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marcd2011 · 08-11-2011, 02:23 AM

I agree that it's a shame more hasn't been done with 3D in adventure games. It'd be good to have a 3rd person view where your head turns when your character sees something he likes. Basically that's what Monkey Island 4 was like but since then things have gone back to 2D.

The main reason i can see for this is that probably 80% of adventure games are made my small/indie developers with very small budgets. Making a 3D game with great graphics is therefore too time consuming, and probably not within the budget.

There are some games that break the mould though. Amnesia and Penumbra Black Plague are both classic adventures but in a first person view, and the two Adam Venture games are 3rd person action adventures with the emphasis on puzzles.

08-11-2011, 02:23 AM	#13
marcd2011 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 62	I agree that it's a shame more hasn't been done with 3D in adventure games. It'd be good to have a 3rd person view where your head turns when your character sees something he likes. Basically that's what Monkey Island 4 was like but since then things have gone back to 2D. The main reason i can see for this is that probably 80% of adventure games are made my small/indie developers with very small budgets. Making a 3D game with great graphics is therefore too time consuming, and probably not within the budget. There are some games that break the mould though. Amnesia and Penumbra Black Plague are both classic adventures but in a first person view, and the two Adam Venture games are 3rd person action adventures with the emphasis on puzzles.