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Games That Show How Dialogue Choices Have Changed Since the 1990s

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Games With Endings That Stay With You
Games With Endings That Stay With You
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: The Walking Dead and Firewatch
For players who want a game's last hour to change how they feel about every hour before it. These endings land because of everything that came first, often through a habit you didn't notice...
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Games That Tell Their Stories Through Sound
Games That Tell Their Stories Through Sound
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Firewatch and Oxenfree
A voice heard through a wall, a machine falling quiet or a familiar signal arriving from somewhere unexpected can change how a place makes sense. These games use sound to communicate people...
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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: Oxenfree and Pentiment
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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Games Where Your Choices Actually Change the Story
Games Where Your Choices Actually Change the Story
by game_tinkerer  • 
2 in common: Alpha Protocol and Pentiment
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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Games With Diegetic Interfaces That Keep You Inside the World
Games With Diegetic Interfaces That Keep You Inside the World
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Firewatch
A diegetic interface puts the information where the character could actually see it: a health readout on the back of a suit, a paper map held in front of the windscreen, a tracker you have to...
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Games With Soundtracks Worth Hearing Outside the Game
Games With Soundtracks Worth Hearing Outside the Game
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Disco Elysium
I look for game music that offers more than a reminder of a favourite scene: an album with its own shape, a striking instrumental voice or songs that belong in a wider playlist. These choices...
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Fantasy RPGs Beyond the Familiar Medieval Kingdom
Fantasy RPGs Beyond the Familiar Medieval Kingdom
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
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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Open Worlds That Reward Curiosity Instead of Checklist Clearing
Open Worlds That Reward Curiosity Instead of Checklist Clearing
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
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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Horror Games With Stories Worth Facing the Fear For
Horror Games With Stories Worth Facing the Fear For
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Oxenfree
Fear has more to hold onto when the people and questions behind it matter. These horror games use dread to explore attachment, responsibility, memory or the pressures people place on one another...
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Detective Games Where You Actually Piece Together the Deduction
Detective Games Where You Actually Piece Together the Deduction
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Pentiment
Plenty of detective games let you follow a marker, exhaust every dialogue option and watch the hero announce the answer. These ones make you do the thinking: you fill in names on a manifest...
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Classic PC Games Worth Learning Their Quirks For
Classic PC Games Worth Learning Their Quirks For
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Old PC games earn their place here when learning their systems opens up something distinctive: a city that makes economic sense, a dungeon that behaves like a place, or a character build that...
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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  • 
In common: Alpha Protocol
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  • 
In common: Alpha Protocol
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 I Wish I Could Play Again for the First Time
Games I Wish I Could Play Again for the First Time
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Oxenfree
Some games make a first visit feel unusually precious: a landscape suddenly opens out, a strange way of moving starts to make sense, or unfamiliar characters become people you care about. These...
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Games With Companions Who Feel Like Real Friends
Games With Companions Who Feel Like Real Friends
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Oxenfree
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 Where Nature Is the Main Attraction
Games Where Nature Is the Main Attraction
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Firewatch
For anyone who takes the scenic detour and stops to listen for birds, these games make looking at the world worthwhile. Some offer an easy ramble, some let you create a habitat, and others make...
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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: Pentiment
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 Brilliant Ideas and Frustrating Flaws
Games With Brilliant Ideas and Frustrating Flaws
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Alpha Protocol
These recommendations hinge on a particular idea being strong enough to justify a particular irritation. The entries spell out both, and identify who might accept the trade-off. Some problems are...
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Cult Games That Deserve Their Devoted Following
Cult Games That Deserve Their Devoted Following
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Alpha Protocol
A devoted following catches my attention when it can point to something worth doing: noticing a route nobody mentioned, making a consequential choice or spending time with a place whose...
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Overlooked Games With a Strong Case for a Second Look
Overlooked Games With a Strong Case for a Second Look
by game_tinkerer  • 
In common: Alpha Protocol
Games with a reason to reconsider them: a limited first audience, a reception dominated by shortcomings, a wider rerelease or a substantial later revision. Some have since gained a following, so...
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