These days, more modern adventure games are seen in the form of MMORPG’s and Augmented Reality Games.

MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, and is a massively popular game where lots of people play online together. These types of games are typically set in a fantasy world and each player plays the role of their character and there are usually different types of characters working together to accomplish a goal.

These types of games are different from other RPG’s by the sheer number of players and that the world is online in a continuous manner (the game still goes on even when your player is offline) hosted by a server. While I would consider Zelda: Breath of the Wild to be a massive modern adventure game, it is a single player game so would not fit into the MMORPG category.

Huge list of MMO games: https://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm

I wonder if some of the bigger sports games like Madden Ultimate Team or FIFA Ultimate Team or MLB The Show would be considered MMORPG’s as they seem to contain some of these elements?

ARG’s or Alternate/Augmented Reality games are those you would consider a more modern version of the text narrative games from the 1970’s and 80’s. There is some interaction with real events while taking place in the form of a game. These types of games take several formats – I think of Pokemon Go and Geocaching as two popular examples, and games that can be interactive with text like 39 Clues or Flat Stanley are great ways to bring some interactivity and fun into your language arts class and have kids go on an adventure.

Where would card games like Pokemon or Magic the Gathering fit into these narrative game categories?

The Tech Integrator