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unloved, unpopular
forever a wimp
without shingles

I just wanted to say thank you. I have been following this curator site for a long time and some diamonds I would have missed without it.

You absolutely NEED to add Occupy White Walls to the artistic games list.

New games spotted in the Games Radar section

Thank you dear followers for sustaining the VGArt project with your interest. I earn no money, advertisement on my website is part of the free plan, Wordpress takes money and let me use the website for free. VGArt is a cultural project sustained by passion, mine and yours, and by academic research. I would like to play more and more narrative and expressive games in the future, so good to make the best movies, books and comics turn pale! :-) It's up to me and you sustaining this gaming trend!
Thank you and stay tuned!

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The new Ace Combat entry is leaving me with a bit of an itch that needs scratching.

It might just be my nostalgia talking, but does anybody else feel that earlier entries in the Ace Combat series could use a remaster for PC? From Ace Combat 4 and onward, the textures do not appear to have aged that badly, and I'm fairly certain that veterans and newcomers alike would enjoy the simpler, but well-written campaigns.

I started a forum post on Ace Combat 7's discussion tab titled, "Any chance for Ace Combat remasters" if anybody would like to chip in their .

Merry Christmas everybody!

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I cannot decide on the soundtrack, it's really hard. >_<

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I'm enjoying it a lot, but I haven't completed it yet.

I've heard about that one. Very mixed public opinion on it. Some seem to really enjoy it while others seem to hate it. I'm assuming you enjoyed it a lot?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/250380/

I wanted to suggest another game called Knock-Knock. Its art is beautiful, it is very atmospheric and its gameplay rules are unique.

Nope, but I'm about to check it out.

Oh, but I just took a look and saw that you have some nice and interesting games in your collection. Have you also tried Masochisia?

I'm also really hard to please when it comes to horror, too. It's got to be very particular and honestly, a lot of the time I like a horror story for what it doesn't do almost as much as for what it does do. So it's a distinct possiblity that I'm just super picky when it comes to these things.

Yes, of course. The game is great. I didn't want to dismiss your impression of the game. Tastes always differ and recommendations are subjective. But the weird thing is, I bought the game mostly because of the story. ;)

Absolutely, and I think that's the game's biggest strength, is that it deals with abstract but very real issues so many people face in interesting ways. It's just that, from a story perspective, I didn't get much out of it. I almost would have preferred if the dev had just thrown the story away because each one ultimately feels inconsequential. To me at least. IDK. different strokes, but at least we can both agree the game is good.

I like the fact that there are different interpretations for the "clues" you put together throughout the game, so the different endings make sense to me. I don't really feel the need for a canon since the game is very much surreal and talks of the personal experience of the developer. On an emotional level I am touched by this game and can very well relate to the topics explored in it.

I didn't like that the endings varied so much that literally the story is entirely different depending on the ending. The reason multiple endings work in, say, Silent Hill 2 is that the overall plot is intact regardless of how it ends. It always has That Really Big Twist and the story is far more satisfying because of it. Neverending Nightmares, there is no "canon" because who all the characters are in relation to the protagonist varies wildly depending on the ending. And to be honest, there's rarely much story development regardless of which path you choose.

I'm not attacking this game, because I firmly believe it's absolutely worth playing for the visuals and freaky but subdued atmosphere. But I personally did not think the story itself was anything special.

I wouldn't call the story of Neverending Nightmares "♥♥♥♥", not at all. But that's just my opinion.

Also, I can't remember if I suggested it already or not, but there's a game called LISA: The Painful RPG that is a must play for fans of great storytelling. Truly one of the greatest games I've ever played, and it's my favorite indie game ever. Link:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/335670/LISA/

I second Neverending Nightmares. Story is ♥♥♥♥ but the atmosphere, tone, art style etc. is all great. Buy iton sale though, you can easily get all achievements in like three hours.

I forgot to post the link. ^^
http://store.steampowered.com/app/253330/

Thanks for the suggestion!

I wanted to recommend the game Neverending Nightmares for you to try out. It deals with very serious topics, the level design and the gameplay perfectly capture it. The art style is very interesting.

I figured you guys might be interested in the game OVIVO if you haven't seen it yet. It has some really interesting level design that allows the whole level to be a piece of art. I did a review on it recently.

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Written [vinrafel.blogspot.com]

Yes, it's in my whish list, thanks for the suggestion

Do you know the game "Fran Bow"? You should check it out if not. :)

Thank you, you made my day! :-) Sorry for my not so good english! ;-)

I really like your articles from the "Art & Videogames" section. They are inspiring!

My pleasure. I don't remember, sorry; probably for one of your reviews.

This may be a bit late, but I also wanted to thank you for the invite and ask why I was invited. ^^

Oh, i know it, thanks

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it here already, but I thought this looked really interesting http://store.steampowered.com/app/492630/Bear_With_Me/

I just released a piece I've been working on for a while. It examines a new form of story arc that gaming is capable of using: the cyclical story arc.
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Blog post [vinrafel.blogspot.com]
Hope you guys enjoy it.

Welcome my Queen! :-)

Ahahahah! Great!! I cannot wait to play it!

OMG just played the first few hours of RIME. I have renamed it to screenshot simulator 2017!!!

Thanks for the invitation. Peace : )

Thanks, i reported it in the Upcoming Games section a few months ago. I have no recent news, sorry.