Hey, /b/
I'd love to know what video games you have played that felt like pieces of art, whether they were visually or emotionally provocative or expressive. Can you share what about the game struck you?
All games welcome, as long as they were moving in some way. Please, let's not throw shit; we all know this is a totally subjective thing. I just want to know what captures people's hearts.
tl;dr Can we have a profound vidja thread?
Lisa the painful
>>709961266
At first, I found this game to be a fun puzzler with an intellectual wrapper, but, as I played it, I felt as though my initial impressions were backwards: it was rather a philosophical game with a puzzler wrapper.
I was particularly struck by the emotions of the characters with whom you interact: how Elohim begins as a benign though authoritarian presence, but is pleading for his life at the end of it all, for instance. Or how the serpent is so quick-tongued, but deeply unsatisfied with the logical inconsistencies it sees in the world.
I enjoyed how the cold, academic logic game could not help but be tied up in senses of purpose, truth, duty, and all the emotions we feel towards those things.
>>709961373
>Lisa the painful
I don't know anything about it. What was your experience like playing it?
>>709962094
It is an indie RPG which tells a depressing story which showcases the worst humanity can offer. The soundtrack is fantastic and the gameplay is solid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kT5SDifCU
I'll trow out another one: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
When the initial goal was to simply get off the island was presented, there was no mention of the nature of the wind fish's dream, and how everything would disappear. It made completing the game totally heartbreaking, as you worked to effectively eradicate all the characters and places you had come to know and love over the course of the game. Even the nightmares feard what would become of them.
You saved the world, only to realize the world you saved never existed.
Bioshock
>>709962906
>>709963100
The bioshock series was great.
>>709963100
I haven't played this, but have heard that it's supposed to be amazing. What's it's deal?
Kentucky route zero
>>709961266
Witcher 3 is the best game i've ever played and i think there isnt other better then it to me and tbh none ever will be.
Also i like TES: Oblivion very much.
Max Payne.
>>709963584
i was contemplating buying this game today because its on sale, also i live in Kentucky so i feel like i have an obligation to buy it. Should i do it?
The beginners guide
>>709963817
Yes. Great storytelling through narrative and environment. I think it is especially effective if you're from the South and understand how bizarre this place can be (SC/VA here). I don't think you'd regret it.
>>709963961
How does this compare to the Stanley Parable?
Journey, not just visually but for its emotional bordering on spiritual response. I don't say that lightly - I'm not prone to finding anything 'spiritual' - that game is one of the very few exceptions.
The Demon souls and dark souls 1. Best rpgs ever made imo
Soulblazer, SNES. I remember watching my dad playing it. As an adult I found it at the local game shop, Game Zone, and finally beat it.
Story of recreating a world as an angel sent down by a god.
>>709964126
Not the person who posted that, but will give insight. More abstract, more personal and open ended in its feeling. Obvious that it's the same developer, but I think closes in on struggle and the difficulties/absurdity of creation moreso than TSP.
>>709964268
Ugh, I want to play this so bad. It looks fucking amazing.
The fucking music and narrative, combined with refined gameplay.
The last of us the whole game hit me right in the feels
>>709963245
Thoroughly meh til infinite
>>709964208
is this mostly spoopy, or does it get deep?
Talos Principle was truly amazing
inb4 soopr gay
>>709964725
Did you play Road to Gehenna?
>>709964662
It gets very deep. I highly recommend you play it. It's only real spoopy near the beginning, I think- no jump scares or anything like that, just... haunting.
>>709964567
Great game. Remember having a friend over and allowing them to use my PC for gaming shortly after it released, which I had never really done before. They overwrote my save and proceeded to tell me all about the shit i hadn't played yet. My frustration was beyond words.
>>709964739
I legit teared up at this.
Firewatch....for a game with little to no real gameplay the story is amazing and the art style done really well
>>709964739
yo, that game hit me hard. i remember finishing it one night, and then just sitting in the dark in my bed and processing.
also pic related
>>709964930
same, A Bird Story just wasnt as hard hitting as To The Moon for me. Still a good game and worth the play.
>>709964917
Seconded. The devs talked about how the voice actors for the two main characters recorded the dialogue over the phone without ever meeting one another, and their comfort and interplay with one another becoming more comfortable as they did their takes. I thought that added a really cool unintentional level of intimacy to the game, among its other just really well done production.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - at least the first few hours. The ending was bloody pseudo-intellectual guff unfortunatley.
>>709964739
I've pretty much dropped off the video game scene since maybe 2010. What's this?
>>709964917
Never heard of this one. What's the premise?
>>709965276
To the Moon. Fantastic story with little to no gameplay.
>>709963100
This game is garbage.
>>709961266
>>709965276
To the Moon
It's an interactive novel, really, about changing a dying man's memories to make him think he achieved his dream. It hits on romantic love, mental health, reality. It also has a gorgeous soundtrack.
>>709965276
8-bit game made by some japanese (maybe... some kind of asian) guy, its about these two scientist in a science fiction realm whos jobs are to help a dying person live there one wish (in there dream realm). and the mans one wish is to go to the moon.
>>709965404
Didn't think it was garbage, but didn't understand the hype.
>>709965528
>>709965276
>>709965367
>>709965597
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkvVr6n1cGk
>>709963100
>>709965404
>>709965634
Okay, so i never bought this because it was expensive as hell and everyone was fangirling over it when it came out. What is it that makes people cream their jeans about this game? Is it worth getting just to experience it?
>>709965314
Form the games homepage "The year is 1989.
You are a man named Henry who has retreated from your messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Perched atop a mountain, it's your job to find smoke and keep the wilderness safe.
An especially hot, dry summer has everyone on edge. Your supervisor, a woman named Delilah, is available to you at all times over a small, handheld radio—and is your only contact with the world you've left behind.
But when something strange draws you out of your lookout tower and into the world below, you'll explore a wild and unknown environment, facing questions and making interpersonal choices that can build or destroy the only meaningful relationship you have."
Every convo you have with her shapes future convos.
>>709965793
and who could forget the beautiful sound track plating throughout the game.
Assassins Creed: Black Flag
It was the saddest game ever. To watch all his friends die and his wife die. How the game traverses through several years. It's heart breaking
>>709965864
Shit, that sounds legit.
>>709965601
>>709965634
The ending and story in general makes no sense, the shooting is unsatisfying, enemies are bullet sponges, the vigors are almost functionally identical, "wait a minute, that card", I can go on.
>>709965815
Great atmosphere, and they really tried to go for something big, as far as the story goes.
>>709964917
Ive always wanted a job like this, is it possible? Just be in isolation for months at a time being able to do whatever i want. How does someone get this kind of job?
>>709963691
witcher 3 is fantastic DLC too
Not really what I'd consider an artsy game, but "The Beginners Guide" is a game that made me feel really strong emotions, that I can't even think of how to describe in words. I don't think the game is supposed to even do that, but it did for me.
>>709966359
i recently bought this on sale, and am excited to try it out. what should i be prepared for?
>>709962591
This. I realized what was actually going on on my second playthrough. I was 8 or 9, I think. That was heavy shit for a child with an imagination that could build worlds and process second- and third-order+ effects. It still remains my favorite TLoZ even though it's so damn depressing.
Twenty four shells, by the way.
I liked the Walking Dead series. Part 3 should be out soon.
>>709966422
In all honesty, it's probably best to go in not knowing anything other than what the steam store page tells you.
>>709966515
That's what I'll do, then.
Spec Ops: The Line - Generic third person shooter turns into one hell of a mind fuck.
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Dark, disturbing, decent voice acting (Harlan Ellison as AM is both hammy and fitting), and a great example of point and click adventure games in the 90s.
>>709963691
came here to post this
not particularly fond of max payne though
/thread
>>709963691
Still trying to get through Witcher I off-and-on again. It's good, I just keep getting wrapped up in other projects/games.
The beginners guide.
>>709961266
The neckbeard special: Metal gear rising revengeance and twilight princess.
I would like to live in this world.
For some reason, I found this game totally engrossing. I think it was a combination of the mystical setting and being totally alone in the game world. Just exploring these landscapes figuring out what to do. I played it as a kid and just wanted to climb through my monitor into he game.
Anybody else play this one?
>>709964574
This guy gets it
>>709967238
Yup! Obduction is really good too
>>709965466
MGS3 is always my go-to answer for this kind of question. I'm glad Bloodborne is getting the recognition it deserves already.
In terms of recent games, I'd say Furi. It does some of the same things Dark Souls 1 did. Indirect story telling methods, a choice between morally ambiguous endings, memorable npcs who are also characterized indirectly.
Also featuring an amazing soundtrack, and I don't even like techno/electronic music normally
I really appreciated the witness despite a lot of the negative feedback it got (mainly for the price)
But aside from it looking gorgeous, the game was very carefully designed in a way that made you look at the environment differently. A lot of the game is kinda #deep, but aside from that I enjoyed every minute of time I spent playing that game, even if I was just solving the same type of puzzle 500 times
>>709967371
Yeah, Cyan has always made great games. One of the first PC games I ever got was Myst. Sure it was an over glorified slide show, but it was one hell of a ride at the time.
>>709964208
Holy shit I remember this game. It gets pretty deep later on once shit gets more fucked up and you realize what is happening.
>>709967580
I read the book series; never played the games until I got the original Myst. Math/numerical relationships not being my strong suit resulted in me getting stuck absurdly early. I'll revisit it later, though.
>>709967236
>>709967236
>>709967236
>>709967236
Ori is by a fucking landslide the most visually incredible game. On top of that it's the best metroidvania ever made. 15/10
chrono trigger, it is by far my favorite rpg on the snes. Don't get me wrong Final fantasy six or three was great, but there is a certain charm that chrono trigger has that'll never be matched, at least to me.
>>709967857
>"I AM GON-ZA-REZ-U"
>"I AM BIG"
>"I AM STRONG"
>>709964268
Came here to post this. That feeling I got when I first saw another player far off in the distance of this huge landscape and trying to catch up with them was amazing. It's like there is finally someone else in the world and I am calling for them, but they can't hear me. I'm always right behind them and they don't even know it.
Or when I'm sliding down a mountain and another player slides right past me and doesn't even stop.
It's like I was never there at all.
>Flower was pretty good too
Both Metro games. Fucking amazing. If you play on survival ranger hardcore they are truly pieces of art. They will scare the shit out if you and at the same time make you appreciate the resilience of the human race.
I think Life is Strange definitely belongs here - as far as the episodic "X will remember this" style that's been cropping up lately, it's the best of them all IMO. It gets meme'd sometimes but it is a legitimately moving game.
Papers, Please is a really simple game but also I found it to be profoundly moving in its own way as you're forced to be a part of an inhuman machine and ruin people's lives, or express sympathy and risk your own termination.
I would also say Pillars of Eternity is a beautiful game, the crew behind that knew exactly what they were doing and it hit me hard, being such a huge BG1 and BG2 fan. Just it being their spiritual successor to the BG series was good enough for me. That's more of a personal one, but still.
Everyone saying To The Moon is absolutely correct - if you're trying to define what the perfect blend of "Game" and "Art" is, you're probably looking for To The Moon.
All of these pale in comparison to the Witcher 3, though. That entire product is a masterclass in emotional, engaging storytelling and profoundly realized characters and character arcs. I legitimately think Wild Hunt is, if maybe not THE greatest, one of the greatest games ever made, no exaggeration.
Just some of my opinions.
>>709967857
>>709968079
Also meant to add that "the future" part of the game I liked a lot. Advanced, yet everything's broken and fallen to shit. I'd race the robotcarman any day.
On the subject of FF... I've been playing a lot of FFXIV: ARR recently. When I came back to the game and jumped on my Magitek Armor mount, it was instant fucking goosebumps.
And for another... Anyone else remember this?
i expect to get shit for this, but Undertale pretty much rocked me to my core. it's been 6 months since i played it and i still get emotional over it.
Do I need to even say anything? This is a masterpiece in my opinion. Unfortunately a story I've loved since the beginning will probably never get to continue or end.
>>709963293
personally didnt really like bioshock infinite, but it wasnt bad either, but I'll just talk about the first one, I'ts got a really good story that makes you make meaningful decisions, has a nice twist, and is well put together. the game itself is kinda scary at points and is really intense at others, is really fun in terms of an fps and has an absolutely wonderful progression system and you can really choose the way you play but yeah its great
>>709967857
I agree with you here. I would sometimes go back to houses and talk to people in them hoping they would be glad to see me
>>709968401
>tfw playing in Russian
>tfw playing the Reich mission in German
>>709968773
"ThE RIght MaN in tHE WroNG place can make alL the DIFferENCe in The WORld."
>>709968766
I loved it too. The fan base makes me ashamed to say it though. My favorite part was the music. But I really did not want to go on YouTube scroll down and read cringey comments from fourteen year olds so I just caved and bought the sound track. This is one of the few games that actually had me crying at the end. What a ride. Too bad the people who claimed to love it ruined it.
Journey. Probably the best piece of artistic expression I've ever experienced.
Uncharted series.
Yeah, they're really more of interactive movies than games, given they're extremely linear and not much happens aside from move from A to B, gunfight, repeat. But god damn, they are cinematic as fuck and I fucking love Nathan Drake and his entire story. When I finished 4, I was depressed, even though it was maybe one of the best experiences I've had with a game in my life.
>>709968773
kek I have been playing this lately, but I forget where the hell to go when they're dropping bombs on me in the street when I meet up with the cop again. Haven't been arsed to look it up.
>>709967117
The Witcher 1 is the least essential one in the series. 2 is really good and 3 is amazing.
>>709963293
There's a lot of mind-breaking. Expecially in infinite. If you haven't, I highly recommend playing them. I know there's a bundle with all three and the dlc. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but prepare to have your entire perception of reality flipped on its head.
>>709961266
Wind Waker. Loved every aspect of it. Game play, artwork, story line, music. Everything was perfect.
>>709969109
only one of two games to ever make me cry, the other being Mother 3. i also bought the soundtrack too, hahah.
i'm really deep into the fanbase myself, and i can say those of us level-headed fans loathe the "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD TIME HAHAH" kids. i feel like it's the same in other fandoms: vocal minority destroying the credibility of the silent majority, yadda yadda, have adorable goatchild to make up for my ranting.
>>709969121
I loved it too. Gonna play it again on my days off
>>709968258
>>709969027
So, wake up, Mister Freeman. Wake up and... *smell the ashes*...
It is lines like that that had me shaking when in his presence. I wanted to finish hl2 to hear more of the story, not just to say that I completed it. I don't think alot of games today can make anyone feel like that. It's sad that profit always comes before making a great game.
>>709961266
>video game
>art
pick one
>>709969200
You disgust me.
>>709968515
All of your opinions immediately discounted once I read you would count Life is Strange. That game is such horribly written, pandering, bandwagon trash.
>>709969614
>>>709958074
>>709969614
Isn't it past your bedtime, Grandpa?
>>709969504
I couldn't save him. Why couldn't I save him... toby fox you evil but lovely bastard.
>>709969563
Aside from those lines being what they were, delivered in such a way, the creepy head tilt and smile as he faded out made me by turns cocky and extremely apprehensive. I was not disappointed.
>>709969614
Please do what your mother didn't and end your life.
>>709969653
Sorry m8, I'm trying to keep my guys alive and Barney just runs into the middle of the street. I can only run around for so long before I get tired of that shit.
>>709964567
i'd say they did a way better job in every aspect wiith Transistor (tho they play a little different), but Bastion is also amazing on it's own
>>709969802
please don't remind me. i still get pained every time i hear "His Theme".
>>709969415
+1. There has never been another game that could even come close to matching the sense of adventure and discovery Windwaker gave me. I will never forget the feeling of discovering new islands and puzzles and wondering how to figure it out and what secrets are hidden there.
>>709969700
>>709969700
>>709966841
Seconding Spec Ops: The Line
The shooter aspects of it are kind of bland, but it's probably the closest you'll get to experiencing Apocalypse Now in game form.
I went into it just hearing that it was amazing and still finished it absolutely floored.
>>709969818
Part of me is glad they haven't made hl3. Because I'm afraid they just couldn't create the magic that hl2 had... I remember almost shitting myself in ravenholm.
The one and only game to ever make me cry was Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core. I don't want to spoil anything but damn the ending got to me
This game gave me infinite feels for some reason.
>>709970147
Undertale anon here, i've heard that Spec Ops is a perfect emotional roller coaster for someone like me. confirm/deny?
>>709969700
Aww I liked it. I've always wanted to be a teenage girl though, maybe that's why.
only the first and second one. On pc.
cortex command,i really love thinking about the future of the human race and also its the best platformer possible
>>709964739
I cried...
>>709970162
>Ravenholm
Good Christ I hate that place. So much. Skin-crawling, heebie-fucking-jeebies, everything is fucking fucked there. Every time I play it, I go extra carefully through Ravenholm even though I have to fight the urge to run screaming through it all.
>>709968678
Found the picture that went with my "instant goosebumps" comment.
>>709970267
That looks like dollar store discount Latino link, but whatever gets you feeling I guess.
>>709970270
It's definitely an emotional roller coaster and a mindfuck in parts.
That said, it gets dark and then darker as the game goes on and you kind of feel like shit at the end of it.
>>709970162
na, portal 2 was great, they still got the touch
i just assume they want hl3 to be a game changer in a new engine, in fact the whole script has probably been done for years
>>709961266
This game was great
>>709968766
I played it too, before the fandom went way out of control. Anyone else looking to play this, ignore the reputation it has, and ignore all of the cheesiness. This game is great at defying your expectations from a game.
>>709970636
When I was getting the grav gun achievement I remember franticly looking for something to throw at the fast zombies. Just their screams and the open rib cages thing, *shudder*.
>>709965999
thanks for the spoiler u pieace of shit
I found this whole game to be pretty phenomenal -- the dark tone of the graphics and story line, the corruption of another realm, the enslavement of people. After that fucking epic final boss fight, to see Midna again... I was damn near in tears
>>709970718
so more like LISA than Undertale. i gotcha.
i guess once i finish Wolfenstein: New Order i'll try Spec Ops. thanks, anon.
>>709970883
>This game is great at defying your expectations from a game.
it's not even a game, it's an experience. and what a fantastic experience it is.
>>709961968
I agree. It didn't even feel like a wrapper to me however, I honestly felt that it was so immersive that the two pillars melded a little.
All life is but a puzzle, and we are the pieces.
>>709970803
God I hope you're right.
>>709961266
This game was my entire childhood along with FF7 and Golden Sun.
>Unfortunately Volnutt Megaman is dead canonically in the Megaman world.
Golden sun was a great RPG with a great open world. Finding all the lost Djinnn was an extremely nice touch to the entire series.
I miss those days.
>>709970704
That's a good way to describe it I guess.
I do recommend playing the game though, its comfy as fuck.
>>709965235
Awful.
>>709964268
Excelled game as well.
Really hit the Dust notes for me minus the niggers
Red Dead Redemption. Favorite game of all time. I really enjoyed the story and really felt like I had met John, and I mourned him when he died.
>>709971012
The dark tone? You mean how I could see my fucking reflection in the TV screen. It didn't scare me or get me creeped out. Majora's mask had me depressed as fuck while playing because of the overall theme of the game. It was still bright and colorful but you only needed to look up to know what was inevitable. Twilight princess is good but I dunno if I'd call it art.
Dante's Inferno. The path to save your wife, who made a foolish bet with the devil and lost... only to find out that you didn't find your way to hell, you were actually killed just before. But in the end, you lock the devil away in the frozen depths of hell, and join your wife in paradise, only to find in the end of the game that Satan followed you there....
Also, Streets of Rage 2. Saving your partner with the help of your hot other partner, partners kid brother, and a wrestler for some reason. Best side scrolling beat'em up ever, imo
>>709971096
I've always heard mega man legends is bad but I've never played it. How was it for you anon? It'd be nice to hear a differing opinion about the game.
>>709970883
ignoring the fandom, undertale is great
except for 1 thing only
the cringy gay weaboo lizard
i'm ok with only 3 of those at the same time, but toby just tried too hard adding that much stuff into one character so it gets on the nose way too often
>>709968515
Pillars is the nut, favorite game i played in 2016.
>>709971438
Dante's Inferno was supposed to be a trilogy, but bad sales.
>vidyapostan
>>709971500
I'm not alone. I would gladly kill and bury alphys in a shallow grave. Fucking weeb iguana "look at me I'm qwerky and random lawl" ugh.
>>709971697
>>709971500
i think the entire point of Alphys was to make her as much of a social outcast as possible, and it worked. she's one of the characters i care the least about, for that reason.
(that being said, True Lab is very great at exposition, and the post-pacifist date, while quirky and out-of-place, is also great)
>>709971493
For me it was amazing. Running around in a 3d world being able to jump and shoot blasters at things? Fucking amazing. It definitely wont live up to new games but its a quality game in my eyes.
There were various upgrades that you could find to make different blasters for the arms, or legs and armor upgrades. It had a decent storyline progression with a city thats locked under to certain people with certain keycards. Give it a go on an emulator, if its not for its not. Id give the game a try.
>You can even play this little minigame in the market where you kick a can behind the bakery and get a bunch of Zenny.
>>709971760
>>709971833
Sometimes your mind fills in what limited graphics can't.
Final Fantasy XII. The only game that made me feel like I wasn't just sitting on a sofa and staring at a TV. I felt so immersed into this game. The story wasn't the best, but exploring the world was great. Didn't have the annoying shit from the other games like random encounters and battle screens.
>>709964268
This. Played Flower before this was released and I loved that one too.
>>709964739
I really didn't like this one. Felt nothing. Still a good game tho.
>>709964930
This was slighty better
>>709968766
This was good. Never got bored while playing it. Great soundtrack
>>709971697
Damn that's a fucking awesome pic
>>709971941
Woops
I know I'm probably alone in this but Armored Core 3 was a fucking journey for me. Amazing gameplay, technical depth, and the story starts off light and surprises you with how serious and nerve wracking it gets near the middle/end. Changed my standard for games.
>>709971833
yes
also pic
>>709961266
They have been said I think but:
Pillars of Eternity, 10/10 story, 8/10 gameplay, really immersive, although the third act drags a little.
Portal, while goofy, the hidden stuff offers a crazy level of depth for a game where you don't know the main character name.
Both ori and the eskimo one, insane graphics, insane feel, medium gameplay.
Unfortunately the audience for story driven games is relatively small compared to the audience for gameplay driven games. Especially if you don't count hybrids.
>>709971825
It sounds like the legend of megaman. So I'll definitely fucking play it.
>>709971941
Found it here years ago.
>bonus Myst pic
>>709972145
Ahahahahaha, fuck anon that pic.
I know it's cliché but fuck it. If this game isn't art then art doesn't fucking exist.
>>709972215
It's the truth, tho, innit?
>bonus Geralt
>>709972280
I prefer ALTTP imo.
>>709972054
Really like Naisancee, not much in the way of gameplay but it was atmospheric as fuck and gorgeous to look at.
A basic bitch JRPG called "drone tactics" really struck me as a kid.
Another JRPG called "Contact" honestly feels like it takes me somewhere else even to this day. Contact is a super enjoyable game with a deep story and likable shit man. idk. play contact.
I just... I.. I can't describe my love for this game...
>>709972371
I've never played Myst but I heard it was notorious for being vague as fuck. I read about it in the same video game magazine as that game of the chick with the camera and a staff or some shit.
>>709971813
yup that was the point, and that's why i can understand that character being in the game, but as i said, those where too many negative characteristics, and it gets in your face so often with nothing of value other than tumblr, that there's no redemption for that character, even in the good ending, couldn't care less, except for the dating sim part, that was cool
>>709972280
After finishing that game, I can honestly say I was a different person. It changed the way I saw the world. Cliché or not, playing that game will always be one of my best memories.
>>709972280
This. I never grew up with Legend of Zelda or even a N64. I played Ocarina of Time on an emulator a few years ago and I was blown away. One of the best games I've ever played.
>ctrl+F
>"shadow of the colossus"
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Come on now, /b/.
>>709972494
Dude... are you me?
>>709972534
Hasnt it been mentioned enough?
>My poor horse.
>>709972457
>camera and staff
Beyond Good & Evil?
This one's a bit old, but two of the storylines are fucking excellent.
>>709972487
anime is real
>>709972534
my roommate last year would not shut up about how good this game is.
>>709972653
>Beyond Good and Evil.
Thats the one anon. Nice memory. It looked interesting but I never picked it up.
>>709970636
A more lighthearted tribute to the game.
>>709972577
It's usually one of the first things I ever see mentioned in these types of discussions, figured someone might as well just throw it in there today.
>>709972658
In their defense it is exceptional. It's very light on concrete story and character details, but it's absolutely gorgeous and filling in the bits and pieces of the story as you go and finally figuring out what your overarching motivations create/end with is honestly a formative experience. Or at least it was for me as a younger man.
First Pokemon game I've ever played. Wouldn't call it a masterpiece but I would train hard just so I wouldn't have to see my Pokemon lose. I still have my bulbasaur, broccoli. I'll never get rid of him.
>>709972727
I never played it, but I read a synopsis of it. It's on The List to play eventually.
>what Gordon and the headcrabbros do during break
Any Binding of Isaac fans?
Not really art but has a moving story about a boy with a religious nut mother and being unable to stop the evilness within him as it builds up. So he makes up stories while sitting in a chest in his room about beating the evilness or having it fully consume him.
>Hey, listen!
Machinarium
One of my favorites, plays like a point and click adventure, but has an amazing style and music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZBdWRSBRs
i'm ashamed at myself for not thinking of this earlier. the only thing that could make it better is no slippy.
Always felt like real effort was put into this one
https://youtu.be/8m7Z4AVWja4
>>709973280
Slippy is the worst. There's no way in hell he could've made it through any sort of flight training program, even with family in high places.
>vidya alignment
>>709973195
am i the only person who was never bothered by navi, and was super sad to see her fly away at the end?
>>709971493
another mm legends fan here
the reason you are told it's bad is mainly the camera, it's from that weird time of "we don't know how make gud camera" from the 90's, so if i remember correctly you can only turn it with L2/R2 on psx, or using the auto-target/readjust camera functions
Other than the camera, legends is fucking great, kinda like zelda as in you explore dungeons, open chests, get keys, dungeon boss, get special subweapons, etc
In legends 1 you are pretty much in one area if i remember correctly, but in legends 2 you go to a bunch of different places that keep it interesting
I don't remember these games being easy but i might have been a shitkid, gl anyway
>>709970464
Mynigga
Any games that focus on a family environment where it actually progresses? For instance something like Harvest Moon A wonderful Life where your character actually ages into an old man and your son grows up into a young man. I love games like that which got me into Rune Factory 4, Im looking for more games like that.
>>709968773
Played this game literally 12x through including episodes. Never did that with ANY other game. Even played Synergy (a multiplayer HL2 mod) twice, once with my little brother, and once with some buddies.
I'd consider Yume Nikki and LSD: Dream Emulator pieces of art. Both center around dreams, are deeply unsettling, and give you the feeling that something psychological is going on behind the scenes.
I would pay for this.
>>709973489
The game is pretty easy as long as you know which enemies to keep mobile around. MML1 is based on one city, but you got to ruins that are scattered around the island. MML1s map is based off a small island your ship crashes into because of your fucked refractor crystal.
>>709971553
I know. Too many people fighting over the whole "It's a God of War clone" "it's nothing like God of War" idiocy, too.
Those who say it's not a God of War clone obviously didn't play God of War.
And Paradiso would have been interesting to see in a game.
>>709973489
The camera in sonic adventure two makes me want to fucking kill myself and that was in the early 2000's, and I still think that it is an alright game. I don't write a game off just because of the camera, unless the camera makes it completely unplayable.
>>709973230
My friend let me play this one a bit on his computer. It looks really cool. Is it emotional at all, or is it mostly puzzles?
>>709973502
>>709973797
It was the Chao garden wasnt it?
>Training your Chao to put the slapdown on any other fucking Chao in boxing.
Good times.
>>709973884
>>709973576
I know half-life 2 better than my own hand so I know where you're coming from mah nigga. And LSD dream simulator is good if you got alot of time on your hands.
>>709973982
Sarge wheres your shotgun?
>I found out who stole all the sweetrolls.
>>709973738
you would
>>709973195
It was cute as shit when she said "Hello" though
>>709973741
i mostly have bad memories from legend 2 of a green base bursting with "fuck you" and the last boss wrecking all my shits, all of them
>>709974161
>Green base bursting with fuck you
Really sounds like the second boss in MML 1
>Last boss wrecking all my shits
Also sounds like MML 1 hahahaha
>
>>709973942
The chao garden and the levels were you actually got to play as sonic. I want to fucking castrate knuckles with a barbed fishing hook and gravity because of what he made me go through with those damn treasure levels.
>>709974307
Hey man Pumpkin Hill is fucking beast.
>>709964574
The part where you stop and watch the giraffe got me.
>>709974307
I don't think I ever got the best times or even completed all the Knuckles levels. The big fucking city level with Sonic was my fucking jam though.
>pic obviously not related
Relm a qt.
>>709974272
na, MM2 where you go to a an island(?) with lots of grass, and at the other side there's this green fortress and i can't remember what wrecked me bad in there
then the last boss in the futuristic chamber (don't wanna spoil it for that guy) that had 2 phases and lasers and AOEs everywhere just burning my hp down
>>709974483
Floating around at the spped of sound, got places to go gotta follow mah rainbow! Cant stick around have to keep moving on... guess what lies ahead only one way to find out!
>>709974358
The music is. That is it.
>>709967236
This and Dust: an Elysian Tail
Best games ever.
>>709974674
At one time I knew all the spots of the Emerald. I could finish that stage in under one minute.
>>709974561
The lyrics were silly, but the jams were good to my kid self.
>More Halo silliness
>>709974734
>Dust : An Elysian Tale
I like this game a lot, but most of the NPCs felt empty. That and it was a pretty short game but had a nice story of redemption.
layers of fear /b/ros. play that shit.
>>709965404
Way to hate a good game because everyone likes it. Bet you don't like Dark Souls and Mario, too.
>>709974734
You a furry mate?
>>709974786
Metal Harbor was one of my favorite maps.
In a game called Mabinogi, I can actually play the music to these games, albeit with only one instrument. Shit I could even play through the fire and the flames on it.
>>709974674
good times
https://youtu.be/glTnjGmjTcQ
This game still gives me goosebumps.
Don't lie. You know it is a masterpiece. We've all sunk countless hours into it and you know what? You should be godamn proud of that.
>>709974999
Bowling and boxing were my jam.
>>709974813
I know what you mean about the npc's but it didn't feel short to me at all tbh. I finished my first playthrough in 20 hours.
>>709974893
Yes.
Is it that obvious?
>>709974307
>relevant
>>709975045
For me boxing and baseball.
>>709973881
Mostly puzzles and atmosphere and incredible music, the story is minimal but very cute.
>>709974999
ah, man, i played bowling every night with my sister and dad when i was younger. we even had a duct tape line on the floor so we could know when to step-step-step-release, like real bowling.
>>709975082
Yee. But idgaf unless you're a weeb. They deserve to be shot out a cannon into a pool of glass shards.
>>709975278
Dude, that game is the glue that holds families together. Everyone I talk to says hey have fond memories of Wii sports.
This one's a good game if you can into nullsec and can play for literally years.
>>709975322
Completely agree with you there. I was very reluctant to get the game to begin with because it looked weeb-ish.
>>709973024
I think my feelings on that game have diminished a bit from having played it like 400 times, but yeah, I really dig the world and the aesthetic of Issac
Another reason I loved this game.
>>709973419
You must have the patience of a god.
>>709975717
you know what?
yeah
>>709975717
What game is this? The name Sabin seems familiar for some reason.
Say what you will, I fucking love this game. I remember having an empire that stretched to every arm of the galaxy. I remember how happy I was when I first got to the center of the galaxy. Spore is fucking awesome.
>>709975963
see picture in
>>709970636
>>709976060
Hell yeah. I have hundreds of hours on this game. Never gets old.
>>709975963
FF6
sabin's ability is to do command inputs
like suplex and shit
it's pretty cool
>>709976109
Isnt that the FF with that esper chick?
I ask because of the mechs and the theatre picture.
Emotionally riveting, intellectually intriguing, and happily wrapped up in a cozy immersive story.
Not a masterpisce but it's fun as fuck
>>709964208
I've heard amazing things about this game, time to check it out. Got it for $1.25 on GOG (80% off)
https://www.gog.com/game/sanitarium
>>709976397
Oh fuck man. Those godamn spacestation missions and finding all those rebellion symbols in the maps.
>>709964397
I completely agree. Mostly dark souls 1 though. I loved going to anor londo and seeing just how beautiful this game actually was
Anybody?
>>709976527
I preferred SD3, honestly, but that is a good one. Reference
>>709968678
>>709976716
Oh, and have a cute Riesz while you're at it.
>>709976527
i plan to play through this sometime. got an emulator. what's it like?
>>709972534
10/10 game, actually flawless.
Too bad it's console only
>>709976243
Here's a piece of art of "that esper chick." Bonus points if you can name the sword.
I played this game religiously.
>>709976954
>this scene
>>709961266
since nobody said it yet, I got Thomas was alone a few years back and let me tell you. I thought it was just going to be some cool multi character strategy platforming stuff but that game made me cry. I have never felt such human characters in such a strange game. they might all just be imaginary boxes, but that game is a real work of art.
>>709961266
Legacy of Kain series
Metroid Prime
Undertale (yeah, I know)
Mass Effect without that shit ending
Portal 1 and 2
Bastion
Transistor
Final Fantasy 6
Fallout series, sans 3 and 4
Spec Ops : The Line
Shadow of the Colossus
Perfect Dark
System Shock 2
Vampire: the Masquerade ( Bloodlines and Redemption )
>>709976413
>not buying this
>retard
>>709976890
I don't want to spoil it, if you've ever played a great rpg then you know the emotional rollercoaster that you're in for.
>>709977119
Played on Android, what an experience
>>709977119
this makes me want to go back and finish TWA. i forget how far i got, but i played a decent bit.
>>709977140
>Undertale (yeah, I know)
nah, it's fine, i already bit the bullet for you.
>>709968766
>>709976954
bane of orichalchuminum EX
or something like that
probably
>>709976954
More esper chick.
For that Chrono Trigger guy.
>>709977316
Atma Weapon.
>>709964739
What game dis
>>709977506
To the Moon, IIRC
>>709977119
I started that game, but never finished it. I should go back and complete it.
>>709977285
you should finish it. the story brought up a lot of stuff for me since I was having a really bad battle with depression at the time and it reminded me that even in the least expected places, beauty and emotion could be found. truly moving game.
>>709977476
close enough
>>709963691
Witcher 3 is undeniably god-tier
>>709977361
I dunno why the game has stuck with me all these years.
>>709977476
;-; thankyou for the wallpaper anon
>>709977674
It's nice, isn't it?
i don't remember games givin me the feels when i was a kid, expect for the ending of Klonoa on psx
still love the artstyle, ost, gameplay and voices to this day
My favorite GBA game that isn't a port. My favorite port is super Mario bros. 2.
More FFVI.
>>709977567
i was incredibly impressed that colored fucking boxes had more personality than some of the human characters in higher-budgeted games. i'm also glad to hear that it helped you during your difficult time. Undertale did the same for me.
>>709977831
Again, mind's eye.
>>709977831
I have memories of that game, but the godamn moogles make me think of Crystal Chronicles.... I miss that game even though I have it on my shelf.
>>709977913
>>709961266
Odin Sphere
pic related
the pinnacle of 2d sprite graphics
good story too
>>709977974
I never played CC. It was good, I take it?
>>709965404
I agree.
Degree to which plotline sucks is immeasurable.
I haven't seen a worse misunderstanding of multiple universe hypothesis ever. This is Interstellar from the wrold of video games.
>>709977909
You really shouldnt be. The time that developers spend on making a beautiful world that looks realistic has an effect on all other aspects of the game, usually in story writing or character development. Games that dont focus on graphics have quite a bit more time to focus on those things, which is why indie game characters can be often more "alive" than a AAA game.
When you see it.
>>709968401
My first playthroughts of both games were on survival ranger and i have never shit my pants harder that when i was trying to fucking aim with that kid on my back in 2033
>>709975278
>>709975413
>>709974999
>tfw too old to be able to bond with family as a child over motion control video games and instead they just thought you were a disappointment for sitting in front of a computer at all free time
>>709977909
undertale was a phenomenal game. the music was all amazing and the characters all seemed so genuine. the story was wonderful and showed that sometimes you just need to care about something enough to make it care back.
>>709978145
It was, but when I replayed it for nostalgia it seemed alot smaller to me. There didnt seem to be enough cutscenes, the random encounters eventually became ones you knew by heart ( i wish there were more) and as long as you knew the flow of time for elements in the years you could easily beat the game in 7 years game time. Its still a great game, has good maps, fighting is fun and if you have a person playing with you you can even fuse magic with them. The whole point of CC is to fill your crystal with liquids that come from a special tree (which is 3 dungeons per year) and annoint the crystal with it to keep the deadly miasma at bay. Not much in the terms of story but definitely fun to play around in.
>>709978286
My mom doesn't have an interest in vidya, least of all when I was a child. My dad had a slight interest back then, but always wanted to compete and gloat when he won. He is, however, an asshole.
Has anyone else played this one? I thought it was super atmospheric and very visually beautiful.
>>709976954
By the glow.. atma weapon.. but maybe illumina?
Red Dead Redemption
>>709971277
nice dubs
looking forward to red dead 2?
>>709978460
>B-side of pic
>>709978203
hm, i never actually thought about that. thanks, anon.
>>709978319
yes yes yesssss.
Anybody for this game? Played it with my brother all the time shit was so cash.
>>709978505
Atma is correct.
>how I think Hyrule Warriors should have felt
>>709978672
Would be nice to lead an army in Hyrule Warriors instead of being a one man army.
>>709961266
LISA THE PAINFUL RPG
shits sad
>>709978670
Didn't feel like art, or even give me any feels. Just a lot of pain and my left hand still isn't quite normal.
Some people get arrows to the knee. Little vampire girls get arrows to the skull.
>>709978804
Monster slaying is an art, son.
>>709978266
it captures so good the feeling of "i'm not a superguy" and "FUCK I CANT RELOAD THIS SHOTGUN ANY FASTE-BANGBANGBANG dead mutant, out of ammo"
>>709978853
That it is, but I never got gud. Have some cute lil monsters.
I know this is meme material but morrowind will always hold a place in my cold dark heart as a land that i would jump back into any day. I can't tell you the amount of time that's been robbed from me by this godly game.
>>709978286
My parents still thought I was a disappointment, the only difference is that they knew I left my room and got exercise because I'd be playing Wii. Grandpa was really the only one who wanted to play. He was a fucking badass at boxing. I don't think I ever won a round against him.
Another neat one for the Zeldabros.
>>709978237
See what, Gordon sitting on a bed in some hotel that wouldn't exist in his universe?
>>709978955
Have this dark souls pic
>>709979072
Remember Portal2 and you'll get it.
>>709978853
See also
>>709979072
That's the coma bedroom from portal 2 you massive dingus
OP here, thanks for an awesome thread, /b/ros. I'm very happy to see so much love for games, and so little shit-slinging. Hope we can all put some time in playing some of the ones we haven't gotten to. <3
An armor made from something that lives in the cold and yet it has the insulating power of a sheet of power.
>that booty tho
>>709979211
I remember my first time fighting a Khezu. Those blind fucks.....
The whole reason I got into Monster Hunter was a long time ago I saw a friend play the first one on PS1, he was mining ore and then ran out grabbed some plants and then tracked down a dragon and cut its tail off. It looked so awesome.
>>709979233
Please do another one sometime, anon.
>>709979233
this was really civil thread, and it was great. thanks, OP.
>>709979211
>>709979228
Oh god how could I be such a fool. I think for my own sanity I have pushed HL and Portal lore/memories out of my head since original theories came out for crossover. Hadn't seen that picture before, but seeing it now with memories gives me chills.
>>709979412
Khezu and Gigginox. All of my fucking fear. I can deal with Tigrex; it's just a big, quadrupedal, winged t-rex of fury. I can deal with Gore Magala; it's got space aids and anger issues. I just *can't* deal with those two creepers.
Anyone for this game? Falling down onto the guardian dragon, and going through her whole story, especially the end part left me crying. Though I was happy I still played after the game ended. The only thing I didnt like about the game was that Venti was the only character I actually felt emotion towards really, all the other NPCs just kinda faded away.
>>709979623
*Plops*
Dont look behind you.
>>709979608
Considering how everything is fucking wrecked when you leave in P2, it kinda makes you think, doesn't it?
>tfw you know you're not a furry but really enjoyed wolf mode