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Which games blow your mind, but only if you know nothing about them in advance?

Best examples I can think of are:

  • Outer Wilds
  • Doki Doki Literature Club
  • The Stanley Parable

What are yours?

(please no spoilers)

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Undertale, but at this point you'd have to have lived in a cave for the last decade to not know most of the spoilers by now.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, apparently I have!
The only thing I've heard about Undertale so far is that it is supposed to be good.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

That's all Ive heard too. I tried playing it but the combat was weird. Kinda boring to me so I never advanced further.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It gets good by the end but yeah if you don't mesh with it early on it can be hard to get into and want to finish it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah that happened to me. Never finished it and wonder why it's so loved.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I almost had that happen with me but I think I ended up watching someone play it. Still kind of regret it but at the same time probably wouldn't have finished it on my own otherwise and I atleast have Deltarune to look forward to now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Same. Fehlt like a very early game experiment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I didn't really get it. I did play Everhood though and that was much better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's good in a way that isn't really expected - the only thing I can say without spoiling is it did something really different with things that had been there a long time.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Undertale is such a bolt of lightning. It both depends on its player having experience with traditional JRPG and having no fucking clue what it is. But when the conditions line up, as it did for many people at release, it was such a master fully crafted experience. But even the slightest amount of "it's good because..." really siphons part of the experience away.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Tbh, I played it for a few hours, didn't like it and don't understand all the fuss about it. Does it get good later?

I was at a point, where I was going through a cave with a castle in the background (it was a few years ago), it was probably some kind of riddle, but I couldn't be bothered.
Is it worth going forward or did I see enough to just say "it's not my kind of game"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm gonna be the heretic here, it's actually really terrible. If you don't like Homestuck and that brand of humor, you won't like Undertale.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Spoiler: There are high jinks, low jinks, dangers, puzzles, capers, japers, being captured, and other sorts of fun activities in this game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Guess I live in a cave then. I have even had the game on steam for ages now. The graphics are just too much of a turn off for me to ever play it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have heard the name but don't know what it's about, I'll look into it. Thanks !

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll look into it.

No, don't!

Or at least don't do anymore than choose your preferred platform and then buy it. Its available on Windows, Linux, Mac, PS, Xbox and Switch but not on Android or iOS.

Its a couple of bucks on steam at the moment, included in PSN if you do that, or full price everywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

hop just got it. Thanks for the recommendation. Let's see what this is all about 😁