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Pretty much, I'm looking for a game where I'm not the hero, I'm not the protagonist, I'm just a pawn in the big picture.

Preferably a game with a big open world too, one that feels real and isn't just a predetermined path for my player.

I also like games where you aren't clearly stronger than all your opponents like you're some sort of God so they actually feel intimidating and there is a fear of dying

All suggestions are welcome

Thanks :>

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[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[-] Kizaing@lemmy.kizaing.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Outward is really good for this. You aren't the chosen one, you aren't special, you're just a person trying to get by and the game really makes sure you know it haha

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[-] tooLikeTheNope@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

Elite:Dangerous star map size is staggering, it is roughly the size of our galaxy, after you make acquaintance with such scale if it happens that you look out of the night sky IRL and see some nice stars think again, for some of the celestial bodies you see and think they are stars might be instead, for many are indeed, other galaxies entirely, as big as our or even larger, but so far out in the universe that we can perceive their light from here just as a pin of light.

Also read here: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex

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[-] Legolution@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

Does Don't Starve fit your bill?

Also second Submautica.

[-] tev@pawb.social 7 points 2 years ago

probably rain world you are the protag in that game, but you're also just one part in this huge procedurally simulated ecosystem not to mention, the game is really hard

[-] xeroLord@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago

Everything by David OReilly

[-] Banana@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Some might disagree with me but I feel like The Last of Us falls under this, it's also just an excellent game with an excellent story.

[-] LemmynySnicket@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

There was a Tom and Jerry game for super Nintendo. Granted I was 7 and sick, but that Bitch made me cry.

[-] ScrivenerX@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Fear and hunger.

It has enemies that are tougher than they should be. You are just a small part of the story. It's pretty good.

[-] Ravaja@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

NaissanceE is really good at providing this feeling in the Eldritch sense, I don't know if it's up your alley as it's a pretty linear game about walking through a mega structure that looks like the eastern bloc itself went on an acid trip, but I came away with my time from it feeling like an ant on the sidewalk

[-] Aristoxene@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago

It's a fantastic game. The feeling of lonelyness is incredible. Best liminal game ever.

[-] Mathusalem@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago

the last federation? dark souls? X4? Dwarf Fortress?

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[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Everspace 2

The scale of the in-game universe is quite vast. Beautiful game too.

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Pokémon: Legends of Arceus. Those alpha Pokémon will fuck you up

[-] hogart@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago

You quickly become a hero though. And most of the game is easy.

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[-] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Lots of survival games have a feeling like this.

This War of Mine State of Decay Ark: Survival Evolved but that is something you need to spend 100’s of hours in Mount and Blade: Warbands/Bannerlord

[-] Rossel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Wandersong. The whole plot is about the protagonist being a nobody and having no chances to change anything. It's not an action game or anything but I loved it, it was beautiful.

[-] Forcedlurker@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

One word Pathologic

[-] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I get this feeling when playing older god of war games. although you're literally a god, you come across some ginormous enemies or landscapes that make you feel tiny. make sure not to miss the origins collection too

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

Thief The Dark Project.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Haven't played, but I've heard Tyranny has this feel. Though it's a very different style of game, and you're essentially playing as the bad guy instead of the hero.

Or there's always the Dark Souls games, where you have to claw your way through each encounter.

[-] ryannathans@lemmy.fmhy.net 4 points 2 years ago

Star citizen

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