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I hear this word a lot. So, what /vr/ games had the MOST soul?

>> No.8887758

>>8887730
No such game

>> No.8888302

>>8887730
You can also hear the word Holocaust a lot and that doesn't mean it's real op

>> No.8888357
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>> No.8888392
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>>8887730
Soul is just a measure of how little corporate influence there was during game development. The more influence there was, the more soulless games became.

>> No.8888468

>>8887730
The ones you hate the most.

>> No.8888491

>>8888357
what is this

>> No.8888502

>>8888491
Animal Crossing

>> No.8888564

>>8887730
Deus Ex
The Sims 1
Red Alert 2

Those are a few off top of my head

>> No.8888571

>>8887730
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal is top 10 soulkino

>> No.8888652

Gen 1/2 Pokemon and Link's Awakening.

>> No.8888662

>>8888491
a shit game

>> No.8888924

>>8888502
>>8888662
Is it Chrono Cross?

>> No.8888981

>>8888924
Yes.

>> No.8888983
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>>8888392
This is honestly one of the best definitions of soul I've seen. You pretty much hit the nail on the head that it's about art and not business.

>> No.8888991

>>8888392
>>8888983
Nah, it is lacking talent on the equation, or else all indieshit would be good

Soul is good art direction entangled with good gameplay

>> No.8889005

>>8888991
Indieshit mostly chases the aesthetics of big AAA releases (in whatever era it may have been considered such) because they want to mimic what they like rather than having their own vision. Either that or they're just regurgitating their cal-arts indoctrination and making bland shit that nobody likes.

Indieshit can have soul if the people making it choose to actually make something that they want to make rather than mimicking what's already been done. It's still art vs business.

>> No.8889006

>>8888392
Perfectly put. Big money took over games in the mid 2000s and it's never been the same since.

>> No.8889008

Anything that says SEGA on it.

>> No.8889009

>>8888991
>implying most indieshit is about true art and not just making a buck or virtue signalling some midwit political statement

>> No.8889016
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>>8888991
Obviously the games need to be good, but you can feel it even in "good" games when investment interests start shaping the product.

>> No.8889018

soul is just another word for nostalgia

>> No.8889023

>>8889016
>pure soul
>peak soul
>lost soul
>semi soul
>barely soul
>not soul
>definitely not soul
>almost soul
>soulless

>> No.8889190

Shenmue
Nights into dreams
Saga Frontier

>> No.8889396

As time goes on, I think that some amount of higher up influence tends to be good. You want some level of advice and feedback given from folks with more experience, but also people allowed to try things out and be weird and specific.

Though, I hate the word soul. It's too vague.

>> No.8889441

>>8888491
Chrono cross

>> No.8889546
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>>8887730
Put simply, it's genuine passion for what it is you're working on.

>>8889396
Well if you're being fair we do need some outside influence in order to keep your project focused and on track and more importantly see that it actually comes out.

>> No.8889683
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For me it's the 2001 tour de force Conkers Bad Fur Day made by video game company Rare. A Rare treat indeed this fantastical tale takes you on a sobering journey with a red squirrel learning to deal with his alcoholism. This deep dive into addiction shows us how we can end up with everything and be king of our world while having lost everything that is important that makes our world worth living in.
Plus there's a HUGE singing shit

>> No.8889686

>>8889683
Conker is amazing. it may be the GOTY. I loathe platformers 2d and 3d normally. Conker is the Disco Elysium of the 90s

>> No.8889718

>>8887730
The ones I played as a kid

>> No.8890092
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S O V L

>> No.8890095

TOO MUCH

S
O
V
L

>> No.8890105

buzzword for nostalgia used by newfags trying to fit in

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>>8890095

>> No.8890119
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>>8890105
>newfags

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>>8890105

>> No.8890127
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>>8890119
the internet was barely a thing in the 70s, fake screenshot

>> No.8890135

>>8889006
>Big money took over games in the mid 2000s
>he thinks it was that late

>> No.8890136
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SOUL

>> No.8890150

>>8889546
Yeah, the age I'm most fond of was this mid-90s to mid-2000s. I guess the age of AA gaming. And it seemed to come from small core teams of newcomers being guided by old hands and other professionals.

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>>8890127
>fake
Whatever you say bro

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>>8888302
kek

>> No.8890232

>>8889016
>XY
>almost soul
Explain yourself

>> No.8890239

>>8890232
Meant for this: >>8889023

>> No.8890246

>>8888302
I should not be laughing but I might be

>> No.8890254
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>>8887730
Any game where you can clearly tell that the people making it loved what they were making and loved the people that were going to play it.

>> No.8890264

>>8890127
Way to out yourself zoomer.

>> No.8890284

>>8890232
>>8890239
I'd agree with that guy, honestly. X and Y was a whole lot better than Sun and Moon, at least.

>> No.8890290

Spyro

>> No.8890292

>>8890205
hehe

>> No.8890304
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Doesn't get much more soulful than Lemmings.

RIP Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool

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>>8890135
mean girls ds proves that the loss of soul happened after 2009

>> No.8890653

https://youtu.be/RtF80UCgarY

>> No.8890678

>>8888357
No soul to be found with a fake filter on it you sick faggot.

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>>8890678
S O V L
O
V
L

>> No.8892417

>>8887730
3rd Strike is soulful.

>> No.8892449

>>8887730
I loved Harvest Moon, but I stopped playing after I wifed Ann and she said something like "Now that I'm married I have to stop working on my silly inventions" and it broke my heart
To answer the question though, late nights rescuing sims in Sim Copter with the jazz station going