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Music has Dark Side of the Moon, movies have various animated films, what's gaming definitive psychedelic drug trip games?
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I don't really know what drugs are like but I made this thread about Hamsterball once, maybe it fits weed more than psychedelics but it certainly is some kind of trip
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I think I found the best video game to play while on drugs*
*actually I've never done drugs and have no idea what drug of choice would enhance this game, but please feel free to offer your sage advice I downloaded this Hamsterball game on my PS3 ages ago because it had some 7-player mode and it was mildly amusing to play this weird party mode for 10...
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Used to play Tony Hawk after parties 20 years ago. I think anything that's high on muscle memory works pretty well.
Would love to try VR but I'm not much of a recreational drug user any more.
Would love to try VR but I'm not much of a recreational drug user any more.
When you think about it, it should be Mario, but the bizarreness of the series has become so normalized we don't think about it
Honestly, I'm going to say Flower. It's gameplay, concept and visuals are simple enough that you can really lose yourself in it, but it also has enough of an arc to it that really engages you in a journey.
It's all about the trip, man...
EDIT: I feel I need to ask...are we talking games that are representative of the experience or games that enhance/define the experience? Those are very different things.
It's all about the trip, man...
EDIT: I feel I need to ask...are we talking games that are representative of the experience or games that enhance/define the experience? Those are very different things.
I think Manifold Garden has to be up there, Superliminal would also work pretty well. If it's just colorful trippy stuff I think EarthBound should be mentioned, Jet Set Radio maybe is a little too much to handle so I'll add Yoshi's Island.
Edit: OH! I forgot Okami, Okami has to be really something.
Edit: OH! I forgot Okami, Okami has to be really something.
Rez HD
Tetris Effect
Katamari Damacy
Everything
Thumper
Dyad
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Lumines Electronic Symphony
LSD Dream Emulator
Dreams (specifically, Dream surfing, think it's really wild how you can hop between completely different, unrelated experiences with distinct artstyles and mechanics etc, one minute you can be playing some weird earthworm jim like platforming game, then you'll be whizzing around as a spaceship)
Grim Fandango
Jeff Minters Polybius
Tetris Effect
Katamari Damacy
Everything
Thumper
Dyad
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Lumines Electronic Symphony
LSD Dream Emulator
Dreams (specifically, Dream surfing, think it's really wild how you can hop between completely different, unrelated experiences with distinct artstyles and mechanics etc, one minute you can be playing some weird earthworm jim like platforming game, then you'll be whizzing around as a spaceship)
Grim Fandango
Jeff Minters Polybius
My music journo backround forces me to say that Dark Side of the Moon is not anywhere near classic psych rock. It is a great prog record, tho. Try Pink Floyd's debut for some real weird vibes. Or 13th Floor Elevators.
As for psych-games, try everything made by Llamasoft.
As for psych-games, try everything made by Llamasoft.
Haven't heard anyone mention Proteus in years. Man how I loved just spending time in that world...
I've tripped a few times and found Tetris Effect to be the most reminiscent. Quite the transcendent experience.
You should check out the many games by Jeff Minter.
Tempest 2000/4000
Space Giraffe
Polybius
Moose Life
The last couple have VR support and are really great on the platform.
Tempest 2000/4000
Space Giraffe
Polybius
Moose Life
The last couple have VR support and are really great on the platform.
Agreed, maybe ummagumma or atom heart mother would be better, analogy-wise.. as for games: hohokum, dance central and ranko tsukigime's longest day would work
How the hell was this not the first post?
I mean it's literally called LSD
I think weed doesn't do much for me but I tried thumper and Tetris effect and didn't really feel any other way about it. Rez vr I still want to try. Now I did try the sims while high and I thought I was making a high art house. Turns out it was just a bunch of diagonal walls and shitty windows on every inch. Pretty dumb
This old PC game called Gadget is one of the trippiest things I've played, it defined a kind of aesthetic too.