artsy/2deep4u games that are actually fun

[v1rus]

Well, after having a blast playing The Witness and Antichamber, I decided to give pretentious artsy faggotry deep games another chance. Already got a couple of recommendations, but more, the merrier . And I'd surely appreciate the discussion that would ensue. Oh the discussion.

 

[pippin]

The Void?

Also Eye: Divine Cybermancy. Trying to understand what's going on and what you're supposed to do is an art on itself.

 

[IncendiaryDevice]

Realms of Arkania HD

No idea really, but I watched some guy on Youtube play Ether One and no-one knew what the fuck was going on, but the atmosphere was great. "Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind."

 

[Gunnar]

The Cat Lady

 

[Ivan]

Gone Home

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Another World / Out of This World (1991) is wonderfully atmospheric with an innovative artistic style.

The Void / Tension (2009) or Pathologic (2005, though this is being remade) for impenetrable Russian soulfulness.

Ico (2001) and Shadow of the Colossus (2005) would have been considered masterpieces of the Symbolist movement if they had somehow been made a century earlier.

Flower (2009) is very short but well-done as far as it goes.

For aesthetically-pleasing games with relatively conventional stories, try Okami (2006), or Supergiant Games (Bastion 2011, Transistor 2014), or Vanillaware games (Odin Sphere 2007, Muramasa 2009, Dragon's Crown 2013).

 

[shihonage]

The Last Guardian

 

[Skittles]

Oxymoron. If you start having fun, it's no longer 2D4U.

 

[RuySan]

Does Life is Strange counts?? I suppose so, since there's level where you're on an Art Gallery.

If so, Life is Strange. Loved it.

Also:
Limbo
Hotline Miami
Braid

 

[Severian Silk]

There's that overhead pixely ARPG with the pink graphics released recently. Forgot its name. People seem to like it.

 

[MediantSamuel]

The Void?

Also Eye: Divine Cybermancy. Trying to understand what's going on and what you're supposed to do is an art on itself.

 

[pippin]

my legs are ok

 

[oneliner]

To the Moon

 

[barker_s]

INSIDE is pretty fun, if short.

 

[Werdna's Revenge]

Ico (2001) and Shadow of the Colossus (2005) would have been considered masterpieces of the Symbolist movement if they had somehow been made a century earlier.

Shadow of the Colossus is legitimately one of (if not) the best action adventure games ever made. The artiness actually helped it out because they striped out anything that was not needed. Too many games get loaded with filler, but not SotC. There's no unneeded combat, no exposition, and no hand holding. It's a game that feels epic and thoughtful without many characters, more than a paragraph of dialogue, or needing to tell you how epic it is.

 

[Howdy]

Distant worlds: Universe

 

[Ivan]

Dear Esther

 

[Multidirectional]

Sexy Beach 3

 

[Baron Dupek]

Marauder - Man of Prey
collapse of society, seeing your neighbours fighting with you for survival, seeing cops'n'soldats being your enemies - feels like The Road light.
Deus Ex - you think why I played that thing? Why play something cumbersome and not twitch shooting for adhd kids? They have something common with X - Files...

 

[Durandal]

Metal Black


G-Darius


Darius Gaiden

 

[Astral Rag]

First we must define "fun".

 

[WhiteGuts]

Transistor, Nihilumbra

 

[laclongquan]

Bayonetta is artsy!