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Looking for emotional game recommendations (self.games)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by seliaste 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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[-] cafuneandchill@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I really wanted to suggest Nier Replicant, but, seeing as you didn't like Automata, I guess there's no point. I enjoyed both, though, since I kind of was in a specific headspace the time I played them. I also took both at face value initially, which has helped

Other than that, may I suggest Beacon Pines? It's all about the story, so I think you'll love it. The way you discover different branching paths the story takes is also quite novel.

I also loved FAR: Lone Sails. It's more of a "show, don't tell" kinda story

There's also this itchio game I found once -- Under a star called Sun. It's super short, though