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  • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyztoGames@sh.itjust.works•Atmospheric games to get lost inEnglish
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    5 days ago

    The first game that came to mind after reading your post is Subnautica, such a great game!

    I’m going to recommend 3 smaller games that I found to be very atmospheric.

    The Invincible: A scifi walking simulator based on an iconic novel. The music and the graphics suck you in and the voice acting helps keeping you interested. I recently replayed it and loved it again.

    Gris: A small platformer on the easier side with beautiful hand-drawn graphics and (IMO) great music. It tells a sad story without words, so good.

    Oxenfree: A scifi thriller in the form of a side-scrolling platformer. I played it years ago so I don’t remember much of it (my memory is crap like that) but I know it left a very good impression, especially its atmosphere.

    Honorable mention to Valheim, which I see mentioned in the thread ore than once. Great atmosphere and gameplay loop, although for me it lost some of its charm in the later biomes they released afterwards.

    I hope you find any of these to your liking.

  • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyztoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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    7 days ago

    I’m playing Silent Hill f:

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    I just got out of Hinako’s house after fighting her parents.

    The story is not bad and the graphics are beautiful, clean and the game runs smooth except some of the infamous traversal stutter. This is a breath of fresh air after Alan Wake 2’s terrible performance.

    Still not sure why they called it Silent Hill if apparently you don’t spend a single second in the town of Silent hill… Well yes, I know why, they used the name to sell more copies.

    I was also playing Arctic Awakening but my game bugged out during chapter 4 and the option to restart the scene takes me too far back (at least an hour) for me to want to go back right now. A shame because it’s a nice walking simulator with very light survival mechanics and a nice scifi story.

  • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyztoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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    15 days ago
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    As I was watching the film’s plot develop, I was unsure whether I had to change realitiy via drawing board to save Casey, it was giving me anxiety!

    Remedy are unique, I hope they keep going for a long time and don’t lose their identity. Control is my favourite game by them, with Alan Wake 2 behind it.

    I’d give Alan Wake 2 an 8, I don’t give it a 9 or so mainly because the performance is all over the place and it annoyed me from start to finish. I’m looking forward to Control Resonant!

  • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyztoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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    15 days ago

    I advanced quite a bit in Alan Wake 2:

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    I finished Saga’s content, or at least as far as they’ll let me go: The concert at the lake. I have to say, Tor and Odin are my favourite characters of the franchise, with Ahti coming in second place. And I got to see Ahti a lot in Alan Wake 2, love it. Saga’s not so bad in the end, but I don’t manage to fully connect with her, I still find most of her story unnecessary. I found Casey’s story more interesting, to be honest.

    With Alan I just watched Zane’s lost film, the tension prior to that point was constantly building, and there is no immediate release. Now everything starts making sense, I think. The ritual to lead you on, he comes back while you stay in the room, it’s not a loop, it’s a spiral… Zane is using Wake to get out. The real question is: who is Zane? In the original game he is a writer, here he’s a movie director. And when Alan meets him he’s surprised he looks like him. Is Zane Scratch, trying to fool him to write a story to be able to escape? On the other hand, someone comments on Alan not knowing who he really is. There are still more questions than answers, but this is as far as I’ll get. Yesterday I screwed up. I decided to move from Fedora to Tumbleweed, copied Alan Wake 2’s saved games in a folder… and they’re not there. So I wiped my NVME and lost my saved game, I’d have to start over, but I’m not willing to be honest. I guess I’ll watch the rest on YouTube. I’m quite disappointed but now I have to choose another survival horror from my backlog.

    Titan Station:

    After finishing The Invincible for the second time, it reignited my love for space-themed walking simulators, and I had this one waiting for me. The storytelling is a bit awkward, and the voice acting is not too good, especially the main protagonist, who sounds like an amateur person with a regular mic recorded it. In fact the credits give a nickname, not a real name, unlike the rest of the cast.

    But it’s a chill game and it looks quite good on my CRT, and the story isn’t bad in itself. Just the way it’s told. Now I’m looking for more similar games, we’ll see if I find more.

  • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyztoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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    22 days ago

    I’m still playing Alan Wake 2:

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    I finished the Oceanview Hotel part with Wake, the atmosphere was so thick you could chew it, but it surprised me less than previous chapters in terms of inventive.

    I finished the retirement home and Sheriff Station with Saga and it’s getting better, the story picks up but I still find her parts less interesting.

    I started the Lake House DLC and it’s nice to play some new FBC-related content, I have high expectations for this one.

    The DLC seems to run better than the base game, they probably optimized it better, I don’t know. Overall Saga’s parts are the worst offenders in terms of performance for whatever reason.

    When in doubt, comfort food, take 2:

    I have nearly 80 hours clocked in Heaven’s Vault, but all those hours have been spent playing it on handhelds (first Steam Deck and then Legion Go). Now I don’t have a handheld to play it on and I can’t get into it that much, so I changed games.

    I am reading The Invincible, a book I got after playing the game based on it, so I thought a second playthrough would be a good idea. And it was, I love this game. It’s a short walking simulator with great atmosphere and story, and the graphics are quite good for what it is, they are not too complicated but everything is solid. The art style deserves a mention here, the 60s high tech sci-fi aesthetic is gorgeous, I think they nailed it. It looks gorgeous on my CRT.

    I almost forgot, the voice acting is pretty good too IMO.

    I’ve played Tainted Grail a bit longer, the game is fine and runs fine, still not sure if I’ll finish it but I think I’m going to keep playing it.

  • Drasglaf@sopuli.xyztoPatient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
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    29 days ago

    I’m still playing Alan Wake 2:

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    I’m at Lakeview Hotel With Alan, I did Coffee World and went back to town with Saga.

    I love Alan’s half, it’s fresh, keeps you engaged and you never know what you’re going to find around the corner. The music video bit was awesome.

    Saga on the other hand is… boring. I don’t like the detective stuff as much as I thought. It drags on, has you running around to find items and aside from a few bits here and there it isn’t very engaging. Maybe it gets better later on, but so far I’m tempted to keep playing Alan and ignore Saga for good. It’s like they shoehorned 2 different games together for no reason.

    I’ve played Tainted Grail a bit more:

    It’s not bad, although so far I don’t find it very engaging. But it’s kept me playing for a bit, so we’ll see.

    And when in doubt, back to comfort food. I retook my 4th playthrough of Heaven’s Vault:

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    I’m going to try to keep Enkei this time. Last time I chickened out at the last moment and saved Six. I’ve already read the 4 books, so it’s just out of curiosity to see if it differs from the book.