red chamber dream
the first three? have you played them?
think the closest would be action/adventure but they're just so different from shit like zelda
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red chamber dream
generally "adventure" alone would refer to more old-school games like the secret of monkey island, myst, etc. basically, games where you mostly look at static screens and move on by typing or clicking or something. anything where you actually move the character around is action/adventure.
Not really. AFAIK the horror elements are really the only things that set them apart from that genre. RPGs, on the other hand, kind of have different roots than normal action/adventure games, which is why they have their own genre. That said, there are series like the later Castlevania games and Zelda that you could go on forever arguing about whether they're RPGs or not.
red chamber dream
resident evil basically revolves around never having proper means to take down enemies though. there's a lot of running away, hiding, etc. zelda and other action/adventure games are nothing like that, and i sort of think the difference in gameplay is large enough for it to be called something different.
there are also plenty of horror action/adventure games that i wouldn't consider survival horror. condemned and eternal darkness come to mind.
there are also plenty of horror action/adventure games that i wouldn't consider survival horror. condemned and eternal darkness come to mind.
AoL and maybe SS are the only ones that come close, yeah. From what I've seen, people tend to describe RPGs differently depending on what they're looking for from the genre. (Leveling up, looting, upgrading things over time, etc. vs actual role playing and making decisions that effect the game world and story, for instance)
I've barely played Resident Evil games before, or many survival horror games for that matter, but there's definitely a difference between having everything you need in a situation and having to scavenge/ration out your supplies in order to survive. Not sure if that warrants a new genre category for it or not, but from what I gather there are a lot of survival horror type games out there even if I can't think of many. If not, what would those games be described as instead?
I've barely played Resident Evil games before, or many survival horror games for that matter, but there's definitely a difference between having everything you need in a situation and having to scavenge/ration out your supplies in order to survive. Not sure if that warrants a new genre category for it or not, but from what I gather there are a lot of survival horror type games out there even if I can't think of many. If not, what would those games be described as instead?
Indie Lover
well, shooting lots of terrorists while trying to disarm a nuke is a very big adventure for me...
as opium said, it's very broad to the point you can put almost everything into the genre...
well, you can narrow it down to games that relies heavily on story telling... that would exclude... 70% of the games...
as opium said, it's very broad to the point you can put almost everything into the genre...
well, you can narrow it down to games that relies heavily on story telling... that would exclude... 70% of the games...