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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Nov 30, 2023 12:49:40 GMT -5
I wanted to create this thread because I've been thinking about Hypnospace Outlaw a lot lately for some reason, and it reminded me of what an amazing bloody game it is. For something that at first seems wacky, borderline shitpost-y, and like just an interesting nostalgia act, it ended up being one of the most genuinely emotional games, and work of ficiton in general, I've ever had the pleasure to experience.
And I'm gonna be honest, at some point it kind of gave me a minor existential breakdown. Because it does such a fantastic job of recreating the look and feel of early Internet, it made me realize just how much smaller nowadays' Internet feels, and just how much we've lost thanks to corporate invasion. It feels like we've wasted the potential of something amazing, which... is very fitting considering the game's themes.
However, as dreadful as that realization was, it also made me value the efforts to keep the Internet creative and rekindled my optimism that perhaps someday it can go back to being a place where people express themselves in a positive, creative way without the constant pressure for interaction with everything and constant desperate attention grabs from every single direction. It's made me want to do more to support artists, individual creativity, blogs, personal website, etc... It made me want to become the change I want to see. I want to believe it's not too late.
And of course, there's also the story, or rather stories. All of these people whose lives you end up following, wishing them the best, rooting for them, wishing you could reach out and support them when tragedy strikes them. It's touching.
Yeah, if I had to describe Hypnospace Outlaw in one word, I think that'd be it: touching.
If you haven't played it yet, I highly recommend it, and I recommend going in as blind as possible. The discovery is what it's all about. Make no mistake, I'll still enjoy going through it, and in fact after beating the game, perhaps I'll just enjoy visiting the various pages and trying to find all the little easter eggs I've missed (there are SO MANY!!), but I'll never recapture the feelings I got the first time playing it. And that's fine, but I do wish I could experience it again.
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Derk!
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Post by Derk! on Nov 30, 2023 12:54:53 GMT -5
Great thread idea.
For me I'd say Chrono Trigger. I've played and played this game countless times and I'd rank it in my top 5 ever. But to experience it again would with fresh eyes would be amazing.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Nov 30, 2023 14:01:56 GMT -5
Breath of the Wild. The game has some growing pains but it would be so fun to rediscover everything for the first time again. Was hoping that's what Tears of the Kingdom would be but can't do that when 90% of the map is pretty much the same.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Nov 30, 2023 14:02:15 GMT -5
Great thread idea. For me I'd say Chrono Trigger. I've played and played this game countless times and I'd rank it in my top 5 ever. But to experience it again would with fresh eyes would be amazing. One of the first games I thought of. I remember seeing a friend play it for the first time, and I remember actually renting it shortly after, but don't really have memories of actually playing it for the first time. Link to the Past is another one like that, same friend too. Oddly enough, despite them being older I do remember the first time I played SMB 3 and SMW.
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Post by Wilfred on Nov 30, 2023 14:18:27 GMT -5
Red Dead 2 or Mass Effect. Easily the most immersive games I’ve ever played.
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Post by Starshine on Nov 30, 2023 14:58:17 GMT -5
All the Lucas Arts point n click games.
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 30, 2023 15:08:17 GMT -5
Final Fantasy XIV. And I mean the game as it is now. Not the disaster that was 1.0.
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Post by realist on Nov 30, 2023 15:12:59 GMT -5
Final Fantasy VII Max Payne 1 and 2
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Zone Was Wrong
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Nov 30, 2023 15:17:08 GMT -5
Life is Strange. Game is one of my all time favorites but nothing will ever beat going through it the first time and experiencing it.
Knights of the Old Republic. Again that twist just hit so hard the first time playing it.
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Post by darbus alan on Nov 30, 2023 15:28:27 GMT -5
Life is Strange. Game is one of my all time favorites but nothing will ever beat going through it the first time and experiencing it. Knights of the Old Republic. Again that twist just hit so hard the first time playing it. KOTOR's twist was one of the great plot twists in video game storytelling. My second playthrough, I scoured through the dialogue to see all the little hints leading up to it, and I think they did a really good job for foreshadowing it without giving it away.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Nov 30, 2023 15:30:38 GMT -5
Donkey Kong Country. When I subscribed to Nintendo Power, I received a making-of video as a promotion for the game. It blew my mind that Rare could get graphics and sound like that out of the SNES.
Especially the Coral Capers level; that music is pure bliss and a go-to video to this day if I’m feeling stressed.
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Post by salz4life on Nov 30, 2023 15:56:18 GMT -5
Both Red Dead Redemption games
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Post by grungesmurf on Nov 30, 2023 16:15:34 GMT -5
Sleeping Dogs
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 30, 2023 16:32:35 GMT -5
Phantasy Star IV, probably, for one, along with Crusader of Centy. Both are games I have played many times, but both also have a surprising number of twists for their era.
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Post by uewfigfed on Nov 30, 2023 17:11:07 GMT -5
Either Chrono Cross or the Mass Effect series
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Nov 30, 2023 18:18:40 GMT -5
Donkey Kong Country. When I subscribed to Nintendo Power, I received a making-of video as a promotion for the game. It blew my mind that Rare could get graphics and sound like that out of the SNES. Especially the Coral Capers level; that music is pure bliss and a go-to video to this day if I’m feeling stressed. Now I'm wondering if I still have that DKC tape kicking around. I know I have the NP N64 preview tape somewhere
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UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 30, 2023 18:32:23 GMT -5
MGS2 or Disco Elysium
maybe DKC2
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Post by chronocross on Nov 30, 2023 18:32:50 GMT -5
Final Fantasy VI, played it on all platforms including the PS1 version which is slow asf.
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Post by Andew9001 on Nov 30, 2023 18:49:57 GMT -5
Kingdom Hearts 2
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UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 30, 2023 18:51:28 GMT -5
I wanted to create this thread because I've been thinking about Hypnospace Outlaw a lot lately for some reason, and it reminded me of what an amazing bloody game it is. For something that at first seems wacky, borderline shitpost-y, and like just an interesting nostalgia act, it ended up being one of the most genuinely emotional games, and work of ficiton in general, I've ever had the pleasure to experience. And I'm gonna be honest, at some point it kind of gave me a minor existential breakdown. Because it does such a fantastic job of recreating the look and feel of early Internet, it made me realize just how much smaller nowadays' Internet feels, and just how much we've lost thanks to corporate invasion. It feels like we've wasted the potential of something amazing, which... is very fitting considering the game's themes. However, as dreadful as that realization was, it also made me value the efforts to keep the Internet creative and rekindled my optimism that perhaps someday it can go back to being a place where people express themselves in a positive, creative way without the constant pressure for interaction with everything and constant desperate attention grabs from every single direction. It's made me want to do more to support artists, individual creativity, blogs, personal website, etc... It made me want to become the change I want to see. I want to believe it's not too late. And of course, there's also the story, or rather stories. All of these people whose lives you end up following, wishing them the best, rooting for them, wishing you could reach out and support them when tragedy strikes them. It's touching. Yeah, if I had to describe Hypnospace Outlaw in one word, I think that'd be it: touching. If you haven't played it yet, I highly recommend it, and I recommend going in as blind as possible. The discovery is what it's all about. Make no mistake, I'll still enjoy going through it, and in fact after beating the game, perhaps I'll just enjoy visiting the various pages and trying to find all the little easter eggs I've missed (there are SO MANY!!), but I'll never recapture the feelings I got the first time playing it. And that's fine, but I do wish I could experience it again. forgot to quote this, did you end up trying the FPS based in the hypnospace outlaw world slayers x? its really fun
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