games where thinking is a gameplay mechanic
a lot of these are stretches but whatever i thought this would be a funny list to make. not including sequels for the sake of brevity
15 Games
psycho mantis can READ YOUR MIND unless you switch to controller port 2
this is meaningfully different from aai because the mechanic is different
nasty plot as a move got added in this gen so i'll count it
probably the loosest of all the entries, but when you stand still for a bit, kazuma pulls out a cigarette and thinks to himself, usually musing on what to do next to advance the plot
any one of the three games could've qualified here just due to how hangman's gambit worked, but i picked this one specifically because of the "THINKING TIME" part of psyche taxi. psyche taxi's music fucks btw.
