Pretty much, I’m looking for a game where I’m not the hero, I’m not the protagonist, I’m just a pawn in the big picture.

Preferably a game with a big open world too, one that feels real and isn’t just a predetermined path for my player.

I also like games where you aren’t clearly stronger than all your opponents like you’re some sort of God so they actually feel intimidating and there is a fear of dying

All suggestions are welcome

Thanks :>

    • Botree@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 years ago

      What are the chances… I’m waiting for the game to load for the first time when I saw this comment. Perfect timing. Alright, diving in right now!

  • infinitepcg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    3 years ago

    Elite Dangerous is like that. You’re small in a literal sense, it has a 1:1 recreation of the entire Milky Way galaxy. You can land on a planet and walk into any direction for hours and see nothing but rocks. In terms of gameplay it fits your description as well, there is no predetermined path, you’re just one pilot and you can try different professions and make a fortune, but you will not change the history of the galaxy.

    • Afrazzle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      3 years ago

      Seconded elite dangerous, especially if you have VR. If you also have the joysticks for 6DOF control it is super super super fun docking at stations and having dogfights.

      • NeryK@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        Landing on planets used to require the Horizons expansion. Since 2020 it’s included in the standard edition. Maybe you tried it a long time ago without the expansion ?

        Nowadays getting out of vehicles to walk around requires the Odyssey expansion.

  • jossbo@lemmy.ml
    15·
    3 years ago

    Space Engine. It’s not quite a game, but rather an accurate simulation of the known universe. Anything beyond what we know is procedurally generated. The first time I played it it made me feel so small.

    I started at Earth and flew around the solar system, then picked a star and flew towards it. You have to increase your speed by multiples of the speed if light to get them to move. The stars started moving and then moving past, me, but the star I chose wasn’t moving. I realised it was actually different galaxy, so increased my speed by many many multiples of the speed of light until eventually it dwarves to move. I flee over to it, and then slowed and explored a few star systems there, I found a binary star system, that was really cool.

    Then I had a realisation. If I didn’t use the search function, and I just flew around trying to find my way back to Earth, I just never would. I could play it for the rest of my life and be certain that I wouldn’t find it. The odds are that small. That thought scared the shit our of me and I closed the game and couldn’t okay it again for a few days.

    Don’t know if that’s what you’re looking for but I do recommend the experience!

  • spegin@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    3 years ago

    Disco Elysium (currently on HB Choice), you’re a drunk cop trying to solve a case while trying to keep yourself together

    • DV8@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 years ago

      Literally my first thought too. Such a great unique game. You as the player character are insignificant but you’re not boring or bland.

  • DebuggingAccountCreation@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    3 years ago

    I would say anything multiplayer that dumps you into a cruel world of 10-year veterans of incomparable skill and/or wealth. Persistent survival especially for avoiding matchmaking in favor of unfair encounters.

    Eve - huge space game has a reputation. Something something nullsec, space pirates. Foxhole - you’re a grunt in a huge war machine. Good luck surviving the grenade spam, artillery, tanks, machine guns, and that bayonet guy who can dodge bullets. Rust (also Tarkov, DayZ, etc) - you’re too poor to afford decent guns and armor, but you have to risk it anyway to stand a chance in the PvP hellhole of players who shoot on sight. They’re better shots than you. They see you first. And they brought more friends. Ark: Survival Evolved - try the persistent official servers, face Kaiju ultra-dinosaurs that have been bred to perfection since launch. Try PvP clusters, and clans speed run to the cheesiest endgame content then wipe your base on day 2. I’m a gaming masochist and this game was too much for me.

    The weird thing is that there are hero players. The ones who win 1v3s without a sweat. They’re just not you. You’re fighting them. You won’t be them until you’ve dedicated 2000 hours to git gud.

  • PanaX@lemmy.ml
    8·
    3 years ago

    Quite literally the game, Grounded.

    Just finished it and it’s very much like No Man’s Sky or Submautica. It’s very good.

    • Gadg8eer@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      3 years ago

      There’s an interesting little game called Insignificant I’ve been keeping an eye on for a while that does a similar thing if not as graphically-rich. There’s also Smalland and Moss.