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MurrayL, do games w What category is games like Life is Strange and Until Dawn?

It’s called a branching narrative. Most common related Steam tag for finding similar games would probably be ‘choices matter’.

technomad, do games w Spin Rhythm XD

How about a link?

Panda,

Here’s the link to the Steam page. :)

technomad, (edited )

Thanks! Looks like a fun game. Interesting that you don’t really ‘hit’ the notes, moreso just line them up. I feel like it would be the most fun with the actual dj midi controller.

It’s nice to see an evolution/continuation of the genre that so many of us grew up with.

bread,
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You do hit notes, but not all of them. The “dots” just need to be lined up, whereas “bars” require a button press as well.

technomad,

Oh, awesome! I must have missed that

Panda,

It’s not just spinning and lining up the notes, but it’s pressing (different kinds of) buttons as well. I find it pretty difficult compared to some similar games but that means it’s all the more rewarding to find myself getting better at it. There are a lot of accessibility options as well so you can customise it the way you want.

Whar, do gaming w #StopKillingGames Update: Germany becomes 4th county to hit threshold
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Signed and shared to my friends!

Whar, do gaming w I don't hate Body Type replacing Gender, I hate laziness
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A good option that I think could work could be “fat distribution”, instead of body type.

Selecting chest, abdomen and/or legs would be great for binary and non-binary people depending or their presentation.

HawlSera,

God I’d love to redistribute the fat from my belly to my hips and tits

Whar,
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Right? Both traditional genders have a characteristic fat distribution, allowing to customize them independently (sliders!) would be a win-win for binary and non-binary people.

bread, do games w Spin Rhythm XD
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I’d had this game on my wishlist for quite a while, and I also picked it up during this sale. Among rhythm games that aren’t based around specific peripherals, i find this one of the most tight, well-playing ones, and I’d encourage anyone with even a little interest to check out the demo.

Panda,

I agree! And I love all the accessibility options. There are so many ways to customise it. The songs are good as well!

wizzim, do games w It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation

+100, my feelings exactly.

I am now 45. I tried Deadlock, was overwhelmed, some other player told me to “fuck off” through the vocal chat because I was in the wrong lane, I uninstalled.

Generally, I don’t have time anymore to play online games that are about grind and skill. I don’t want to play only one sort of game. I want a game with an end so that I can move to another one.

MOBAs were cool at the time of warcraft 3. Let’s move on.

Random123,

If youre looking for a game with an end then you might wanna stick to single player. Online multiplayer is designed to keep players coming back for more

ramirezmike,

MOBAs were cool at the time of warcraft 3. Let’s move on.

What kind of statement is this? MOBAs are still insanely popular. And “move on”? as if there’s no reason to iterate or improve on a genre?

I don’t even play MOBAs but I’ve heard this same sentiment on arena shooters and it makes as much sense there as it does here.

wizzim,

Yeah you’re right. This statement was intended for me.

Everyone can of course play what they want.

Katrisia,

Let’s move on.

I enjoy MOBAs a lot, but their communities tend to be so toxic… I’m playing other multiplayer games because I am tired of the toxicity (among other things).

NOOBMASTER,

All online games will have a certain amount of toxic players there. No exceptions.

sickhack,

Valve’s last two releases were Half Life Alyx and Aperture Desk Job. Both are single player games.

Aperture Desk Job even runs on Linux and Steam Deck.

JackbyDev, do games w It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation

I miss Super Monday Night Combat. (This is utterly unrelated to the post other than being a shooter/moba.)

rob9519,

I honestly can’t understand how that game still feels like it was so much better than all the clones that came for years after it!

JackbyDev,

For me it was the themeing. Games like League of Legends try to come up with weird reasons why the games work the way they do and it feels silly. SMNC leaned into the goofiness. Instead of killing a dragon for gold you’d have to catch the Mascot. I wanna say you’d get stuff from brands to help you out but I can’t remember.

inbeesee, do games w It genuinely upsets me that Valve spent their time and resources on another Dota variation

My immediate emotional reaction is to dunk on you. Boo hoo, a company won’t make a game you want. But you’re missing the valve you grew up with, and gaming is worse off now. Multiplayer games with subscription models and microtransactions have become the default, and we all feel it.

For me Deadlock has great characters, lore, new interesting mechanics, and only surface level similarities with DOTA. I’m not upset about it really. Just happy Valve is making anything again. Maybe I’m worn down, but so many big companies take but shits everyday I’m just happy to see one building good shit. (And it’s free!)

fogetaboutit,

So you said “boo hoo” to people that don’t like how microstransactions, subscription models, and the like? You are not upset that the state of gaming in AAA landscape have degraded?

I say to you, “Waaa waaa” then.

inbeesee,

Lol nope, Deadlock has nothing like that in it. It’s an excellent example of what we would ask for in our online multiplayer games.

I am not happy about it, but complaining about Deadlock is spitting on what we should be rewarding imo

MrScottyTay, do games w What category is games like Life is Strange and Until Dawn?

They’re basically an evolution of the point and click adventure. This variation is often just called a narrative game or other similar sounding names. Searching for “games like telltale” should give you a good list.

Telltale were the ones that evolved the point and click into the form it takes now just so you know. Supermassive (until dawn) made their take on the genre feel more cinematic and more like watching a movie with choices but they’re ultimately still using the formula that telltale pioneered.

echodot,

I’m fairly sure years ago that there was a game called alone in the dark that was very similar to this but that was long before telltale. Anything I can remember about it is that it had had fire physics and that every time you started a new level it would load up and say “last time on a loan in the dark” and then give you a tv show style rundown of what you previously done

MrScottyTay,

That was more of a survival horror game

simple, do games w What category is games like Life is Strange and Until Dawn?

CYOA - Choose Your Own Adventure. It’s a genre for interactive stories where you get to make decisions that affects the story. It’s also a tag on Steam

activ8r,

I have found “Choices Matter” also produces good results.

TotesIllegit, do games w What category is games like Life is Strange and Until Dawn?

They’re effectively visual novels with light gameplay mechanics for navigation or making some narrative path choices. At least, that’s how I felt about Until Dawn.

turnerpike20,

Visual Novels basically involves reading as a requirement.

all-knight-party,
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It depends. There are visual novels in which you can set them on auto and just let voice acting play out. I think there's strong similarities there, though I don't think anyone could get away with calling a Telltale style narrative game a visual novel, flat out.

But I do think they are doing similar things, they may scratch similar itches.

lorty,
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Although certainly similar, the fact that these games have every scene fully animated does add to it in a way that simply reading descriptions about what’s going on doesn’t.

activ8r,

When a Visual Novel and a Point & Click Adventure game love each other very much they have a special hug and a baby genre is born.

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w What category is games like Life is Strange and Until Dawn?

Story/Narrative.

Telltale is the most prolific developer of these kinds of games.

Japan has had elements similar to this in visual novels for a long time. Snatcher, Policenauts, YU-NO, etc. feature the same type of gameplay but without the parts in Life is Strange where you explore in a 3d environment.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Man. I miss Telltale

activ8r,
turnerpike20, do games w What category is games like Life is Strange and Until Dawn?

Like the a character will remember that type of thing and thus might actually bring it up or hold it against another character. Like Until Dawn there’s a part where the gun has blanks and if you don’t sacrifice the character the character the character tried to shoot won’t open the door when he needs it. Which yeah that whole scene was unrealistic because blanks can still kill.

DreamyRin, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 18th
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I…went back to Path of Exile.

It was originally just to see how things had changed, but a lot changed and it’s very different. Not that it answered all of my personal issues with it, but I resigned myself to using a build guide. I’ve been enjoying it, surprisingly. Enough that, when I haven’t been out of the house, I usually play it daily.

Progress is going really slow because I’m not that good at the game anymore. But I also made loot filter sounds that spark joy, and I’ve been managing even if I’d like to be at endgame. I’m on act 6 out of 10.

My partner is also playing but doesn’t have a lot of experience. So I’ve been trying to help, which makes it more enjoyable to me because I like to teach.

Not sure if I’m fully going back yet. But I like the league mechanic and am having a good time.

MoonlightFox, do gaming w Android games for girls?

Minecraft (Can have a farm, pets etc)

Stardew Valley

Rollercoaster Tycoon

Flax_vert,

Minecraft has microtransactions in the marketplace unfortunately

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