Was in a thread recently where people talk about heavy story games being popular because of Watcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Disco Esylium and Baldurs Gate 3.

I'm going to recommend some fantastic story-rich/story-heavy games that people might have missed during the 2010-2020 era.

Shadowrun Returns and Shadowrun Hong Kong: RPG tactics. if you're not familiar with Shadowrun, it's Cyberpunk but with Elves/Trolls, and Dragons as president. Story is dark and fantastic.

West of Loathing and Shadows of Loathing: RPG tactics. Really great and funny writing. One reviewer said they smiled ear to ear during their whole play. I did too.

Danganronpa series and Steins Gate series visual novel territory. Starts really slow but sucks you in. Paradise Killer was my introduction to this world.

Rusty Lake games Puzzly. Rusty Lake Roots storytelling is so good. Don't sleep on Rusty Lake Paradise and Rusty lake Hotel. Those stories are a bit more abstract, as are all the Rusty Lake games.

Firewatch this is the game that made me sit up and pay attention to Walk Simulators. There's a lot of good ones to name, but Firewatch is top tier.

All on sale for a few bucks. All of them will make you think about them while showering and reflecting on life.

[–] Enekk@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Just a reminder that the designer of the West of Loathing games is an accused abuser.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

What an absolutely disgusting crowd she fell in with at a young age, that poor woman. I despise these cliques of narcissistic abusers and their sycophants. Thanks for raising awareness.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I was absolutely part of the KoL community in the 2000s-2010s, and left when I aged out of their KoL Radio/podcast stuff.

I remember hearing about it during West of Loathing launch and definitely one of the reasons I avoided the game during release. But I came around during the pandemic and I wonder if there was an aftermath.

I'm digging through the internet right now. This was one of their apologies, also from that 2019 time.

Would you happen to know of any recent updates?

[–] Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm going to say swap Shadowrun Hong Kong for Shadowrun Dragonfall.

Hong Kong felt like the weaker of the trilogy.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

I FORGOT TO INCLUDE DRAGONFALL! 😭

I love all three.