[diego]

It seems that lately indie production is having more impact on adventure gaming scene, and similar, that we're seeing more of an episodic nature of games.

Now, Adventure Gamers had about 79 adventure game reviews in 2009. and so far we're having only 43 in 2010 (also, German Adventure-Treff has 47-23). Before we jump to conclusions:

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital", or as one sport comentator from my country would say:

"Statistics are like bikinis - they show much, but reveal nothing".

And by that, if we look into 2007. we had 42 reviews on AG, and it's still november of this year. BUT, what is obvious is that we're having more of indie games with more of episodic trend and also more of casual games which are finding their ways into the genre.

Independent production seems on the rise like in the boom of independent gaming in early 2000. and we have games like Kaptain Brawe, Hamlet, Genesis of the Gods, Filmmaker, Tale of two Cities, Jolly Rover...

Casual games have "evolved" and found their place in traditional reviews like - 3 Cards to Midnight, Dark Tales or Drawn: Dark Flight

And we're seeing episodic trend taking popularity, with already episodic veterans Telltale, and with other indie games like Silver Lining, Blue Toad, Knights in Shining Armor...

[fov]

Originally Posted by diego

Now, Adventure Gamers had about 79 adventure game reviews in 2009. and so far we're having only 43 in 2010 (also, german site Adventure-Treff has 47-23).

I'm not sure if your logic holds with these numbers, since some games released in 2009 weren't reviewed here until 2010, and there are some games that released in 2010 that won't be reviewed until 2011. So though we do only have one month remaining in 2010, it's not necessarily the case that half as many adventure games released this year as last year.

It's true that there have been a bunch of (good) indies this year and also that more developers are jumping on the episodic bandwagon. But wouldn't more episodic games mean *more* games reviewed?

[Ascovel]

Well, I definitely agree about the rise in the number of commercial indies. Also, the year 2009 was incredible for the genre - I hope it did some long term good.