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Lunchmeat Larry: Nov 3, 2012

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

What Remains of Edith Finch should work, especially if Gone Home and Tacoma did

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nitsuga: Jan 1, 2007

Lunchmeat Larry posted:

What Remains of Edith Finch should work, especially if Gone Home and Tacoma did

I like these kinds of games a lot, and I�ll throw out a recommendation for Frictional�s games (Amnesia, Soma, etc.) too. It�s a different approach, but they�ve got a safe mode in the newer titles that�s pretty enjoyable for scaredy-cats like myself. The Radiohead game on Epic is pretty cool too.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 01:10

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

Exo One might be a fun couple hours.

External Organs fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Mar 15, 2022

# ? Mar 15, 2022 01:20

SlothfulCobra: Mar 27, 2011

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

Far Lone Sails and its sequel, Far Changing Tides. Sidescrolling, a little puzzle sovling.

Offline Journey. Abzu.

Shadow of the Colossus.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 01:58

A Worrying Warlock: Sep 21, 2009

Weird one that is pretty obscure: Titan Hunter. You drive a car at night, listen to the radio and use your lights to keep massive kaiju at bay and away from civilization. It's janky, but if you can get over that it is also unique and pretty cool.

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Kvlt!: May 19, 2012

Sobatchja Morda posted:

Weird one that is pretty obscure: Titan Hunter. You drive a car at night, listen to the radio and use your lights to keep massive kaiju at bay and away from civilization. It's janky, but if you can get over that it is also unique and pretty cool.

Is this it? https://store.steampowered.com/app/955700/TITAN_HUNTER/

Trying to find it cuz that sounds like fun but that game doesn't really match your description

# ? Mar 15, 2022 02:39

4 inch cut no femmes: May 31, 2011

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZ8ksfXQ-4

is new so I don't know if it's any good. Also, has two people in it.

Kvlt! posted:

Is this it? https://store.steampowered.com/app/955700/TITAN_HUNTER/

Trying to find it cuz that sounds like fun but that game doesn't really match your description

They probably meant https://store.steampowered.com/app/1290170/Titan_Chaser/

# ? Mar 15, 2022 03:00

chainchompz: Jul 15, 2021; bark bark

FFXIV Porn posted:

i've tried subnautica but it doesn't scratch my itch. too much focus on survival.

i'll peek into long dark though

You can turn off food & water needs and then it's just exploring with an O2 meter.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 03:20

SexyBlindfold: Apr 24, 2008; i dont care how much probation i get capital letters are for squares hehe im so laid back an nice please read my low effort shitposts about the arab spring

thanxs!!!

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

About 60-70% of Heaven's Vault is pure archeologin' and ruin hoppin', but there's quite a bit of dialogue, too. Some less conventional options could be Elegy for a Dead World, Cloud Gardens or The Longing. Maybe even The Dig, if you don't mind bullshit Lucasarts-era puzzles and some dialogue.

I'd suggest Mateusz Skutnik's old Submachine series, but they're all gone from the web due to the Flash apocalypse. You can buy HD versions from his page, though.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 06:42

Party Boat: Nov 1, 2007; where did that other dog come from

who is he

Death Stranding has a lot of lengthy cutscenes which might make it an instant pass, but between them there's lengthy stretches where you're just walking across the landscape with nothing but your jar baby for company.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 07:15

SpaceGoatFarts: Jan 5, 2010; sic transit gloria mundi; Nap Ghost

I'll add obduction and layers of fear to the list of previous recommandations

Also I believe there was a game about being an expert inspecting empty buildings to determine what happened for an insurance company or something? Didn't play it so I don't know the name or even if the description is correct, maybe someone will know what I meant.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 07:56

Party Boat: Nov 1, 2007; where did that other dog come from

who is he

Are you thinking of Return of the Obra Dinn? You're an insurance adjuster trying to piece together what happened on a ship that mysteriously disappeared. It's very good but also very dialogue heavy as you're jumping in and out of various fragmentary scenes

# ? Mar 15, 2022 08:01

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

SpaceGoatFarts posted:

Also I believe there was a game about being an expert inspecting empty buildings to determine what happened for an insurance company or something? Didn't play it so I don't know the name or even if the description is correct, maybe someone will know what I meant.

INFRA

# ? Mar 15, 2022 08:04

StoryTime: Feb 26, 2010; Now listen to me children and I'll tell you of the legend of the Ninja

SpaceGoatFarts posted:

I'll add obduction and layers of fear to the list of previous recommandations

Also I believe there was a game about being an expert inspecting empty buildings to determine what happened for an insurance company or something? Didn't play it so I don't know the name or even if the description is correct, maybe someone will know what I meant.

INFRA is a good recommendation for this, the vast majority of the game is exploring and photographing decrepit industrial installations alone, while solving Myst like puzzles with the heavy equipment around.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 08:07

Fruits of the sea: Dec 1, 2010

Somebody mentioned Valveim- it truly is lonely in single-player, especially because the game is littered with a signs of previous human habitation.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 08:09

SpaceGoatFarts: Jan 5, 2010; sic transit gloria mundi; Nap Ghost

Hwurmp posted:

INFRA

That's the one thanks !

# ? Mar 15, 2022 08:27

Fat Samurai: Feb 16, 2011; To go quickly is foolish. To go slowly is prudent. Not to go; that is wisdom.

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

The Longing is about being the last servant of a King. He'll wake from his slumber in 400 days, how you occupy the time is up to you. No idea if it's any good, most I can say is that it is very original. A couple of caveats: It seems to be a bit of an idle game, where time counts down even away from the computer, and I have no idea whether you do find other people, but every screenshot and text in the steam page screams "lonely" to me.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 08:35

Danger - Octopus!: Apr 20, 2008; Nap Ghost

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

Miasmata might work? Or maybe Inside?

Someone else suggested INFRA and honestly that's pretty much the perfect thing you're looking for, I think

# ? Mar 15, 2022 09:41

Leal: Oct 2, 2009

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters? Or even how Darkest Dungeon has a city that levels up.

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

Leal fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Mar 15, 2022

# ? Mar 15, 2022 12:43

Danger - Octopus!: Apr 20, 2008; Nap Ghost

Leal posted:

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters?

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

Dungeonmans does this and is goon-made as well.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 12:58

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Leal posted:

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters? Or even how Darkest Dungeon has a city that levels up.

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

Vampire Survivors

# ? Mar 15, 2022 12:59

StoryTime: Feb 26, 2010; Now listen to me children and I'll tell you of the legend of the Ninja

Leal posted:

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters? Or even how Darkest Dungeon has a city that levels up.

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

The persistent upgrade mechanic is usually called 'meta-progression'. It's an indie favorite since it can generate a lot of gameplay out of a fairly short game.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 13:01

Leal: Oct 2, 2009

Danger - Octopus! posted:

Dungeonmans does this and is goon-made as well.

This looks promising!

Hwurmp posted:

Vampire Survivors

Only 3 bucks, and I remember a lot of goons talking about it in the steam thread

StoryTime posted:

The persistent upgrade mechanic is usually called 'meta-progression'. It's an indie favorite since it can generate a lot of gameplay out of a fairly short game.

Thanks for this, now I know what to google!

# ? Mar 15, 2022 13:07

A Worrying Warlock: Sep 21, 2009

Kvlt! posted:

Is this it? https://store.steampowered.com/app/955700/TITAN_HUNTER/

Trying to find it cuz that sounds like fun but that game doesn't really match your description

Sorry, I was an idiot. It's Titan Chaser.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 14:21

TooMuchAbstraction: Oct 14, 2012; I spent four years making
Waves of Steel
Hell yes I'm going to turn my avatar into an ad for it.; Fun Shoe

Leal posted:

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters? Or even how Darkest Dungeon has a city that levels up.

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

As StoryTime said, the specific mechanic you're describing is metaprogression. There's also a ton of cross-pollination with "roguelike" these days, so you might try searching by that term as well. People who have been playing "actual" roguelikes (which, for the most part, don't have metaprogression) for decades now get to search for the term "traditional roguelike" instead :v:

# ? Mar 15, 2022 15:12

Sandwich Anarchist: Sep 12, 2008

Leal posted:

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters? Or even how Darkest Dungeon has a city that levels up.

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

Rogue Legacy and its sequel.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 15:21

Lunchmeat Larry: Nov 3, 2012

Leal posted:

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters? Or even how Darkest Dungeon has a city that levels up.

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

It's a fairly common thing with indies and roguelites as others have mentioned, so I'll throw out Wildermyth as a fantastic little game where your characters age, die or retire over time - you can then play as their kids or successors and "save" your favourite characters so that they'll pop up at random in future campaigns.

So maybe I'll get an event where I'm exploring a ruin and release someone from a magic prison and surprise, it's Steve Cum the guy who ended up with a magic rock for an eye in my last game a few weeks ago. Definitely a bit younger than I remember him being but he still has the old grody eye and powerful staff. As with the game title, it's like they become these larger than life mythical characters over time, only some of the stories can be true at a time but they're always recognisable.

Also it's just a great game in general.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 16:17

An Actual Princess: Dec 23, 2006

Danger - Octopus! posted:

Miasmata might work? Or maybe Inside?

Someone else suggested INFRA and honestly that's pretty much the perfect thing you're looking for, I think

INFRA looks exactly like what i'm after. cheers for the recommendations everyone

# ? Mar 15, 2022 16:28

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

Lunchmeat Larry posted:

So maybe I'll get an event where I'm exploring a ruin and release someone from a magic prison and surprise, it's Steve Cum the guy who ended up with a magic rock for an eye in my last game a few weeks ago.

how does Steve Cum keep getting caught by the :cumpolice:

# ? Mar 15, 2022 16:57

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

FFXIV Porn posted:

hungry for a lonely game. i want a game with as close to zero other characters as possible. spooky games sometimes fall into this and spooky is okay but it's not what i'm specifically after. ideally, i want to explore a place where people used to be and now they aren't. some games that have scratched this itch:

-- myst, all of them. plus several myst knockoffs like QUERN.
-- gone home and tacoma fit this too
-- the witness would fit this but i didn't like the gameplay
-- firewatch was almost there but had way too much dialogue
-- there's a lil indie game called Anemoiapolis that's basically liminal spaces: the game and i've never found a game that scratches this itch more.

anyway if anyone has any suggestions i will appreciate them. thanks and G*d bless.

Monument Valley. The Witness. Manifold Garden. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. Titan Souls. Shadow of the Colossus. Journey. Submerged and Submerged: Hidden Depths. Far: Lone Sails and Far: Changing Tides.

e: you already said the Witness

# ? Mar 15, 2022 17:32

SlothfulCobra: Mar 27, 2011

Oh, another good alone game: Viscera Cleanup Detail. Wander through corridors picking through the remains of a big battle like you would find in a big action FPS, except you're a janitor and your job is to dispose of all the mess and clean up all the stains.

Leal posted:

Is there a term for games where you play multiple characters and progress carries over to new characters? Kinda like Loop Hero, or how Heat Signature will unlock buyables as your liberate more outposts, or kinda like how Tangledeep will keep planted trees and animals between characters? Or even how Darkest Dungeon has a city that levels up.

Looking for some recommendations for this kind of game.

I've heard them called "roguelite", since it's like a roguelike, but less so.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 18:34

Play: Apr 25, 2006; Strong stroll for a mangy stray

Roguelites are specifically roguelikes except which include metaupgrades. If a game is literally the same every time then it's a roguelike, if you use earned currency to upgrade or unlock stuff between runs it's a roguelite.

Kind of the same idea although slightly different from what OP was asking.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 18:37

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

Kind of reminded me how units in StarCraft would get mildly better if they got a bunch of kills and somehow stayed alive.

..or am I imagining this?

# ? Mar 15, 2022 18:39

Unreal_One: Aug 18, 2010; Now you know how I don't like to use the sit-down gun, but this morning we just don't have time for mucking about.

External Organs posted:

Kind of reminded me how units in StarCraft would get mildly better if they got a bunch of kills and somehow stayed alive.

..or am I imagining this?

This was a thing in Command & Conquer from Tiberian Sun on, that could be what you're thinking of.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 18:52

A Worrying Warlock: Sep 21, 2009

SlothfulCobra posted:

Oh, another good alone game: Viscera Cleanup Detail. Wander through corridors picking through the remains of a big battle like you would find in a big action FPS, except you're a janitor and your job is to dispose of all the mess and clean up all the stains.

Good one! But also: pretty great game to play in co-op while shooting the poo poo.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 18:55

TooMuchAbstraction: Oct 14, 2012; I spent four years making
Waves of Steel
Hell yes I'm going to turn my avatar into an ad for it.; Fun Shoe

Play posted:

Roguelites are specifically roguelikes except which include metaupgrades. If a game is literally the same every time then it's a roguelike, if you use earned currency to upgrade or unlock stuff between runs it's a roguelite.

Kind of the same idea although slightly different from what OP was asking.

This is the old-guard definition, and it's a respectable one, but there's a lot of people out there these days who think that "roguelike" means "a game like Rogue Legacy or Hades", and in particular that it must include metaprogression.

Language being a consensus-driven affair, which of you is "right" depends on who has the most votes, pretty much.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 19:08

gohuskies: Oct 23, 2010; I spend a lot of time making posts to justify why I'm not a self centered shithead that just wants to act like COVID isn't a thing.

Unreal_One posted:

This was a thing in Command & Conquer from Tiberian Sun on, that could be what you're thinking of.

Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth 2 did it as well. You could see how many kills each of your guys had in total as they carried over from level to level.

# ? Mar 15, 2022 21:24

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

gohuskies posted:

Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth 2 did it as well. You could see how many kills each of your guys had in total as they carried over from level to level.

Okay that's where I got it from. Never played command and conquer but played the hell out of Myth 1+2. Cool system!!

# ? Mar 16, 2022 01:03

Shine: Feb 26, 2007; No Muscles For The Majority

Company of Heroes also has that, in varying forms.

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# ? May 26, 2024 16:38

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THUNDERDOME

Bit of an odd request, but what are some good single-player games with satisfying tank explosions/physics? Can be any genre, FPS or tank sims or strategy, whatever.

with "satisfying tank explosions" I mean the kind where the angle of impact, which part of the tank you hit, etc. is taken into account rather than just having the tank turn into a black husk with a generic explosion on top as soon as its HP reaches zero.

Examples of games I'm thinking about are war thunder (but that's multiplayer and I'm kind of tired of it), sprocket, and the Men of War games.

Can be any era (world wars, cold war, contemporary, etc.)

# ? Mar 18, 2022 15:35

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