Ron Gilbert, the man behind the beloved Monkey Island series, is praising Telltale’s The Walking Dead for bringing the adventure genre to a broader audience of gamers.
In an interview with PC Gamer, Gilbert explained that the fact that TWD has managed to appeal to such a large group of consumers is evidence to the fact that there is still a market for traditional adventure games.
I think, with The Walking Dead, it’s kind of proof of the mass marketing of adventure games.
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.
Ron Gilbert is currently working with Double Fine on The Cave, which is set to arrive on the PS3, PC, Wii U and Xbox 360 this coming January. You can read our preview of the game right here.
