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otp, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

Inside. Made by the same company as Limbo, but Inside is much more “don’t look up a single thing”

superkret,

Thanks for the recommendation. Just bought both for $3 lol

otp,

Sweet deal!!

Limbo was alright for me, but Inside blew my mind. So if Limbo doesn’t float your boat, don’t stop there!

Hadriscus,

have a great time !! Inside is fantastic

darkstar,

Awesome! Inside is far better than Limbo in my opinion, but they are both good games

adarza, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

warframe used to be. but it’s near-impossible now to start & get through even the first major ‘holyshit’ moment without having it at least partially spoiled before hand.

superkret,

sorry, but online free-to-play disqualifies it for me.

ABCDE,

Doki is free to play. DotA is online and free to play.

superkret,

Yes. You see the difference?

ABCDE,

Between what?

starman2112,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

TBF, Warframe was far from a free-to-play tier experience, at least back when I played it. The Second Dream is still my favorite story quest in any game I’ve ever played

LainTrain, (edited )

Seconding this. It’s really an exception to the rule in every way. Pretty much an exception to every rule really for better or worse, the game barely tries to be liked or to even make itself comprehensible.

You have warframes, the tenno, flying wings that attach to your character in space and in the open worlds, capital ship combat, the necromechs, the hoverboards, fishing, rougelike world, pets, soon also the protoframes with their AK-47s, an insane story involving truly Kojima-esque named characters like The Man In The Wall and maybe gay love(?) and some character choices like the one with the hole for a face, bird, or brutalism.

You don’t even have to play it multiplayer either. You can solo just about everything.

starman2112,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

Nothing will ever match the effect The Second Dream had on me. This Is What You Are still sends shivers down my spine

I’ve tried to get back into it a few times, but there’s just so much new stuff that it’s hard to pick it back up

Nexy, do games w Guys, what did you buy during the Steam autumn sale?
@Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Nothing, I’m from Argentina and now if I buy a game I can’t eat for a weak.

ouch,

Sorry to hear that. Sail the high seas with no worries. You can still contribute to digital preservation of games by seeding. But don’t worry if you can’t do that.

I hope things get better for you!

Nexy,
@Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Im seeding as no one with my 4tb disk and 30mb of upload 💪

HarvesterOfEyes, (edited ) do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?
@HarvesterOfEyes@piefed.social avatar
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  • Jade Empire
  • Observation

EDIT: Jade Empire doesn't really fit, so I'll go with Observation instead. I'll still argue you're better off not knowing anything about KOTOR aside from being an RPG in the Star Wars universe.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

I can confirm that when you know “the thing” about KOTOR ahead of time, it ruins a lot of the magic.

HarvesterOfEyes,
@HarvesterOfEyes@piefed.social avatar

Yeah, definitely. I've still managed to finish it some 20 times but going in blind the first time really contributed to me loving it so much.

I'd also argue you shouldn't look too much into the sequel. Not because of any "thing" in particular but because it's more fun to immerse yourself in the game and slowly begin to unveil all the major themes of its story.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, the sequel was much better for those reasons. You definitely can’t spoil it in a sentence like you can for the first game.

Rai,

Could you spoil me on what that thing is? I played it forever ago and I won’t be playing it again.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

spoilerThe player character is the legendary sith lord that everyone keeps talking about throughout the game, but with amnesia.

Rai,

Aha, that’s awesome. Thank you!

Kolanaki, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?
!deleted6508 avatar

There isn’t a game that exists that isn’t better going in knowing very little, if anything at all, about it. I don’t even understand reading an entire guide or wiki about a game before you ever even load it up and play.

otp,

Sometimes you need to know a bit about a game to know why it’s worth playing

missingno,
@missingno@fedia.io avatar

There are definitely plenty of games, especially those with harsh skill curves, that do benefit from knowing what you're getting yourself into.

TheV2,
  • games that heavily rely on external guides just to get started - often a weakness of the game, but sometimes the strengths are worth it.
Endymion_Mallorn, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?
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I don't think this one is even vaguely possible anymore, but "I Wanna Be The Guy" would be my suggestion for this question. That first encounter with the game is one of the most special moments in all of gaming.

Rai,

Ooooo play Syobon Action if you like IWTBTG!

Iapar, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

Pin the tail on the donkey.

odium, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

dishonoured 1 and 2.

SharkEatingBreakfast, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?
@SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz avatar

Subnautica.

Survival. But you’re in the middle of an ocean. Good luck!

orhtej2,

The way the game drip feeds you information. I love it!

Shimitar,

Is it available for android?

SharkEatingBreakfast,
@SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz avatar

No, but it’s on Nintendo Switch, PC/Steam, and a few other consoles, I believe!

I think it may be my favorite game of all time, so if you choose to play it, I hope you have fun!

CobblerScholar, do games w Anyone else bounce around from game to game with no clue what to play?

Sounds like you need a break from video games tbh. If you like the role-playing accepts you might try Dnd or another TTRPG.

DScratch,

This happened to me. I tried to force the issue but it never felt the same.

Try some computer-related past-times. Blender is a great option if you want to learn how to work with 3d models. But it’s much more than that, you can use other people’s models and make digital dioramas or animations.

An alternate route leads you into 3d printing or industrial design. Blender is great for organic shapes, but something like OnShape is better for accurate part sizes.

You could pick up some programming, learnpython.org could be a starting point, if you have zero experience.

You could try digital art. There’s a world of knowledge out there for you.

Or, go do something unrelated to computers!

These things ebb and flow. Don’t force it.

ISOmorph, do games w Anyone else bounce around from game to game with no clue what to play?
@ISOmorph@feddit.org avatar

Sounds like you’re over saturated and need a break from gaming. Happens to a lot of us.Try not gaming at all for like 2-3 months. It’ll feel fresher afterwards

Knossos, do games w Anyone else bounce around from game to game with no clue what to play?

I don’t know if they are your vibes but might be something a bit different for you to try.

Cataclysm DDA

Space station 13

JackGreenEarth, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?
@JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee avatar

Minecraft

Stardew Valley

The Witcher 3

superkret,

seriously? How the fuck are you gonna “go in blind” with those?
That’s like saying “bro, you gotta watch Star Wars without looking it up first”.

tfw_no_toiletpaper,

I don’t see the point in stardew Valley and witcher, they are pretty self explanatory. But going in blind into Minecraft? Yeah, you’re not getting anything done.

JackGreenEarth,
@JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee avatar

I played Minecraft blind for about a year as a child and didn’t get much done, to be fair, but I had lots of fun. Optimising stuff and beating the game sometimes takes the fun out of it.

tanisnikana,

Funny enough, I was in this situation. Didn’t really grow up in a culture and time that was heavy about Star Wars. Someone pointed out to me that my last name backwards was Anakin, harped on me to watch Star Wars, and I got about forty minutes in before I realized I just wasn’t into it.

There are still some of us living under rocks.

Grass,

I could go in blind on stardew and it’s in the family library…

MossyFeathers, (edited ) do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?
@MossyFeathers@pawb.social avatar

Sauna2000 (it’s not out yet, but there are some demos floating around).

Squirrel stapler

Cruelty Squad - depends on the kinda person you are. If you’re super open-minded about game presentation then I’d tell you to go into it blind. If not, then I’ll happily try to sell you on it. If it helps, the game looks the way that it does because of how fucking confident it is in itself; and that confidence is fully justified. Give it time, even if the first level doesn’t hook you, give it time because in my experience it will eventually hook you and reel you in and leave you thinking it’s one of the best games of all time.

Undertale

Hypnospace Outlaw

Jet Set Radio, Jet Set Radio Future, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk. Give the first two a try, and if you don’t like either one, skip BRC; it’s a spiritual successor to JSRF and if you didn’t like JSRF then you probably won’t like BRC.

Hylics. If you liked that and wanted more, Hylics 2. Hylics 2 actually does something throughout the game that I’ve only ever seen as a gimmick in other games. It’s really cool and it’ll probably catch you off-guard every time it does it.

Katamari Damacy. If you liked that, there’s also We <3 Katamari.

Myst. The newest version has VR support. If you liked that, the recent Riven remaster also has VR support.

S C O R N (if you like Myst, give it a try. It feels very myst-like)

Hrot (boomer shooter, but if you like boomer shooters then you should give it a go).

If you’re at a place in your life where you’re trying to still find yourself: Night in the Woods. Especially if you’re a furry. This game is really fucking good. It’ll make you laugh. It’ll make you cry. It’ll make you miss home but also be glad you aren’t there anymore. It’ll make you question your place in life and who you are. Also, you can interact with things multiple times, make sure you don’t miss out on dialogue, you’ll regret it.

STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl - This is hard to go into blind because it’s buggy as fuck and most people recommend some form of community patch even for your first playthrough. That said, play it on the highest difficulty. It’s unironically more fun once you get used to it. If it’s too hard though, don’t be fooled into thinking that dropping the difficulty will make it easier, the hardest difficulty is special (you can only take a few hits, but the same is true for most enemies), and dropping it down will result in enemy difficulty scaling becoming more traditional (buffing health and damage).

Portal (and Portal 2).

Bugsnax.


If I can throw in a movie too:

Willy’s Wonderland. It’s a Nicolas Cage movie and that’s all I’ll tell you. DO NOT LOOK UP THE TRAILER. I wouldn’t have watched it if I hadn’t seen the trailer, but the trailer also has huge spoilers. I’m not a huge movie person and I had to watch it after seeing the trailer, but again the trailer has spoilers. It is on my top-10 movies list now.

p03locke,
@p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Portal 2 has, hands-down, the most hilariously-written dialogue I have ever seen in a video game. That alone is worth playing the game, but it’s also a fun puzzle game to boot.

ZC3rr0r,

I was gonna mention Bugsnax, but you beat me to it. That game starts so innocent.

UprisingVoltage, do games w What are your favorite "gotta go in blind" games?

Definitely fear and hunger (the first one)

Also, baldur’s gate 3 has an uncountable number of “no fucking way the devs did this” that make a blind run of the game a memorable experience

Same goes with the metal gear solid saga

superkret,

Lol, Fear and Hunger is banned in Germany (which usually means it’s good).

BG3 might be a bit above my current PC’s capabilities.
I’ve donated my gaming PC for controlling the lighting at a local non-profit concert venue, so now I only have my laptop to game.

Prunebutt,

I think it’s not banned, but doesn’t have an age rating, which makes it ill gal to be advertised in Germany. Since displaying the game counts as “advertisement”, Valve simply doesn’t let you buy it.

UprisingVoltage,

I’ve played BG3 mostly on geforce now, it’s a nice workaround if your pc is not capable enough. If you buy it on steam you’ll have synced saves for when you get your pc back.

They are still updating the game and it has official mod support (not on geforce now though).

It’s also discounted 20% on steam right now

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