I’ll be honest, I barely even open specific videogame discussion threads anymore. I don’t play a lot of games, I play them much slower than a lot of folks here, and I don’t tend to play them anywhere near launch. I often feel like I either have little to nothing to say about them or I’m way too late to the party to have anything to contribute to a discussion that’s probably already passed. And I don’t want spoilers.
People are generally pretty good about not posting spoilers, but I hear ya. A discussion about a game you’re not playing quickly turns to very specific issues after a game’s release. Like I was following Dying Light 2 all the way to release, but after that it became uninteresting because it was all game-specific discussion that I can’t contribute to or even really understand without playing the game. I’m sure Horizon Forbidden West will be the same, it was interesting up to the release, and I know enough about it to know I want to play it eventually. But by the time I actually play it, people will have discussed it long ago and moved on.
I’ll put in a plug for A Short Hike, especially if you have kids. My daughter (5yo) enjoys it. It’s a nice introduction to RPG mechanics including inventory, exploration, NPCs, etc. But instead of combat the core mechanic is gliding/climbing. The better you get at it, the more locations you can visit. The graphics are deliberately low-res which will turn some folks off, but if you are OK with that, I recommend it. I nabbed it on GoG for $5.19 a few months ago, down from a normal price of $8.
This was in the big itch mega charity bundle for BLM, I believe. And maybe also the Palestine aid one too. In case people picked those up.
Oooooh! Thank you for this. I’ve been looking for games to play with my 4 year old ever since we finished “The Gunk” together. Whenever he sees me on the computer now, he wants to play with me, but he says “All Done The Gunk”.
Also, A Short Hike was given away as one of the free Epic Games, I believe. So I think I already own it.
Slime Rancher perhaps is another option? :)
Started playing it and couldn’t let it down. I didn’t like some of the esthetic effects, but thankfully the game let you turn those off individually.
This is the Dark Souls we, Deflektor fans, had been waiting for!
Truly it is. Gets especially “tough-but-fair” in the final sections! Hope you enjoy it!
I wonder if I own this as part of any bundles?
Awwww crap. I guess I’ll give that a try. Just for this one game though!
Oh ho ho! It’s brilliant! The game does a really good job with accessibility because almost everything has its own distinct shape which actually helps more than the colour sometimes. Also: options to disable things :) I wanted all that glitchy goodness! The soundtrack is fantastic too. Some of the later puzzles are so sooo satisfying. Enjoy! Keep us updated on your progress.
I am steadily progressing, and have to pull myself away from a game, which is always a good sign.
I have been overthinking a lot of problems lately, like I did when playing Baba is You. I hope eventually that overthinking will come into play, unlike in the other game… although I’m scared at the prospect of a game-wide metapuzzle. Why am I kidding myself, it’s bound to happen, why the map navigation otherwise!
Oh right. I should navigate that horrible bundle interface and download SOLAS 128.
I’m on it!
EDIT: Wow, that was fast. The process is a lot less painful if you don’t have their app installed and just go through the website and know exactly what you want to download.
Absolutely. That app is a nightmare.
But maybe it isn’t? I searched for “nightmare” and Itch’s launcher says “nothing to see here” with a very straight face.
You found the search window?! :O
I found one of two! I haven’t seen what happens from the other, because now it feels like a horror movie beat.
Don’t go into that edit box!
I stumbled across this on itch.io:
You can play it in your browser and it’s only a few minutes long but pretty damn amusing. Not what you’d expect either…