adventure game en · NOUN
Meanings
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A computer or video game of the genre characterized by investigation, exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges.
Phipps have put together a well planned and sometimes amusing adventure game here, with text and location graphics, which are simple but attractive.
1984 May, “Living Guide to Spectrum Software: Adventure Games”, in Crash, number 4:The critics of adventure games are quick to point out that, really, adventure games are not games at all, but merely a series of puzzles strung together with bits of story between them. The puzzles, regardless of their form, serve as locked doors […]
2010, Richard Rouse III, Game Design: Theory and Practice, Second Edition:Undoubtedly a force in the early days of the graphical adventure game genre was LucasArts. With an army of professional film personnel from which to draw, LucasArts titles gained a huge reputation for outstanding storytelling[…]
2011, Sue Blackman, Beginning 3D Game Development with Unity, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| adventure games | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
twitch game · walking simulator · text adventure
Translations (10)
sv äventyrsspel (video game genre) · cmn 冒險遊戲 /冒险游戏 (video game genre) · ja アドベンチャーゲーム (video game genre) · mk квест (video game genre) · ka სათავგადასავლო თამაში (video game genre) · ru квест (video game genre) · pl gra przygodowa (video game genre) · ko 어드벤처 게임 (video game genre) · pl przygodówka (video game genre) · fi seikkailupeli (video game genre)