The red key was the rarest & then blue. White was the common. So one had to carefully exhaust the keys because there were more doors than the keys.

One had to kill monsters too (but this is what i liked best) it didn't depend on how fast u could press the arrow key or "F" key or something. (I'm a very 'slow' person so i suck miserably at any action scene). One had to collect various elixirs & gems to increase one's offensive & defensive power. The stronger u were the less damage a monster might do to ur life. (for eg if u had life of 100 and had power of 15 then your life would reduce to say 45 or something from 100. But if u had power of 50 then maybe your life would only reduce by 5 pts only, ie 95). You could decide whether u wanted to kill a particular moster or wait till u were stronger. Though sometimes the choice would be between 2 very difficult situations. U would also get gold depending upon how strong a monster is.

The game i found quite interesting. Some sites call it rpg & some adventure. But it requires great strategic skills too which is why u can play it 20 times and still try a different approach each time. I wonder what genre it belongs to. Are there more games like these? The only game i found similar to this was Cult I and Cult II. But I liked this one better. What do u guys think of this one? You can find it at:

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013374/game/egame0.html

The game is by a japanese guy. Gamehippo gave very good review of this game. I wonder why the maker didn't make any other games or sequels.

Cheers! Please try it. Its quite addictive.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

IMHO it's an RPG. RPGs also have adventure bits. At least, they do if they're good. Otherwise they're just "hack & slash RPGs".

Mind you, naming a genre isn't really official, it's debatable, and in the end it defines next to nothing. The important thing is whether you like it or not, and whether it feels like an adventure game. Kill me, but I think Beyond Good And Evil is an adventure game with some bells on.

[Chicky]

BGaE was a great game.

[Nikolas]

"Tower of the sorceror" is an amazing game!

I'm playing it now, and I can't get my eyes of the screen.

Very clever...

It has rpg ellements but I think that it's more a strategy game, as it only has 3 attributes...

But AMAZING GAME!!!

[Jhumjhum]

"Tower of the sorceror" is an amazing game!

I'm playing it now, and I can't get my eyes of the screen.

Very clever...

It has rpg ellements but I think that it's more a strategy game, as it only has 3 attributes...

But AMAZING GAME!!!

If you need hints, you can contact me. I must have played this game 5000 times!Ã,