Well, I'd have to say that adventure gaming has pretty much shriveled up and died. Along comes Stupid Invaders, which is an adventure game in the vein of the LucasArts greats, like Sam and Max Hit the Road and Day of the Tentacle. Our preview copy of Stupid Invaders arrived a couple weeks ago, and we've had a chance to play through the nearly complete build. The game spans four CDs, with FMV and pre-rendered backgrounds taking up a majority of the space. The video is actually nearly identical to the in game scenes, and it's impossible to tell the two apart with screen shots.
Players control one of five aliens that have crash-landed on earth.
After the initial crash, the aliens hang out in an abandoned house until the space ship can be repaired. Bud, the half-witted alien accidentally escapes the hitman, and hilarity ensues. The space bar will bring up your inventory, and you can combine items by simply dragging and dropping. Still, you can't deny the mass-market appeal of a game that relies on wits instead of twitch.