AVault discusses convergence of adventures and shooters

Written by Marek Bronstring — January 29, 2004 at 02:19

The Adrenaline Vault's Bob Mandel discusses the gradually vanishing boundaries between adventure games and first person shooters in his article, "The Convergence of Adventure and FPS Games":

"For most of the last decade, you couldn’t imagine two more opposite computer game genres than adventure titles and first-person shooters. The former traditionally revolved around a lot of story, very little violence and limited movement, while the second customarily involved no narrative, lots of shooting and unrestricted progress...

Now all of that is changing. With the advent of recent revolutionary releases, the convergence of these two formerly opposing types of recreation has been astounding. First-person shooters are becoming more like adventure games, and adventure titles are increasingly incorporating action components. The most obvious movement has been in the realm of puzzle-adventure and action-adventure offerings."