Action-Adventure Video Game
An Action-Adventure Video Game is a video game that combines action and adventure video game elements.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be a member of an Action-Adventure Video Game Genre.
- It can range from being a Single-Player Action-Adventure Video Game to being a Multi-Player Action-Adventure Video Game.
- It can range from being a Closed-World Action-Adventure Video Game to being an Open-World Action-Adventure Video Game.
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- Example(s):
- a Survival Horror Video Game, such as Resident Evil.
- a Stealth Game, such as Metal Gear video games and Assassin's Creed series.
- an Open-World Action-Adventure Video Game, such as: Ghost of Tsushima or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
- a Linear Action-Adventure Game, such as: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.
- Batman: Arkham Knight.
- Grand Theft Auto IV.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Simulation Video Game such as SimCity.
- a Driving Video Game,
- See: Video Game Genre.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-adventure_game Retrieved:2017-5-20.
- The action-adventure video game genre includes video games that combine core elements from the action and adventure genres.
With the decline of the adventure game genre from mainstream popularity, the use of the term (and the hybrid term "action-adventure") has been more liberal. It is not uncommon for gamers to apply the term "adventure" or "action adventure" to describe the genre of fiction to which a game belongs, and not the gameplay itself.
Action-adventure is a hybrid genre, and thus the definition is very inclusive, leading it to be perhaps the broadest genre of video games, and can include many games which might better be categorized under narrow genres. Typically, pure adventure games have situational problems for the player to solve, with very little or no action. If there is action, it is generally confined to isolated minigames. Pure action games have gameplay based on real-time interactions that challenge the reflexes. Therefore, action-adventure games engage both reflexes and problem-solving, in both violent and non-violent situations.
- The action-adventure video game genre includes video games that combine core elements from the action and adventure genres.