What is an adventure game? It’s a question many people have a different answer for, but it’s usually based on a love of story, of comedy, of puzzles, of character, of writing, of stepping into a different world for a while and seeing something new.
Release date: 1993 | Developer: LucasArts | GOG, Steam, Humble Store While many modern adventure games offer controller support or keyboard controls for navigating 3D worlds, the classics were all point-and-click games, relying on the trusty old mouse and (usually) an array of commands like "Open" and "Look." These are the best old and new point-and-click adventures. It’s not something I’d want to become the standard for adventures by any stretch, but few others have the charisma, the wit, and the soundtrack to pull it off with such style. Treat its occasional generosity in letting you choose an option as forgiveable. What originally looked like the most ridiculous, random tie-in ended up being one of the funniest games in years.
Probably best not to think about that too carefully. Tales From The Borderlands is simultaneously one of Telltale’s least interactive games, and one of its best. Zoom, the teleconferencing application, is also making its services free to students and teachers in grades K-12, in light of school districts closing nationwide to help contain the spread.Release date: 2014 | Developer: Telltale Games | Steam, Humble Store Elsewhere, the iconic keyboard synthesizer makers Moog and Korg have made their mobile synth apps free. Indie developers on Itch.io have likewise put 60 games on deep discount, with some marked down 100% - aka “free.” That includes Vlambeer’s Nuclear Throne. Free demos are being offered for several dozen new PC games. On Wednesday, Valve opened Game Festival 2020 on Steam to showcase games from independent developers who would have attended the 2020 Game Developers Conference, which was canceled at the end of February.
There’s also Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, but that was already a free-to-play game the link carries users to the mobile version’s download page. More current titles include Builders of Egypt: Prologue, a historical city-builder set in the ancient Nile valley. They include Shadow Warrior Classic Complete, point-and-click adventure game Teenagent, and three Ultima games. Many are from the 1990s and the turn of the century (one is even from 1979), but chances are good you’ve heard of some of these, if not played them already. Twenty-seven free games are available on GOG.com right now. As millions of people worldwide stay inside and away from others, in an effort to “flatten the curve” of new cases of COVID-19, several online entertainment services and portals have made content free to users to help them enjoy life indoors for a while.
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