What’s really fun is that there’s a real musical instrument that uses this exact same principle - the Cuica. It’s that quirky sound you often hear in Samba and other latin jazz music. https://youtu.be/7J2WZGCCpEk
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Great pick. Obra Dinn is a masterpiece. If you end up enjoying Obra Dinn you’d probably also enjoy the Case of the Golden Idol and its recent sequel. Both scratch a very similar itch.
Thanks. Also now realizing that picking just 10 is super hard and looking back at my list there’s like 2 strong honorable mentions for every title in my list (some might even be swappable).
Just off the top of my head, a few others I’d rate as A-tier or S-tier all-time-greats in my personal list:
- Disco Elysium
- Final Fantasy 7
- Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
- Hades
- Dishonored
- Banjo Kazooie
- Doom (2016)
- Dead Space
- Psychonauts 2 (part 1 is also A-tier)
- GTA 5
- Case of the Golden Idol
- Mass Effect 2
- Paradise Killer
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (both parts are excellent)
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
- Tony Hawk’s Underground
- A Dark Room
- 999 (aka Zero Escape, aka 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors)
- edit: How the hell did I forget Portal?!
Subjectively I’d say definitely yes. I adore cerebral games with interesting stories to tell, and this one has that plus a ton of mystery at its core (mystery is maybe my favorite genre of any fiction). The art style can be a little hard for some to get behind, but if you enjoy similar themes & game elements it’s a phenomenal game that will live in your head rent-free for awhile after you’ve finished. It’s one of only maybe three games I’ve ever legitimately referred to as a masterpiece (one of the others being Outer Wilds).
Not in order:
- Outer Wilds
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Metal Gear Solid
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Super Metroid
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Stardew Valley
- Undertale
- Starcraft
I like it. Kinda reminds me of work by James Jean.
I really miss this place, though I should point out that this photo is dated incorrectly. 5 Pointz was sadly demolished in 2014. I grew up in New York and moved away in 2012. Coming back home to visit for the holidays in 2014 and seeing this site hollowed out from the windows of the passing 7 train was heartbreaking.
Worked with a guy once who went dressed in a big cardboard box covered in wrapping paper, with a big bow tied on the outside. There was a tag attached to the outside of the box. The tag read “To: Women, From: God”.
10 that I have enjoyed a lot:
- Kyle Kinane
- Hannibal Buress
- Patton Oswalt
- Mike Birbiglia
- Tig Notaro
- Matt Braunger
- Marc Maron
- Bo Burnham
- Jackie Kashian
- Tim Robinson
- Norm Macdonald
If you haven’t already tried them, I had a great time with Vampire Survivors and Loop Hero. Both give the player the ability to check out a little bit, though in different ways. Loop Hero is easier to walk away from than VS, but both games require the player to do little to nothing in order to engage in combat. Loop Hero is a little more involved while VS is a bit more arcade-y. Both very fun
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Been playing my way through Journey to the Savage Planet lately. I meant to get to it quite awhile back but eh. Life happens. It’s pretty fun and doesn’t take itself very seriously at all, lots of humor and some very charming creature and environment design. Best way I can think to summarize it is like “what if Subnautica was really, really stupid (in a good way)?”, only it seems to lack similar base building mechanics as far as I’ve seen so far. Also funnily enough the sequel is coming out like this week or something really soon.