/vr/ - Retro Games

Iblard: Rapture no Kaeru Machi is a dream-like, first-person adventure game where you explore a world of flowers, blue skies, ruined castles, and shimmering lakes. The game's setting is directly based on the paintings of fantasy neo-Impressionist Naohisa Inoue, whose art is set in the fantastical world of Iblard. There are some simple inventory puzzles that need to be solved, but they can be easily brute-forced, and the main point is to soak in the atmosphere of the setting. The game itself has little text or cinematics, so you're not even missing out on much if you don't speak Japanese. There is no real threat of death, either, so you can take things at your own pace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g5RLjdxd6I

If you're looking for another first-person exploration adventure on the PS1, you can try the slightly better-known Gaball Screen. This was the vanity project of another artist, the pop producer Tetsuya Komuro, where you explore a series of surreal, low-polygon stages while playing as his shoe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H_C9iES_hE

Finally, for a game with the same aesthetic and mood but not the same genre, Kaze no Notam: Notam of the Wind is an air balloon-riding sim where you can simply fly over the game's mysterious world, exploring every corner while fulfilling no specific objectives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9UNwm_eYwA