Talk:Graphic adventure game

Merger proposal

Aren't graphical adventure games and Point-and-click adventure games pretty much the same thing? Point and click adventure games are always graphical adventure games. And graphical adventure games are almost ALWAYS point and click adventure games -- except the early forms that still used a text parser. Since you don't see text parsers very often anymore, it's safe to say they're an artifact. The graphical adventure game article should mention text parsers in its history section. Separating PNC from other graphical adventures is messy enough to reduce the overall usefulness of two separate articles. The information is better off together. 65.95.157.232 (talk) 03:11, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

There IS some research to support this. This page [1] shows that PNC adventures are closely related to graphical adventures. I've been busy with lots of other video game genre pages, but I will get around to this issue soon enough. Randomran (talk) 08:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd tend to agree, the point & click adventure game is at most a deviation of the graphic adventure game. I'd merge it here. -- Sabre (talk) 22:47, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, just make sure that P&C get a top-level section for distinguishing them. --MASEM 05:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow, the WP:video games project never ceases to amaze me. You guys were pretty quick. This article has been sitting here with no real feedback or improvements for a few months and has bugged me every time I pop in. So I'm going to get to that merge right away. Randomran (talk) 14:01, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Support merge, graphic adventure is text adventure's/interactive fiction's opposite number, the point and click interface is just the natural progression within the genre. Someoneanother 15:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Agree, support the merge.Gazimoff (talk) 19:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

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Article on history of graphic adventure games

[2] from Ars Technica. Some of the facts may be WP-based on a skim, but generally ars tech is reliable. --MASEM (t) 14:36, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Should this section not be rewritten as it reads from an American point of view instead of a mere factual basis. The whole article in general also has strong favoritism towards tell-tale games but completely leaves out the European projects such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Unwritten_Tales. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.34.198 (talk) 02:14, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Whispered World screenshot

As an example of a point and click game it's a poor screenshot since it doesn't show a cursor and a hotspot, key features of a point and click game. --Mika1h (talk) 22:17, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Kickstarter projects

Two other projects that could be added to the "Kickstarter projects" section, both were funded successfully: 1. the remake of Shadowgate by Zojoi (already mentioned here), and 2. the hybrid adventure/RPG Hero-U by The Coles who designed the Quest for Glory series in the past. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 15:33, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Another Kickstarter project by Cyan: obduction — Preceding unsigned comment added by Croepha (talk • contribs) 02:49, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Also, Thimbleweed Park by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick is underway. Zuckerberg (talk) 19:51, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

move/merge suggestion

For the discussion about this, please go to Talk:Adventure_game#Merge_Suggestion. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 15:21, 18 February 2013 (UTC)