TGH writes:
"The first of the Chzo Mythos series by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, "5 Days a Stranger" is an adventure game created in the same light as "Sam and Max," "Quest for Glory," and "Hand of Fate," just in the horror department instead of the humor. Games such as "Clock Tower" and the recent "Slient Hill"s serve in this area, but very few were horrifying, and followed the SCUM system, known through the use in Lucasarts for their multitude of adventure games. Using Adventure Game Studio, a system known for it's similarities to the SCUM system, with the capability of custom screens and maps, as well as control schemes for a different environment each run-though, Yahtzee..."
Would you play an Assassin’s Creed RTS? How about Gears of War as an RPG? Let’s try to fit some square pegs into a round hole - there are some games I'd love to see cross over to a new genre. Maybe. Perhaps.
oprainfall writes:
"The “gentleman thief” known as Trilby is an expert at sneaking into the most impossible places, stealing everything of value, and slinking off into the night, leaving behind only his signature card. So when his informant tells him about the DeFoes, who conveniently died out and left their manor behind with no heirs, the case seems pretty open-and-shut."
Rock Paper Shotgun presents us with some of the very best games created with AGS. They are not all adventures, mind!
