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Good singleplayer games without any story? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by GrimReaperCZ@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Players usually want a good story in their games. I can enjoy a good story too, but sometimes I just want to get going and do stuff without listening to several minutes of dialog in-between action.

Do you know any games where there's no story (or very minimal/skippable one), and the game mechanics alone carry the game?

EDIT: Thank you all for the suggestions. There are some that I've never heard of and look very interesting. Will definitely pick some of them up.

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[–] radialmonster@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Dead Cells, you can even turn off 'lore' in settings.

[–] SeriousBug@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

Return to Castle Wolfenstein? The new Wolfensteins have quite a bit of story, but the old one is all skippable.

[–] Firefly7@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

If you’re looking for something arcadey and replayable, the Touhou series might be worth looking into. Great music, too.

[–] Penguin_Rocket@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Sky Rogue. This is a great arcade game, very replayable.

[–] Jck2905@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dredge. I think there’s a bit of a story but really you’re just going out fishing.

[–] GrimReaperCZ@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

Another unusual game. I like this suggestion, thank you.

[–] aebrer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nuclear Throne

[–] GrimReaperCZ@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How would you say is different from Enter The Gungeon?

[–] aebrer@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  1. If you love enter the gungeon you'll probably love nuclear throne. I certainly love both and both are firmly in the bullet hell genre.
  2. Fewer weapons and a more minimal game loop.
  3. Faster paced.
  4. You level up in a run as you kill things and select perks that change the gameplay a bit.
  5. More emphasis on dodging (without rolling) and killing, it's super fast paced.
  6. Both have fun secrets and hidden levels.
[–] GrimReaperCZ@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the summary. I didn't play Enter the Gungeon much, but enjoyed the little what I played.

[–] Mathusalem@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

w40k Gladius?

[–] flyinghorse@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Disc room is such a fun game and it has almost no story

[–] CapedStanker@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I hear ya, I hate when games have too much story. The stories are never any good and usually outright eye-rollingly bad. I particularly hate when they do "..."

Legend of Zelda, the very first one. Yoshi's Island. FIFA.

[–] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I know Axiom Verge has a Speedrun mode that cuts out all the cutscenes, I don't know if that qualifies though, and you do kind of have to know what's going on outside of that. The story itself isn't necessary to enjoy the game though.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Victor Vran's not much for story but the game is fun. You can even find a weapon that launches exploding chickens.

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