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vervein, do games w Looking for emotional game recommendations
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Dark Souls 1 can be emotional with a strong and deep atmosphere but the narration is kind of loose.

Shenmue 1. Really special game focused on the feeling of losing a relative with emphasis on the story. Tons of bittersweetness in that game.

Resident Evil HD remaster has some very sad moment, even if overall it is more scary than sad.

Faydaikin, do gaming w Need game recommendations
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

Obligatory short list of great old school RPGs:

Fallout 1 & 2

Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2

Icewind Dale

Planescape Torment

(I think Neverwinter Nights belongs on the list as well, but I can’t attest to it as I’ve never played it.)

You can pick up most of them from GOG.COM for cheap.

There should be enough to keep you occupied for a while.

sleepybisexual,

What systems they run on?

Faydaikin,
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Just Windows PC. There’s a few of them that people have tried to get to run on Linux over the ages, but success rates varies.

jinwk00,

Fallout 1 and 2 should definitely run on Linux even with some patches

BG1&2 I heard some success stories but haven’t tried myself

bekopharm,
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@jinwk00 @Faydaikin pretty sure I played both, Fallout 1+2, on Linux before too.

The more recent ones run too, of course. This is from my Lutris Launcher listing ~272h of playtime on this installation - last played tonight 😁

Faydaikin,
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It’s been a while since I gave it a shot myself. I haven’t fiddled with “The Great Old Ones” on Linux since back in the late 90’s. So you’re likely more of a proper authority on the matter than I.

sleepybisexual,

Well no can do :c

Mainly looking for stuff for an android gmainb machine

Mainly oldish console stuff

Faydaikin,
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That’s too bad. They’re really good games. But good Luck with the search.

lemonuri, do games w Looking for emotional game recommendations

I am into emotional storytelling as well, I think what gets you involved most are well drawn characters.

I would recommend planescape torment for an epic adventure full of stories, characters and heartbreak.

Really good stories/characters are few and far between in computer games but “The longest journey” comes to mind and even the first Witcher game.

Unavowed comes to mind as well as a rather affecting story.

And a couple of dozen books, but that’s not what you asked for…

seliaste,
@seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Could you recommend books either way? It might interest me

lemonuri,

I always loved the Song of Ice and Fire books by George Martin, be aware that the series is not finished, though. I am a big fan of Stephen King as well, he writes great characters. It, Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Tower… Thuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is very emotional, I could not even finish it. Deadhouse Gates by Stephen Erikson. The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb just to name a few…

GuStJaR, do games w Looking for emotional game recommendations

The last of us 1 and then 2. There are video games and then there’s TLoU p1&2. If you can, play 1 on pc. The controls aren’t great in 1 (IMHO) but kb&m made that so much better. P2 they made the controls much better. It’s a more fun game to play in my experience with less frustrating sections, and whilst people prefer 1 or flat out don’t like 2, I think the drivers for that aren’t to do with the story or game not being good, in fact, I would say p2 is the best story driven game I’ve ever played (better than rdr2 which I loved and is another one you should consider, 1 and 2 actually). People will just not like 1 specific thing or another (there are lots of small things in the game that certain people will have issue with, you’ll understand when you play it) and then because of that 1 thing say the whole thing is bad. People that complain are often louder than those who praise.

WeebLife, do games w Looking for emotional game recommendations

I’ll give a recommendation for something that hasn’t been posted yet. Danganronpa: trigger happy havoc is a very emotional game and has a well written story that takes you on a journey.

glimse, do games w Looking for emotional game recommendations

Before Your Eyes

MegaUltraChicken,

That one fucking broke me once I realized what was happening. Absolutely beautiful game. With the eye tracking I found myself desperately trying to stay in the moment only to inevitably blink and have time move forward.

seliaste,
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As I said in the post I kinda hated the game

Bogusmcfakester,

Came to recommend this, I cried like a little girl. 10/10

rdri, do games w Looking for emotional game recommendations

Immortal Defense.

FiniteBanjo, do games w What are some good games with *zero* replayability?

There is a game from the MS-DOS age of 1996 called Realms of the Haunting where you traverse large open areas for hours searching for items and interactables needed to progress.

You might clear it a second time just to make the experience seem like a linear cohesive string of events but I can’t imagine you would want to clear it any more than that.

Azzk1kr, do gaming w Need game recommendations

Axiom Verge 1 is a great metroidvania. I also tried 2, but it didn’t click with me at all. Cave Story is great as well. Dead Cells, but that’s more of a rogue lite game. Binding of Isaac is also one of my favorites, but it’s a top down rogue like.

RizzRustbolt, do games w What are some good games with *zero* replayability?

Darkspore.

comicallycluttered, do gaming w Let's discuss the 3ds family?

Some of my favourites:

  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Old school Zelda and direct sequel to A Link to the Past.
  • Fire Emblem Awakening and Fire Emblem Fates. I’ve also got Shadows of Valentia sitting on my SD card, but really don’t have the energy for tactical RPGs anymore.
  • Pokémon Alpha Sapphire was fun. Also enjoyed Pokémon Sun, even if just for Alolan Raichu. Love that surf rat.
  • Super Mario 3D Land, but I don’t know how well it holds up, considering how much 3D World improved upon the formula. Should still be a fun play.

Also, Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure 3D, which was released on other systems waaaay before the 3DS port. I never managed to play any of its original releases, but I think I might have gotten it for free or something on 3DS because I don’t remember buying it, but do remember enjoying it when I played it.

sleepybisexual,

Playing pokemon moon.

Have a link between worlds on of hardware but I’ll beat a link to to past before emulating between words

Scrof, do games w What are some good games with *zero* replayability?

Walking Sims, point and clicks, puzzles.

megopie, do gaming w Need game recommendations

Signalis is a 2.5d top down 3rd person single player survival horror title available for switch, it is probably one of the best modern examples of the genera taking clear inspiration from older titles like silent hill and resident evil 2. It’s very story based and currently on sale for the switch, I would highly recommend it.

It is a new game, but it very much has an old school vibe and is clearly leaning strongly on what made older titles great.

PhineaZ, do gaming w Need game recommendations

Ghost 1.0 It’s an indie game much in the style of older games, and it’s made with love

Binzy_Boi, do gaming w Need game recommendations

If you want an indie game dev suggestion, Ojosama makes a tonne of great games on Itch.

https://ojosama.itch.io/

cyborganism,

The Messenger (a ninja Gaiden style Metroidvania) and Sea of Stars (a Chrono Trigger style RPG)

Blasphemous 1 and 2 are some really fucking amazing Metroidvania games with some incredible pixel art.

Hollow Knight is another gorgeous game that, to me, is the closest thing to Super Metroid in modern genre.

Axiom Verge 1 and 2 are love letters to Metroid actually…

Octopath Traveler is a nice jrpg style game with great visuals that mix pixel art with modern graphics.

Cuphead is a great platform run n gun.

Blazing Chrome is a love letter to Contra.

Huntdown is a fucking awesome platform shoot em up with amazing pixel art set in a cyber punk dystopia reminiscent of old 80s-90s action movies.

And the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder’s Revenge is a great arcade style beat em up that really captures the old TMNT 4 vibes.

Mother Russia Bleeds is another great beat em up with a great story and ambiance.

The Undertale series is a great RPG series that’s worth a playthrough for real. It’s so much fun and the story and characters are so well written.

Broforce for complete pandemonium, especially with friends. It’s like The Expendables, the game. Except you can destroy everything on the screen.

Towerfall is a great multiplayer challenge game well worth it.

Gato Roboto is a fun game worth playing. So is Under Dungeon. Or Dogurai and Squidlit If you reach to play a more Gameboy style experience.

Flashback, a cyberpunk Prince of Persia style game. It’s an oldie but a goodie.

Crypt of the Necrodancer is a great dungeon crawler where you have to follow the beat of the music. It’s an amazing game. They even made a Legend of Zelda game based on it. Called Cadence of Hyrule.

I mean there are so many more but those are in my top on the switch.

Binzy_Boi,

Think you meant to reply to the original post and not my reply.

cyborganism,

I did. I woke up at 4:30 am due to some indigestion problems and couldn’t fall back asleep when I wrote this so I wasn’t seeing very clearly.

sleepybisexual,

I’ll see what my machine can run. This is the same machine that shat itself trying to run Kirby star allies

cyborganism,

Oh those are all on the switch for the most part. Except for Flashback, they’re all fairly recent games.

sleepybisexual,

Thank you but I’m more looking for native stuff

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