Game recommendations?
looking for something with bad vibes and a good story, games with a similar feel to:
edit: to be more specific, looking for something with that "Heart of Darkness" decent into madness vibe
Hellblade: Senua’s sacrifice has to be experienced (with headphones), but it’s the best game story in terms of depicting ND and coping with grief.
I did play hellblade, but I personally wasn't a huge fan of the story. Its kinda hard to put yourself in a characters shoes if they start out mad, rather than descending into it.
Cruelty squad is loaded with bad vibes. I don't think the vibes could get any worse.
I did play that one a while back, but I dont remember much about it. maybe I'll play it again.
my ND mind powers are incapable of parsing cruelty squad so i'll safely say it could always get worse if the line goes down at any point
You could try Pathologic if you never played it. Ideally the classic HD version, but 2 is also really good
never played it but its in my steam library. I dont remember buying it :thonk:
guess I'll try it
It’s a wild and surreal ride, it’s not quite the vibe you are looking for but I’d wager it’s close
Returnal?
For someone who likes both Signalis and Hotline Miami? Yeah, this is the one
It's one of my favorite downer stories in any medium
i did like that one
Games I would recommend:
Lunacid- it is a dungeon crawler inspired by old fromsoft games like kings field and shadow tower
Northern Journey- It’s a strange, lonely, game with lots of arachnids that is pretty fun and beautiful.
Pseudoregalia- it’s a 3D platformer metriodvania inspired by both Mario 64, dark souls, and hollow night.
I played Pseudoregalia, actually think its really good but not exactly what I'm looking for here. I'll take a look at those other two though
Based on the fact that Drakengard is on this list I'm gonna assume you've played Nier Replicant, but I'm gonna recommend it just in case you haven't.
Other than that, while I wouldn't say it has bad vibes, Dragon's Dogma's story goes to some weird places by the end that you might like.
Yeah big fan of all the drakengard/nier games with the exception of drakengard 2
Will look into dragons dogma, thx
Shadow of the Colossus?
Wait, is saying the name of the game a spoiler? XD Also maybe there isn't enough story, but there are certainly (ever-worsening) vibes.
Been meaning to play that one actually
It's very good go check it out
BioShock. I've only played the original and thought it was pretty good.
If you don't mind visual novel type games then 9 Hours, 9 Person, 9 Doors is another good one. There's another two games in the series too (Virtues Last Reward and Zero Time Dilemma). Another one is Paranormasight. Recently played it and it's a short play, about 10 hours.
I actually played all the Bishock and Zero Escape games, I liked them for the most part except for Bioshock 2 and ZTD. not exactly the types of games I'm looking for but I'll take a look at Paranormasight, thanks.
Area 51 for original Xbox is a quite literal descent into UFO conspiracy and includes narration by David Duchovny
You kinda hit the peak of bad vibes with drakengard and signalis. I can't think of any games even near to the levels of pure hopelessness.
Amnesia and penumbra are fun, especially the new amnesia the bunker. Cryostasis is a very unique experience. The sinking city is fun if quite light hearted in its approach, personally feel that's quite an underrated game.
Omori might be something to look into. Fromsoftware games generally have quite a despair ridden vibe, my personal favourite being kingsfield 4 because the music SMACKS
You should try playing the Siren series on a PS2 emulator. Its basically cousins with Silent Hill and somewhat similar to Signalis in vibes I think.
edit: to be more specific, looking for something with that "Heart of Darkness" decent into madness vibe
Far Cry 2. I mean the story isn't gripping or whatever but the ludonarrative is very much heart of darkness with the serial numbers filed off
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War has that going on. It's a PS2 game, but emulating it should be pretty easy on a modern PC. It's definitely got a decent into madness vibe in the story/plot, can't say more without spoiling it. It's an arcade fighter jet game, with some great levels.
Played the whole ace combat series gotta be my favorite games gameplay wise.
Played the Mgs games yet? Mgs2 is mostly ehst fits this but you gotta say mgs1 to get it
ye they were good but not really what i'm lookin for here
Glad you did, but how is mgs2 not exactly what you described?
Play OFF
Bad vibes
It is a game about depression
Good story
check
similar feel to:
Hotline Miami
It's got pixel art, an incredibly catchy electronic soundtrack, and a very quick trial and error gameplay loop with a high emphasis on quick reflexes.
Maybe not quite what you're looking for but Return of the Obra Dinn is cool. Definitely some bad vibes and a good mystery story
played that was good, but yeah not exactly what I'm looking for in this case
Shin Megami Tensei, especially 1 and 3 (I have not played V. II is great too, but the tone is different) & the first three/four (2 has two parts) Persona games (yes, really - 1 & 2 don't have the social sim aspects and 3's story is dark, even if a bit of a slow burn).
The first Bioshock game.
Deus Ex (The first one. Human Revolution is also pretty good)
Half-Life 1 (or Black Mesa, the remake)
Bonus:
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. It's both dark in tone and really cheesy at the same time, good stuff.
I really liked Control
Maybe I should replay it but as far as I remember the Eusan nation felt more like a fascist colonial regime, with an apartheid element regarding the replikas. It did use some imagery reminiscent of vintage communist propaganda, but I dont think that's damning on its own.
I could be misremembering though it has been a few years.
You should play STALKER Call of Pripyat AKA the greatest game of all time. You can even play it for free because the standalone mod Anomaly doesn't require owning the 3 base games which it contains. Also check out Gothic I and Gothic II AKA the best RPG games ever made
well, if you want fucked vibes and good story, i have to recommend STASIS: bone totem, or its predecessor, STASIS for somehow even more fucked vibes (you don't have to play the first one to enjoy the second one), both are pretty great value for their content, if you want to pick em up legally
You could like the Fear and Hunger series, the second obe is a bit easier from what I have heard.
Expeditions Rome is an alt history strategy rpg where Caesar dies in his first military assignment and you take his place.
Bad vibes because proto-fascism of the Roman Empire.
The story is well done and the gameplay rocks.
Underrated hidden gem disco elysium
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