What non-game video games should I be playing?

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:13 am

I've been exploring the whole "art game" scene over the past few weeks and was curious if anyone wanted to suggest a "MUST PLAY!" title?

So far I have played (or still am playing):

Dear Escher
Proteus
To The Moon
Amnesia series

To be played:

Stanley Parable

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Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:39 pm

The Sun

Retro · Post by **Retro** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:18 am

Dream

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 10:32 am

Dogecoin

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 11:53 am

This was a good idea for a thread, and I ruined it by saying that you should look straight into the Sun.

On the other hand, I have found that most art games are seriously over-rated. So I couldn't help. I wished... I wish I could.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 1:43 pm

I'm playing Gone Home. Does that count? All you do is walk around and pick up stuff then put it back down. haha

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 5:05 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:This was a good idea for a thread, and I ruined it by saying that you should look straight into the Sun.

On the other hand, I have found that most art games are seriously over-rated. So I couldn't help. I wished... I wish I could.

I agree with this. I would count Stanley Parable, probably Gone Home based on lethargic's description, Proteus, and any of that Rohrer stuff highly overrated.

I consider Dear Esther only slightly overrated.

But yes, they're all overrated. This is because they are all built to convey a message, but the messages are always from the minds of precocious 19-24 year olds who all think they have the world fucking figured out. As 40 year olds, we remember having these thoughts, and then remember when we realized they were all bullshit.

Fuck it:

Lake of Roaches is the only non-game game that is any good. And it takes five minutes. Go get it. There is no message other than there is a lake of roaches and you are a couple of dumb hillbillies.

http://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/lak ... hes/15060/

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:18 pm

I'm developing a deeper sense of appreciation for games that are trying to break the mold, as Proteus is the only video game released this decade that I feel better for having played. Maybe it is nostalgia, but it captured a sort of wonder, awe and sense of discovery that has been absent from my life since the age of 20 or so.

In general, I'm OKAY with games that try to recreate how life, time and feeling progress as opposed to trying to remove you to another world.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:56 am

Gone Home was really fun and had great atmosphere. Then it ended. Most infuriating ending ever. I walked around picking up 3 ring binders and coffee cups for two hours FOR THIS?