Best darkest COG or HG games?

[Sashira]

@Jacic

Curious but in everyone’s opinion, just how dark is too dark for a choice game?

These discussions touched on that:

Poll: How much intolerance and/or tragedy should games have?

The real world is full of unpleasantness, so negative things like intolerance, cruelty and natural disasters should be included if they fit the plot. I don’t want to have to deal with social injustice like racism or sexual discrimination; I get enough of that in the real world. But conflict, tragedy and chaos can make the plot more exciting. I don’t want to have to deal with huge tragedies like natural disasters or extreme cruelty, but injustice and intolerance are a realistic addition to a soc…

Are there choices that a game shouldn't give a player? (Was: Are games inherently trivializing?)

Some of the points raised on the Andrew Jackson thread about the limits of Interactive Fiction (IF) are I think worth discussing without reference to the specifics of that project, because they touch on what a lot of us are trying to do to one degree or another. I’ve got to disagree with this, as the pretentious git who’s chosen IF as the medium for my epic novel on politics, religion, and social order (plus, you know, evil blood magic fantasy empires). I don’t think games, video or otherwise…

Things that make you feel uncomfortable in games

This could turn sensitive, but let’s try not to argue with each other. I’m interested in knowing what issues or portrayals, in a game, will make you - just you - so uncomfortable that you might not continue playing it. This isn’t a commentary on the actual worth of the games. Several people had instinctive bad reactions to the recent WIP that mimicked spam, but is actually a creative idea by a legitimate coder. Analogue: A Hate Story and Hate Plus are beloved games that deal with rape and misog…

I think it might be worth diving into this more specifically though, if you want to make a new topic.