e42662 No.13839420
What is the video game equivalent of a SOL/CGDCT/Iyashikei anime? These are shows with little to no conflict, which encourage indulgence of the simple pleasures of life, or contemplation of tranquil scenarios. How would you design gameplay around such scenarios?
d331fe No.13839442
Your thread is shit, but while it's here I'll say that Flying Witch is about the comfiest thing on the face of the earth.
a77798 No.13839449
4f8f6e No.13839450
I have no examples but if I were to design one myself I'd say it would be some cartoonish world with forests and grasslands where you collect stuff and solve puzzles. Maybe help out the local NPC's with simple tasks like finding a lost pet or harvest fruit. So basically, a RPG without any of the action or the xp, just comfy exploring and interacting with characters.
13f7de No.13839463
Harvest Moon, and NNB is the shit.
4f8f6e No.13839477
>>13839463
One thing I find sad about these kind of shows is that they don't really have rewatch value, if you know what happens then there's nothing left to enjoy.
ef273f No.13839481
Go "play" a visual novel. That'll hit the spot.
ef9a69 No.13839567
084dcd No.13839570
>Is focused on character interaction in a comfy world
>Has good crafting
>Set in laid back settings
>Plot is never about defeating world ending horrors or trying to be dark and edgy for shock value
Atelier has you covered.
5f3fa0 No.13839581
>>13839570
If you play Rorona or Totori, they quickly become stressful time management though.
8e58f3 No.13839621
I don't know why that pacifist, leftist faggot Hayao Mitsubishi hates modern nip-toons, they seem right up his alley.
b22fc8 No.13839645
>>13839625
I-I can read… Something besides VN and I've heard from many anons that Stardew Valley isn't all that good.
45ff86 No.13839669
>>13839477
It's true. Everything that's worth experiencing twice in animation usually doesn't exist in that type of show. The animation is deliberately done as cheaply as possible, the music is usually forgettable, the characters are usually too close to an archetype, if there are jokes then, even if they're funny, they're usually extremely tame, and if there's a plot, it's usually extremely predictable and eventless. The fact that it's an animation is secondary, and only treated as a delivery system for a series of ideas about a setting and characters. If either of those fall flat, it's not worth watching at all, and if not, then it's only worth watching once. You probably wouldn't watch the same sitcom front to back twice either, unless it had truly unique elements to it, like Seinfeld or Scrubs.
a77798 No.13839702
>>13839645
VNs aren't that bad anon, the problem is getting good translations. Really, they are as comfy as watching anime, but more heart wrenching when they're finally over.
a77798 No.13839705
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>>13839669
K-On is rewatchable.
b22fc8 No.13839729
>>13839702
>but more heart wrenching when they're finally over.
That's why I avoid them anon, it makes me quite sad for a long time after. I feel like I've been left behind.
a77798 No.13839751
>>13839729
>I feel like I've been left behind.
I get it. I only ever played one VN and I won't play another any time soon.
2d8c32 No.13839755
>>13839729
>desperately begging for recommendations of digital escapism on a dying offshoot of 4chan
>wanting games that aren't actually games but some kind of therapy for your useless NEET soul
I think you already have been left behind, anon.
d3c889 No.13839765
>>13839702
>the problem is getting good translations
>ywn learn moonrunes
4b7f95 No.13839795
Is there any other anime out there like Jin Roh? One that handles darker themes, gory violence, and tragedy in a mature, well thought out way instead of edgy?
817a53 No.13839917
>>13839755
If you feel useless, it's because you were feeding off the creativity of someone else. All real autists own a kind of internal engine that keeps them going, making up new road as they go by.
817a53 No.13839932
>>13839420
Story based waking simulators and casual mobileshit.
c09a4a No.13840015
>>13839932
This
also please don't talk about anime on MY board, thank you
87ed96 No.13840079
>slice of life
>Flying Witch
>a show with plenty of magic happening in it
I guess slice of life can be added to the massive list of words that nobody here understands the meaning of.
97ee74 No.13840117
Harvest Moon and look-a-likes, The Sims, some more exploration oriented RPGs and games, simulators in general. I honestly don't know.
You're looking for passive and tame games, that you can usually play with little concentration. Can't say I know many games like that, but that's more on me for having no interest.
80fe77 No.13840569
Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon come to mind. The Sims kinda counts, but not really.
0086ac No.13841454
>>13840079
At some point slice of life and fantasy stopped being considered mutually exclusive themes.
I blame the fact that there is no better term for it, considering the formula is still very much the same, simply detached from reality.
3ce673 No.13841732
>>13839420
Non-combat flight simulators are comfy, but I'm guessing that's not what you're looking for.
>>13839795
Now this, I would like to know.
cc60df No.13842004
>>13839795
>One that handles darker themes, gory violence, and tragedy in a mature, well thought out way instead of edgy?
Isn't half the story in that show about a guy making friends/waifus with a little girl?
bbf81e No.13842081
>>13839645
It's not the most amazing game but its comfy and fun. Just mod out the token nigger thats made the smartest in the entire village with one of the few happy marriages and the games good.
bbf81e No.13842082
Or you can cuck the black dude and put a white baby in his wifes oven.
373d58 No.13842104
>>13842087
Slice of Life
Cute Girls Doing Cute Things
Not familiar with the term myself, but Iyashikei apparently refers to an anime genre that translates into "healing" or something. My guess it's sort of like "comfy".
056a71 No.13842128
>>13842104
Why not just write slice of life or cute girls doing cute things? That way it sounds like a LGBT acronym.
I get the feeling weebs are becoming even worse…
373d58 No.13842171
Probably should contribute. Katamari would probably be a good example for this sort of thing, or Animal Crossing. There are more pretentious games like Flower that doesn't have much of a conflict with a very nature appreciative vibe. Also I'd bet that most people would say sim games like Euro Truck would also be what you're looking for.
>>13842128
Idk, OP's probably just assuming everyone is as weeb as he is. SoL is a pretty common acronym though.
c45fd7 No.13843259
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the Boku no Natsuyasumi series
2871a6 No.13843272
>>13839420
>SOL/CGDCT/Iyashikei
Sorry I don't speak weebrune
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f41fad No.13843291
>>13839420
For me, it's hunting simulators where you use a bow. Skyrim for example, while utter trash, is worth a pirate if you mod it into a hunting game. There's just something about crawling through the underbrush, bow in hand and listening to movements around you, arrow on the nock and ready.
Though real hunting is more fun, it's not as comfy since you are actually outdoors and trekking through knee-high mud and stuff.
>>13839795
Psycho Pass.
>>13842087
>>13842104
SOL is common enough. Cute girls is usually never abbreviated, iyashikei is usually just said as healing unless you know the average power level is high enough to comprehend moon runes.
41f7b9 No.13843487
>>13843272
Sucks to be you, pleb.
ad68db No.13843701
>>13843291
>Psycho Pass.
I only watched a few episodes, but fuck the fanservice is so blatant it's comical.
>muscular main character trains hard, all sweaty
>zoom in on abs for a while
>flicks hair back
>looks towards female mc in a brooding way
d812a2 No.13843796
>>13839795
>mature
Chances are that you're going to enjoy most things labeled with "shounen", which is Japanese for wise old man. Trust me.
c3886a No.13843800
>>13839795
There's absolute swathes of the stuff out there, people just don't remember, never watched, or aren't interested in talking about them. A good number have been discussed so much that there's not much left to discuss.
>>13842004
So is Leon the Professional.
5ae262 No.13843834
>>13839581
Never understood this complaint. They give you so much time to do everything that it's hard to not get the best ending. People, for some reason, are stressed out about being timed instead of noticing how much time they really have. Older Harvest Moon games did this and it was never a problem.
>>13839795
>>13841732
Texnolyze, Rainbow, Tekkaman, Gundam 0800, and Wolf's Rain.
6fb351 No.13843859
>>13839420
Most games for kids under the age of 6 are like that. Stuff that's meant to teach basic reading and math.
bbf81e No.13843936
>>13839795
Don't think so.
2cd1c3 No.13845217
>>13843259
wow, that looks great in terms of atmosphere! has anyone played it?
560ee2 No.13846660
>wants a gay walking simulator non-game
>this will somehow be defensible because MUH ANIMEEEEEEEEEEEEES
Fucking goddamn weebs.