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Originally Posted by Arial Type
There were many nice hybrids, but for some reason people still prefer pure action or pure adventure.
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I agree, but if majority of people want their games cleaned-up from genre mixing, then it's a market thing and we can't really blame developers for not giving us more of hybrid titles. But i wouldn't say there is no place for a "middle-ground" - although the biggest production in this aspect goes for RPG titles like The Witcher that are by "default" mix of action and adventure.
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Originally Posted by Arial Type
What about Another World, Alone in the Dark, Ecstatica, Outcry, Shenmue, Redguard, Omikron, Realms of the Haunting, Anachronox, Bioforge, Call of Cthulhu?..
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But when you look at it, almost all of those games were well-received and critically praised. Even King's Quest 8 sold well. But, adventure genre as sort of a niche market in last decade wasn't really a great place for experimenting and genre mixing. And just as i wouldn't mind diversity, i don't think p&c or traditional adventure gameplay is outdated or something - what is "Call of Duty" if not an identical FPS game mechanics 20+ years old?
