adventure game
adventure game noun: a computer or video game of the genre characterized by investigation, exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges.
Noun
adventure game (plural adventure games)
- A computer or video game of the genre characterized by investigation, exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges.
- Phipps have put together a well planned and sometimes amusing adventure game here, with text and location graphics, which are simple but attractive.1984 May, “Living Guide to Spectrum Software: Adventure Games”, in Crash, number 4
- The critics of adventure games are quick to point out that, really, adventure games are not games at all, but merely a series of puzzles strung together with bits of story between them. The puzzles, regardless of their form, serve as locked doors […]2010, Richard Rouse III, Game Design: Theory and Practice, Second Edition
Forms of adventure game
| plural | adventure games |
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Questions about adventure game
- What does adventure game mean?
- Adventure game means a computer or video game of the genre characterized by investigation, exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges.
- What part of speech is adventure game?
- Adventure game is a noun.
- What is the plural of adventure game?
- The plural of adventure game is adventure games.
Words near adventure game in the dictionary
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