What kinds of games might you recommend with deep worldbuilding and interaction that aren’t RPGs?

I like worldbuilding and stories, and I like when they’re mixed with the interactivity of games, so RPGs seem like they should be a natural fit. Problem is, I dislike the stat-heavy, grindy progression of many RPGs.

I enjoy point & click adventures and visual novels but they’re often more limited in their interactions. What kinds of game might I be missing combining the two?

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  • Gmr Leon@mstdn.socialOP
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    2 months ago

    @Donjuanme Yeah, you’re not wrong. The trick is, “games these days”, which I enjoy a fair amount of, but I’m also interested in games from across time, so older titles as well.

    Those are a little iffier to play given some lack the settings or options, and sometimes also any cheats. Do you happen to know of any sites/resources advising how to use emulators to sorta do that for older titles?

    Alternatively may need to review which old titles I have that have cheats for that kinda thing…

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      2 months ago

      If you go back far enough you don’t need to do settings or options, they used to be called ‘cheats’ and they were hidden behind a series of button inputs (or sometimes a cheat menu)

      If I’m properly interpreting your statement you aren’t very inclined to use a steam account?

      Would you say you’re into first person/third person puzzle games? Or do you like your games to have action in the gameplay?

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        Right, as I mention though, from what I recall they didn’t always have cheats, or necessarily the sort I might want like removing random battles for the games with them.

        I use Steam, but I also go for games outside of Steam, which is what my message was indicating. I’m into first/third-person puzzle games, for sure.

        Not much of a fan of Bethesda’s style of RPGs (given you asked in another comment). They’re too buggy/unstable in my experience, but also plainly RPGs.

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          2 months ago

          I believe most of the "remastered"final fantasy games can have random encounters turned off, as well as cheats to eliminate the grinding, I really like ff8 myself,

          Check out submautica, Syberia, disco Elysium, and return of the obra dinn they’re each dripping with well designed world’s.