Games

Surprised I haven’t seen Undertale yet. The online fanbase is hilariously toxic, (seriously, don’t go looking for any extra details about the game after you finish it) but it’s a solid game that should be experienced 100% blind. All I’ll say is that it’s a game that is written to subvert expectations; If you go into it expecting to play it like a traditional RPG, you’ll be in for a big surprise.

+1 for Outer Wilds

Subnautica I guess

ANIMAL WELL

Subnautica. You can only play it for the first time once.

Return to the Obra Dinn, you are a insurance auditor

• Return of the Obra Dinn
• Home

Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

An astonishingly good story line that can only be really appreciated blind.

For those of you who remember TotalBiscuit, he rated this as one of his favourite games.

The real answer will always be Outer Wilds.

But also...

Fez. It definitely inspired Animal Well and Tunic.

Subnautica. Just bopping along, in my cute little submarine.

Doki Doki should be 90% blind. Players need to understand they're going into a horror game.

But I'll also add one, Detroit: Become Human. While it's based on replaying it a massive number of times, going in blind makes the story a lot better.

Pony island, 0,75 cent on sale right now on steam.

Subnautica.

Survival. But you're in the middle of an ocean. Good luck!

Minesweeper

Hollow knight. The exploration of that game is absolutely the pinnacle of world layouts

Tunic. Knowing how to do the puzzles defeats the fun of the game.

You should go into Nier: Automata thinking it's a game about a hot chick fighting a bunch of robots. The only spoiler you should know is that the end isn't the end, and you need to play it again.

You should go into Spec Ops: the Line thinking it's a game about a cool special forces team fighting a bunch of terrorists or something. The only spoiler you should know is that it's supposed to feel like a generic third person shooter.

Inscryption absolutely blew my mind. I'd toss Undertale on there too.

Undertale, but at this point you'd have to have lived in a cave for the last decade to not know most of the spoilers by now.

Outer Wilds.

• Disco Elysium
• Return of the Obra Dinn
• House Of The Dying Sun
• FEAR
• Limbo
• Oxenfree

BioShock. It really depends on playing it blind in order to have an impact.

Nobody said Firewatch yet?

I'll also add To The Moon as well. I could list more, but almost any game where narrative is the main focus and gameplay is secondary.

What Remains of Edith Finch, I think it has a fantastic narrative. Not so much twists, just best experienced yourself.

I'm surprised no one mentioned Spec Ops: The Line yet

Control

Way to make me feel old, I don't know any of those games.

Where's my late 90s early 2000s gamers at?

I'm going to nominate:

• Fallout (1997) for plot twists and introducing (to me at least) open world role playing.
• Fallout 2 (1998) for further plot twists
• Max Payne (2001) for stealing bullet time from the matrix and putting it in a game
• Mafia (2002) for being a kick ass game that would blow your mind, by making 6 hours of your night disappear, and not lifting the lid on that plot twist before you heard the birds start singing, and realize that you should probably hit the shower and get to school.

I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mention one of my favorites:

Spec Ops: The Line.

The risk with going in blind is that it seems like a generic cover-shooter that doesn't do everything quite as well as its competitors but it actually works to its advantage once you get into it.

If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it, you can usually find it for really cheap.

Someone already mentioned Disco Elysium, system shock 2 and BioShock are also very good

The Beginner's Guide

I had this kind of moment with Prey.

Morrowind.

... and it was just the beginning.

It's a real shame later Elder Scrolls games mostly lost that otherworldly feel.

Journey. You can get it on PlayStation, iOS, steam (on sale for $5 atm) and epic. It is 2-3 hours short and not very challenging, but it does look absolutely stunning and has a very beautiful gameplay mechanic that you better find out for yourself. IMO it is one of the best games of all time and one that really demonstrates what the medium is capable of.

Dishonored

TBH though, most if not all games are better blind.

God of War 2018. I played all the original games but I was still just a casual fan. I heard about the new game coming out but didn't really pay much attention to it. I eventually play it and holy crap I didn't know it was going to be what it was. Before playing it, I had RDR2 as my game of the year but GOW really stole it in the end.