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[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

A couple of oldies, that deserve to still be played. Disclaimer: I played both games when they were already ~8 years old, and completely outdated in terms of technology.

Planescape: Torment

One of the best RPG ever created, and that is entirely for the world building and writing, and how much of the gameplay ends up being based on these rather than the combat mechanics (which are just ok)

Deus Ex

Again it was way ahead of its time in terms of world building and depth, and it was still an unashamed PC game, that dared to challenge its users a little and didn't need to have a GUI that could be used with a gamepad, unlike the sequels.

[โ€“] abbenm@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Strongly agree. Deus Ex is still even now my favorite game ever. NPCs sound like real people and actually have meaningful things to say.

[โ€“] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

It does however have possibly the worst death animations in the history of gaming...

[โ€“] FippleStone@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

My heart tells me that this is the correct answer