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Looking for emotional game recommendations (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/games@lemmy.world

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My favorite games are Omori, Disco Elysium and Outer Wilds. I cried for hours at the end of those games, and I think the common point in them is high-quality emotional writing and stellar OST (music really affect me) and my attachment to the characters.
I also found that my taste in movies was similar (Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano is my favorite movie)
I've been trying to find something similar, so has anybody any recommendation?
I'd like to add that I basically hated Nier Automata (way too pretentious imo) and Before your Eyes (I wasn't a fan of the game concept, and found the story pretty weak), and really loved the horror aspects of Omori.
I also heard about To the moon, but games talking about disease are hard for me to enjoy

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[-] Aremel@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

I haven't played it myself, but I've seen playthroughs of The Last of Us. Even though there's a sequel, I've heard the first one is better. Anyway, if engaging story is what you're after, I'd check that out.

I've also never played this one, but I've heard SpecOps: The Line is also a gutpunch.

It's a bit of a commitment, but I always found the Halo series to be kinda emotional to me, but then I also grew up with it and got invested in the characters. Your mileage may vary with Halo.

Final recommendation would be Ori and the Blind Forest if you're into platformers.

[-] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Already played through Spec ops the line and loved it, but not as muxh as those other games.

I never played TLOU, might try it out
And yeah Halo wasn't for me at all
Ori has been also recommended a lot to me but isn't it hard to get attached to characters with the presentation the game is going for?

[-] Aremel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, Ori is emotional but there isn't much to attach you to the characters if that's what you're looking for.

Might I recommend Witcher 3? I didn't play the other ones, but I found myself getting attached to the characters by the end all the same.

Edit: just saw you didn't care for Witcher 3 much.

[-] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

The Last of Us can be very intense, and the ending of both 1 and 2 are heart wrenching. I definitely recommend them both. Also take reviews of 2 with a grain of salt. A lot of red pill misogynists hated it.

[-] dlpkl@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

The Last of Us 1 has been the only game to ever make me emotional. It's still the gold standard for what a video game is capable of in terms of narrative. The sequel was jarring, but not heart wrenching in the same way the first was.