A_Union_of_Kobolds ,

Bastion.

One of the very few video game soundtracks I listen to. I sang Build The Wall to my first kid as a baby to get her to sleep. The choice at the end of the game literally made me walk away from my PC for a while and just kind of stare at nature lol. Not many games have had the kind of impact my first playthrough of Bastion had.

MentalEdge OP Mod ,
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Bastion never managed to catch me, Transistor did it for me tho. I burst into tears when the credits rolled and Paper Boats revealed itself as a duet between Red and her unnamed lover, after her not saying word for the entire game it hits so damn hard.

KingBoo ,

Bastion and Transistor didn't take for me, but I recommend Hades to everyone who will listen.

All the characters are memorable and it's amazing to find all the interactions. I'm so surprised such a story focused game is so fun to play.

Land_Strider ,

Ah I was just going to ask in the other comment chain about if all Supergiant Games made the same impression as Transistor did for me, but seeing from the discussion here I'm inclined to think that they are all pretty good with something grabbing some people in and other things grabbing other people in the other game.

Melonpoly ,

Nier Automata: the music, the way the world permanently changes as you progress through the story, as well as the art style all are all just chiefs kiss

CADmonkey ,

Nier:Automata was a game I dismissed at first because of the main charachter. The last game I'd played that everyone made such a big deal over the atttactive female charachter was Tomb Raider (the first one on PS1) which I found to be a boring game.

But Nier:Automata showed me I was wrong, it's a stunning game from many different standpoints, and it was all done without playing up 2B as a sex object. She's a normal "person" with goals who has been put in a situation that she needs to figure out, instead of being a pair of boobs or legs that someone handed a couple of guns to.

kratoz29 ,

I am currently playing it and oh boy, it is truly a nice game, sadly I mixed it with BOTW (playing those two at the same time) and that was a mistake on my part, I thought Nier was more hack n slash than open world RPG... Now I'm struggling to finish both 😅

Regardless both are top notch games.

Skua ,

Skye, a small demo made by a team of Dutch students as part of their studies. You fly a small plane around an uncommonly sunny version of the Western Isles of Scotland. They managed to make the whole game look like a living painting. It's delightful. It's very short and there's not a tonne of depth to the gameplay, but the flight mechanics do feel good and there are some fun challenges to take on. Also it's free!

Land_Strider ,

Disco Elysium is the better game probably, but since it is talked about a lot (rightfully so), I'll go with the similar game I played previous to it:

Tyranny

It is the same genre with Disco Elysium (C-RPG or Isometric RPG, whatever you want to call) with also combat on top of it. Set in a bronze-age kind of time. A lot of choices that matter so as much to block whole maps and events completely if one is chosen over the other. A lot of "main paths" that can be gone on. Both positive and negative (favor and wrath) development with factions, faction leaders, companions, etc. that can affect the game and the outcomes. Great main and side cations with quite good stories behind. Combat can take place a lot of time and the game offers deep combat builds, but overall combat is pretty dull imo.

Going beyond the introduction of the game, in my opinion Tyranny has a very rare story in gaming: The evil has already won, and a tyrant-god rules the world now. You are just a lackey with middle-management status (Fatebinder, some kind of an on-field representer of the prophet/primary judge of the tyrant ruler) that judges whether act happen in accord with the will of the tyrant or not.

Real hard decisions to be made in the game. Some Obsidian humor in it. Overall not a feel-good game, like Disco Elysium. Way better soundtrack in my opinion.

FluffyPotato ,

Like all the Supergiant Games. They all have amazing art and music. Pyre made me cry so many times but Hades has the best gameplay, they are all amazing though.

EikkaKuikka ,

I was just going to comment Transistor here! I do love all of their games though :D

GenesisJones ,

Horizon Zero Dawn

The Last of Us (not 2)

Citizen sleeper

kratoz29 ,

Even with modest hardware I think Hotel Dusk, and its sequel, The Last Window are both pretty beautiful.

EikkaKuikka ,

Everything from Supergiant Games, Transistor being my favorite. Their combination of narration, art style and soundtrack all working in tandem to tell a story is simply amazing. Darren Korb was my most listened to artist on spotify for the longest time.

Some other games worth mentioning (that I have played) are Portal 2, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice and Banner Saga trilogy. All of them featuring beautiful stories, visuals and soundtracks.

Also, what a great thread, I wish I had the time to play even a fraction of the games mentioned here, so thanks everyone :D

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