Computer Games I Like

I was originally going to make this a post, but then I realized I'd probably want to update it regularly. If I do a longer review of a game, I'll post it as an article and link to it from here.

Visual novels/linear

VA-11 Hall-A

CYBERPUNK BARTENDER ACTION

Itch

This one gets listed first, because it's my favorite computer game of all time. Well, it's more of a visual novel than a game. You have to make drinks, and your choices do have an impact, mostly by unlocking various side-stories. I love the music (I bought the soundtrack) and the atmosphere. I keep trying to find other games with a simlar atmosphere, but while I've found a couple, none evokes quite the same feelings in me as this one.

How We Know We're Alive

HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE

Itch

Probably the only computer game ever to have made me cry. I was sobbing by the end.

Point and click adventures

This is a category of game I like so much it gets its own section.

Neofeud

Itch

The first game I ever bought on itch.io (VA-11 Hall-A was the second). A point-and-click adventure game in the style of the old LucasArts games. Voiceovers, hand-painted visuals, an amazing cyberpunk dystopia.

2064: Read Only Memories

2064 READ ONLY MEMORIES

Itch

Another point and click adventure, but with a more polished style that is closer to VA-11 Hall-A than to Neofeud. Solve a far-reaching mystery with your robot friend. There are references to this game in VA-11 Hall-A, and references to VA-11 Hall-A in this game.

The Red Strings Club

Red Strings Club

Itch

Another game that involves making drinks (I know right?). But unlike VA-11 Hall-A your choices have a huge impact in this one, so you'll want to play it through multiple times. This is somewhere between a VN and a point-and-click.

The Sundew

Itch

You've probably figured out by now that I like cyberpunk point-and-click adventures.

Other

Games that defy categorization, or where a category would only have one game in it.

Routine Feat

A computer with an integrated green CRT and floppy drive that looks like it's from the 1980s. It jumps around on a desk and illegible text appears on the screen as if someone is typing on it furiously.

Itch

Play this game for the atmosphere, because there's not a whole lot of game play to it. There isn't any winning. Just a routine, and various things to discover.

No Players Online

A short loop that looks like it was recorded on VHS tape, showing what looks like a first person shooter from the early '90s. A pistol bobs up and down as if held by the player. The player is in an enclosed space that is open to the sky, standing near a tree and facing another tree farther away. There are concrete walls on both sides.

Itch

Relatively short. Very creepy. Play it through multiple times, or you might miss the point.