Re:Wing Commander III
by Andrew_nenakhov on Sunday March 07, 2021 @07:12AM
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Of this list, I've seen ads of most on Steam and checked the reviews. That's not what I'm talking about. Most of your list is still one genre, maybe with some new mechanics (not so new in Hades, for example, I've seen shades of this in 1992's Ragnarok).
What I was talking about are games like Star Control 2 and Dune 1, where they boldly mixed completely different genres and, in SC2 case, added a very deep lore and managed to feed it to you at the right pace, not overwhelming you with information, and giving it in entertaining way.
For example, I would love some nice space RPG with FTL-like space combat. But they just don't mix genres that way these days.
StarSector - ~Star Control
RimWorld - "sims"
Re:Wing Commander III
by swivelmaster on Friday March 05, 2021 @07:03PM
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AFAIK RimWorld is more like Dwarf Fortress
Off the top of my head:
- Outer Wilds (an entire solar system is a puzzle stuck in a time loop)
- Hades (a roguelike where dying progresses the story)
- Slay the Spire (a hybrid deckbuilder/roguelike where different runs can produce drastically different gameplay and builds)
- Dead Cells (a hybrid Metroidvania/Roguelike with Diablo-style random weapon/item spawns that force the player to use different strategies with every playthrough)
- Into the Breach (from the guys who made FTL)
- Undertale (a fourth-wall-breaking RPG in which you can talk your way out of any battle, with multiple endings)
- Signs of the Sojourner (a narrative deckbuilding game where your cards represent different types of conversation)
- Her Story (a game all about watching pieces of footage from a deposition about a death... or is it a murder?... and trying to figure out what happened)
- Baba Is You (a puzzle game in which the rules are also objects in the game that can be moved and changed)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (a simulation of an alternate-reality 90's internet)
- The Stanley Parable (a game about following directions, or not following them and irritating the narrator)
- The Beginner's Guide (a narrated tour through the games of another developer, possibly without their approval)