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The Wolf Among Us, and I imagine other Telltale games (but that’s the only one I played so far). It felt a lot like Life is Strange in gameplay and storytelling, even though it’s also a lot different.
In a similar vein, point and click adventure games like The Whispered World, The Book of Unwritten Tales, or Syberia. The modern ones usually don’t have a failure state (as opposed to the infamous Sierra games), but unlike LiS you may get stuck on a puzzle.
Have you tried sandbox-like games, or just games that basically have no story line? Or is the more "adventuring" type of gameplay the one you enjoy the most? Personally I seem to find most games kinda boring outside puzzlegames and sandbox-things, since the typical stuff always has at least some form of grinding and I don't really like fighting either.
Just started playing the indiana jones game, for fans of the movies its a love letter to them and a great game
If you liked Skyrim, check out Enderal - it's a total conversion mod, but in Steam as it's own game. It's much more linear than Skyrim - the world still feels open, but it's much more dense, and it's scaled more like a traditional RPG, so if you wander off the intended path too far, you'll get your ass beat by mobs that are much higher level than you.
Side quests are meh, with a notable exception of the Rhalata line, which is kind of like a combo of thieves guild and dark brotherhood. Main quest line is fucking wild.
If you skip the vast majority of side quests, you might have an issue with scaling, since you'll be missing out on all that xp. If you run into that and don't want to do the quests, just use the command console to cheat some in.
FF16 is not an incredible game. But it sure is easy to button mash your way to a win, especially considering how good some of the trinkets are (acquired at start of the game). The music is solid, the writing is interesting enough, and the visuals are great, provided you can run it well.
I did not like it at all. I thought the writing was bad, the cut scenes dragged on for way too long, and the characters and the world were uninteresting
Dredge is a pretty unique one that I had a lot of fun with. Firewatch is good but short
I really like the Ys games, and I think Y's Origin meets those requirements. The boss fights are difficult, but no crazy difficulty spikes, provided you've been killing things properly along the way. I only had to grind for a few min for one boss, and that's back because I actively avoided the mobs and ended up underleveled.
Zelda games tend to also be really well designed, pretty much any will do.
Hearts
Portal I and II.
Psychonauts I and II, with the caveat that there used to be a HUGE skill spike in the penultimate chapter of #1. I gather they've softened it, but don't know how much.
I know Portal isn't a shooter. But Portal made me think of them. I feel like a lot of FPSs would fit OP's question. Half-Life 2 and most of the Halo games come to mind.
Portal I
Still suffering from the trauma of there being no cake
Shattered Pixel Dungeon on fdroidorr Linux or Windows
I got pretty far with this one and really enjoyed it, and then I spent days trying to get past those goddamn anglerfish and failing over and over again, so I just gave up at that point.
same. the trick is to float by doing literally nothing as slow as possible. it takes some trial and error to figure out when you can maneuver again but you do have to be a little patient.
You probably missed one entry that told you they were blind but not deaf
No, I got that, I just seem to be incapable of silently floating past them. Even when I'm not steering I end up getting too close and they attack.
same! turns out you can make it a lot easier for yourself by observation. for example, there are only two of them you actually need to manoeuvre around. also, that entire section takes three to five minutes, but you have like twelve, so it's fine to take it slow. finally, you can mark your destination from the log to get its location.
I couldn't bring myself to finishing it because "the timer" stressed me so much :( I loved everything else about it so much.
Timer? Can you elaborate a bit? I was thinking of getting it but I fucking loathe time limits in games.
Trying not to spoil too much, there's a timer but it doesn't really matter, you will almost never run out of time and retrying is encouraged. There's almost no time pressure in this game, and the amount of time in that timer is over 20 minutes, which should be plenty of time to do what you have to, and if not you can reset the timer and try again.
i don’t think it’s a spoiler to say this because you learn very early in the game - physically everything in the worlds goes back to square one after 22 minutes (or if you die).
you do get to keep a log of everything you learn about the worlds and story but that’s all that persists. the log is actually helpful, so follow that if you get lost.
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also the 22 minute reset is not an arbitrary design choice, it’s part of the story and puzzle.
without spoiling the details, it's a bit like groundhog day, or majoras mask.
i always encourage people to take it slow and drink in the world with ow, and that applies because of the "limit". which isn't a limit, you can play as long as you'd like. think of it more as a pomodoro timer. it's also very well signposted.
Just reading this somehow gave me goosebumps and made me tear up. Such an incredible and unique game.
This song is new to me, but I am honored to be a part of it.
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look back to some of the games for the 8 and 16-bit consoles. They tended to be about fun rather than shock factors. So check out the larger games for the megadrive for example.
Also, I kinda thought borderlands was good in that it adapted to how you prefer to play and the difficulty seemed consistent.
If you liked Life is Strange, I strongly recommend Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. Made by the same team.
Red Strings Club!!! Woah!! Been a minute since I thought about that game. Very, VERY, good. Sort of a precursor to Potion Craft in a way, that really didn’t over stay its welcome. The pacing was great, difficulty curve was great, and it had a distinctly finite story that still left you satisfied. I’ve bounced off potion craft a few times because at a point the scale, and subsequent grind, is a bit much for me. Red Strings Club nails the middle ground with good increasing complexity without becoming a chore.
I totally agree on the pacing. The Red Strings Club is a masterclass of storytelling in a video game format.
I think it's hard to describe as a game to gamers... the actual gameplay is pretty vague, the various minigame activities are almost inconsequential, but taken as a whole it's a perfect experience.
Subnautica comes to mind. It's a survival game with a heavy focus on exploring and a very structured story. Fluff text and the obligatory random documents and audio logs are mostly optional, though the game does have a mystery to solve so some of those you want to pay attention to. No real spikes in difficulty, it's honestly an easy game.
And you can turn off some of the survival elements that some people find annoying. For instance, having to spend half your time early on hunting a specific type of fish for freshwater.
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I've done entire runs of this game only salvaging water. No bladderfish, no coral + salt, no stillsuit, no water reclaimer. You can easily make it through to the endgame on the water you spawn with plus what you find in wrecks.
It sounds like you've found some games you like but are turned off of by some difficulty bottlenecks. If that's the case, considerWeMod. It's a trainer for a ton of games that allow you to "cheat" in singleplayer games(god mode, speed hacks, etc.)
I still love playing games but as I get older, my tremors get worse, making it impossible for me to get through one on my own. WeMod allows me to explore all of the game world without being stopped by something as simple as clicking on something quickly.
A neat feature in the new Death Stranding game is a "Pretend I Won" button on the death screen for bosses. It's nice when games recognize that skill checks can be a problem, and what makes some games fun for some users isn't being challenged.
It does, however, have a ton of fluff and filler.
Slightly old by now, but Portal and Portal 2 remain two of the best games I've ever played. Gameplay is intuitive and linear, and doesn't require grinding or building up resources. I thought the difficulty increased appropriately as well.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 could be what you're looking for. The main story areas are significantly easier than all the side content.
You'll want to do the side quests because how can you not play that game with cool sunglasses and a baguette on your back?
But you can easily get through the game without doing any side quests. And if you are afraid of being overpowered when you do play the side stuff, they recently added some nice controls to bump up the difficulty.