I still remember when we got new genres and had no way to describe them, so we called everything clones
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My friends insist that "immersive sim" is a genre. They are wrong.
The idea of a "platformer" game doesn't really exist anymore, outside the niche pixel side-scrollers on Steam. A lot of the old "action/adventure" hybrids like Metroid and Mario and Zelda have been replaced by over-the-shoulder open world games and shooters. Hell, Metroid probably would have been shooters at inception, if the tech had been up to speed. Games like Contra tried to be on certain levels. Meanwhile, Zelda and Mario have really come into their own after M64 and Ocarina thanks to the open world style of play.
The modern idea of "adventure" is more intended to describe an exploration game with RPG elements, rather than a story-driven platform hopper. I think that's probably truer to the intent of the original game concept that "adventure" games were intended to describe.
“Platformers don’t exist outside of niche steam games”, said Elephant Mario as he slowly faded into nothingness, while a stream of tears ran down his face. A moment later the trombones finally stopped playing. He was gone.
It's amazing to me how a lot of games are still trying to chase Resident Evil 4. A game that's nearly 20 years old.
The second type of game was generally referred to as "Action-Adventure" to differentiate it from games like Monkey Island.
They're separated from just 3D platforming games by generally incorporating some aspects of adventure games such as inventory management and puzzle solving.
Adventure games... games were you had to "find" something to progress to the next screen/level/plot beat.
Right up there with Text adventures in my ability to completely suck at playing them even though I REALLY wanted to play/enjoy them.
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Tried playing Hitchhikers Guide... couldn't figure out the vending machine at the start of the game. 
I will always love Grim Fandango but I haven't played too many others outside a couple 90s classics I've gotten off GoG. Maybe I should give the Blade Runner game a go