(With a Linux version or at least works good with Proton) Edit: just bought disco Elysium, going to post updates in the comments when I try it tomorrow. It’s on sale until tomorrow in case anyone is going to purchase it.
The story in To The Moon absolutely floored me when I played it.
I can’t say as to whether it runs on Linux, but it’s pretty old at this point and was never graphically intense to begin with so should. It’s a pretty short game too, but really is worth the time you’ll spend with it.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a recent one.
Can second bd:3, I’m just in the second act and it’s been fantastic.
Fallout 3, but especially New Vegas have great stories and hundreds of hours of gameplay, and work fenomenally on proton (I mean, they are equally buggy as in other versions). Fallout 4 is good as well, but I have never tested it on linux
I can’t make the radio stations play in New Vegas, under Proton. And I’m a sucker for Fallout playlists, just can’t play without Radio New Vegas. It was a known bug but nobody has a fix.
If you consider emulating older games a viable option, I would suggest:
- Chrono Trigger (SNES)
- Silent Hill (PS1)
- Any Legend of Zelda game (Majora’s Mask is my favourite story-wise)
Exquisite taste.
Seconding the Zelda rec, Majora’s being my favourite as well, with Minish Cap being a close second. (narrative-wise, that is)
Firewatch, not really sure if it’s on Linux but i played at osx so at least multi playform.
The game is mostly about the story, really something else.
Confirmed running on Linux under proton. I started replaying it just the other week. Struggled to get back into it for a second time, but not because it’s a bad game, I’m just a very different person from the one that got a lot from that story. Would absolutely recommend the game.
Just saw you got it already - enjoy Disco Elysium!
Some of the best, most enjoyable, games writing I have ever seen. Every character is a treat.
I found Spec Ops: The Line to be a good story. Starts off as a typical gears of war third person military shooter. I immediately was skeptical since I don’t typically like cod like military arcade shooters. Let’s just say the story gets dark. Mainly the character development. I saw the reviews and don’t regret grabbing it, well worth the play in my opinion.
I’m sad nobody has mentioned Chrono Trigger…
Wildermyth is a weird game that comes up with really interesting procedurally generated stories as you play through the life of an adventurer.
I love Celeste’s simple, effective storytelling. Every aspect of the game ties into its own meaning–the environments, the music, the challenge. Extraordinarily well done.
Surprisingly detailed is the Horizon series. Replaying Zero Dawn and seeing just how much of the story is set up before and during the tutorial is genuinely crazy. Every event feels like an actual part of the narrative, rather than random filler.
Chrono Trigger. Timeless masterpiece. Arguably the greatest JRPG ever made, and yet another one that gets more fun the more you analyse it.
All of these were pretty good on Deck, and should work well on anything. Went for a mix of genres.
Celeste mentioned 🥳🏳️⚧️
I also recommended zero dawn, it is masterful storytelling honestly.
100% agree with Celeste!!! Go crack your egg and climb a mountain!! Lol
I’ll add Kingdom Come: Deliverance to the list. Great story, fun (if challenging to learn) gameplay and really amazing environments.
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Nier Automata
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- Bioshock (quality varies as the series continues)
- Soma
- The Sexy Brutale
- Fatal Frame 2 and 3
- Fran Bow
- Telltale’s Walking Dead (first one)
Ready for the hate but I love Devil May Cry 5’s story. Even if sometimes it was cliche
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Final Fantasy 14
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MMORPG FINAL FANTASY XIV WITH AN EXPANDED FREE TRIAL WHICH YOU CAN PLAY THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF A REALM REBORN AND THE AWARD-WINNING HEAVENSWARD EXPANSION UP TO LEVEL 60 FOR FREE WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON PLAYTIME
AND THE AWARD-WINNING HEAVENSWARD EXPANSION UP TO LEVEL 60
*and the award winning heavensward expansion and also award winning stormblood expansion up to level 70
I’m cancelled
Probably because DT has seriously damaged many people’s view on their storytelling ability
ARR->EW is a fucking great ride though
To quote myself from a different thread:
I liked how Dawntrail played out, but I feel there are a ton of stuff in there that met the cutting room floor. I think Krile was supposed to be present more, Solution Nine feels empty despite bring vast, and I thought we were finally getting a rideable train. But anyway, I understand the mixed reception, still, the game had to have its next Realm Reborn world-building steps after Endwalker concluded ARR, and they couldn’t do much without being the slog A Realm Reborn was.
couldn’t do much without being the slog A Realm Reborn was.
I agree with everything else you said, but not this. I’ve seen multiple people write out different mild rewrites of areas and bits of the story to make it more interesting, and it wouldn’t have been much more work to flesh out the MSQ into more than just “go here talk to person” to the extreme it was. It didn’t have to be a slog
Hell, had they just picked between the two completely different stories in this expansion (hi Stormblood critique from 2017) and kept with that for the whole epac they could have produced something far less of a slog at least, and actually really GREAT at best (just look at the content design after all)
Shit my queue just popped I’m off to fight THE BEST BEE GIRL EVERRRRR
I would recommend Omori, or In stars and Time. They are really good RPGmaker games, especially Omori which is like the best psychological horror story ive ever seen. Their gameplay are pretty basic turn based rpg fighting, but their ambiance, characters and world are just incredible
