Marie BrennanApr 28, 2024
Would love recs for video games. My criteria are: 1) I like a good narrative, 2) I suck at speed reactions/hand-eye coordination challenges, 3) I like puzzle-solving, and 4) I'd prefer something that's not a giant undertaking lasting dozens of hours. Chants of Sennaar is a good example size-wise, though more robust narrative would be ideal.
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I love The Talos Principle (2014) and its DLC Road to Gehenna. Pure puzzler, with very good puzzles (especially Road to Gehenna is nothing but bangers of just the perfect difficulty). Has a decent narrative and really great optional philosophical discussions on the terminals in the game. Only probably about 15–20 hours to 100% the game if you're a reasonably good problem-solver like me.

Also really liking the sequel, but it's shaping up to be a lot longer and I don't think I adore it as much as the original game.

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Of course there's the obvious Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), the former is very short and the latter is probably about 10 hours
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Show threadMarie BrennanApr 28, 2024
@nytpu Loved those! (Except for the timed bit at the end, which I kept failing.)
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@swan_tower Baba is You (2019) is very long and the later puzzles are extremely difficult, but it's oriented towards short play sessions. I usually come back every month or so and solve a few puzzles, then put it back down again