Bold of you to assume both hands would be on the controller...
The real answer here
Chill vibes. Sometimes you want to play videogames but don't want a stressful time.
Or multitasking. I love playing Phoenix Wright on the treadmill.
Chill vibes. Sometimes you want to play videogames but don't want a stressful time.
Osmos or Dorfromantik for me ❤️
But yeah... Other people read a book. Nobody complains that they're just turning pages for hours. Nothing wrong with (merging those media and) enjoying whatever you like.
Agreed, the amount of times I've heard:
"It's nothing but reading"
In regards to VN or RPGs..
Never understood how this is an argument when reading for fun exists. Specifically when comparing visual novels to books, books don't tend to have pictures, scenarios, music, sound effects or voice acting. Sometimes reading a book isn't interesting enough on its own and folks want more.
I can understand liking a game but not liking all the dialogue, I remember Mass Effect 3 had an option for Story, Action or RPG mode and it'd be great if more devs would implement that kinda thing instead of forcing one specific playstyle.
Not stressful you say?
Sometimes this happens in a middle of a combat, with the combat music playing, enemies in front of me, character is in low health, and I gotta read a conversation and the only button I can press is A.
More interactive but absolute gems:
- Fire watch
- Detroit: Almost Human
If anyone has any recommendations on these I'm all ears.
Disco Elysium is essentially a novel.
Phenomenal game
I'm not sure if it counts, but the Ace Attorney games are great and have a bit more interactivity than just reading.
Doki Doki literature club is very good. Don't read spoilers tho.
The best game I could describe as merely an interactive movie has been The Quarry. The game itself is pretty meh (but I'm not a big fan of these personally), however the movie part is amazing. It could easily be just a kick ass horror movie. And you can even play it that way with Movie Mode, where you pick the best outcome, the worst outcome, or set up some sliders to give a mix of outcomes at every interaction and just watch shit unfold.
Detroit: Become Human is also in this vein, with an even wilder array of possible outcomes as well as some more real gameplay and puzzle solving.
