Disempowerment
Games with a significant focus on making the player feel weak/not in control. In a medium full of power fantasies, any game here gets my instant respect.
10 Games
It's Dark Souls. Probably the most well known example of this type of game.
Shameless clone of Dark Souls
Dice rolls decide your fate; Everything can go wrong despite your best efforts.
You're a pawn of the empire sent to fulfill a likely fake prophecy so they can upset the local status quo and extract more profit from the province. None of the ruling class really give a shit about you and when you attempt to get involved with them in the Tribunal expansion, they play you like a fiddle.
Haven't played it, but I've heard it's a deliberately unpleasant, nihilistic game.
Trico is a wild beast that will disobey your commands and fuck things up for you, by design. But you have to rely on her to survive and navigate the map.
No matter what, you're doing exactly what the Patriots want.
One of the most miserable games ever made. Gameplay consists of you rooting through trash for needles and used bottles, shanking people for scraps of bread, and dying of plague.
I've heard it's even more miserable than the first game.
You play as a novice warrior who constantly stumbles around and desperately clings on to the massive beasts he tries to kill. In the end, you're being played by a force far beyond your understanding. You aren't even in control of your horse, let alone your own life.
EpicGamerHater
20 days ago
Great list !