What kinds of games might you recommend with deep worldbuilding and interaction that aren’t RPGs?

I like worldbuilding and stories, and I like when they’re mixed with the interactivity of games, so RPGs seem like they should be a natural fit. Problem is, I dislike the stat-heavy, grindy progression of many RPGs.

I enjoy point & click adventures and visual novels but they’re often more limited in their interactions. What kinds of game might I be missing combining the two?

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  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    If you go back far enough you don’t need to do settings or options, they used to be called ‘cheats’ and they were hidden behind a series of button inputs (or sometimes a cheat menu)

    If I’m properly interpreting your statement you aren’t very inclined to use a steam account?

    Would you say you’re into first person/third person puzzle games? Or do you like your games to have action in the gameplay?

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      Right, as I mention though, from what I recall they didn’t always have cheats, or necessarily the sort I might want like removing random battles for the games with them.

      I use Steam, but I also go for games outside of Steam, which is what my message was indicating. I’m into first/third-person puzzle games, for sure.

      Not much of a fan of Bethesda’s style of RPGs (given you asked in another comment). They’re too buggy/unstable in my experience, but also plainly RPGs.

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        7 months ago

        I believe most of the "remastered"final fantasy games can have random encounters turned off, as well as cheats to eliminate the grinding, I really like ff8 myself,

        Check out submautica, Syberia, disco Elysium, and return of the obra dinn they’re each dripping with well designed world’s.