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Video Game Suggestions

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A place to find suggestions for video games! For example, you might create a post looking for recommendations for a game to play with a friend, or a game that is easy to play if you just broke your dominant hand. Or you might post a list of games that let you use a whip as a weapon. A lot of rules for conduct here are pretty obvious (don't be a jerk, stay on-topic) so I'll bold the weird ones.

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Arcade-like games that have modern long-form progression? (lemmy.zip)
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Does anyone know of any games that have arcade-style pick up and play but also feature some element of long form gameplay? This can be in the form of some narrative, a meta game or something in between.

The only example I can think of that I've played is Catherine, a puzzle-arcade game with a visual novel that bridges the game's individual levels.

Indie games or retro games are both applicable.

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[–] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

In Dicey Dungeons, you do turn-based battles by rolling dice and assigning them to your moves, which are tiles that fit on a grid. There's a set of storylines about a bunch of characters who have been turned into anthropomorphic dice.

Just Shapes and Beats is a rhythm-bullet hell hybrid where you dodge graphical patterns set to electronic music. You play through a campaign, including boss fights and goofy animated cutscenes, to unlock more tracks in free-play mode. There's also co-op!

Ash & Adam's GOBSMACKED is a single-player arena FPS. You battle robots in a series of arenas with a set of wacky weapons, with shops in between. At the start of each run, you have to buy yourself a starting loadout using the money you got from previous runs, but you can't choose the same items as your last run. Buying an item for the first time at a shop unlocks it so you can choose it as a starter in a future run.

If you're willing to stretch your definition of arcade-style, Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop has you repairing spacecraft with the help of an old manual but plenty of things kill you, including not making enough money to pay rent. You go through a time loop story where you take what you learned in the previous loop to make it further next time. There are different endings based on what you did in a loop.