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RPGs Where Failure Makes the Story More Interesting

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Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
Story Games for People Who Love a Good Novel
by game_tinkerer  • 
8 in common: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante and 6 more
If you love a novel for its voice, its people and the work it leaves to your imagination, games have several ways to meet you. These choices use conversation, observation, decisions and sometimes...
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Role-Playing Games Where You Can Be Someone Unusual
Role-Playing Games Where You Can Be Someone Unusual
by game_tinkerer  • 
7 in common: Esoteric Ebb, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and 5 more
For players who want their role to change more than the portrait beside a health bar. These games make room for strange bodies, awkward jobs, compromised loyalties and personalities that affect...
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RPGs Where Talking Is as Satisfying as Fighting
RPGs Where Talking Is as Satisfying as Fighting
by game_tinkerer  • 
6 in common: Sovereign Syndicate, Esoteric Ebb and 4 more
For RPG players who want a conversation to use their character's abilities, preparation and judgement. These choices make persuasion, deception, observation or choosing the right approach feel...
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Games Where Your Choices Actually Change the Story
Games Where Your Choices Actually Change the Story
by game_tinkerer  • 
5 in common: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante and 3 more
A good conversation after the credits starts with something more interesting than a different final slide. These games let decisions alter relationships, available scenes, quests or the direction...
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RPGs for Players Who Hate Grinding
RPGs for Players Who Hate Grinding
by game_tinkerer  • 
6 in common: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Roadwarden and 4 more
Character growth is more satisfying when it comes from an interesting decision, a new place or a battle worth having. These RPGs offer routes through an ordinary first playthrough that keep...
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RPGs With Side Quests Better Than the Main Story
RPGs With Side Quests Better Than the Main Story
by game_tinkerer  • 
3 in common: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Baldur's Gate III and 1 more
For players who remember a stranger's problem more clearly than the threat to the kingdom. These RPGs give their optional stories enough character, tension or consequence to become the strongest...
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Fantasy RPGs Beyond the Familiar Medieval Kingdom
Fantasy RPGs Beyond the Familiar Medieval Kingdom
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Torment: Tides of Numenera and Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition
Fantasy can build its adventures around more than a familiar arrangement of European-style castles, taverns and royal succession. These RPGs give geography, technology, beliefs or social...
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Games With Companions Who Feel Like Real Friends
Games With Companions Who Feel Like Real Friends
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Pyre and Baldur's Gate III
These are games where the people beside you become a reason to keep playing. Camp conversations, awkward afternoons, shared meals and small acts of care matter as much as dramatic declarations...
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Games With Endings That Stay With You
Games With Endings That Stay With You
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Pyre and Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
A memorable ending makes the time before it matter: a mechanic acquires new weight, an ordinary relationship becomes difficult to leave, or a question follows you beyond the credits. These are...
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Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
Video Games Everyone Should Play at Least Once
by game_tinkerer  • 
4 in common: Hades, Citizen Sleeper and 2 more
A starting shelf for discovering what games can do: let you solve a problem your own way, inhabit an unfamiliar life, build something personal or share a ridiculous evening. These choices cross...
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RPGs With Party Members Worth Arguing About
RPGs With Party Members Worth Arguing About
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate III
A good RPG party can disagree about far more than who gets the healing potion. These games give companions loyalties, histories and ambitions that complicate the protagonist's plans. The appeal is...
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Games That Get Better on a Second Playthrough
Games That Get Better on a Second Playthrough
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Baldur's Gate III and Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
A good second playthrough offers a different question, not just a stronger sword. These games reward returning with another character, another allegiance, a changed method or the knowledge that...
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Open Worlds That Reward Curiosity Instead of Checklist Clearing
Open Worlds That Reward Curiosity Instead of Checklist Clearing
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
A ridge, a strange light or a conversation can be a better invitation than another icon. These open worlds give detours a useful or memorable return: new knowledge, a route you understand, an...
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Games Where the Journey Matters More Than the Ending
Games Where the Journey Matters More Than the Ending
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Roadwarden
Some games are at their best while you are still on the way: finding a route over a hill, stopping to hear somebody's story or returning to a place that has become familiar. These picks favour...
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Games About Ordinary Lives That Become Extraordinary
Games About Ordinary Lives That Become Extraordinary
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Citizen Sleeper
A meal, a delivery route or an afternoon with a neighbour can become the heart of a remarkable story. These games keep daily life central: the work continues to matter when family history, social...
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Games That Made Me Fall in Love With Gaming Again
Games That Made Me Fall in Love With Gaming Again
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Citizen Sleeper
Coming back to games after a break can begin with a small pleasure: a satisfying glide, a mischievous idea or a mystery you genuinely work out yourself. These picks are for someone tired of...
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Games With Worlds That Change When You Return
Games With Worlds That Change When You Return
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Baldur's Gate III
Returning somewhere can be more revealing than finding somewhere new. These games make familiarity matter: a route may work differently, a neighbour may remember your decision, or shared spaces...
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Games With Unreliable Narrators Worth Questioning
Games With Unreliable Narrators Worth Questioning
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
For players who enjoy checking a confident voice against what they can actually observe. These games make room for self-interest, selective memory, competing accounts and instructions that deserve...
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Games With Villains You Can Understand Without Excusing
Games With Villains You Can Understand Without Excusing
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Baldur's Gate III
An antagonist becomes more disturbing when you can follow the reasoning that brought them here. These games connect control, grief, ideology or wounded pride to actions the story still asks us to...
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Games With Cities You Want to Get Lost In
Games With Cities You Want to Get Lost In
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
A city becomes worth wandering when its side streets tell you something the skyline cannot. These choices reward attention to routes, buildings, neighbourhood differences and the people using...
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