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INTEREST: NIS Reveals Dungeon RPG by Disgaea Team, New Adventure Game




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Fronzel



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:35 am Reply with quote
What is meant by "adventure game"? For me, that term refers to the point-and-click narrative-based puzzle games of the early '90's, but that's more-or-less a dead genre (and not one I think a Japanese developer ever worked in) and I don't imagine that's what they're talking about.
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Cloud668



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:58 am Reply with quote
Fronzel wrote:
What is meant by "adventure game"? For me, that term refers to the point-and-click narrative-based puzzle games of the early '90's, but that's more-or-less a dead genre (and not one I think a Japanese developer ever worked in) and I don't imagine that's what they're talking about.


Oftentimes the term adventure games refer to visual novels in Japan, but then there are exceptions sometimes.
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ArsenicSteel



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:40 am Reply with quote
The article provided a game that represents what NIS calls an adventure game, Hayarigami.
It is pretty much what one would expect from an adventure game.
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DavidShallcross



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:01 am Reply with quote
So the term covers things like Phoenix Wright, as well as things like Air, Kanon, & Shuffle. Hayarigami seems to be horror/detection.
When I hear the term, I first think of things like Zork.
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:17 am Reply with quote
Been a very long time since I last heard NIS revealing a new game. I remember the 90's adventure games and even the 00's adventure games. At times they were very challenging, but they were also very fun as well.

It's been several years since I last played a NIS game though.
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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:30 pm Reply with quote
I have to admit, when I first read "Adventure Game" my mind slotted "Text" in front of it and I had to re-read it ^^;
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