Mysterious, thoughtful games? A genre I can't define
Hello everyone, I have been craving a sort of game genre, but I'm not quite sure what it is or if it really exists as a genre at all. It is a game with a lot of existential twists to it. I could...
Hello everyone,
I have been craving a sort of game genre, but I'm not quite sure what it is or if it really exists as a genre at all.
It is a game with a lot of existential twists to it. I could call it Mystery though I feel it falls short.
The main story tends to be a complete upheaval of what we thought was the basic premise. Think of it like paradigm shift: the game.
They also tend to be games that you can really only play once. Lucky for me my memory is horrible.
So far I came up with these games:
- Outer Wilds
- Enderal (which is a "total conversion mod for Skyrim", but an amazing game)
- The Forgotten City
- Paradise Killer
Most of these have some kind of cycle involved in them, but I'm not sure if that's coincidental. All of them have you learn how the world works and it's never really what you first expected.
They tend to be light in battle, which is probably a skill issue bias on my part.
Honorary mention to:
- Strange Horticulture
- Horizon Zero Dawn, but the sequel less so (although still a very good game)
- The Zero Escape series, although I haven't played the first one yet
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (as it really breaks away expectations you got from earlier games too, and the existential dread is dripping off it)
- Nier Automata
- Doki Doki Literature Club
Do you know any others? Or do you know a good match to this list?
What do you think kind of links all this? Feel like playing one of these games?