Walking sims I'm playing

[0128672]

Walking sims, especially with beautiful graphics, seems to be the genre I'm most drawn to ever since I started on a PS4 years ago (which I no longer have) and now on this Zephyrus G14. In addition to Eastshade (for which I have mixed feelings), I've also been playing Pluviophile (a very short experience on Steam), and an old favorite, Dear Esther (on sale on Steam for $1.99). I love Dear Esther's moodiness, the narrator's voice, the dark music, and the feeling of being on a Hebridean island. It's been long enough that some of its details are fuzzy, so makes it fun to rediscover the achievements and details.

The dilemma with playing too many walking sims in the same span of time is that some of the inventory items and quests can get confused between the games.

 

[garnerx]

How do you define a walking sim? If it's minimal gameplay and a huge amount of self-importance and pretentious artiness that makes you want to punch a hole in your monitor, I'd recommend The Stanley Parable, Gone Home, The Beginners Guide (that one made me want to kill things) and What Remains Of Edith Finch (actually this one is fairly good).

If it's just slow, atmospheric gaming, but you don't mind a bit more involvement, there's always Life Is Strange (which is genuinely excellent).

 

[0128672]

How do you define a walking sim? If it's minimal gameplay and a huge amount of self-importance and pretentious artiness that makes you want to punch a hole in your monitor, I'd recommend The Stanley Parable, Gone Home, The Beginners Guide (that one made me want to kill things) and What Remains Of Edith Finch (actually this one is fairly good).

If it's just slow, atmospheric gaming, but you don't mind a bit more involvement, there's always Life Is Strange (which is genuinely excellent).

I tried Gone Home on iOS and didn't care for it. Edith Finch was quite good, I agree.

 

[garnerx]

Have you tried Scanner Sombre? That one’s interesting, you‘re lost in a pitch black cave system, and you shine a handheld lidar scanner at the walls to create a map of dots as you walk around. Spooky things happen.

 

[0128672]

Have you tried Scanner Sombre? That one’s interesting, you‘re lost in a pitch black cave system, and you shine a handheld lidar scanner at the walls to create a map of dots as you walk around. Spooky things happen.

Sounds interesting. I'll check it out when further along with all those I've started recently. Thanks.