Contemplative video games Part II

Blogger previously unpublished this post, perhaps due to it's adult nature. My blog is not Adult content (relevant only to consenting adults) and should be ok for all ages. Aside from embarrassing moments when I am just venting about gun laws or gender bias, perfectly fine for my kids to read. so the mystery may continue a while. I started a games review hub on steam not long after this post, and the hub is intended to help me deal with my anger, so if anger is an adult topic, then we have problems.

Back, with the round-up and value part of the summary. In Part 1 I rounded up 12 titles that approximately fit the bill of games that might calm the beast within. They were Dear Esther, Bastion, To the Moon, Trauma, Mind : Path to Thalamus, A new Beginning : Final cut, The Novelist, Year Walk, Proteus, Eidolon, Gone Home, The Graveyard.

Steam games group

Playability

 Do the game mechanics make sense, is the keyboard + mouse usable? Are you asked to achieve incredible acrobatics with the mouse to click on a tiny item? Is the game repetitive and non nonsensical at times frustrating in terms of UI? A score of 5 means good and obviously 0 = unusable.

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Dear Esther	5
Bastion	5
To the Moon	5
Trauma	4
Mind : Path to Thalamus	5
A new Beginning : Final cut	4
The Novelist	5
Year Walk	5
Proteus	5
Eidolon	5
Gone Home	5
The Graveyard	2

Value

Price versus all the rest of the scored factors. Anything over £5 is penalised due to playtime expectations, and anything that has a free complete demo like the browser-based option to play Trauma will get a 5 for excellent value.

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Dear Esther	£6.99	4
Bastion	£2.74 (demo)	5
To the Moon	£1.39	5
Trauma	£4.39 (demo)	5
Mind : Path to Thalamus	£2.99	3
A new Beginning : Final cut	£0.79	5
The Novelist	£5.49	4
Year Walk	£4.79	2
Proteus	£2.79	3
Eidolon	£5.50	4
Gone Home	£4.49	5
The Graveyard	£3.99 (demo)	2

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