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I think adventure games are poised for a renaissance with VR and oculus quest. in a way its like whats old is suddenly becoming new again.
by cultofmetatron 4y ago
I think adventure games are poised for a renaissance with VR and oculus quest. in a way its like whats old is suddenly becoming new again.
- czbond 4y agoYour comment intrigued me as I am new to Oculus; Have any adventure game suggestions for Oculus?
- Filligree 4y agoGhost Giant. Not many games have made me cry, but that one managed it.
- aidenn0 4y agoI think every game that made me cry was an adventure game; Planetfall was the first.
- eludwig 4y agoFloyd?
- unixhero 4y agoCrying is absolutely not something I want do experience while trying to relax and disconnect.
- Filligree 4y agoCatharsis is a thing. But I will admit, Ghost Giant isn't a comfortable game to play. It isn't supposed to be. It's still a really good game, and it had me wearing my VR gear much further into the night than was either comfortable or sane, but if relaxation is what you're looking for then ... this is not it.
- cultofmetatron 4y agowell, there is the classic for one -> https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2719294624823942/ https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2719294624823942/
- HellDunkel 4y agoThis would require a new generation of gamers. young gamers are playing fortnite&co
- throwaway5959 4y agoOnly because they’re not being marketed anything else.
- TulliusCicero 4y agoKids are actually fairly big into indie horror, judging by my son and his friends, and these are somewhat like old school adventure games. My son has even brought up SCP, despite only being ten years old. Stuff like Hello Neighbor, Poppy Playtime, Bendy and the Ink Machine, and of course the juggernaut that is Five Nights at Freddy's have gotten quite popular. Not as popular as Fortnite, obviously, but it's more than a tiny niche.
- crooked-v 4y agoAnd the latest FNaF game, Security Breach, is pretty much a full fledged adventure/puzzle game that happens to have some jumpscares and a scary premise.
- loganc2342 4y agoSweeping generalizations are scarcely true or helpful. Young gamers play much more than just “fortnite&co” just like Millennials played more than Call of Duty and other FPS games and just like Gen X played more than Mario and other mascot platformers. Plenty of young gamers are perfectly capable of playing, understanding, and enjoying modern adventure games.
- HellDunkel 4y agoYou are right and i deserve the critisism. What i meant to say is that for a new age of adventure games like in the mid 90ies there needs to be a new generation of vr affine gamers as i feel the current generation has given up on vr and adventure gaming in a classical sense. Remember Robinson - the journey, a vr adventure made by crytek? It looked so promising i almost considered getting playstation vr although motion sickness is a real problem for me.
- atombender 4y agoWe are already there, I think. Look at the success of games like the Blackwell games (and other excellent games from Wadjet Eye, such as Gemini Rue and Technobabylon), the Deponia series, Machinarium, Thimbleweed Park, Life is Strange, Disco Elysium, or the newly released NORCO, which a lot of reviews are calling a masterpiece. We are at a stage where adventure games are relatively cheap to make, and platforms like Steam and the App Store makes it easier to self-publish. It might not be hugely profitable, but that doesn't matter.