/vr/ - Retro Games

Yes.

>>7189024

>>7189013
You'll find plenty of variety in games on DOS that are not neccesarily aimed at young kids. An example of a game with a great atmosphere is Realms of the Haunting, it has fps, point 'n click and puzzle elements wrapped in a story. Other than that you have your usual (more brainless) Quake, Carmageddon. Another game with surprisingly lots of gore: Moonstone. Moving over to Windows, the most atmospheric and bloody game for me will always be Blade of Darkness. If you really want mature philisophical games, theres 3 (non retro pc games) that i really liked too: Dear Esther, Talos Principle, Vanishing of Ethan Carter

>>7189013
>he can't emulate PS3, Wii U or even 3DS
Poverty is very sad.

>>7189212
Forgot some other ones:
Blade Runner (1997, PC)
The Stanley Parable (philosophical game that runs on the Half Life 2 engine so it's borderline retro
SOMA (not retro, but amazing)

>>7189013
>SNES
Nosferatu
Hagane
Flashback
Blackthorne
Shadow Run
Syndicate

Check those out, they might be what you're looking for, adult protagonists with gritty environments and worlds and few-to-no "anime" style tropes.

>>7189212
>>7189218
Aight, I got SOMA and Talos in library, havent even installed them, I'll try them the next. Already played Stanley Parable, I dont think it's the second coming of Christ but it was quite amusing how it handles narrative, liked it.
I'll take note about Realms, Moonstone and the Vanishing.

>>7189226
Almost beated Shadowrun last month, I'll try Syndicate, although I'd prefer the Dos version I think. Thanks anyway for the rest.

Ultima IV, preferably SMS version with FM.

>>7189238
Got it via GOG, I'll have to mod it, it seems

>>7189013
Go play some boomer shooters. Stuff like Doom, Quake, Blood, Hexan, etc. etc.

>>7189013
Clock Tower
I think it's on both SNES and PSX actually.

>>7189321
DOS version is shite
Emulate SMS version

Not kidding. Tree dialogs alone makes it better

>>7189364
Allright, I'll check it out

>>7189217
>3DS
Enjoy Citra's shader hitching which can vary from negligible to annoying (Robobot) to unplayable (Luigi's Mansion 2)

You can have an 5950x + 3080 + NVME storage and this will still happen.

>>7189238
gonna 3rd this one for sega master system. such a joy playing that version.

>>7189013
Does it have to be something emulated? I've really enjoyed American McGee's Alice and Severance: Blade of Darkness lately if not.

>>7189013
Try Dreamweb for Dos. Depressing, interesting adventure.

>>7189226
Nosferatu is so cool. Playing a game like that where you don’t even find a sword, the chad MC just decks everything to death, is the best.

>>7189013
I need to remake this image in software mode to appease my autism

>>7189336
Clock Tower innovated the stuck door simulator, Silent Hill followed its lead

>>7189013
You probably should just jerk it. That will make you feel better.

>>7189013
For retro games you're way more likely to find genuine "mature" games on DOS/PC since consoles were seen as children's toys prior to 5th gen. Try for PC
>System Shock
>Marathon trilogy
>Planesscape Torment
>Beneath a Steel Sky
>Ultima Underworld
>Ultima 4-7

>>7189218
>The Stanley Parable
Not retro in the slightest, engine age has nothing to do with it.
>>7189229
PLAY SYNDICATE ON DOS IGNORE THE CONSOLE KEK
>>7189321
>>7189438
Ignore the consolecuck, you can make the DOS game play better and enable shit like transferring saves to Ultima 5 and 6.
>>7189238
>>7189364
Fuck off, SMS is just a little oddity. You can't even enjoy the full trilogy playing Ultima on console.

>>7189957
not clear on if there's anything actually wrong with SMS Ultima4 or you're just mad af

>>7189013
Have you played I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream OP?

Sanitarium for Windows
It's on GOG
Also, consider playing games that you can sink hours in like space operas or strategy, and you can start from nothing and plan and succeed against the odds with no sugarcoating, that's the best for the situation you are in.

>>7189957
Good list just please don’t play Marathon. It’s everything bad about System Shock and Doom combined. The games are free and they’re still not worth it.

for SNES

play Clock Tower first fear.

>>7189957
>trilogy
>U4

>>7189013
try Fear Effect

>>7189013

It's a stretch to look for these things on SNES. Maybe the best you can do is to choose something with a serious tone that lets its world breathe a bit, like Super Metroid or Demon's Crest. That carries what I'd call an aesthetic maturity. These are still very simple superhero stories that are focused around combat, but they usually don't display any clear evidence that they were made primarily for children. The gloomy, alien atmosphere can be taken seriously by an open-minded adult.

But yeah you're probably better off sticking with DOS/Windows games or just playing newer games, like various people have said. I mean... Dark Souls?

Play Immortal Defense, it's actually philosophical and not in a way that will make you angry (I claim), and it's a 2D low-budget indie game that should run on whatever crappy hardware you're using

>>7189013
Honestly consider cinema and literature.

>>7189013
You should try action rpgs like Faxanadu, Battle Of Olympus, and stuff like Castlevania and Contra and so forth.
There's lots of stuff like that with only the barest hint of a story, which means you don't get the gay YA novel dialogue.
Honestly, that's a major reason why I've never been able to get into post-2005 games, too much Disney-esque dialogue.