Yes, they are and even mention it on their game stores like PSN when listing their genres (even if AC added RPG elements, so it can also be considered a RPG). They aren't soccer games.
useless argument. genres in these stores are not only vague they also are often completely off the mark.
if you agree with the PS store then Destiny 2 is literally an action adventure... look it up.
edit: here's your action adventure Destiny 2
Also apparently it's a 3rd person shooter as wellnas we can see... because you go into third person breifly from time to time it of course needs to be categorised as such
They have both action (combat mechanics frequently used) and adventure (a story that is somewhat important, exploration, etc), so they are an action adventure.
Ocarina was only one of them, one of the earlier 3D ones. Nowadays the archetypical action adventures are the Sony, Rockstar and Ubisoft blockbusters.
you basically agree it's a completely worthless definition then.
you basically say that EVERY GAME that has action is an action adventure.
define adventure here, because I fail to see how Spider-Man goes on an adventure.
he's literally swinging around his home town, doing so fo years and years, fighting the same crimes over and over until some bigger baddies show up.
how is that an adventure? that makes no sense.
you describe games that have NOTHING in common that are all somehow in the same genre, and then say "well there's action... and adventure" which is like I said nonsense and not a sufficient genre definition in games, as games are usually defined by game mechanics and game design not by theme. even horror games are subcategorized into other gameplay/gamedesign based genres.
by your definition literally every single videogame that isn't highly specialised should be put into the Action Adventure category.
I mean, Doomslayer goes through a lot of action in his games, and arguably through an adventure... so Doom 2016 is an action adventure then.
Master Chief is in the same boat isn't he? even more so actually... in Halo CE he's on an adventure on an unknown ring planet, and there action!
what about Super Meat Boy? he is on an adventure so save his girlfriend, and there's lots of action on the way there!
So Super Meat Boy goes into the Action Adventure bucket too!
Diablo 3, there's action and you adventure through dungeons and a dark world...
+1 Action Adventure.
basically every single action RPG would then qualify as well right?
like The Last Story, all the Star Ocean games, Final Fantasy XV etc.
all Super Mario Bros. games and 3D Mario games then also clearly action adventures. basically the same scenario as Super Meat Boy here.
another game for the Action Adventure bucket.
is Minecraft one as well? there's of course action as you fight skeletons and zombies etc. and you're on an adventure to get to the end and beat the ender dragon
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yet another Action Adventure found!
Forza Horizon maybe? I mean the car races in that game can have a lot of action, there are big jumps and you can ram your enemies off the track... and your driver is on an adventure to become the best racedriver in the Horizon Festival!
so please welcome the Action Adventure Forza Horizon!
Every game that isn't turn based and doesn't have zero enemies is an action adventure if you go by your defining factors here.
which isn't far off from how the term is used by journalists of course these days.
which is my whole point.
the current definition (which isn't a real definition) is so vague that it's literally "etc." or "miscellaneous"
