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persona 2 duology

>>15120663

it's shit

>>15120727

What's shit, anon? Would you like to clarify?

>>15120685

What specifically about them makes them have that sort of atmosphere?

You could try Penumbra, I played this game for 5 minutes when I was young before getting scared and quitting.

>>15120783

Have you ever played a game and wondered why you should even keep going?

Not because its bad, but because everything seems hopeless, and the "good guys" (the people you play as) go around killing and slaughtering just because they are vampires and fuck humans.

Everything is dire, the whole land is corrupt, youre only safe in cities and even there corrupt people will prey on the weak and helpless, the land of nosgoth is the most JUST setting in videogames.

For example, in the first game, when you wake up as a vampire, theres literal virgins tied around in your tomb just so that you arent alone in death, these people will yell for help and beg you not to kill them as you walk.

>>15120890

>cuckchan likes diablo

that explains it all

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>>>/cuckchan/

Diablo 1 is an outstanding game in every way.

>>15120899

Diablo 1 was phenomenal. Diablo 2 was okay, and Diablo 3 was shit. Fuck off already.

>>15120899

>complains about cuckchan

>uses redditspacing

STALKER, Metro, Silent Hill, REmake

>>15120921

Diablo 1 and 2 are equally great I think. They excel in different areas. 1 has a much better atmosphere and general feel, while 2 has much better gameplay and mechanics. I generally find 2 more fun, but when I get in the mood for diablo 1, NOTHING beats it.

>>15120913

including the slow as shit movement speed. fucking perfect!

>click-to-move shitfest

Understandably tense. But atmospheric? Seems difficult to be immersive with such an abstract indirect means of control.

>>15120727

I didn't think it was possible to phone in a shitpost but here we are.

>>15120899

wasted dubs

>>15120988

It's always bothered me in the STALKER games how many fucking bullets it takes to put down an enemy. It's got these fairly realistic shooting mechanics but it totally kills immersion for me when you have to shoot an entire magazine into someone's chest before they fall down.

>>15122494

What would be a more direct means of control in a video game? Certainly not a controller or a mouse and keyboard. The only answer could be VR or motion controls, both of which are gimmicks

>>15122469

The game is built around the movement speed. The only place it feels annoying is in town. In the dungeon it makes sense and even adds to the gameplay, considering how often you have to run away in the early game.

>>15122519

Harder difficulties increases damage for both you and enemies without increasing their health. So that's only an issue if you play on easy.

Jurassic Park for the SNES's indoor sections are pretty clench-worthy.

>>15120921

D2 gets a lot of hate but I really liked it when it came out and played the crap out of it, same with D1. I really don't get all the hate D2 has gotten over the years

>>15122519

There are damage mods that fix that.

>>15120663

OP YOU DIDN'T MENTION THE SOUNDTRACK AND IT'S REALLY GOOD. Diablo 1 is one of my favorite games because it's fun as hell and just because it has such a fantastic atmosphere and consistent feeling throughout the game, everything you said in the OP is spot on. I'd really be interested in games with a similar atmosphere, or at least something that manages to create a such a strong one like Diablo does. I might try Penumbra or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. like some other anons said.

>>15120663

While not quite on the same level as what you describe OP, I did get some pretty similar vibes from Tibia many years ago. Crawling around in the dark, deep underground, knowing full well that whatever is ahead of you might be able to kill you in an instant (like that time I got hit by a Fire Elemental that was off-screen and promptly NOPED the fuck out), or the fear that you won't be able to escape if you need to run for your life because you will be severely injured and a swarm of respawned enemies will be waiting for you back the way you came, too numerous to fight and physically capable of blocking your passage out. It's terrifying to go alone.

Tomb Raider 1 and 2 are pretty spoopy.

>>15120663

Darkwood fits the bill of what you're describing. The devs even support piracy and upload the latest version of their game to Pirate Bay.

>>15122852

Latecomers that only played 1.10+ with all the bullshit that was introduced. Game was amazing until then.

I'll add Morrowind to the list. It being my first TES game, I was clueless about the game's established lore. Exploring tombs and fighting undead was spooky as fuck. Looting Daedric Shrines to try and get amazing gear while spamming all your consumables to try and survive. Exploring more tombs and realizing that you're in a god damn vampire lair. And the best for last: Sixth House bases. Extremely creepy, not so much tense or scary. Just… creepy. Especially if you've been reading about Corpus and and have seen the different Corpus monsters around. Can bet your sweet ass I crawled my way through these places and panicking whenever I heard or saw some enemy I hadn't seen before.

>>15122901

Man exploring in that game was magical. A lot of it had to do with there not really being any wikis at the time so you learned about stuff through word of mouth. I look back on the time I got lured into the gas clouds at the rotworm caves on rook Island fondly. I may have been getting jewed but fuck it felt like an adventure.

>>15123040

Did you ever buy blood from a player thinking it was a health potion? People had creative as fuck ways to jew others in that game.

>>15122904

There were so many moments in the first Tomb Raiders that wouldn't be out of place in a survival horror game. They really were great.

Modern Tomb Raiders are a horror of a different kind, where you can feel the creeping death of cultural marxism, feminism and transgenderism crawling up your spine and infecting your mind when exposed to it.

>>15123359

one of these isnt like the other

>>15123386

also here is the track that plays just before said image, really intense stuff

>>15123359

Your VN taste is like really really beginner tier. I don't know if maybe you are young or what, but I would really suggest getting into actually VNs instead of westernized ones. If you like those games try something like swan song or ever 17.

>>15123218

Oh god yes. I also remember having to try to carry your loot bag back to the bank without someone stealing it since you had to leave it on the ground and just keep throwing it because you had so much shit. Had to put a shitload of bags inside bags to hide where the loot is. Fuck I miss this game so much. I don't think there will ever be something as great as that game again. It's literally impossible now, even ignoring shitty modern business practices. The existence of wikis and macros just kind of ruins it.

>>15123359

>Danganronpa

>Nonary Games

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Hello underage b&. Did you just fly in from Reddit?

Thief The Dark Project.

First time i started the game, it had the tension of when you were a kid didn't want to be found out in Hide&Seek. Don't know for how long i stood behind the first door on the first level of the mansion just listening in on the foot-steps of the guards walking around. But you overcome that tension and sure, let's do this and you beat the mission, nothing scary just tense. Then you start progressing through the game and you hear fucking zombies while sneaking around in caves, you encounter elementals in underground pyramids, wizards, and those fucking red skeletons in that church where everybody suddenly knows your exact position as you stole the eye. Fuck that, i don't know for how long i just ran to a safe location and stood there, doing nothing. I remember i tried to sneak around doing those mission in that cathedral only to be raped by those red skeletons over and over again and because they are faster than you, you couldn't outrun them either.

I don't think there has ever been such a tense game as Thief.

>>15123397

>Let us sing of a hollow victory

>This is the sort of thing he would listen to in his spare time.

Komaeda was neat.

The Shalebridge Cradle level from Thief Deadly Shadows. The atmosphere there was so thick, you could cut it with a knife.

>>15123463

They're games, not VNs.

I can kinda see calling 999 a VN but DR is very much a video game. I'm also not sure what you mean by calling Danganronpa westernized either.

I know some stuff about VNs as well but I'd rather just talk about games.

I guess I'll recommend Famicom Tantei Club Pt2 as well (Embed Related). It establishes and sustains a creepy atmosphere from beginning to end, and makes me wish Nintendo would put out some new stuff that isn't as sanitized/"kiddie".

>>15123535

Come back when you're ready to stop shitflinging and say something with actual substance.

half life 2

fallout 3 with mods

metro 2033 is scury

>>15127739

Half-Life 2, for as much as people shit on it, really does capture an atmosphere of emptiness and oppression. The parts before you get your suit in City 17 almost could have been expanded into a whole game on its own (albeit for a different franchise and genre. But that's more my own craving for dystopian cyberpunk). But the whole game feels like you really are on a dead world, empty villages are all long abandoned, people scraping by in absolute squalor, the distinct Soviet aesthetic to everything. Say what you will about the rest of the game, that aspect was masterfully done.

>>15122519

I agree, the interesting part is that is always seemed to me like a last minute addition to make it fit the more linear gameplay.

Most previous builds and even the multiplayer in the retail feature completely different damage stats as far as I remember. The first thing some of the early mods added was changing the damage of weapons.

Clear Sky and CoP did away with the linear weapon progression and made all damages more realistic.

>>15122754

What was the game? I want to play more text adventures.

>>15127758

The first game and its expansions have a pretty good atmosphere as well.

Thief 1 is the most atmospheric game I ever played.

The Music isn't meekly playing in the background. It just whips its dick out and dominates the scene.