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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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[-] Bombastion 4 points 9 months ago

To the Moon was great. It's made with RPG Maker and it shows, but it hits hard.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I started playing this game about a month after my dad died of cancer, I had to just nope out entirely. I could dig my teeth into Stellaris or build a flying guitar in Kerbal space program, but I couldn't handle To the Moon or Firewatch.

Oh hey, there's a recommendation, play Firewatch, it's got some big feelings too.