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Re: Ask HN: Non-violent video games with great stories?

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Post by hypertexthero »

See https://yinindie.com/ for a curated list of mostly peaceful video games.

Here are some I have played that I enjoyed:

Balsa Model Flight Simulator - https://store.steampowered.com/app/977920/Balsa_Model_Flight...

Celeste - https://store.steampowered.com/app/504230/Celeste/

Everything - https://store.steampowered.com/app/582270/Everything/

Hollow Knight - https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/

Lego games, starting with Lego Star Wars: The Video Game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars:_The_Video_Game

No Man’s Sky - https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/

SteamWorld Dig 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/571310/SteamWorld_Dig_2/

Valheim - https://store.steampowered.com/app/892970/Valheim/

Zelda: Breath of the Wild - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Breath_of...

Re: Ask HN: Non-violent video games with great stories?

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Post by egypturnash »

planckscnst wrote: post #157

What Remains of Edith Finch is a waking sim that includes a series of stories, each from the viewpoint of members of a family. It is one of the most memorable games I've ever played.

Major caveat: the fish-slicing sequence.

Also it is a series of little vignettes about how an entire family died.

Re: Ask HN: Non-violent video games with great stories?

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Post by yieldcrv »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #135
pvg wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

but if you actually read the OP Yes, when someone asks for games that don't involve violence, guns, war and is suitable for playing with children, the answer is not 'something that's not Doom' but a game that doesn't involve violence, guns, war and is suitable for playing with children.

Are we reading different threads? I can't find any of those specifications.

They’re looking for a game with a great story that doesn’t have a gun or violence involved.

A core thread of disco is a gun. and meticulously scheming violence.

And it’s also not for kids in that medium. Very obtuse words.

Re: Ask HN: Non-violent video games with great stories?

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Post by dpcan »

Minecraft!

Lots of Nintendo games. Mario anything really.

I LOVE playing old King’s Quest games with my kids and they do too. Got them on Gog.

Totally reliable delivery service.

Most racing games are fine (Mario kart)

Heave Ho!

Ultimate chicken horse

But to be honest, I love playing Fortnite with my kids too.

Re: Ask HN: Non-violent video games with great stories?

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Post by egypturnash »

barrysteve wrote: post #11

To the moon Psychonauts Full throttle (gritty tone, one scene of bike fighting) Point n click adventures e.g. Monkey island and Indiana jones series There's a lot of nonviolent puzzle games. Like portal, superliminal, antichamber, stanley parable, ect.

Psychonauts is gorgeous and magical but also has a huge number of little dreamland inhabitants who want to beat the snot out of you, and whom you must defeat with your various psychic powers.

Re: Ask HN: Non-violent video games with great stories?

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Post by jrmg »

hypertexthero wrote: post #171

See https://yinindie.com/ for a curated list of mostly peaceful video games. Here are some I have played that I enjoyed: Balsa Model Flight Simulator - https://store.steampowered.com/app/977920/Balsa_Model_Flight... Celeste - https://store.steampowered.com/app/504230/Celeste/ Everything - https://store.steampowered.com/app/582270/Everything/ Hollow Knight - https://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/Hollow_Knight/ Leg…

There’s quite a lot of violence in your list of nonviolent games there…
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