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Please recommend games
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The modern hidden object games are too often not what I seek. They are more like 30% finding hidden objects and 70% figuring out where to apply them. But back in the day, HO games were just that - there's a bunch of stuff on the screen and your job is to find all the stuff. Alas, I forgot the exact titles of those games. I would really appreciate it if you guys and gals recommended me a few games based on the following criteria:
- As few puzzles as possible, just let me look for hidden objects without the stuff like "Find a key to unlock a chest with the bottle, place the bottle in the hand of a statue, it will open a secret compartment, take a gem from there and insert it into a mechanism on the previous screen"
- Preferably without a timer, I want to look for HO at my leisure.
- Not too cartoony.
Storyline optional, I don't play those games for storyline anyway. Thank you in advance, and may you always find happiness even in the direst situations.
Top Comment: I don’t know if I am too late, but I just released a game that I think fits perfectly with your necessities XD https://store.steampowered.com/app/2876920/Baimasons_Thing_Finder_Puzzle/ It’s pixelart, it’s ONLY find objects, every level is randomized, but the objects are on one theme, and has even a daily challenge!! XD
Gamers who have a hard time finding games they actually get into nowadays, what's the last game that you actually liked?
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Lots of people on here, myself included, find it harder and harder to get into new games as time goes on. The last 2 games I've spent 50+ hours in were BG3 and StS, and that's basically it for new games in the last 2 years. Conversely, I've probably bought 10-15 and tried demos for another 20 in that time that I later gave up on.
What about you?
Edit: since this post has blown up, I just wanted to say FUCK NINTENDO. They're just as awful as Ubisoft or EA, but people don't know it because they still make good games. Nintendo is not anti-consumer but anti-fan, which is baffling. Play their games, don't pay for them.
Top Comment: Playing Fallout New Vegas right now. Oblivion before that. I am also stuck in the past
How do you find games?
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I'm aware that many patient gamers have big collections of games they have not got around to playing. Clearly it's not a big issue for some to actually find games. I'm still curious as to the different ways people hear about games, particularly older ones. One of the reasons I end up playing games years after their release is simply because I've only just heard about them years after release.
Playing video games is a big part of my life, it's a hobby I really enjoy and I spend a lot of time doing it. However, when I'm not playing games I'm not spending any time researching new releases or following any kind of development news about games. I'm pretty clueless in fact about new releases of games and their existence. When those new games I'd never heard about get older they are even harder to find. So perhaps I'm more a clueless gamer than patient. The only social media I consume is a few Reddits like this one and a few YouTube channels I like.
When I was a young gamer in the 80's and 90's I used to read magazines about games. I have no idea how people find out about games these days. I have heard of Steam and I did have an account about 15 years ago but never got around to using it. I don't have a PC capable of gaming these days so I play exclusively on consoles.
I was only playing PS3 until about 9 months ago when I bought a PS5. With the PS3 I just used to Google lists of PS3 games and then read a few online reviews before buying them from Amazon. That method made it hard to find obscure gems though. Now on the PS5 I download all my games digitally and I've been browsing the PS store to find them. It's pretty tedious though.
For example I have recently played Cyberpunk 2077 a few months ago and participated in their sub after buying the game. I was shocked to find out people had been following the development of the game for nearly 10 years before it's release. I'd never heard of it until I saw it on sale on the PlayStation store.
How do you all discover games to play and do you have any tips for me?
Top Comment: I usually check out the genres I like on steam and then watch the "no commentary" gameplay videos on you tube.