adventure games are a genre that includes storytelling and exploration. these games typically involve a element of puzzle to this with games like tomb raider where you have to solve puzzles to progress through a large and open space. these games have been described as puzzle embedded in a narrative framework, where games involve narrative content that a player unlocks piece by piece over time. minecraft came out in 2009 with 200 million copies sold and more are being sold today(22/01/2020). minecraft is an adventure game with no real story except getting to the ender dragon, you are able to what you like in the game make anything with only using different coloured and mitraled blocks. by defeating the ender dragon you are rewarded with xp to upgrade swords and other weapons to defeat other mobs in the game
there is typically a crafting menu which is the main part of minecraft to create better blocks that are stronger and more creative structures that has kept the player base stuck to this addictive game. this has lead to massive projects like creating the eiffel tower

in minecraft there is some element of puzzle in it, there is you trying to find the ender portal or using the item called red stone to make your door work or any thing to work in the game. but in tomb raider there is large amount of exploration and puzzles to solve. there is inventory management in minecraft to allow you to craft and build new items. emergent gameplay in adventure is when you feel releved when you figure out a puzzle or discover a new area and feel amazed at the landscape, this is why people come back to these games
