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Suggestions for a top down game that is genuinely different to all the others? (fedia.io)
submitted 4 weeks ago by Novamdomum@fedia.io to c/games@lemmy.world
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It's such an overcrowded genre isn't it? I mean it's ridiculous how many top down games there are out there... I've played so many now, they just blend into each other.

Are there any top down games that do something different (or the same but really really well). For example, my last really positive experiences with this format were Desperados 3 and Shadow Gambit The Cursed Crew.

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[-] duchess@feddit.org 20 points 4 weeks ago

It’s such an overcrowded genre isn’t it?

Well it's not really a genre, just a mode of perspective.

Disco Elysium ditched combat for an everything-is-dialogue-approach and it is really really good.

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 2 points 4 weeks ago

Played the hell out of DE and I agree! :D

[-] iii@mander.xyz 4 points 4 weeks ago

Minesweeper

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 4 points 4 weeks ago

I could never get on with Minesweeper. I bet it's something to do with my ADHD and Discalculia.

[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Solitaire - classic top down perspective.

Come to think of it, so was that Space Pinball game too.

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 2 points 4 weeks ago

played hundreds of hours of both lol

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Not sure how old you are, have you played the first and second GTA?

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 2 points 4 weeks ago

Very old and yes I have (when they came out in fact 🤣)

[-] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe this is not what you are looking for but I like Creeper World 3!

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 1 points 4 weeks ago

Ooh it wasn't but I like the look of that one! the 2D representing a 3D world thing is really interesting.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago

Sorry for the source, but this list is gold: https://www.reddit.com/r/CRPG/wiki/recommendations/

[-] Novamdomum@fedia.io 2 points 4 weeks ago

Ooh thanks :)

[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Xenonauts, part 2 is in early access

Warhammer 40k: chaos gate

Project zomboid

But yeah top down is not a genre, that's like saying third person or first person is overcrowded.

[-] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Would Terra Invicta count for you? Or do you mean top down in a 2d sense?

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Heat Signature - https://store.steampowered.com/app/268130/Heat_Signature/

[-] atotayo@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

"Can't live without electricity"

Basically routing a pcb with extra dopamine

[-] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

20 minutes till dawn and disfigure are my go-to topdowns

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