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Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by criddell on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @09:53AM (#20515254)
Katamari and Portal are the last games that really had me thinking about playing even when I wasn't playing them. I wish those games had additional levels to buy.
Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by asark on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:22AM (#20515561)
You might like:

The Talos Principle — Basically Portal but... different. Physics, timing, & world-affecting-zappy-device puzzles. No actual portals but it's pretty similar. A "there's more going on" story. Quite good.

The Witness — Myst-like I guess? In that you're exploring an island and solving puzzles and piecing together a story, kinda. But the puzzles are all variations on one sort. Elements get added, things get weird, lateral thinking becomes necessary. It's good.

Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by rhinoceraptor on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:46AM (#20515794)
The Talos Principle really had me thinking about it when not playing. I halfway thought I was going to hear a voice when I got on the elevator at work.
Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by AstralStorm on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @01:15PM (#20517341)
Puzzle games, especially good ones, are relatively rare, that's the problem. They're one shot, easy to spoil... And then there is a risk that the puzzle will turn out too hard.
Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by criddell on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:54AM (#20515873)
Thank you for the suggestions. I'll check out both of those.

Edit: Just bought Talos for the PS4! Once again, thanks! When I'm done with it, I'll check out Witness.

Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by austinsharp on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:06AM (#20515970)
I'll second The Witness as a great game. Very different, and beautifully designed.
Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by x0 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:06AM (#20522716)
Stephen's Sausage Roll is great little puzzle game I've spent hours playing. Not an easy game by any means, but it's easy to get lost in it & kill a few hours. The puzzles have no time component, which is great, I'm not a fast thinker so timers just annoy me.
Re:The video game industry can't go on like this by breischl on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:40AM (#20515748)
There was Portal 2, which was pretty fun.