Am I the only one who enjoys games that have engaging stories. Sometimes I even turn the difficulty down, so that I enjoy the story and not struggle so much.
I mean challenging games can be fun sometimes, but nowadays I just feel that my life offers me enough struggles not to want another one while playing. For me games offer an escape of reality and I like them chill and casual but still with an engaging story.
I always enjoy a good story in my games. I particularly enjoyed the walking dead games.
I’ve also just done a few runs of slay the princess which is a visual novel game with amazing voice acting and a romance/ existential horror plot. Quite short unless you do multiple runs but I’d definitely recommend it on sale.
I liked Plague Tales but by the end those pesky rats were too much for my liking and a bit annoying. I am currently playing the last Syberia and enjoying it so far.
Sounds like you need to play more adventure games! Point & click had it’s heyday in the 90s with outstanding story-based game series like Monkey Island, Broken Sword, and Gabriel Knight, but there’s been a resurgence in recent years through games like Gemini Rue, Machinarium, and Deponia.
If you’re enjoying Syberia, definitely start looking at more point & click games - there’s a ton of variety!
Unless a game somehow really sucks me in these days, I tend not to engage much with the stories anymore. It’s not at the point where I’m skipping cutscenes regularly, yet. I tend to play games in slow, broken up sessions, so there’s a very good chance that I won’t remember what happened in the story the next time I hop back in. At that point, I just hope I can remember how to play the game.
If action games are story heavy, I almost always start on lowest difficulty. If there are many Quick Time Events that don’t change the story, just some do-over if you fail, I check if I can make them easier.
If they DO change the story if I fail, I play QTE’s on normal difficulty and live with the consequenses.
I do that quite often - turn down the difficulty and simply enjoy the story. Sometimes, when a game is very long for example, but I still love the characters and the story, I watch one of those “game movies” of people who made different choices or followed different paths.
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I always enjoy a good story in my games. I particularly enjoyed the walking dead games. I’ve also just done a few runs of slay the princess which is a visual novel game with amazing voice acting and a romance/ existential horror plot. Quite short unless you do multiple runs but I’d definitely recommend it on sale.
Wishlisted it
This has definitely been the case with me as well. Especially as I got older and had less time to play anything.
I’ve always been partial to story over mechanics though. I just think the preference has tilted much further in favor of story games now.
danganronpa got me into visual novels. there’s also narrative games like telltale or life is strange
I have both telltale and life is strange.
I liked Plague Tales but by the end those pesky rats were too much for my liking and a bit annoying. I am currently playing the last Syberia and enjoying it so far.
Are choices important to you or are you okay with linear adventure games?
I am fine with both, as long as the stories are good. What are your recommendations?
Have you tried the Mass Effect trilogy? Generally considered to have a pretty good story, and it has choices so there’s some replay value too.
Baldur’s gate 3 for me, easiest difficulty so I can play out the power fantasy and enjoy the story
Sounds like you need to play more adventure games! Point & click had it’s heyday in the 90s with outstanding story-based game series like Monkey Island, Broken Sword, and Gabriel Knight, but there’s been a resurgence in recent years through games like Gemini Rue, Machinarium, and Deponia.
If you’re enjoying Syberia, definitely start looking at more point & click games - there’s a ton of variety!
Play visual novels, I am having a blast with both Hotel Dusk and The Last Window.
Unless a game somehow really sucks me in these days, I tend not to engage much with the stories anymore. It’s not at the point where I’m skipping cutscenes regularly, yet. I tend to play games in slow, broken up sessions, so there’s a very good chance that I won’t remember what happened in the story the next time I hop back in. At that point, I just hope I can remember how to play the game.
If action games are story heavy, I almost always start on lowest difficulty. If there are many Quick Time Events that don’t change the story, just some do-over if you fail, I check if I can make them easier. If they DO change the story if I fail, I play QTE’s on normal difficulty and live with the consequenses.
Favourite story game is Detroid:become human.
I have been intending to do this with The Last of Us, because I am terrible at that game’s mechanics, but everything else about it is great.
Yes, I also enjoyed it, but had it at easy, those zombies can be quite annoying
I’ve tried playing that game a few times, but I’m ashamed to say that it is too scary for me lol
Have you watched the show? The game is not for me, horrorness being a part of the reason, but the show was very well done.
Yeah I loved it. Balled my eyes out on “that” episode.
I do that quite often - turn down the difficulty and simply enjoy the story. Sometimes, when a game is very long for example, but I still love the characters and the story, I watch one of those “game movies” of people who made different choices or followed different paths.
This is why I avoid Souls style games. I’ve tried a couple and don’t find it rewarding to fail so much.
Yeah dude, you’re the only one that enjoys a good story.
No one else has ever liked a good story before. Ever. Mutant.
True. I really only play chess these days to avoid even having characters in my game.
I like falling asleep listening to Chess lore recap videos
Secretly plays Shotgun King
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