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General discussionWeekend Sale: walking simulator games up to 90% off(35 posts)(35 posts)
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Posted January 10, 2020
Fans of wandering through the virtual worlds are in for quite an exciting journey.

Latest Weekend Sale on GOG.COM gives you walking simulation games with up to 90% discounts. See what mysteries you can uncover while moving your protagonists’ feet.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (-85%) is an adventure horror game with many scares and dark atmosphere. Here danger can lurk behind every corner of the desolated castle.

Myst Masterpiece Edition (-50%) is a remastered version of a true classic among the adventure games. Visit the mysterious island and unravel its secrets.

Through the Woods (-80%) is not a walk-in-a-park game. This horror and adventure title will give you the chilling experience of being lost in the dark Norse forest.

Weekend Sale on GOG.COM featuring walking simulator games will last until 13th January 2020, 2 PM UTC.
Posted January 10, 2020
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Pretty damn disrespectful calling Myst and Amnesia walking simulators.
Post edited January 10, 2020 by ReynardFox
Posted January 10, 2020
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GOG.com: >Makes a walking simulator themed sale
>Dear Esther isn't among the discounted games
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Posted January 10, 2020
Miasmata would have fit in perfectly with this sale.

It's heavy on exploration and light on threat.

Overlooked opportunity for a decent title.
Posted January 10, 2020
I'm playing Conarium and sometimes the words walking sim come to my mind even if to be fair it's a first person puzzle adventure. Maybe because I don't think it's inherently a bad label and a game can have a bit of that without being a pejorative label.
And only after writing my post I notice that Conarium actually made the list.
Post edited January 11, 2020 by Dogmaus
Posted January 11, 2020
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IFW: GOG,
You just lost 90% of the expected sales from this sale... most people would not bother to even take a look at the games on sale after seeing "walking simulator", despite the fact they would be likely to buy the adventure games listed there...
This

I didnt even look
Posted January 11, 2020
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Martek: Miasmata would have fit in perfectly with this sale.

It's heavy on exploration and light on threat.

Overlooked opportunity for a decent title.
Indeed, an underrated game.
Posted January 11, 2020
Ha, Walking Simulator is now an official genre.
Posted January 11, 2020
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GOG.com: >Makes a walking simulator themed sale
>Dear Esther isn't among the discounted games
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fronzelneekburm: 2/10
Did not even realize this ... lol
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McMicroDonalds: Ha, Walking Simulator is now an official genre.
It has been for quite some time now. At first it was a term to show how useless and bad a certain game is because of the missing gameplay - then they realized that there is a target group for those as well and so they adapted it into a genre.
Post edited January 11, 2020 by MarkoH01
Posted January 11, 2020
Maybe something like "journeys" or "adventures" would have been better, since "walking sim" can be viewed negatively or makes people assuming there's very minimal gameplay.
Posted January 11, 2020
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tfishell: Maybe something like "journeys" or "adventures" would have been better, since "walking sim" can be viewed negatively or makes people assuming there's very minimal gameplay.
Because the gameplay is minimal. It is like a visual novel, but a bit more interactivity...
Posted January 11, 2020
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tfishell: Maybe something like "journeys" or "adventures" would have been better, since "walking sim" can be viewed negatively or makes people assuming there's very minimal gameplay.
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op_2019_si: Because the gameplay is minimal. It is like a visual novel, but a bit more interactivity...
I am sure that tfishell is aware about this it is just that many games on the list don't meet that criteria at all.
Posted January 11, 2020
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op_2019_si: Because the gameplay is minimal. It is like a visual novel, but a bit more interactivity...
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MarkoH01: I am sure that tfishell is aware about this it is just that many games on the list don't meet that criteria at all.
Yeah, well... you are right in that regards, that some games in the list/promo are really more of an adventure (SOMA, Amneisa etc.).

But hey, someone above asked about the genre "walking simulator". So I tried my best with the short explanation ;)
Posted January 11, 2020
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GOG.com: Fans of wandering through the virtual worlds are in for quite an exciting journey.

Latest Weekend Sale on GOG.COM gives you walking simulation games with up to 90% discounts. See what mysteries you can uncover while moving your protagonists’ feet.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent (-85%) is an adventure horror game with many scares and dark atmosphere. Here danger can lurk behind every corner of the desolated castle.

Myst Masterpiece Edition (-50%) is a remastered version of a true classic among the adventure games. Visit the mysterious island and unravel its secrets.

Through the Woods (-80%) is not a walk-in-a-park game. This horror and adventure title will give you the chilling experience of being lost in the dark Norse forest.

Weekend Sale on GOG.COM featuring walking simulator games will last until 13th January 2020, 2 PM UTC.
Speaking of which. It's been almost 3 years now that Myst was at a proper discount. And that was before the 2 missing titles were added.
Posted January 12, 2020
Protip: SOMA is great! Get it!
Posted January 12, 2020
I'm genuinely offended you classify the Myst series as walking simulators.
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