[Ascovel]

Originally Posted by rtrooney

Not to doubt the veracity of an age statement, but the last Amiga 500 was shipped in 1992. That would mean, other considerations aside, that you are bordering on, gasp, 29.

What's so strange about it? Not everyone has the luxury of always playing on brand new hardware.

[Lee in Limbo]

I'm 37 this year, and I didn't really discover adventure games until my mid twenties. My cousin introduced me to them on his first home PC, where I discovered Space Quest IV.

I didn't really get hooked until my friends Gary and Wendy bought their first computer, and started collecting all sorts of computer games in the mid-90s. All three of us were pretty avid Adventure Gamers back then. However, they separated, and neither of them has really been into AGs since then.

My wife plays a little, and really liked The Longest Journey and Dreamfall, but she's not a fan of the genre, preferring MMO's. I'm the only AG fan I know around here (Hamilton), although a friend of mine was a pretty avid fan of the Quest For Glory series, and gave me a copy of the entire series, which I confess I still haven't played.

[ozzie]

@Ascovel: It's the first one I played of the bunch! I continued with Mission Critical, which was good, but the beginning was a bit lacking. But it picked up toward the end.
I still wait for my copy Shannara. I'll try this next.

[Kolzig]

I'm 25 and half and I'm losing my interest in gaming more and more every day.

It's a weird feeling. Really weird.


EDIT: Well actually I'm losing interest in playing games, but talking and reading about games is still on a higher level, I think.

[kitkatrpn]

I'll be 40 this summer UGH and have been playing adventure games for quite a while now. I've played other genres but I always seem to gravitate back to what I love the most, that being adventure games. No other genre quite like it!!

[QDream]

20.. been introduced to advanture gaming since Syberia 2 I think

[rtrooney]

I think it's quite clear that some of the "codgers" including myself, have been around since the concept of an adventure game began.

I may have been older when I started.

My first real graphic adventure game was Sierra's "Iceman". The second was KQ1. Both played on 5.25 floppies w/obscure copy protection. I must have been in my 30s at the time.

It elates me that there are so many 25 and under people that have joined the group.

I hope that trend continues. It's the future of adventure gaming.

[Nigel Danvers]

45 and my son is 12. We've been playing adventure games for about a year.

[jfcwilson]

I'm 13. This is also my first post. I've played about 26 graphical games, and about 10 freeware text, and written 5 text.

[Terramax]

To the two above, I envy you. As you're relatively new you have a whole wide number of great adventure games to play that you've not played before.

I wish I could relive my first time playing Broken Sword or Discworld Noir...

I'm 25 and half and I'm losing my interest in gaming more and more every day.

It's a weird feeling. Really weird.

I can sort of relate to that. I don't think I've lost interest in gaming as a whole, but I'm certainly more choosy and less fanatical about video games.

Ten years ago, I HAD to own every major games console no matter what and HAD to own all the most hyped game of the time.

Now I can settle with buying one game for the PC once every blue moon, so long as it has a relatively good plot or gameplay.

I've played other genres but I always seem to gravitate back to what I love the most, that being adventure games. No other genre quite like it!!

Agreed. Every so often I reload saved games of Myst IV: Revelation or Broken Sword and just wonder aimlessly around the scenery, admiring the views. Very few other genres allow me to do that, as it's all about jumping around in a timely fashion or shooting things in a frenzy. What I mean is, many games don't allow you to sitback and appreciate all that work that's put into them. Adventures, with their usually slower pace, do so.

[scribeswindow]

I'm 35 and I've been playing Adventure games since my early twenties. Great question! I've always been interested in the demographics with regard to gaming.

[Trumgottist]

29. Been playing since '95.

[Thom_]

I'm 18, and my first adventure games were in 2 Virgin compilations given to me. One comprising of Sam & Max and DOTT, the other comprising of MI:I and II. Brilliant days! That must've been around 96-97.

[My-mu]

I'm 32... I am don't know any other person who likes adventure games, well... maybe apart from my wife who sometimes plays with me - especially the horror adventures

[KasiaD]

I am 27 and played an adventure game in high school for the first time

I started to because a friend gave me a game as a gift - because he knew I liked Terry Pratchett novels.

The game's name was Discworld II Missing Presumed

[carlotta von uberwald]

As it seems most AG's are over 16. So I wish they'd make more age appropriate games that's why I loved Still Life & The Longest Journey I didn't feel like a kid playing them I'm fed up of cutsie cartoon style AG I'm not 4 lol

[Ascovel]

Originally Posted by My-mu

I'm 32... I am don't know any other person who likes adventure games, well... maybe apart from my wife who sometimes plays with me - especially the horror adventures

At least Thorgal fans must be easy to come by .

For people who don't know this great Belgian comic book series, I'm refering to the character from My-mu's avatar. There's also an adventure game about Thorgal, so you should know him from there at least.

[AFGNCAAP]

...although the game, unlike the comic books, better be forgotten.

Welcome to AG, My-mu!

[My-mu]

Originally Posted by AFGNCAAP

...although the game, unlike the comic books, better be forgotten.

Welcome to AG, My-mu!

Exactly - game was horrible - I didn't make it till the end, and not because of puzzles difficulties ;-)

[Ascovel]

While the game wasn't great by a long shot, I don't think it was horrible or unrespectful to the comic books. The premise seemed promising at the beginning. The biggest flaw was that the story became forgettable further on. The only part of the game that excited me was revisiting the world of death from the album Beyond The Land of Shadows.