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- The Point-and-Click Revival
- Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago by FemJesse
We have a language with our mice. We point, we click, and things happen. For those of us lucky enough to run DOS in the 90s, we can remember a slew of LucasArts point and click adventures that, in their time, had graphics and sound beating that of any console around.
Not only were these games immersing, with hilarious characters, dialogue and situational humor, but they were genuinely easy for people to pick up and play. Easy to play because you would use only your mouse, and your brain.
With the ever-growing success of home consoles, there would be no way to effectively translate mouse movement across the platforms without making movement tedious. Eventually quality writers would opt to start producing for consoles, and the language of the point-and-click adventure would be lost.
10 Years later, popular point and click game, Sam and Max gets a sequel. The game is a hit, and turns even more people on to the quirky transactions that the genre allows, with even more adverse puzzles. Now Sam and Max 2: Season 2 is being released, as well as a CSI point and click game.
We're also beginning to see something new altogether...
So far the Wii has been thoroughly applauded for its motion sensor technology, and now we're beginning to see how the Wii will make an excellent medium for point and click adventures. Seeing the success that is "Zack and Wiki," it is my prediction that the Wii will re-introduce this genre into the mainstream. I also believe that this will be a hit with people who bought the Wii because of Wii Sports being easy to play. I'd go so far to say as Nintendo is Wii-ning people into becoming gamers.
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i've only ever played one point and click game and that was maniac mansion. that game was awesome, it also scared me a little when i was younger.
i cant believe i forgot about monkey island and loom they were so good. guybrush threepwood for the win.
Ahhhhhh...Monkey Island, Loom, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis...those were the days. Those were the days...
The Wii seems perfect for it. Like you said, CSI and Sam and Max are perfect for it. If only we would see more!
P&C games never really captured my interest since I prefer to think in depth about choices & what I'd like to do. Complex RPGs & intelligent FPSes are my gaming mainstay.
i loved point and clicks especially all the sierra ones (kings quest, gabriel knight, phantasmagoria, space quest) I wonder if it will be able to translate now though, due to the evolution games have gone through since point and clicks were at their most popular.
I can't say it enough, I was a HUGE hit of all the LucasArts point-and-click adventure games of the 90s, as well as many others in the genre. I'm thrilled to see it making a comeback.