Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
"Adventure" games can come in almost any shape or size and the cover nearly any topic out there. I am fairly confident that the application of the term "Adventure" game is tacked on to any title out there that is unique or does not fit definitively into a particular genre (like an FPS or RPG). Given that the "adventure" genre can have anything from a platforming game like Super Mario, to a puzzle game like Super Bomberman, to point-and-click games like AR-K and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, the "adventure" genre is the largest genre with some of history's most iconic games in it. AR-K is a title that tries to make its home amidst those great point-and-click adventures like Daedalic's The Whispered World (check out my review here) or The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, but it caters to gamers with a much more light-hearted and comical adventure, foregoing the heavy and oppressive tones that you will find in titles like Myst and Riven. The questio...
Serena Nelson writes: "As ex-police trainee and now journalist Alicia it's up to you to uncover the truth behind the strange golden orb that has not once but twice popped up into your life and how it relates to the people in charge. At the end of the second episode you fought long and hard to get to the equally mysterious District 8. And you'll be spending the majority of the episode going through this area and getting the scoop of a lifetime. If you don't get censored first."
Siliconera recently spoke with renowned writer Greg Rucka about his involvement with AR-K as well as the broader challenges of writing video games.
Siliconera: "I’m a big fan of episodic games. I like the way that the wait between episodes allows speculation and conversation to develop across the web. I like that they can allow smaller studios to start getting revenue partway through a project. And most of all, I like that they allow for iteration from episode to episode."
AR-K sounds like a gun model to me.
if Colt and kalashnikov made a gun together.
all the accuracy and professionalism of the AR15 combined with the ability to be literally dragged through the sand,mud ,water and still fire capabilities of the AK.
Oh and this game...whatever!
