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Originally Posted by Oscar
It seems an argument can be made for a lot of games which will never be reviewed on AGers. So Portal and LA Noire are adventure games despite the shooting, running and jumping, but what about Alice: Madness Returns? Lots of adventure and exploration there alongside the jumping and collecting. Dragon Age? Sure there's a bit of fighting but also lots of story, puzzles and exploration.
All these seem to fit in the definition of this site that "Adventure games are all about stories, exploring worlds and solving puzzles." Shouldn't fighting and role-playing be allowed to take a more prominent role in adventure games?
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I agree to an extent...sadly this will lead to another discussion on AG's guidelines for reviews.
The problem with Dragon Age is the fact that it primarily if not 100% fits in the RPG category, which is a genre which has shared itself with adventure games for some time if not forever.
Alice is a platfomer, which shares pretty much the same game mechanics as every other platformer. It is in itself an action/adventure with action overtones.
LA Noire at least 89% of the time shares mechanics with Adventure games. Interrogation, Investigation, Exploration, etc. Alice is about 25% Adventure, Dragon Age is just an RPG.
