Dave Payerle writes: Kickstarter certainly has its flaws, but one of the major advantages of the service is the life it has given to past game franchises. Deciding to reboot (or make a squeal to) 10-20 year old games is a hard sell for publishers, who question whether such a title still has an audience. The crowd funding model allows game fans to enable the creation of games that would otherwise never see the light of day, by essentially proving upfront with their money that a certain game has enough appeal to justify its creation. Tesla Effect was born on Kickstarter, and features the return of Tex Murphy, who starred in a series of games in the 1990s. True to its roots, the game is built for the people who backed it, and series fans will enjoy the familiar game play, characters and locales.
Humble Bundle's latest bundle features spiritual and actual sequels to beloved classic games, including Shadowrun, Broken Sword, and Tex Murphy.
Serena Nelson writes: "And it was hard to narrow it down to just these and quite a few that didn't make it only missed it by a hair. For one reason or another, these ten have a certain something that makes it stand out amongst the crowd. In order to be considered the adventure game had to be fully released. This means that if it's an episodic game every episode needs to be playable."
I'm so happy this genre is seeing resurgence, my best gaming experiences have come from point click adventures, Monkey Islands, Goblins, Beneath a Steel Sky, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Fate of Atlantis, etc….. I loved playing through Grim Fandango again and we also have the remaster of Day of the Tentacle to look forward to.
Judging from the titles this article lists it seems I have some catching up to do as I've only played Broken Sword 5 and Broken Age.
Adventure games are making a big comeback thanks to developers like Telltale Games and Double Fine Productions. Here is a short list of recently released games that are worth the time and attention.
