Narrative Games to Play

[alias_sqbr]

I need to update my Media For When I Am Bored list in general, but I've realised this is a category it doesn't have, and I often need.

Opinions on any I haven't played are welcome!


Dating Sims I have started and not finished:
Code Realize extras (I might just give up on Sherlock Holmes he was boring)
Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly (very sad)
Samurai Love Ballad: Party (needed a break from samurai, but started again today)
Ozmafia (still recovering trust from it triggering me)
Destiny's Princess (I wasn't enjoying it)
Heaven Will Be Mine (So much clicking!)

Dating Sims I have not played but am pondering:
XOXO Blood Droplets (xoxo droplets but everyone's a murderer HMM)
Dorakone
Dark Nights
When The Night Comes
Scrambled Syd City
Lady's Choice
Phone games: Ikemen Sengoku, Love & Legends, Castaway! Love's Adventure, My Sweet Bodyguard, Rose in the Embers

Non-Romance VNs:
Jisei
My Lil Fanfic
A Tavern For Tea
GENDERWRECKED

Hard to classify/not sure:
A Short Hike
She and the Light Bearer
The Beginner's Guide

RPGS:
Cat Quest
The Banner Saga
Ni No Kuni 2 (Have started this and am enjoying it)

Farming Game:
Verdant Skies (pondering second playthrough)

Puzzle games:
Frog Detective: The Haunted Island
Exit Corners
Later Alligator
My Brother Rabbit

Point and Click Adventure:
Thimbleweed Park
Milkmaid of the Milky Way

Comments

[lilacsigil]

Thimbleweed Park is very old-school 1990s point and click, paying homage to the old Lucasfilm games. It can get a bit frustrating, but there is a hint line (that you phone inside the game) that helps. I found the meta ending unconvincing and annoying but a lot of people liked it.

[alias_sqbr]

Thank you, that's a useful perspective.