Comment on Games Where Nothing Happens (SPOILERS for various game plots)
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Well, technically (old game with recent remake):
::: spoiler Link’s Awakening :::
Everything happens in a dream, and when you finish, the MC wakes up. I’m sure there are plenty of others with that format.
But I think that’s a copout, so here are a few where either the world resets or plot progression is basically “good job, do it again”:
::: spoiler
- Slay the Spire - yeah, there’s a separate ending if get to Act 4, but no real closure; many roguelikes/deck builders count here
- Minecraft - you slay the end dragon, but that doesn’t really change anything
I would say Dwarf Fortress, but when you replay in a world, the world’s stats remain. :::
And the cop-outs:
- most city builders (and tycoon games, etc) - cities generally don’t interact and there’s no end goal
- "board" games - Civ, EU4, etc, there’s no plot beyond what you create as you go
- games like Smash Brothers, Tetris, etc
- Mount and Blade and other sandbox-y games
- many puzzle games
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
These are good examples but you’ve done your spoiler tags wrong.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Thanks, I always screw those tags up.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Np, they tripped me up for a bit until I figured it out as well, lol
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Ah, double post, but your first one is till wonky, you’ve got the ‘visible text’ as the ‘hidden text’ and the ‘hidden text’ as just entirely outside the spoiler box!
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Really? It looks fine to me on the website (via my phone):
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