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simpleexplodingmaybe 13 Nov 2017 15:58:10 19,992 posts
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THFourteen wrote:
Star Wars Battlefront 2

the little-death that brings total obliteration

BigOrkWaaagh 13 Nov 2017 16:02:35 10,554 posts
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Telltale Game of Thrones. It made every single decision you made feel like the wrong one, that often resulted in something horrific happening.

simpleexplodingmaybe 13 Nov 2017 16:09:04 19,992 posts
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@BigOrkWaaagh Telltale even managed it in Minecraft Storymode

Spoiler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWGqAnja1MU

Skirlasvoud 13 Nov 2017 16:23:05 4,039 posts
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THFourteen wrote:
Star Wars Battlefront 2

Pretty much any game with a lootbox system in it. Game industry is being very cynical and bleak.

Tomo 13 Nov 2017 16:26:53 19,565 posts
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Not played it yet, but I imagine That Dragon, Cancer is going to be up there.

Flying_Pig 13 Nov 2017 16:41:10 16,956 posts
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BigOrkWaaagh wrote:
Telltale Game of Thrones. It made every single decision you made feel like the wrong one, that often resulted in something horrific happening.

This - no 'good' options at all...

I would also add Papers, Please to the list - so damn depressing

Decks 13 Nov 2017 16:46:50 31,013 posts
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Bleak is probably the wrong word but Panzer Dragoon Saga was very melancholic.

RelaxedMikki 13 Nov 2017 16:49:55 3,214 posts
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Soma is pretty bleak.

Decks 13 Nov 2017 16:51:28 31,013 posts
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Observer recently was extremely bleak. More people need to play it.

RelaxedMikki 13 Nov 2017 16:58:17 3,214 posts
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Obsever is on my "to play" list. Some similar themes to Soma, I think.

Everyone needs to play Soma. It should be on the GCSE sylabus or something. One of my favourite ever games. Even if it is really bloody bleak.

ibenam 13 Nov 2017 17:03:42 3,507 posts
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Heavy Rain

Fun fact - you probably won't notice but the whole game is set during constant rainfall!

JamboWayOh 13 Nov 2017 18:45:20 25,236 posts
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ibenam wrote:
Heavy Rain

Fun fact - you probably won't notice but the whole game is set during constant rainfall!

I thought that was common knowledge?

Tonka 13 Nov 2017 19:00:09 31,979 posts
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Dancing Monster

Load_2.0 13 Nov 2017 20:14:41 33,582 posts
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Bleaker 2 - The Bleakerning.

mal 13 Nov 2017 20:16:52 29,326 posts
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Tonka wrote:
Dancing Monster

The monster... just... keeps... dancing. Gah!

neilka 13 Nov 2017 20:19:42 24,021 posts
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Splinter Incel

mrpon 13 Nov 2017 20:23:47 37,366 posts
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Shadow Gangs

gamecat 13 Nov 2017 20:47:55 1,230 posts
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Stoke City vs WBA. Midweek. Sideways freezing rain.

Fake_Blood 13 Nov 2017 21:25:45 11,093 posts
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I have no mouth.

Deleted user 13 November 2017 21:44:31

Papers Please had its moments, in the spirit of this thread.

JamboWayOh 13 Nov 2017 21:45:26 25,236 posts
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neilka wrote:
Splinter Incel

I fucking snorted loudly with that one.

Deleted user 13 November 2017 23:36:30

Dark Souls 2 is pretty bleak, the death of an empire mixed with the hubris of the ruling elite.

I would also say Bloodborne too, there is nothing but bleakness in that game. Especially around the theme for birth and death.

The whole souls series is massively bleak but by far the bleakest is Gascgoine's daughter, that stuff is grim indeed.

Mola_Ram 14 Nov 2017 07:45:36 26,187 posts
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Far Cry 2

You're a mercenary, none of the people you work for are good people, and even your "buddies" are only in it for themselves. And they'll turn on you in the end anyway, so keeping them alive actually works against you.

You have malaria, the world hates you because you're mostly not doing anything to help it, and the best-case endgame scenario results in your death.

That's pretty bleak. And fantastic.

Edited by Mola_Ram at 07:47:27 14-11-2017

Bionic_Pixel 14 Nov 2017 07:57:51 187 posts
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Fifa wins hands down. The bleakest of them all.

Deleted user 14 November 2017 08:03:05

Manhunt...

bladdard 14 Nov 2017 08:07:43 1,393 posts
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Silent Hill 2, bleak and twisted. What do I get for winning the thread?

Porko_Rossi 14 Nov 2017 08:26:50 127 posts
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Fester's Quest - NES

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