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Kerbal Space Program 2 would be a nice start. These days I'm more interested in story-heavy, all single-player, occasionally borderline pretentious games, whos

by Arubis 4y ago

Kerbal Space Program 2 would be a nice start. These days I'm more interested in story-heavy, all single-player, occasionally borderline pretentious games, whose story is sufficiently compelling to distract from what the outside world (US-based, for me) has become.

b3kart 4y ago
Any recommendations?
- saint_angels 4y ago
  disco elysium! Best writing in a game ever.
  - arprocter 4y ago
    Have you tried NORCO? I've heard good things, but I've only played the voiced-over version of DE - I'm not sure if I'd be down to read everything, and the different voice actors really add another layer
    - saint_angels 4y ago
      never heard about NORCO, but steam reviews look great. I'll try it when I'd be itching for a point n click
      - arprocter 4y ago
        Yeah, I was interested to know how they compare Unfortunately the last update to DE introduced a very annoying audio stutter (they're supposedly trying to get it fixed)
  - deltaonezero 4y ago
    torment is better imo with writing on par with disco. Disco is great but depressing. Torment is more escapism while still being similar to disco in that it's intensely original like nothing you've ever seen before.
    - saint_angels 4y ago
      Coincidentally, I've never played Torment and installed it just 2 days ago. Disco's world is depressing, but because the world is so dark, any light in the game stands out so much more. It's depressing world make good people in it and any small kindness matter.
      - deltaonezero 4y ago
        torment is pretty dark too. It's gritty and harsh, but it leans more in the fantasy direction rather then down to earth the way Disco is. Also disco is more of a slice of life while the plot of torment though still incredibly dark is more epic. Disco bleeds immersion. But to achieve it they stripped out pretty much all the fantasy elements out of the setting and story. Torment manages to achieve immersion while at the same time making the setting more epic and fantasmic then anything you've ever even seen. The writing and setting is better then basically almost every fantasy novel out there. In fact Disco reads more like a contemporary novel then it does fantasy or sci-fi. Torment is grounded in fantasy but it's dark and gritty enough that it doesn't feel fake like the final fantasy games. I would say it lies somewhere in between a standard bioware RPG and Disco.
- eimrine 4y ago
  Мор утопия. It has English but I can not google, sorry. Second version is almost same as first but on Unity.
  - Beltalowda 4y ago
    This seems to be "Pathologic" in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic
  - kroltan 4y ago
    That's a good one! Do be warned though, you have to be willing to put up with some strange gameplay choices, that fit the game's theme but are not exactly convenient.
- Arubis 4y ago
  I really enjoyed Hades, which is a lot more story-heavy than it looks from the outside. Historically loved stuff like Braid (hence "borderline pretentious") and happily replayed, but there's fewer recent titles on my radar here & I'd love to find more. Edit: come to think of it, some of the Lucasarts remasters are well worth revisiting. I went through the cleaned-up Grim Fandango some time ago & it was a lovely break.
  - account42 4y ago
    > Edit: come to think of it, some of the Lucasarts remasters are well worth revisiting. I went through the cleaned-up Grim Fandango some time ago & it was a lovely break. If you like Point & Click Adventures then there are also many "newer" entries that are worth looking at. Primordia [0] (2012 so not that new, but the Linux port is) and Strangeland [1] are my favorites from the ones I have recently played. [0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/227000/Primordia/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/227000/Primordia/ [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/Strangeland/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/Strangeland/
kroltan 4y ago
Outer Wilds, a million times. Don't read about it, not even the entire Steam page. Describing it vaguely, it's an archaeology knowledge-puzzle played over a tiny solar system, in one of the most immersive first-person mechanics I've ever seen. It's (for me) the most brilliant game ever made, both mechanically and the story. It will also scratch your space travel bug a bit.
- Arubis 4y ago
  A strong recommendation, and it's on sale at the moment. Okay—purchased without reading into it too much. Thank you!
  - dllthomas 4y ago
    You probably won't regret it!
rkagerer 4y ago
I look forward to it as well, but I'd be happy with a couple more bugfix rounds on KSP 1. :-)
kroltan 4y ago
Oh yes, I'm reminded of another one: The Forgotten City. A Roman-period detective-ish story with some fantasy elements (which I won't spoil here, but it's not as much a big deal to be spoiled as my previous recommendation of Outer Wilds), and some pretty good voice acting and character animations, especially if you consider the size of the team that made it! They really went all-in with the Roman theme, from what I understand the depiction of society of the period is rather accurate given its overall plot, and it quite feels like you're there, and not in a Roman-themed theme park or something.

by Arubis 4y ago

b3kart 4y ago

Any recommendations?

saint_angels 4y ago
disco elysium! Best writing in a game ever.
- arprocter 4y ago
  Have you tried NORCO? I've heard good things, but I've only played the voiced-over version of DE - I'm not sure if I'd be down to read everything, and the different voice actors really add another layer
  - saint_angels 4y ago
    never heard about NORCO, but steam reviews look great. I'll try it when I'd be itching for a point n click
    - arprocter 4y ago
      Yeah, I was interested to know how they compare Unfortunately the last update to DE introduced a very annoying audio stutter (they're supposedly trying to get it fixed)
- deltaonezero 4y ago
  torment is better imo with writing on par with disco. Disco is great but depressing. Torment is more escapism while still being similar to disco in that it's intensely original like nothing you've ever seen before.
  - saint_angels 4y ago
    Coincidentally, I've never played Torment and installed it just 2 days ago. Disco's world is depressing, but because the world is so dark, any light in the game stands out so much more. It's depressing world make good people in it and any small kindness matter.
    - deltaonezero 4y ago
      torment is pretty dark too. It's gritty and harsh, but it leans more in the fantasy direction rather then down to earth the way Disco is. Also disco is more of a slice of life while the plot of torment though still incredibly dark is more epic. Disco bleeds immersion. But to achieve it they stripped out pretty much all the fantasy elements out of the setting and story. Torment manages to achieve immersion while at the same time making the setting more epic and fantasmic then anything you've ever even seen. The writing and setting is better then basically almost every fantasy novel out there. In fact Disco reads more like a contemporary novel then it does fantasy or sci-fi. Torment is grounded in fantasy but it's dark and gritty enough that it doesn't feel fake like the final fantasy games. I would say it lies somewhere in between a standard bioware RPG and Disco.
eimrine 4y ago
Мор утопия. It has English but I can not google, sorry. Second version is almost same as first but on Unity.
- Beltalowda 4y ago
  This seems to be "Pathologic" in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic
- kroltan 4y ago
  That's a good one! Do be warned though, you have to be willing to put up with some strange gameplay choices, that fit the game's theme but are not exactly convenient.
Arubis 4y ago
I really enjoyed Hades, which is a lot more story-heavy than it looks from the outside. Historically loved stuff like Braid (hence "borderline pretentious") and happily replayed, but there's fewer recent titles on my radar here & I'd love to find more. Edit: come to think of it, some of the Lucasarts remasters are well worth revisiting. I went through the cleaned-up Grim Fandango some time ago & it was a lovely break.
- account42 4y ago
  > Edit: come to think of it, some of the Lucasarts remasters are well worth revisiting. I went through the cleaned-up Grim Fandango some time ago & it was a lovely break. If you like Point & Click Adventures then there are also many "newer" entries that are worth looking at. Primordia [0] (2012 so not that new, but the Linux port is) and Strangeland [1] are my favorites from the ones I have recently played. [0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/227000/Primordia/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/227000/Primordia/ [1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/Strangeland/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/Strangeland/

kroltan 4y ago

Outer Wilds, a million times. Don't read about it, not even the entire Steam page. Describing it vaguely, it's an archaeology knowledge-puzzle played over a tiny solar system, in one of the most immersive first-person mechanics I've ever seen. It's (for me) the most brilliant game ever made, both mechanically and the story. It will also scratch your space travel bug a bit.

Arubis 4y ago
A strong recommendation, and it's on sale at the moment. Okay—purchased without reading into it too much. Thank you!
- dllthomas 4y ago
  You probably won't regret it!

rkagerer 4y ago

I look forward to it as well, but I'd be happy with a couple more bugfix rounds on KSP 1. :-)

kroltan 4y ago

Oh yes, I'm reminded of another one: The Forgotten City. A Roman-period detective-ish story with some fantasy elements (which I won't spoil here, but it's not as much a big deal to be spoiled as my previous recommendation of Outer Wilds), and some pretty good voice acting and character animations, especially if you consider the size of the team that made it! They really went all-in with the Roman theme, from what I understand the depiction of society of the period is rather accurate given its overall plot, and it quite feels like you're there, and not in a Roman-themed theme park or something.