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Gilbert: Telltale's The Walking Dead Proves Adventure Games Can Appeal To The Masses

Posted on Friday, November 30 @ 08:57:09 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Game designer Ron Gilbert believes that adventure games can have mass market appeal, and points to Telltale's The Walking Dead as a prime example.

Speaking to PC Gamer, Gilbert explained that if you can create an adventure game that is accessible to a wide range of consumers, the gaming public will eat it up. “I think, with The Walking Dead, it’s kind of proof of the mass marketing of adventure games,” he said.

“Things like Sam & Max are wonderfully fabulous games, but they’re a little nichey in a way. But I think The Walking Dead really proved that there’s a large number of people out there who, if you build a game that’s accessible to them – build an adventure game that’s accessible to them – they will just flock to it,” he added.

For years, many have argued that traditional adventure games are but a thing of the past, but with the success of Telltale's latest effort, that no longer appears to be the case. Could we be witnessing a revival of this genre? I sure hope so!

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  • Guernica
    Guernica
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 9:24 am
    I sure hope so! I've played through all their monkey island and back to the future games and loved them. Haven't gotten to the walking dead yet but i've definately got my eyes on it.
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  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 9:28 am
    I was hoping the title was implying Gilbert Godfried was announcing this information.
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  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 10:13 am
    I enjoyed Heavy Rain,indigo prophecy, The Walking Dead, Please bring more games focused on story. Im tired of games barely even making a story to go with there pew pew pew. Games should be about a story that creates emotional connection between characters and the player.
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  • leavesofgrass611
    leavesofgrass611
    Joined: Aug 2011
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 10:32 am
    Same here, I loved all those games too. I like making choices that mean something later on. Games like that take us one small step closer to virtual reality. Hopefully in 100 years we'll be doing straight-up Total Recall simulations.
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  • Axelownz
    Axelownz
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 30th, 2012 at 10:53 am
    I love what Tell Tale has been doing recently. The Walking Dead was freaking great, and Tales of Monkey Island was too. Not as good as the the first 3 games IMO but still awesome, and i even played the crappy wiiware versions. Did not play Back to the Future yet.
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