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[Darkmakaimura]

What are some walking simulators GAF here would recommend?

Just to get it out of the way, there are a few that interest me.

Kholat - I'm a fan of paranormal and UFO stuff and a regular listener to Coast to Coast AM. The game is based on the Dyatlov Pass Incident so it's one on mt wishlist.

Amnesia - I love almost any game where you explore a haunted castle or mansion. Looks like it has Clive Barker tones.

Call of Cthulhu: Official Game - This was is based off the Chaosium tabletop game and I love the mythos. I heard it's shorter than Ben Shapiro in a basketball game, though.

I know there's a couple others I had my eye on but I'm willing to hear some recommends from my brothers and sisters here.

 

[Kadayi]

What Remains of Edith Finch (10/10 would Gregory's Song Again). Just a beautiful experience

 

[Naibel]

The Stanley Parable, just f'kin loved it !

 

[Husky]

I'm a real big fan of Dear Esther, definitely did not expect to like that game as much as I did. Lovely experience.
Also, hi, I'm the one NeoGAF member that enjoyed Gone Home. But the developer's other game, Tacoma, sucks ass

 

[Alexios]

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is superb.


Get Amnesia: The Dark Descent first though, also it's a bit more gameplay oriented than most, it's more of an adventure game than a walking simulator, with the stealth scare bits on top... Gone Home is neat...

 

[DerFuggler]

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is pretty good

 

[ipukespiders]

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is pretty good

Thirding this one.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

SOMA! Great damn game. Beautiful and scary with a great story. Made by the team who did Amnesia. Don't look up anything about the story. It's best to go in blind.

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

Death Stranding

 

[Psykodad]

MS will have their first one with Hellblade 2.

 

[Spukc]

Death Stranding

i hope you are serious.. but it actually is one of the best walking sims.

 

[HermitSperg691]

ArmA 3?

 

[CaptainConlock]

Firewatch had a remarkable story and great atmosphere. Not talked about nearly enough.

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Skyrim

It's easy to just wonder about for hours on end and not really do much

 

[Havoc2049]

I’m playing through Hellblade on XB1X right now. It looks amazing and overall it’s a fairly good game.

 

[Ar¢tos]

I liked Ether One and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (this second one is more of a dragging a heavy object simulator).

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Death Stranding

Yeah that is another one on my list.

I know it gets hate but I've watched some playthrough and I think it looks good. The story interests me a lot too.

 

[haxan7]

I usually hate walking simulators.

But I played the shit out of The Talos Principle, although that leans towards being a heavy puzzle game with narrative/walking simulator elements built in.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I've played a lot of them and I think Firewatch is my favorite.

Also, Death Stranding is a mechanics and systems-rich game-ass-game. It's not a walking simulator.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Dear Esther is a fantastic walking simulator with pretty striking visuals and a haunting story with INCREDIBLE music. Dear Esther is an ACTUAL walking simulator though, you won't do much other than walk around and take in the atmosphere, unlike some of the other suggestions here(which are all still great suggestions)

 

[Karma Jawa]

Firewatch

Virginia

What Became of Edith Finch

Layers of Fear

Gone Home

Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture

 

[GHG]

Eastshade:

 

[MoreJRPG]

Uncharted 4, Death Stranding, Vanishing of Ethan Carter as said a few times.

 

[Birdo]

No Man's Sky.

You can walk around an entire planet. And there are lots of them.

 

[recursive]

Breath of the Wild.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

No Man's Sky.

You can walk around an entire planet. And there are lots of them.

I heard that vastly improved.

 

[Sota4077]

ArmA 3?

Arma 3 or DayZ. But neither game are necessarily "good" in my subjective opinion.

 

[rofif]

Gone Home
Firewatch
Edith Finch
Soma with safe mode

 

[Plague Doctor]

PT is the best.

 

[Hobbygaming]

I’m playing through Hellblade on XB1X right now. It looks amazing and overall it’s a fairly good game.

I'm replaying it right now too. I wasn't too fond of my 1st playthrough but this one is better so far

 

[Darkmakaimura]

PT is the best.

You know that Prey thread I made today....

That's unfortunately another victim and example.

 

[eot]

Bernband

It's free, just try it

 

[Darlingcognito]

It's been said a few times but another vote for What remains of Edith finch here.
Started and finished it in one sitting it's a really well told story and looks beautiful.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Forgot to mention Visage. It's a pt like game currently in early access on steam. Very scary and atmospheric. Markiplier has a playthrough on it.

 

[HaveButOneLife]

The Last of Us

 

[Gargus]

Fire watch

 

[Vawn]

According to MicroGAF, God of War, Last of Us, Spider-man, Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone.

Oh, you said good walking simulators? Nevermind.

Seriously though, I liked Everybody's Gone to the Rapture except for its painfully slow walking speed. Firewatch too. I hated Gone Home.

 

[zeorhymer]

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Some shit posting in here. The last of us? Uncharted? Come on.

 

[GreenAlien]

The best ones are What Remains of Edith Finch and Firewatch.

Vanishing of Ethan Carter is alright, but inferior to the first two.
So is Call of Cthulhu, though I'm not sure it qualifies as a walking simulator.. there are "action" parts.. might as well call Alan Wake one.

ABZÛ is really beautiful to look at, but not much else.

Draugen is nice, could have been great, but it's a bit too short and the way the story ends might be disappointing to some.

Kholat - I'm a fan of paranormal and UFO stuff and a regular listener to Coast to Coast AM. The game is based on the Dyatlov Pass Incident so it's one on mt wishlist.

This one is horrible. You have to navigate using the ingame map (which works kinda like a real map, as in you don't know where you are on it) and a russian compass. Basically, there is a list of places you have to find and visit.. But even after looking up how to use the compass, i was lost all the time and snowy mountains become boring pretty quick. Also, you can't climb even small rocks..

 

[CatLady]

I'm not really a fan of walking sims, I quit Firewatch after about 1 or 2 hrs because it was too boring, quit Tacoma after about a half hour, hated the characters, story and it was too boring .

I thought Layers of Fear & Edith Finch were OKish, and I actually liked Oxenfree and The Observer.

 

[Bonfires Down]

SOMA! Great damn game. Beautiful and scary with a great story. Made by the team who did Amnesia. Don't look up anything about the story. It's best to go in blind.

This man has an Eternal Darkness avatar so he knows what he's talking about.

 

[nikolino840]

Sorry

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Stanley Parable, Dear Esther, and - though I think it would work better as a non-game media - Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.

 

[SlashBringingHasher]

the last of us.

 

[Chairman Tickles]

Death Stranding. But it's ruined by the laughably bad story and cut scenes. The walking is great though.

 

[Jill Valentine]

I sunk nearly 40 hours into White Day. It's on sale on Steam for a McDonalds meal. Simple game about delivering some chocolate in a Korean high school. Really good game.

 

[Jtibh]

Death stranding times 10000.

But otherwise the solus project

 

[silentz]

- SOMA
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- Firewatch
- >observer_

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Death stranding times 10000.

But otherwise the solus project

I remember downloading the Solus Project as a access preview or something. Never bothered trying it. DIdnt know it was a walking sim since I remember preview vids being some kind of edgy survival horror in space game. Thanks. Won't bother.