The Evil Computer Games thread

wnolan1992 wrote: »

So I played "The Stanley Parable" last night.

Play it. Play it. Play it.

It's such a witty game that's oddly fun. There's loads of different "endings", branching paths, loads of tiny jokes that you'll probably miss (I walked into a meeting room and there was a slideshow going on and each slide had a different joke on it, I stood there for like 3 minutes and didn't see a single repeated slide)

I can't really say much about it because too much detail will spoil it, but it's a First Person game where you walk around a deserted office building with a narrator telling you what to do. An early example is you'll come to two doors and the narrator will say "Stanley went through the door on his left.", you can then choose to follow that instruction or go to the right and see what happens. The narrator will openly mock you and sometimes break the fourth wall depending on your decisions.

It's so good. Don't be put off by the pricetag (it's a tenner), there's a lot there to make it well worth it.

marko93 wrote: »

Anyone with a 3DS and a 3DS XL, wanna help me out? Just wondering is the bigger screen worth dishing out for?

Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

I recommend Papers Please. Easily my game of the year, ahead of GTA V and Stanley Parable which you should also get. Both are on sale.

wnolan1992 wrote: »

This was me a year ago...

I just passed 110 games in my library yesterday. :P



Oh yes! Stanley Parable is so f*cking good. Get it. Get it. Get it.

Other low end games that I'd recommend would be:

Thomas Was Alone: This was my GOTY of 2012. It's bloody amazing. Shaun from Assassin's Creeddoes the voice over for it, and it's so goddamn funny and sweet. There's a brilliant puzzler-platformer in there too, the soundtrack is great and the style of graphics is just beautiful. Seriously, I cannot talk this game up highly enough. Get it. Get it. Get. It. :P

Solar 2: This is a fun little game where you control a rock and spin around space. You try to pull other rocks into your orbit, then absorb them to grow. Best played with a controller, this is a really relaxing game to play. You can just sort of chill to it. Really nice music as well.

Symphony: You import your music library into the game, then select a track from it. The game then generates enemies based on the music for you to battle. Fun little game.

FTL: Faster than Light: I haven't played this, but the Let's Plays I've seen make it look really really awesome. You control a space ship and go from planet to planet in a sector, battle other ships, get crew, upgrades, all while being chased by a line of enemies that'll kill you if they reach you. Take a look at a few videos cos I suck at explainin'.