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Adventure and Mystery games. What we like and don't like.

I've thought much about what I love about adventure games:

Exploration
The sense of being transported somewhere else. Being able to explore this other world. Finding all the little details, things that can be examined or used in ways that may not advance the game but provide entertainment.

Dialogue
It was the dialogue trees in Monkey Island 2 that initially made me a fan of adventure games. The sense that I could make my character say what I wanted and there would be an intelligent response seemed magical.

Story
Having a good story that you feel like you are participating in. This is probably what I really love most in games. The sense of immersion in a story that games can potentially provide that (to me at least) go beyond books or movies.

Notice that what many consider the core gameplay mechanic, the puzzles, doesn't really come into it. I think many developers have come to the same conclusion. Most new adventure games either tone the puzzles down and make them very easy or cut them completely. I mostly agree with that approach, although I do think it's important to make up for the cut-down puzzles with more "interactivity:" stuff you can play around with and things you can discover.

[Review Request]

Name: Mars Underground
Link: http://rpgmaker.net/games/8513/downloads/7991/
Status: Demo
Genre: Adventure
Estimated length: 1 hour
Small description:
Mars has just moved to a new city with his family. It's his first day at a new school.
Except every day is his first day at a new school.
Every morning Mars wakes up and relives the same day.
Every night the world ends.
Special requests: Extra cheese, a bucket of ice and a parade of dancing unicorns.

Greetings

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Hi, new person on the forums here.
I've dabbled in RPG Maker since the 90s, starting way back with RPG Maker 95 but haven't released anything serious before. Last year I decided to have a real go at making games and was teaching myself Unity, then I heard about a new RPG Maker coming out and had a play with it. That playing around turned into my current game project "Mars Underground."
Other than games I like to make my own music, which I'll be doing for my game's soundtrack.

Have a nice day everybody!
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