Adventure Gamers - Forums

10 years ago I felt that I was the only one who enjoys playing adventure games (except a bunch of people on some forums). I had some of those friends who had been crazy about Lucas Arts adventures when they were kids but stopped playing AG’s after that.

Nowadays most of my friends who enjoy games have a strong connection to the genre or at least an opinion. Even if they don’t play them regularly they know what an AG is. Including people who haven’t played such games before. At first I was really surprised by that fact, then I started taking it as something normal. I think nowadays the whole game industry (and gamers along with it) has put a strong focus on story telling and player’s choices.” Even if that doesn’t hook up new people to the genre it’s definitely hooking them to some of the genre’s core elements.

I’m just back from a game jam (which is not your normal social surroundings, of course ) and I was amazed by the taste of all the people there (around 100 people). Almost everybody I talked with and tried to impress with my obscure-game-knowledge were more prepared than me.

So I guess it’s all down to the type of social contacts you have.

Adventure games are not dead, you guys. 

Unfortunately it doesn’t come up at all these days, but when games were boxed and cost fifty+ dollars, I chatted with a woman at a vets office and found to my surprise that she too liked adventures and had played many of them.  She was moving away but suggested we stay in touch and we struck up a deal where she would buy and play a game then I would pay half and she’d send it to me when she was done.  It worked out well for over a year until the games we wanted to play got scarce. 

I did get quite a few to add to my collection.  I think Secrets of the Luxor was the last one.  She picked it up when she went to Las Vegas.

Colpet, I miss Uru Live too.  I still go back occasionally to visit my Relto.  Perhaps we ran into each other then - I was D’Ara.

Advie, I think this is a great topic too, and don’t get discouraged.    I see those quotes as more wistful than negative.  The internet is great for finding people with our interests but has also contributed to the demise of game stores as downloads have taken over.  I miss them but time marches on.  I’m grateful we all still can communicate, if not in person.   

When talking to friends or new acquaintances about my favorite hobby, I usually prefer to use the term interactive stories instead or adventure games or video games. That seems to help a bit in avoiding that annoying feeling of being judged upon something they perceive as either violent or made for young people. Then I explain the genre in a general fashion (games that are focused on storytelling, characters, dialog, puzzle solving, etc.).

And alas, as others have previously said, the time when I had friends playing not just adventures but any game in general, appears to be long gone. Which is why I finally decided to join the AG forums over the weekend. So hi everyone!

Welcome, Bluamy!

Dara100 - 29 January 2018 03:52 PM

Welcome, Bluamy!

Thank you!

Advie - 29 January 2018 05:24 PM

fkn LOOL Blumy,  but a nice description of that moment for you and ho feel and bring it up in the first place .. freaky!!

I know, it’s weird. But believe me, it happened many, many times.

Maybe I’m just not lucky with people, or maybe it has something to do with how they perceive gaming where I live. Or maybe I’m too sensitive. I don’t know. But it’s bad enough that I’ve literally stopped talking about my hobby to almost everyone. I see it more as a personal thing now, as in something I keep for myself.

I wish I had the guts to punch my way out of things though, as you so aptly appear to be doing.

Advie - 28 January 2018 09:15 PM

dumbeur - 28 January 2018 08:46 PM

Advie.

thanks, dumbeur, isn’t relieving after all those negative quotes, at least a bit hmmmh?

I try to just focus on the positive/constructive stuff.

As to the question at hand, the people I know seem to be neatly divided into those who don’t understand gaming at all and certainly don’t differentiate between the genres and those who are into gaming and are aware of adventure games but seldom/never play them.  So I’m never really in a spot where I have to explain what they are.

My primary source of income for quite a few years has been online poker though, so that’s always fun to explain.

I also came seeking this place because none of my gaming buddies wanted to discuss adventure games.

Sir Beardalot - 29 January 2018 11:06 PM

To share my love for adventure games with people who have the same love and passion for good story telling, exploration, and solving puzzles

Exactly! Very well said.

Sir Beardalot - 31 January 2018 03:59 PM

Thanks Bluamy and welcome to the club!

Thank you! And a fine and friendly club it is.