With their roots in classic adventure games like Monkey Island and Grim Fandango, these games continue to evolve, offering an ever-immersive experience to fans of the genre. If you're not concerned with a storyline, to each his own, but that's why you don't understand why I would consider something like voice acting important.Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Gold Edition Embark on a Thrilling Journey: The Best Adventure Games of All TimeĪdventure games have been captivating the hearts of players, old and young, for many decades, transporting them to new worlds filled with magical stories, challenging puzzles, and fun adventures. Along the same lines, the delivery of the storyline is important as well, and goes a long way to immerse you in the game world.

You can say if I want to watch cinematics, why not watch a movie? But by that logic, if you want to just read subtitles, why not read a book?įor me, a quality storyline has a lot to do with whether or not I enjoy a game. But when it's acted by a high-quality cast including the likes of Andy Serkis, those parts are a joy and, yes, they add to the game. If you're not looking for a cinematic narrative, then don't play this game. I can read at least twice as fast as I can listen, so if games are cutscene-intensive I turn on subtitles and click straight through the 'voice acting' as soon as I've finished reading a line.ĭo people really sit there listening to people talk for half an hour between interactive parts of a game? Couldn't you just watch a movie instead? So because the game has voice acting, that means there's no gameplay?

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