Paul takes a step back and reviews one of his hidden gems from 2010
The entire graphic adventure genre is practically under-the-radar, but releases like Telltale’s The Walking Dead prove that at least a few titles deserve our notice. With new graphic adventure fans emerging, this is the perfect time to shine light on some titles that have not received their due because of the genre’s niche status. If you’ve been hankering to get swept up in something different, these graphic adventures are worth checking out.
Gemini Rue is really good, very interesting story and dual play style, reminds me a lot of games like The Dig.
Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Issac creator Ed McMillen is releasing the Basement Collection - an anthology containing eight of his prior works - on Steam in late August. It will be priced at $4.
While each game can be played for free on McMillen's Newgrounds page, the Basement Collection will be ad-free, playable in full screen and come with a host of goodies.
The best adventure games find the perfect balance between mechanic and narrative, making sure that the game never gets in the way of the story and vice versa. In order to achieve this, all the puzzles you engage with, all the twists in the story and all the characters you meet, have to fit comfortably into the same, believable world. If they don't, then you're pulled out of the experience and for an adventure game, that's a massive failure.
