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morphballganon, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

I feel like the Sonic franchise’s last great game was Adventure 2. There’ve been a couple good ones since then, but not great.

Anyone got a good replacement?

poke,

Above but the chao garden is required to be in the replacement.

Aesk,

Lunistice

It’s relatively short, and there’s no chao garden. But it’s got a lot of soul. With a sequel on the way.

pikasaurX4,

You could check out Freedom Planet. It didn’t quite do it for me, but it has a decent fanbase

stopthatgirl7, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?
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For anyone that likes horror, I can’t recommend Red Candle Games enough.

Detention takes place during the White Terror in Taiwan in the 1960s, and is about a student trying to get out of the school after a typhoon, but it turns into something so much darker and sadder as the story unfolds.

Devotion is probably the best PT-esque horror game out there, taking place in a Taiwanese apartment during three different years in the 80s, and is about a script writer trying to create his “perfect future” while he’s trying to figure out what happened to his young daughter. It is one of, if not the, best domestic horror I’ve ever played. And anyone against censorship should definitely get it, because the game was pulled from Steam because of an art asset that got left in by accident that called Xi Jinping Winnie the Pooh, and then GoG said THEY would sell it, but it seems CD Projekt worried China might retaliate and not allow CP2077 to be released in China and backed out a day or two after they said they would carry it (they claimed it was because of “gamer response,” but refused to respond to anyone asking for more details).

Detention, you can get anywhere - it’s even on iOS and Android along with PC, PS Store, and Switch, but Devotion, you can only get from Red Candle’s website, and it is more than worth the $17 bucks: https://shop.redcandlegames.com/

AcornCarnage,
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These look and sound great, thank you!

Nerdybynature, (edited )
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I need to go back to Detention. I was really enjoying it but I think something spooked me too close to bedtime and I hadn’t picked it up since.

CosmicSploogeDrizzle, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?
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I haven’t played the beta yet but I’m hoping that The Finals, which is made by ex-Dice devs, will be a good alternative to Battlefield and COD. I just miss destructible environments so badly. Bad Company 2 was so so good back in the day.

sirfancy,

I really, really hope that it doesn’t get overrun with cheaters like warzone did. I have really high hopes for the game because I’m having a blast with the beta. Not often does a game come along out of nowhere and just tick all the boxes with having such a solid formula. Last game I felt like this with was Alex Legends. Pls devs don’t screw this up 🙏

LadyLikesSpiders,

Saw an article on that game recently that they’re using AI voices in that. I don’t think it’s for everything, but if you happen to be an opponent to AI, that’s something to know. If not, well, carry on 😅

ViscloReader,

I honestly think it’s a good application of AI. It really sets the “tournament” vibe

Evotech,

I mean, you could make an argument that AI announcers have an in-game reason to be a thing.

Narrrz, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

if you enjoyed diablo 2,grim dawn feels like a spiritual successor to that game specifically, whereas d3 didn't really.

Lightsong,

You mean like it’s game where you could rush/grush and mass level, make mfer, farm stuff and make your pvp characters with skill trees and skill synergies?

dangblingus,

Yes to all of that. In fact the synergies that you can pull off in GD make you feel godlike.

Lightsong,

Awesome! Added to watch list.

sour, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?
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geometry dash

what are other good monster collecting games

ADHDefy,
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Nexomon Extinction and Siralim Ultimate are great monster collecting games.

sour,
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thx

Nephalis,

Casette Beasts is good also.

Sunhealer,

Also keep a lookout for Beastieball! There’s currently a demo available on Steam.

mesamunefire, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

I’ve been enjoying peglin quite a bit.

morphballganon,

As an alternative to what?

mesamunefire,

Pegle

mesamunefire, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

If you like smash brothers, rivals of aether is really fun and has support for steam workshop.

falkerie71, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?
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Any game from Supergiant I would recommend in a heart beat.

OpenStars, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?
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Chrono Trigger

The best game of all time, period.

Prater, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

Although it looks like you’re mainly focusing on single player games, Titanfall 2 is a great alternative to Call of Duty. Its movement is insane, it’s fanbase isn’t toxic and it’s actually fun.

vividspecter,

Its single player campaign is well regarded too if relatively short.

ADHDefy,
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Just beat it a few weeks ago, it was a great time. The set pieces are jaw-dropping at times.

Multiplayer def has a learning curve, but it's fantastic.

You_are_dust, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

I don’t know what these would really be alternatives to, but I impatiently await every new game from Daniel Mullins Games. Inscryption was a fantastic deck builder and I more than got my monies worth out of it. I also follow Stranga Games pretty closely. Very small developer makes story focused retro style adventure games. No combat at all generally. So if you like a casual experience and that style of game, it might be something to look into.

julianh, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

Thumper is the best rhythm game I’ve ever played, and it was made by two ex-harmonix employees who were disappointed by the direction of rock band and similar titles. It throws away all the wish fulfillment and commercial stuff and the result is amazing.

JowlesMcGee,
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I can second Thumper. I bought it on a whim, and have since bought it several more times for more devices. It's such a satisfying game to play. I had no idea about the Harmonix connection, but it makes total sense now that you've said it.

pylohn, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

Cassette beasts is a great pokemon like with some fun twists and great sounds track

lemmy___user,

Congratulations on your excellent taste!

mesamunefire,

Coromon has a similar vibe. Such good games.

Donjuanme, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

My previous comment seemed to miss the point of this thread.

In the spirit of this thread I would love to find an alternative to “Settlers 7, a new kingdom”. The simplified combat, the urgency of the tech tree, the all or nothing of trade routes, and the really deep 4x in an RTS elements were friggin amazing, but Ubisoft drm really kept me away from trying any other entries to the series, and they haven’t indicated anything new coming out. So where can I guy go to get his settlers fix? If you haven’t played settlers 7, and are ignorant of why ubisoft is synonymous with the devil, give it a shot, it’s a wonderfully fun experience that I haven’t found replicated anywhere else.

Donjuanme, do games w What are some alternative to soulless videogame franchises?

Do you have steam? Click on a tag (preferably a more descriptive one, but multiple can be selected on the next screen) of a game you enjoy, but think the soul has been lost from, sort by user review, find something you haven’t heard of before, enjoy the next entry in your preferred genre!

Alternatively go to the games store screen, at the bottom, after “more from this developer” is “users who enjoyed this game also enjoy”

Steam makes it very easy to expand your library, like it’s their business or something.

Edit to add Missing the point of let’s get some community involvement in here rather than turning to our benevolent monopolistic overlords.

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