Why aren't there more horror-oriented adventure games?
>>12885683adventure game puzzles are scary enough as is
>>12885689Exactly. Unless you like pixel hunting, moon logic solutions for every puzzle, and soft locking your game without knowing it not even halfway in. Fuck motherfucking Sierra, leisure suit Larfy is for fags anywayhonk if you love pussy!
>>12885683I've always found it strange that the genre is primarily known for its comedies.
>>12885689>Bazinga!
>>12885689>Timmy Low IQ, who thinks using a knife to cut some rope is a terrifyingly hard puzzle
>>12885693>>12885689Kinda the opposite. The games can’t predict your pacing without making the puzzles braindead easy (pic related) so you end up with horror that seems predictable because you’ve been stuck for two hours and you can guess that they’ll shove a scare in once you progress.
>>12885693Looks like someone forgot to grab the dialect translator
>>12885683I mean that's one of the biggest rubs of adventure games, by and large most of them fell into quirky YA lit, comedy, or super vanilla adventure/mystery stories, all that will seem lacking to the average desensitized internet consumer.
>>12885872>all that will seem lacking to the average desensitized internet consumer.You just described the vast majority of mods, fanfiction, and indie games.
>>12885683I thought there were quite a lotoff the top of my head:>The Lurking Horror>Uninvited>Anchorhead>Dark Seed 1 and 2>Harvester>I Have No Mouth>Veil of Darkness>Sanitarium>Shadow of the Comet and Prisoner of Ice>Phantasmagoria 1 and 2>Amber: Journeys Beyond>7th Guest and 11th Hour>Blackstone Chronicles>Shivers 1 and 2>The Dark Eye
>>12885965Ah, capstone shit
>>12885965>loaded questionDo you have a better method for starting threads to get people discussing things you want?
i thought Riven was pretty scary (more unnerving, I guess) when I played it this year
>>12887109>which is a logical fallacy off the batOh? Do tell, how is the thread question a logical fallacy?
>>12887281They didn't tell you?
>>12887109This Anon has never heard of Cunningham's Law
>>12887306This Anon ate breakfast this morning
>>12887306Uhuh...Well, this was entertaining but sorry to say it was neither A) a loaded question, nor B) an example of circular reasoning, it was an open-ended question. Uh, thanks for playing, I award you no points, and uh, next time try to have a legitimate point before trying to sound intelligent.
>>12887504It was a loaded question. You asked why there aren't more horror-oriented adventure games, alongside and image from one. In fact, there are more than the one shown in the OP image. QED.
>>12887620>>12887626Looks like I flipped out the resident sperg.> it is a loaded question because you have a presupposition in itThat has little to do with it being a loaded question, a loaded question's "presupposition" contains embedded biases or prejudices. There were no biases embedded within the OP question. It made an assumption, that horror is more niche within the genre, which if you look at most of the releases and most popular titles, one could easily ascertain as true, at least within the retro context.>you’re stating that there aren’t more horror adventure games as if it’s fact What the fuck are you talking about? Asking why there aren't more of something does not assert, as an established fact, that there objectively should be more of it. It's asking for an explanation of an observed or perceived trend.I can clearly tell you live in your own head. There is neither circular reasoning happening, or a loaded question. Not sure why this upsets you so much. Are you a narcissist perhaps?
>>12887637Included a false assumption within an quesiton, which >>12885959 clearly shows to be false, is a loaded question. QED>
>>12885959Thank you. All I wanted out of this thread was this fucking post. Everyone else in this thread is a fag.>>12887626You're also retarded. Fuck you.
>>12887647You were actually making subtle use of Cunningham's Law with that loaded question to get that answer you were looking for. Very clever Anon, but I saw right through it.
>>12887649That wasn't me. I just want to make sure you know you're a retard. I hope you die.
>>12887646>Included a false assumption within an quesitonIt didn't actually include any assumption, it simply asked why there weren't more of them. The assumption I stated was a generous interpretation in your favor, which still does not make it either loaded or circular in its reasoning. Nor does a tiny list of a dozen and a half titles over 2 and a half decades make that assumption irreconcilable. Now; why does the perceived assumption that horror is niche within adventure games make you lash out? That's the real question here.
>>12885683Horror has its audience, but it's not nearly as popular as general fantasy or comedy, especially for video games in the 80's and 90's. The real money-makers were fantasy games and humorous adventure games. Horror kind of became notorious early on, due to infamously bad titles like Friday the 13th on the NES and Halloween on the Atari.The HUGO Trilogy is sort of horror, though it comes off more as a pastiche than genuine horror.
>>12885683>>12887656man, this makes me want a SCREAM adventure game
>>12885683What horror-oriented adventure game hits do you know?It kinda makes no sense to keep digging where there is no water.
>>12887661>use gun>Congratulations! You have stopped Ghostface!>The End
>>12887108Clearly doesn't work, because it always has retards arguing about irrelevant shit. The people who aren't arguing but are "participating" in the thread tend to post irrelevant or negative shit regardless.What's worked best for me is just posting about games. You'll get people desperate to derail your blog, but they are irrelevant and can be hidden and filtered whilst providing free bumps for the thread.
>pseuds arguing semanticsyep its an adventure game thread
>>12887931>>12887956It's not my fault you're too stupid to understand what a loaded question is, and that the OP's question wasn't a loaded question. That's on you. Already explained how you're wrong, if that's not enough, well, too bad, so sad, don't care, not my problem. It's yours. And yes, there are fewer horror games in the adventure genre than fantasy or comedy, like>>12887656Observed.>You're projectingHuh, neat, anyway.>>12888116Manhunter 1 and 2 were reportedly pretty successful, each grossing over 100K units, which is pretty good for computer sales back in the day.
>newfags complaining about loaded questionsNo they didn’t get brought over with the_donald
>>12885703Kind of like it's strange that the visual novel is known mostly for its eroges?
>>12888193It's just one gigantic samefagging faggot that routinely shitposts trying to bait people into endless arguments to derail the threads, because he hates adventure games because he's a brainlet who couldn't solve a simple Roberta puzzle. Ignore him and proceed discussing about the topic and he leaves eventually.
>>12885959>Lurking Horror3/10>Uninvited6/10>AnchorheadNot retro>Dark Seed 12/10, way too cryptic and punishing>Dark Seed 21/10, even more cryptic and even more punishing>Harvester2/10>I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream9/10>Veil of Darkness8/10>Sanitarium7/10>Shadow of the Comet6/10>Prisoner of Ice7/10>Phantasmagoria 18/10>Phantasmagoria 27/10, overall Phantasmagoria 1 and 2 were unfairly and unjustly review-bombed by libs because of its gore and """"sex"""" (if you could even call it that) and the games were ahead of their time, thematically and content-wise, taking some significant notes from Hellraiser, even if the acting in them was at times kind of cringey>Amber Journeys Beyond5/10>7th guest6/10>11th Hour7/10>Blackstone Chronicles4/10>Shivers 15/10>Shivers 27/10>The Dark Eye7/10
>>12888373Wow, look at that, now shut the fuck up.
>>12888409>Not retro'98 is retro
>>12888428Oh, I thought it was referring to the game on STEAM.Haven't played it then.
>>12888409>that pic>jumps from Zork right to Portopia>skipping Mystery House, Wizard and the Princess, Cranston Manor, Time Zone, The Hobbit, and Sherwood Forest>and it calls itself a classic adventure gamer testFor shame.
>>12888454>can't even use AI correctlyFigures.
>>12888513>what i have been saying the entire threadNothing even remotely close to that? >>12887646You clearly stated it included a "false assumption", where-as your own AI response tells you it simply included a scarcity presupposition, which is the first time you've mentioned scarcity in this entire thread.But you already got BTFO right here>>12888415Disregarding your follow-up question to a question that was already leading for the AI to drawn the conclusion you wanted it to.Please, feel free to keep making an ass out of yourself.
>>12888442it's fundamentally the same game, the Steam version is a spruced up paid one that comes with an integrated interpreter and has some illustrations.
>>12888536Yea, that's nice.Anyway, Ecstatica 1 and 2 should be releasing soon. Anyone else hyped for its STEAM re-release?
>>12888130>use gunWhy didn't anyone in the movies think of that?Oh.....
>>12888596>aim for face
>>12888706His mask is bulletproof, just like Batman's cowl.
>>12888737>use .50 AE Desert Eagle for maximum movie awesomeness>break his neck even if the mask prevents penetration
>>12888753He dodged it.
>>12888758k, I'll take the broken spine / pulled back, I guess
>>12888409>review-bombed by libsBut Phantasmagoria 2 is a relatively early example of a bisexual player character, struggling to figure his sexuality out, and it features a pretty good and evenhanded portrayal of a diva-gay dude.
>>12889147This was the 90's, anon. Sex and violence was right wing at the time.
>>12888409my recollection of phantasmagoria is that it's a pretty cool vibe but as a game is an absolute sierra monstrosity, more ball breaking than king's quest V.
>>12889649Plenty of right wing boomers also bitched and cried about sex and violence in entertainment at the time. Remember also all the weird shit about Pokémon and Harry Potter being secret devil worship.
