Games that might actually make you uncomfortable to play again. Heavy stuff. sometimes I like to depress myself so looking for options.
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I will admit that playing Life of a Wizard and Lost Heir have made me more comfortable with being Evil and raising Undead to do my bidding. Thatās pretty dark.
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Definitely the āHighlands, Deep Watersā though its HG. Aside from the creepy atmosphere, its quite difficult to get a good ending. āParadox Factorā is also quite depressing and a short one, I tried to play it multiple times to get a good ending but I failed miserably.
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Oh yeah, I think youāre supposed to fail PF.
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I have yet to beat it Iām assuming becoming a cultist and playing along is mandatory?
No one going to mention Samurai of Hyuga book three? I had some pretty WTF moments in it.
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Yeah, maybe it was inevitable, it was quite depressing that I had to watch Adventure Time to make me feel better.
Yup, that was the path I took and it turned out ānot badā at all though Iām not sure if there is some other way.
I agree. So far, SoH 3 was the darkest CYOA game I played.
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Yes, SOH does have those dark moments but Iād say I will play it again if I do have the time however with Highlands, Deep Waters, it actually scared the hell out of me and I donāt think I would play it again.
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It also has that great line I canāt quite remember exactly. āThat wasnāt the laugh of a Ronin gone insane but of a grieving teacher who cared very much about her studentsā
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Iāve never played Highlands, Deep Waters. That said, given what youāre saying, Iāll want to play it.
Choice of the Deathless is set in the world of the Deathless Cycle. Long before the story begins for either game, humans harnessed the cold light of stars in order to unmake the gods, and the worst happened: they succeeded. Now they have to try to take their place.
Itās a setting where signing a contract literally tears out portions of your soul, and if you are fortunate enough to be one of the necromancer-lawyer-wizards that pull the strings of most major civilizations, you can look forward to a long life of paperwork followed by your body rotting as you live your unnaturally extended life. An eternity of paperwork and bureaucracy.
Thereās also Samurai of Hyuga, which doesnāt shy away at all from horrible things happening to good people, often, and for no good reason.
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Iām going to second Highlands and Paradox for a dark atmosphere.
What I read of divided we fall was pretty depressing, especially since itās based on a war that really happened. (I only read the free part and it depressed me enough that I didnāt buy it, but Iām assuming it sticks to that tone.)
My comp entry Abysmās Veil is fairly dark as well I think. (Itāll be a full length HG at some point but itās not yet finished.)
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āThere is no such thing as Bushidoā
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True, but you get a ācoolā skeleton body to wander around in.
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Iām assuming most of your potential future to-be-published works would fall under this, too.
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@UmbraLamia lol yeah, yeah. I know. It seems Iām out to depress the world. (I said Iād try for rainbows and bunnies next timeā¦ maybe 
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How about dark comedy? Like Joss Whedon
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Iāve found out the hard way my sense of humour doesnāt tend to convey well over text. Trying for a dark comedy might well be taken seriously and make things worse 
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