#story rich

[mrporg]

Signalis is a truly weird and scary game. It is however beautiful and it has wonderful lore.

Imagine a world where humanity has conquered the solar system and is divided into 2 opposing factions at war with one another. One is mostly unknown, the other is what would happen if the DDR (East Germany) had become a full communist dictatorship powerhouse on steroids. Sprinkle on top of that a caste of biomechanical individuals who are tasked with both keeping order and doing menial work in a very codified society.

A nightmare to be sure, but a beautiful one.

The story itself starts with you playing as Elster, who is one of those biomechanical persons called replikas. You are looking for your human partner, in a mining facility where things seemingly went very very wrong after they dug too greedily and too deep. After a while it takes a really weird turn and I'm not too sure what to make of it.

Spoiler alert, it's a tragic love story with no happy ending, sorry to disappoint.

However, I don't want to talk about the story for once, but about the replikas, who are nothing short of fascinating. Each model line is derived from an original human and has inherited some of their traits and personality. Within a line, they are usually assigned to the same kind of tasks. Because of personality disorders issues which seem to partly come from imperfect duplication technology, a very big part of managing replikas consists in placing them in known safe (for their issues) situations and "anchoring" them through various means (music, caring for plants, alone time, …) to stabilize their emotions.

For instance, Kolibri units work best as a group when they can feel part of a whole. They talk about "singing in unison". On the other hand, Adler units are loners who only need to have a strong emotional attachment to the Falke unit in charge of the place.

Conversely, replikas also inherit trauma from their initial source. For instance, Elster units are described as stoic and reserved, best left alone. But it is also noted that talking to them about the war will destabilize them as their neural patterns originate from a late soldier.

Earlier I said that something went very wrong in this facility, and indeed, most replikas have "degraded". As a result, they have become very violent and will usually attack you on sight.

Credit: /u/Likopinina

Elster units have a height of 1.78m (5'10"), so you are not small. However, when you are facing Mynah (2.6m / 8'6"), Falke (2.5m / 8'2") or Storch (2.4m / 7'10") units, who all are very intent on terminating you with extreme prejudice…

Well, like I said, it's a scary game. But one I will be thinking about for a long time I'm sure.

Oh by the way, all the replika models are named after birds in German, how cool is that? :D

One last note: for some reason the fandom for this game is super horny, so remember that if you want to dig in. You've been warned ;)

#signalis #replika #indie games #scary games #story rich #survival horror #retro futurism #alternate history

[tooaverageofagamer]

REVIEW: Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games

Release Date: 19th October 2021 Available On: PC, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Genre: Indie Game, Card Battler, Rogue-Like, Card Game, Story Rich, Puzzle, Horror

Review Length: Short (~600 words)

Review Spoilers: Minor

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Gameplay

Inscryption is an Indie horror, rouge-like, card-battling game. If you want to draw similarities with card-battle games, think of Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokémon cards, but a more simplified version that still requires some strategies. But with all the ways you could possibly play, you’d be sure to find your own cheesed style. Personally, I am not the best at strategy-based games or card games, the hardest card-battle game I’ve played was Club Penguins Card-Jitsu back in the day, but I found Inscrytion to be fun and immersive, even if a little frustrating at the start.

The game is played in ‘Acts’. Act One would possibly bring the most frustration to an average gamer or someone who just isn’t familiar with strategy card games, and as I am both; I was frustrated at the beginning. But, once you’ve ‘failed’ a few times in the first Act and find yourself falling into the game challenge more and more, it can become fun, and you can start to pay attention to the details that the game you and the game will slowly become easier as you gain insight into the fights and bosses presented to you.

The game is filled with puzzles, most are not necessary to the game, but it may help you have better cards to play with or unlock more of the lore of the game.

Once you’ve completed the game for the first time, you unlock challenges that can make gameplay more difficult, if that’s your masochistic jazz.

Story

As to not give away too many details as this is a story-dependent game that should be unspoiled for the average gamer.

At the start, you’re unsure of who you are and just assume you’re playing a blank-slated husk character that represents yourself, which is later proven different. You’re placed in a darkness-encased environment with a strange character that introduces you to their card game in an almost Dungeons & Dragons Games Master manner. The attitude this darkness-encased character has is kept throughout this Act. Once you’re allowed to explore your environment a little, you’re allowed to really intake your enclosure and partake in the puzzles it presents you.

The story is well put together, enraptures, and lets the player piece the story themselves without it being spoon-fed to them. As the game continues into its further Acts, you feel an “Oh woah what” sensation as you start to piece the story together with the snippets you gain access to.

You can unlock more background lore details to the story of the game in the later Acts, but it isn’t necessary to fulfill your average gameplay experience but might be fun to unlock in further playthroughs or if you want to have in-game downtime to explore.

I love both major and minor characters that are introduced to you as you play. They all keep the story heavy-duty glued together nicely. The characters all mesh and conflict with each other well. It’s a joy to watch their interactions with each other and the player, especially once the twists and turns start.

Art Style/Music

Inscryption is beautifully put together. The art style throughout the game changes dramatically, but it does not cause any conflicts to the player's gameplay experience as the Acts progress. I personally LOVE most of the art styles that present themselves in this game.

The music in Inscryption is beautiful to listen to and even have their own little easter eggs if you listen to them closely enough. Act 1, I believe, has the best themes for it environment and bosses, but Act 2 also have great themes also. Some of the tunes might be a bit jarring to listen to at the beginning with their sharp tones and rumbling bases. But once you really get into the vibes and understanding of characters in the game, they’re amazing to engross yourself into the world of inscryption and uncover its story.

[minor spoilers from tune theme names below]

My top songs from the Inscryption OST would be:

1. The Trapper

2. The Scrybe of Magicks

3. The Four Scrybes

4. Deathcard Cabin

The whole of the Inscryption OST is available on Spotify.

Final Comments

I honestly enjoyed Inscryption, especially once I really started to understand and get into the gameplay and story. The story and art styles are the real cream of this crop and really bring the story together.

I highly recommend this game to an average gamer or if you want to try out a card-battling/rogue-like game for the first time.

Cheers,

The Average Gamer ---------------------------------

If you want to chat or get Spoiler-esque game insights, feel free to PM me!

#Inscryption #daniel mullins games #Indie Game #Card Battler #Rogue-Like #Card Game #Story Rich #Puzzle #Horror #PC #PS4 #PS5 #Nintendo Switch #Xbox One #Xbox Series X/S #TheAverageGamer #TooAverageOfAGamer #Gaming #Reviews #Blog #Reviewing #Gamer #Average #blogging #blogger #GameReviews #GamingCommunity #GameOpinions #GamerLife #VideoGameReviews

[wysiwyg-wizards]

Live your cosy halfling life in Halfling Dale

Halfling Dale is a role-playing reading game where your choices change the course of the story.

The Story You're a halfling of respectable means, living a peaceful, happy life in the Dale. That is, until tragedy strikes! Your brother has burgled a precious heirloom, and run off with a dwarf, leaving your family name in tatters. Will you try to regain your respectability?

There's only one thing you must do; live your halfling life to the fullest! Enter the pie baking contest at the Harvest Festival, attend the fireworks display with your friends, warm your hands by the fire in your hole in winter, and dance the night away at the Spring Fair.

The Content -Text-based roleplaying game -10 potential routes that include themes of family, community, aspiration, friendship, love, and secret adventure. -180,000 words of interactive branching story -28 endings to discover -5 romancable characters (plus a secret one)

Where to play it Halfling Dale is available to download on both The App Store & Google Play.

The first chapter is free, so you can try it out for yourself. All honest views and feedback are appreciated, so please make yourself heard in the comment section (or my inbox).

Thanks for reading, and have a great day!

#choose your own adventure #cosy fantasy #interactive fiction #interactive novel #cosy games #relaxing #cute #fantasy #lgbtq #multiple endings #romance #story rich #text based game #text based adventure #Halfling Dale #halfling

[lefinx]

To the Moon - Steam Sale

To the Moon is currently 80% off on steam (£1.70) until February 19th!

I first watched a play through of To the Moon a few years ago, so it's been a while since I watched it. However I remember finding it an incredible game with a brilliant story, and with overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam, and the awards it has amassed, I am sure that is still the case.

In this universe, patience on their death beds are given a second chance to live from within their memory, allowing them to fulfil wishes they weren't able to achieve in their life time.

To the Moon follows the adventures of Dr. Rosalene and Dr. Watts, as they adventure through the mind and memories of an elderly man, Johnny. The further you delve into his memory, more is revealed from his past, as you try to piece together and fulfil Johnny' dying wish.

Gameplay mostly focuses on finding objects of significance and puzzle solving in order to progress through the game. I have been a fan of Freebird games since I was a kid, and I will always recommend this game to others. With a beautiful, heart-wrenching story, alongside a gorgeous soundtrack, this game is a go to for those who love story rich RPGs.

If you enjoy To the Moon, Finding Paradise, Impostor Factory, and A Bird Story, are also currently on sale, Two more brilliant games also by Freebird games.

Although the sale is only part of the steams midweek deal, you can also find To the Moon on other platforms, including: The Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

You can find the game on steam here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/206440/To_the_Moon/

posted: 10/02/2024

#video games #story rich #indie games #emotional #rpg #adventure #To the Moon #steam sale #cozy games #pc games #nintendo switch #ios #android #great soundtrack #pixel graphics #freebird games

[possumproductions]

A bitsy about that scary question and its complex answer as a queer mentally ill person

CONTENT WARNING: Drug use, mental illness, scary imagery

This is a small bitsy intended to express the reality for many, many people reaching the age where they cant escape the question. With themes of mental illness, gender identity, sexuality, financial struggles, disability, existential dread and trauma. 

Dedicated to those who also struggle to express how hard it would be for them to raise a child, and who feel shame because they don't really want to. 

Bitsy is a free to use engine made by adam le doux

#bitsy #video game #game #indie #indie game #queer #queer game #queer poetry #short story #lesbian #trans #trans game #transgender #gay #story rich

[filipmagnuswrites]

American Arcadia is Biting Social Satire | Video Game Review

Now and then comes a narrative game that will glue me to the screen. 2023 has been excellent at offering me those, and all of them different experiences: from the survival narrative of The Pale Beyond to the fantastic saga of Baldur’s Gate 3 to the metanarrative mind-bending horror of Alan Wake 2, I’ve played through more unforgettable narrative experiences in the last half year than across the…

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#2D #adventure #American Arcadia #Cyberpunk #Gaming #indie #Point & Click #Retropunk #Sci-Fi #Side Scroller #Simulation #singleplayer #Story Rich #third person #thriller #video game #video game review

[fireflowergames]

Stylized picture of Lori Cole. One of the creators of Hero-U and the Quest for Glory series. Did an interview with her about Hero-U, game development and games in general. Read it here.

#gaming #point and click #adventure games #indie games #video games #quest for glory #sierra #story rich

[stormnebulae]

'The Silent Huntress'

Today I want to tell you a tale…dark as the night itself.

"The Silent Huntress" is a visual novel in the genre of a dark fairy tale with choices and different endings. A young girl named Gerda tracks down the Monster to revenge him for killing her younger brother. On the way, she meets fantastic creatures she has never seen before and in whose existence she did not believe. But this does not shake her determination to hunt down the Monster.

The story takes place in the universe of "Unroaded": you will meet familiar characters and learn more about their lives and the historical events of the universe. The order of the games' walkthrough is not important.

The novel has three main endings and many of their variations. Also, during the story, the protagonist can find love: if you pay attention to your allies, some of them can give you their hearts: a young girl and a young man.

"The Silent Huntress" is an introvert story about struggling with personal trauma from the past. Not only the development of events will depend on your choices, but also the conclusions that the main character makes about her life and the world around her.

Features:

📝the game contains 52k words;

📝21 variations of the three main endings;

📝the nature of the story's development and the main character's worldview depend on the choices;

📝two romance options: a female character and a male character;

📝hidden achievements in Steam;

💀Ben and Bean;

📝eight ways a heroine can die—be careful!

📝animated backgrounds;

📝the atmosphere of dark fairy tales.

Get 'The Silent Huntress' on Steam:

#visual novel #indie #indiegamedev #indiegame #ukrainian #украрт #укртумбочка #український tumblr #dark fantasy #fantasy #folklore #lgbtq #romance #choices matter #rpg #casual #interactive fiction #slavic mythology #female protagonist #story rich #multiple endings

[cloudyrini]

Thoughts on Garden Story

Save the grove as a sweet little sprout of a grape named Concord! Garden Story is very wholesome and precious. With a heartwarming message at the end of the journey.

The combat is delightful. You get to gather resources and upgrade weapons, tools, and simple building in the villages. The boss fights and dungeons are not overly stressful. They also present some light puzzles to the mix.

The overall experience is relaxing and warm.

#video games #gaming #pixel art #review #adventure games #story rich #fruits and veggies #i love frogs #grape #cute games #wholesome #wholesome games #garden #in the stars #pixel graphics

[aggressively-games]

2 Games currently free on Steam

Hue, is a puzzle game that by using a color wheel you can change the background color to solve puzzles, avoid obstacles, and reach your destination! It is currently free as part of a promotional package and will be available until June 8th.

Tell me why is the story of twins using their bond to discover more about their past. This is extremely story rich and will require tissues! You can currently get part 1-3 for free as a part of their pride month calibration. This is an LGBTQ story and may contain some triggering content. All three parts will be available till the end of June so make sure to pick it up soon! 

#freegames #steam #lgbtq #lgbtq games #free steam games #puzzle games #story rich #gaming #pride #pride month #happy pride 🌈

[tooaverageofagamer]

REVIEW: Cult of the Lamb - Massive Monster

Release Date: 11 August 2022 Available: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Genre: Indie, 2D, rogue-like, dungeon crawler, management simulator. Review Length: Medium (~1.4K words) Review Spoilers: Mild

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Story

You begin your story in Cult of the Lamb as a little lamb (informally named 'Lambert' by the community), the last of their kind, by being executed by The Bishops of the 'old faith'. You avoid the end of your life because of an imprisoned, banished deity known as 'The One Who Waits' who promises to resurrect you if you make a deal, where it’s now your goal to free him from his imprisonment chains by The Bishops. 'The One Who Waits' gifts you a demonic crown to hold and bring forth your powers.

You partake in rouge crusades through different 'Lands of False Prophets', to defeat the four Bishops to free the disgraced to whom you owe your life.

In the name of 'The One Who Waits', you form a cult, gathering followers and proving that you can manage this cult by providing for your follower's needs. Practising rituals to favour your followers and your own gameplay technique, to further gain the power to roll and cut through The Bishops' lands with a steel woollen fist (hoof?).

While the game is mainly focused on its gameplay rather than its story, the plot is still enjoyable. It is a simple and straightforward story that still adds to the overall experience. As you fight deeper into the dungeon floors, you meet various unique characters. Interacting with them is always interesting, even though you might feel some are a bit similar to each other personality-wise.

Gameplay

Cult of the Lamb is a cutesy-looking, rogue-like indie game about forming and managing your own cult to gain 'devotion' from your followers to become more powerful to master your way through the main four levels available to you.

There are difficulty settings in this game, so I’ll be speaking for an “average” difficulty play-through; no zero-hit speed run attempts here!

Even with a recommendation from the game itself to play with a controller, I played with a keyboard and mouse so I’ll be speaking from that POV also.

To start off, I usually find dungeon crawler rogue likes difficult to manoeuvre, but I found Cult of the Lamb very accessible to an average gamer and even when I was frustrated at certain points, I always found myself inspired to continue on with the fight.

Weapons are provided to you in 6 main classes, Swords, Axes, Daggers, Gauntlets, and Hammers. It is total luck of the draw which weapon you are provided with at the start of a run, which some may find annoying if they believe they are more proficient in one weapon over the other, but I like to think that this way allows a player to get a feel for every class of weapon that could be thrown their way, not allowing them to feel stuck. Weapons can be swapped out during a run, depending on the randomly generated rooms and floors that the game hands you.

Curses are also provided to you at the beginning of the run and can be interchanged as the run goes on through shops and loot drops. Curses are spells that are used to cause extra damage to your enemies, poisons, pushbacks, projectiles, and more are available to unlock. There are a total of 25 curses that can be unlocked as you play.

Tarot cards are a game mechanic that makes you feel every run is different and makes you develop a strategy for every card you're dealt with. Tarot cards could provide you with extra health, damaging rolls, better loot, and much more. There are 43 tarot cards to unlock and become available as you continue your runs. You collect Tarot cards as you continue your run, from chests and from shops that are randomly generated on each floor.

Relics are introduced a little later in the game, they can be discovered in a shop or randomly from a loot chest. Relics can be recharged after use, but some relics are classed as 'fragile', indicating it's a single use.

Once you've completed a dungeon by defeating its boss, you can replace them as many times as you want, for as long as you want, as the dungeon then becomes infinite with many floors and many chances to gather valuable resources for your followers back at camp.

You have 3 save files available to you, allowing you to play many saves in different ways.

I personally found the controls a little hard to manage at the start, but thankfully at a certain point, you feel like you suddenly develop an almost muscle memory of your movements and tactics (and slightly sore fingers from long play sessions - I am weak, yes) as you flail through the dungeons. You feel like you developed multiple play styles in such a short time, that you feel like an almost above-average gamer!

If you feel overwhelmed by the mechanics I just listed, that you might feel like it would be too confusing for you to understand, do not worry - I felt the same for a little while! Once you've gotten through about 2-3 hours of gameplay, you start to feel more comfortable. Even if you don't in that rough timeframe, the game has no time limit. Take your time, and have downtime chilling with your followers!

In this downtime from your average dungeon crawling, manage your cult's stomping ground and meet interesting characters. Characters who provide you with quests to help you gain more stylish (100% polyester sadly /j) cloaks to advance your playstyle and let you sinfully gamble for a bit of extra gold. Build your campgrounds up in decorations, resource mines, burial grounds, and more with the devotion you gain from your follower's worship.

Talking about your followers, give them tasks to bear, sacrifice them, get them high, and maybe even marry your favourite! maybe marry your other 5 favourites too! Depending on the route you go with unlocking the rituals you can conduct, give your cult following the life they probably didn't want! Don't worry if they say they want to leave, just reteach them your ways in jail gentle reformation lessons!

For Twitch Streamer, Cult of the Lamb might be a good game to have your viewers feel a little bit involved in your content! Integrate your game with your Twitch account to allow you a few engaging features!

Here is a few highlights of this feature:

Viewers can use Channel Points to fill up your Twitch Totem Bar. When full you will receive a reward!

Viewers can vote to Help or Hinder events will happen automatically.

Allow viewers to enter a raffle to create your next follower. The winner can design the follower and it will display their Twitch name above the follower always.

3-Twitch exclusive follower forms become available!

Art Style/Music

The cute, cartoonish style of Cult of the Lamb is a joy to look at and experience, even with the game's slightly dark undertones, it never ruins the mood, I say it only enhances it. You might draw a few similarities with the style of Don't Starve Together by Klei Entertainment. In fact, the two developers have done crossovers in their respective games!

The coloured lighting and dark shadows shown in the game largely enhance the unknown or middle-of-nowhere feeling of your camp and the dungeons you traverse. The strong outlines of the artwork, from the bushes, the rocks, the poop, it doesn't cause any eye strain to the player.

The music in Cult of the Lamb is mystical sounding, which enhances the daunting moments, and the moments of stressful movements you have to perform. Some of the more psychedelic-sounding music might be a bit off-putting or unsettling to some players when you first hear it, but once you settle into the gameplay, the music almost drowns out over your constant internal attack planning.

My top songs from the Cult of the Lamb OST would be:

Start a Cult

Knucklebones

Silk Cradle

The Cult of the Lamb OST can be found on Spotify.

Final Comments

Cult of the Lamb can be both chill and stressful. Once you get comfortable with your multiple available playstyles, the stress almost melts off and becomes a type of determination to finish your story. I did feel the story was just over and done with suddenly once the final boss was defeated, but I wouldn't use that to discredit the other 99% of the game.

The replayability is fresh and each play-through feels new. It's a suitable game to start off with if you're not familiar with rogue-likes and want a bit of story attached to it.

Cheers,

The Average Gamer

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[loo-nuh-tik]

I’m looking for video game recommendations? The genre doesn’t matter as long as the game fits into story rich category. 

#video games #recommendations #story rich #pc #xbox #personal

[vague-humanoid]

#story rich

[i-play-stuff]

Fun and quirky, story based~1h

For the people who are looking to have a quick laugh and aren’t that into making choices! I absolutely recommend this hidden gem of a game !

Pizzaro Project Deep Dish is a game about a girl named Anne Chovy one day meeting a down on his luck clown named Pizzaro ! The game follows them as they get to know each other and uncover the secret recipe ;) 

In all honesty this is a story based game with few choices, the story itself is interesting and funny. This game has such great plot twists that I really didn’t see anything coming before it smacked me in the face ! It also has many puns, some good, some so bad that they are good ! The romance... well there is romance but it’s only at the end of the game after you get to know Pizzaro and all of the friends you two meet along the way. The end of the game is rather bitter-sweet, but I’d say it ends on a good note ! 

Playing that game was super fun! I would honestly recommend it to anyone and everyone ! I believe this game deserves more love ! 

You can find find the game here: https://batensan.itch.io/pizzaro-project-deep-dish 

The game can be downloaded for Windows, macOS, and Linux !

HAVE FUN !

#otome #otome game #otome recommendation #pizzaro project deep dish #pizzaro #anne chovy #fun and quirky #fun game #story rich #visual novel #funny visual novel #in love #recommendation

[filipmagnuswrites]

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin Promises to be a Triumphant Return of the Hero-Driven RTS | Steam Next Fest

The hero-driven real-time strategy(RTS) genre left an indelible mark on me at an early age. Warcraft 3 opened a whole new world ; I fell in love with its universe and story and gameplay, and had my first experience with the powerful sense of community a video game can create, in the best possible ways. I awaited its Reforged edition with the impatience of an abstinent drunk saving himself for the…

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#action #Cinematic #Fantasy #first impressions #Frontier Developments #Gaming #Lore-Rich #Real-Time Strategy #RTS #Steam Next Fest #Story Rich #strategy #stylised #video game #Warhammer #Warhammer Fantasy

[fireflowergames]

The Darkside Detective - Where's Detective McQueen driving to?

#gaming #point and click #adventure games #pixel art #video games #indie games #story rich #spooky #mystery