CoG and HG: suggestions on what to play - Consolidated Thread

Depends entirely on their interests and story preferences. What genres do they like? Do they love or hate romance/fantasy/superheroes/vampires? Would they prefer a teenage MC over an adult MC or vice versa? What books/shows are they into? CoG offers a wide variety of games but what some players appreciate, others might detest with a passion.

Some pointers:

Superhero fan? Psy High (if a high school setting is preferred) or Heroes Rise (for that comic book feel). (Fallen Hero is my personal favorite BUT: The series isn’t finished and those two other titles might be a better fit for a CoG newbie, especially if they are looking for stories with more heroic, less ambivalent MCs.) Vampire romance fan? Wayhaven. The Expanse fan? Asteroid Run. Sherlock Holmes fan? A Study in Steampunk. Wrestling fan? Slammed. History nerd? Choice of Alexandria.

General recommendation if romance is desired without fantasy elements: CrĆØme de la CrĆØme.

Depending on whether you/they want to research more titles on your/their own, maybe consider having a look at @BourbonDingo’s insightful game reviews over here.

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Hmm, to be more specific I’m looking for something engaging enough for an adoult, but with an easy enough English to be enjoyable for someone who doesn’t use English that often even though she studied it enough, so what I mean it shouldn’t be so complicated that it’d scare her away (She can get to the more advenced stuff once her English is less rusty).
I don’t think she’d enjoy to play as a teenaged MC. I think she’d prefer to play as an adult… Since she is new to roleplaying I think it’d be too jarring for her to play an MC with too much age difference from her actual age (early 30ies).
Leslie L. Lawrence is her favourite author, so I guess that means she is into crime fiction, maybe some adventure, but I think she’d also appreciate some romance… Hmm, maybe Wayhaven Chronicles would work, I don’t think the supernatural creatures would bother her that much… Oh, she likes the Harry Potter series too so I’m sure some fantasy elements wouldn’t bother her.

At first I suggested her to give try to Choice of Robots, because that was one of my early favorites (and I thought earlyer CoG titles would be a simpler read for someone with a rusty English), but maybe I did a mistake there given I’ve never heard her enthusiastically talk about any sci-fi books or movies.

Given this extra knowledge do guys have more suggestions?

Also do you guys think she could handle Wayhaven Chronicles with her level of Englis?
Once again if it comes to studiyng she did pass the official English examination (I don’t know which level she did), but while I did never pass it, hell I didn’t even had the opprtunity to even try that, I just had that few years of English classes in school, but I developed with interest in engaging with this languaged communities, reading books and watching movies in this language. (I guess that makes me more experienced about English even though she has better papers, but if we both tried to go for a job which requires English understanding, it’d be probably she who gets the job, because she has papers. But the fact remains still, she is rusty).
But this isn’t about me, this is about Alice, my friend. So my question stays the same, do you think she could handle Wayhaven Chronicles? Or what else do you think do you think she could handle with her rusty English which would also fall in right with her interests (which I also tried to give more info about)?

I personally think that Wayhaven is fairly straightforward in terms of the English used in the game–it’s not super idiomatic, and there’s little jargon. However, this is from the standpoint of a native English speaker, and I can understand your concern (even though I did pass national Spanish exams, I’d have a hard time reading a book in Spanish written for native Spanish speakers without a translation dictionary). Maybe recommend her Wayhaven, but with an asterisk that she might need a translator or a translation dictionary?

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So that’s your word for it. Thank you for clearing that up.

That makes sense. I had to also use dictionaries and translators, sometimes still do, even though it’s so many years for me since I started to learn this language through practice and mistakes (from which I learned) and not the official way which would also get me a paper.

As I said Alice has the paper, but not the experiences, which I got.

Maybe I could offer her my services to translate some terms she doesn’t understand or if she struggles. Even if I don’t have the official papers I’m confident the I could do that to her. I’ve read these books and I understood them.

Anyone know if there’s COG games that have a similar vibe to something like Vermis, Fear & Hunger, or Darkest Dungeon? Or even unspecifically dark fantasy?

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First of all, welcome @FrogTheToad.

Fantasy is one of (if not the most) popular genre in this forum. Some games are dark, although I wouldn’t call them dark fantasy. But I haven’t played all games and all wips.

If you’re looking for a Dungeon Crawler, then there’s Raiders of the Icepeak Mountains.

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Apperciate it. Will definitely check it out.

For simulator lovers like me, you should check out these :point_down:

Life of a Mercenary
War Of Magincia
The Great Tournament 1&2
Swamp Castle
Kepler Colony
War for the West
Choice of Rebels
Paradox Factor
Most of these simulators pushed me into thinking man I need to do this too so I demoed my own topic or title Life As A Ruler:Nexus Island.

A Wise use of time; Golden Rose; Zombie Exodus:Safe Haven🤩; Hero or Villain 1&2; Highway Wars.These might not be simulators but I enjoyed them

Happy Reading.

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Any suggestions on where I can find (either as a package deal or separately) middle-aged ROs? In-depth, complex, realistic, genuine and organic relationships (platonic and otherwise)? Complex, realistic ROs that have ā€œflawsā€ and won’t just automatically kiss your ass if you’re just a little nice to them? Good sapphic/lesbian romances?

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There’s a HUUUGE update for Trial of the Demon Hunter that will hopefully come out in around a week, so you might consider checking out the demo for it whenever the update is available.

Man it’s been a while since I was on here :dotted_line_face:
All the notifs I’ve been getting are ā€œnew topicā€ this ā€œnew topicā€ that, and most of the old WIPs I followed are either dead dead or MIA.

I’ll be asking the community for help here! What are some good games to play recently? I’m a big fan of romance in IFs (play as straight female, if that matters), but honestly anything goes since I feel like I gotta rebuild my collection!

I always play Aro in these games, so I don’t think I can recommend anything based on romance.

Have you played Keeper of the Sun and Moon? It’s a magical school game where everyone is a nonhuman of sorts and you’ve only just found out you’re not as human as you thought you were (probably, there actually is an option to be human). It’s a very fun and interesting game, lots of characters to get to know. TW Mind control though, it’s a big theme for at least one of the species you can select.

Fallen Hero Retribution came out rece-wait, oh god it was in 2023! Er, still, highly recommend it and its predecessor. You play as a villain, though it’s your choice how far you fall.

Choice of the Cat is from 2017, but I only read it this year and it’s probably my favorite Choice of Game choice of game! Or at least, it’s second to Choice of Robots. You play as a housecat that’s recently been adopted into a family, and it’s really endearing. I loved playing a very scared cat who grew to care about their family and about their fellow animals.

A Mage Reborn Stars Arisen (mixed those up!) is probably my favorite historical/fantasy Hosted Game. It came out in 2022. You play as the progeny of a godlike entity who’s wasting away, and you’ve been tasked with restoring your mother to power.


On my end, in 2019 I asked a question. I would like to ask that question once more!

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