1. Analysis of a Game genre

2. An action-adventure game can be defined as a game with a mix of elements from an action game and an adventure game, especially crucial elements like puzzles. Action-adventures require many of the same physical skills as action games, but also offer a storyline, numerous characters, an inventory system, dialogue, and other features of adventure games. They are faster-paced than pure adventure games, because they include both physical and conceptual challenges. Action-adventure games normally include a combination of complex story elements, which are displayed for players using audio and video. The story is heavily reliant upon the player character's movement, which triggers story events and thus affects the flow of the game. Some examples of action-adventure games include The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask, Alice Madness Returns and Starfox Adventures. 3. Sub Genres First Person Action Adventure: An action adventure game which is played through the eyes of the character. These are sometimes called Real-Time Adventure games or RTAs for short. A notable example of this is Metroid Prime and System Shock. Third Person Action Adventure: Action adventure games that show the character you are playing as. The player can see the character at all times. Notable examples include games like Tomb Raider series, The Legend of Zelda series, Rune, Severance: Blade of Darkness, Grand Theft Auto series, and Hitman series. Isometric Platform Games: Games which freely explorable environments with three-dimensional gameplay and two- dimensional graphics using an isometric projection. Sandbox/Open World: Games which focus on nonlinear gameplay in an open world. Notable examples include Assassin's Creed and the Grand Theft Auto series. Platform-Adventure Games: These games emphasize both exploration and puzzle solving, but also feature traditional platform game conventions. Examples of games of this type are Tomb Raider series, Banjo- Kazooie, and the Metroid and Castlevania games; the term "Metroidvania" is derived from these latter two and used describe games in this genre. Stealth Games: emphasize avoiding detection by enemies rather than engaging them in direct combat, leading to a greater emphasis on exploration and puzzle-solving than other types of action games. 4. Majoras Mask Majoras Mask contains certain elements that puts it under the genre action adventure. A young hero called Link sets out on a quest to find his friend but suddenly discovers a town named Clock town, the residents tell Link that the moon is falling and they only have three days left until they are all doomed. A character named Skull kid has stolen a powerful, possessed mask and is controlled to bring the moon down. The hero sets out on a journey to collect masks so that he can beat Skull kid and return Majoras Mask to its owner, The Happy Mask Salesman. 5. Elements of the game The story of Majoras mask is about a hero going on a journey to save a town of people. The game has an inventory system containing items that the player collects throughout the game. The player can walk around freely but has to complete an objective to open up a new area on the map. The map is wide scoped and has different elements such as fire, ice, forest and water. There is a shop in which you can spend the rupees you collect to buy upgrades. 6. Star fox Adventures Fox McCloud sets out on an adventure to save Dinosaur Planet which is falling to pieces. To do this he must find the spell stones that keep the planet together. Halfway through the journey, Fox learns about a character named Krystal who is trapped inside a crystal. Now he must also collect Krazoa spirits in order to free her. 7. Elements of the game The story is about a hero going on a quest to save a planet of dinosaurs. The game has an inventory system containing items that the player collects throughout the game. The player can walk around freely but has to complete an objective to open up a new area on the map. The map is wide scoped and has different elements such as fire, ice, forest and water. There is a shop in which you can spend the scarabs you collect to buy upgrades. 8. Alice Madness Returns A teenage girl goes on an adventure in wonderland to piece together her memories to discover how her parents died. She alternates from reality and her mind, going on a journey though different environments that get darker the further she goes. 9. Elements of the game The story is about a character going on an adventure to search for her missing memories and save her sanity. The player can walk around freely but has to complete an objective to open up a new area on the map. The map is wide scoped and has different elements such as fire, ice, forest and water. The player can upgrade the items they collect by spending teeth that they collect during gameplay. 10. Overall you can see the similarities between these three action adventure games. From looking at this the conclusion is that action adventure games include puzzle solving, exploration, a main objective along with side objectives, a peaceful place taken over by evil, night time/daytime cycle and different elements such as fie, war, ice, forest etc