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Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I absolutely adored Animal Well, so I went looking for something similar and I found Rain World.

But Christ on a trampoline, this game is hard as hell. And I have noooo idea what I'm doing yet.

Fun!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Rain World is brutally uncompromising, but there's a certain kind of satisfaction in that.

    If you're interested in recommendations based on Animal Well, some games with similar puzzle style would be Tunic, Toki Tori 2 and Outer Wilds (be careful with spoilers for those kinds of games)

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I appreciate it! Unfortunately I have played tunic and outer wilds as well lol. I own Toki Tori 2 but I remember it being more of a puzzle game? Guess I'll have to go check it out again.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    It is very much a puzzle game, but the way its puzzles are structured involves exploration.

    I'd generally say it's a rule discovery puzzle game, which is a searchable term, structured in a metroidvania style. I love rule discovery games, the core idea is that the game doesn't tell you the rules, and discovering the rules that govern gameplay is part of the puzzle.

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