Defining graphic adventure games: Exploration

Graphic adventure games usually uses environment exploration as a part of the gameplay. In earlier text parser adventures, you had to navigate by typing in the direction, e.g., “GO SOUTH”. Nowadays, the game developers create more intuitive ways to move in the environment.  In Asunder: Earthbound the players‘ movements are limited by sitting on one single airplane seat. The player could rotate the head to explore both the environment and the story of the game.

To make all this movement exciting, graphic adventure games usually offer players a beautiful surrounding. The opportunity to explore both the world and the story behind it makes players more exited.