The "That Game is Great! Is There Anything Else Like That?" Thread

Maximum Spider · Sep 4, 2020

I posted in the Smash DLC thread talking about wanting an alternative to Persona and someone suggested that I revist Yakuza 0 because it had some things going on conceptually. *No one cares if that particular suggestion is a good one! That isn't what this thread is about!*That was a great suggestion because it really helped scratch that itch and that's why i've created this thread so go ahead and ask the following questions with respects to a game or series you like in hopes of finding some nice alternatives.

GazRB · Sep 4, 2020

Ogre Battle 64

newmoneytrash · Sep 4, 2020

the first parasite eve :(

Cess007 · Sep 4, 2020

xaM said:
I posted in the Smash DLC thread talking about wanting an alternative to Persona and someone suggested that I revist Yakuza 0 because it had some things going on conceptually. *No one cares if that particular suggestion is a good one! That isn't what this thread is about!*That was a great suggestion because it really helped scratch that itch and that's why i've created this thread so go ahead and ask the following questions with respects to a game or series you like in hopes of finding some nice alternatives.

I can't honestly see the similarities between Yakuza 0 and Persona, but hey, as long as more people play Yakuza, I am happy!

As for me; there was this little game on Wii called "Final Fantasy: My Life as a King" and I have always wondered it there was something similar to it (aside from it's sequel)?

Powdered Egg · Sep 4, 2020

Is there anything like Shadow of Destiny on PS2?

Norgishchef · Sep 4, 2020

Poy poy

Deleted member 420 · Sep 4, 2020

The first Jak and Daxter

DJwest · Sep 4, 2020

Any recommendation for a beat them up at least half as good as Streets of Rage 4?

StiLteD · Sep 4, 2020

DJwest said:
Any recommendation for a beat them up at least half as good as Streets of Rage 4?

Maybe River City Girls? I've not played it but know folk who liked it a lot.

nachum00 · Sep 4, 2020

Powdered Egg said:
Is there anything like Shadow of Destiny on PS2?

Trace Memory is the only thing I can think of that even slightly reminds me of Shadow of Destiny

EntelechyFuff · Sep 4, 2020

I sound like a crazy person when I say it, but Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has been this game for me for over a decade.

Yes I know there are a million sequels and an entire genre. None of those games have the je ne sais quoi of SotN. It's way more than gameplay mechanics + gothic vibe. Wonder Labyrinth finally looks like it might be the real deal, but I've been hurt before.

Less controversially I'd love to find a game that is similar to Gain Ground. It's like an RTS stripped to the metal, and I love it.

Maximum Spider · Sep 4, 2020

EntelechyFuff said:
I sound like a crazy person when I say it, but Castlevania: Symphony of the Night has been this game for me for over a decade.

Yes I know there are a million sequels and an entire genre. None of those games have the je ne sais quoi of SotN. It's way more than gameplay mechanics + gothic vibe. Wonder Labyrinth finally looks like it might be the real deal, but I've been hurt before.

Less controversially I'd love to find a game that is similar to Gain Ground. It's like an RTS stripped to the metal, and I love it.

I love Gain Ground and how it seamlessly just mashes together a bunch of random characters types and aesthetics and still works. I can't think of any other games that's able to do that besides Smash Bros. Playing Gain Ground feels like when I was a kid playing with a bunch of my favorite action figures from various different properties.

Sho_Nuff82 · Sep 4, 2020

Are there more games like Wasteland 3 (turn based isometric rpg) with less...jank?

Rosebud · Sep 4, 2020

Sho_Nuff82 said:
Are there more games like Wasteland 3 (turn based isometric rpg) with less...jank?

Didn't played it yet, but Divinity: OS 2 has turn based option iirc.

EntelechyFuff · Sep 4, 2020

xaM said:
I love Gain Ground and how it seamlessly just mashes together a bunch of random characters types and aesthetics and still works. I can't think of any other games that's able to do that besides Smash Bros. Playing Gain Ground feels like when I was a kid playing with a bunch of my favorite action figures from various different properties.

"Let's just use placeholder assets until we figure out an actual theme."
*gameplay is mostly done*
"Oh wait this totally works as is. Ship it!"

That1GoodHunter · Sep 4, 2020

Odin Sphere/Dragon's Crown/Muramasa

J75 · Sep 4, 2020

I could get down with more survival type games in the likes of Disaster Report.

djinn · Sep 4, 2020

Anything like In Other Waters? I've played Subnautica and Sunless Seas already.

GamerJM · Sep 4, 2020

Is there anything else like Her Story/Telling Lies? I feel like Contradiction seemed a little similar but I'm wondering if there's anything else.

zoodoo · Sep 4, 2020

DJwest said:
Any recommendation for a beat them up at least half as good as Streets of Rage 4?

The punisher arcade version, not the genesis version. I've heard good things about Fight and Rage but have yet to play it.

zoodoo · Sep 4, 2020

That1GoodHunter said:
Odin Sphere/Dragon's Crown/Muramasa

Princess Crown made by Vanillaware but released only in japan for saturn and psp. But their is a fan translation for the psp version out there.

Check also Grand Knights History from the same people with fan translation for psp. Some members of team left Vanillaware and developped a spiritual succssor called Grand Kingdom. This one was released outside of Japan for vita.

Delroy · Sep 4, 2020

Anything like glass masquerade Series on either consoles or pc? I don't want a generic jigsaw game, but something with the feel that Glass Masquerade has, if that makes sense. Chill, pretty, good for audiobooks and podcasts.

Princess Bubblegum · Sep 4, 2020

I don't think there is anything else like Robot Alchemic Drive, aside from other games Sandlot developed that were never localized. T_T

Deleted member 24021 · Sep 4, 2020

Shadowrun

Deleted member 17184 · Sep 4, 2020

GamerJM said:
Is there anything else like Her Story/Telling Lies? I feel like Contradiction seemed a little similar but I'm wondering if there's anything else.

It's not FMV, but maybe this? I really liked it.

Dr.Social · Sep 5, 2020

GamerJM said:
Is there anything else like Her Story/Telling Lies? I feel like Contradiction seemed a little similar but I'm wondering if there's anything else.

Haven't played it, but I remember it from a Giant Bomb video. Looks like the devs have done a few other FMV games.

BioDigital Jazzman · Sep 5, 2020

Anything else like persona 5 on current gen? Not so much the dungeon crawling but lore the everyday life and social link stuff

GabriocheXD · Sep 5, 2020

La-Mulana and Environmental Station Alpha. Love me some Metroidvanias with big mysteries!

GabriocheXD · Sep 5, 2020

BioDigital Jazzman said:
Anything else like persona 5 on current gen? Not so much the dungeon crawling but lore the everyday life and social link stuff

Trails of Cold Steel 1-4 might be what you're looking for. It's a bit fanservice-y but the awesome story makes up for it.

Rosebud · Sep 5, 2020

BioDigital Jazzman said:
Anything else like persona 5 on current gen? Not so much the dungeon crawling but lore the everyday life and social link stuff

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth is the closest I can think of.

And Persona 4 Golden of course, it can run on a old laptop.

Magic-Man · Sep 5, 2020

Is there anything like Sayonara: Wild Hearts?

Jakenbakin · Sep 5, 2020

J75 said:
I could get down with more survival type games in the likes of Disaster Report.

I don't think the games play similarly, but thematically Disaster: Day of Crisis is very similar I'm sure. It's rough around the edges with a lot of ideas jammed between decidedly mediocre light gun sections between, but it's actually a lot of fun to upgrade your weapons, the variety is wacky goodness, you eat hamburgers bigger than your head, there's a fire tornado, you fight a bear, the music is fantastic, and it all happens in one hell of a day.

I wish Monolithsoft had made another one T_T

Pyro · Sep 5, 2020

I haven't played it but I still think the existence of SEGAGAGA is amazing and I enjoy reading about it. Archipel's two-part Dreamcast documentary on YouTube includes an interview with the director of the game that's great btw:

But I'm curious to see if there's any other game quite like it. Closest there seems to be is Namco x Capcom but I don't know much about it and wonder if it's as self-referential or comedic as SEGAGAGA.

JustTom · Sep 5, 2020

DJwest said:
Any recommendation for a beat them up at least half as good as Streets of Rage 4?

Streets of Rage 1-3
Final Fight
Turtles in Time
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (In case you can get it somehow)
The TakeOver (haven't played it but a lot of people think it is a good game)

VinFTW · Sep 5, 2020

No matter how hard I tried I have never found a game like Gauntlet Dark Legacy.

the themes, the realms, the leveling, the music, etc

seven sorrows and the newest could not compare

is there anything like Legends/Dark legacy out there?

Irmavep · Sep 5, 2020

newmoneytrash said:
the first parasite eve :(

I love Transistor and searching for something similar I found Parasite Eve, which I loved as well. So, maybe Transistor? The creepy mood and gameplay with active time/freeze time were my connections.

Snowfruit · Sep 5, 2020

BioDigital Jazzman said:
Anything else like persona 5 on current gen? Not so much the dungeon crawling but lore the everyday life and social link stuff

I'm gonna recommend Trails of Cold Steel as well. The first 2 were Vita games later ported to PS4/PC so they don't look as great as something like Persona 5 but the same gameplay loop is there. You go through a calendar system while choosing what activities to do, who to hang out with, etc.

bing · Sep 5, 2020

Any good choice/story-based games a la The Walking Dead or Life is Strange? (I've already played all the Telltale Games and all the games in the Life is Strange franchise.)

Edit: I've also played all the Quantic Dreams games.

Spring-Loaded · Sep 5, 2020

What other games have similar sense of soaring/falling as Gravity Rush series does? If it has a "kid moving out on their own/slice-of-life" feel that would be cool too.

jwk94 · Sep 5, 2020

Not sure there's gonna be a match, but worth a shot:

Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour
- Board-game like map for the campaign
- Tons of activities to do between main "missions"
- Tons of unlockables
- Could be a sport or not

Spring-Loaded said:
What other games have similar sense of soaring/falling as Gravity Rush series does? If it has a "kid moving out on their own/slice-of-life" feel that would be cool too.

I don't have an answer, but the more Gravity Rush love the better!

Linus815 · Sep 5, 2020

bingo said:
Any good choice/story-based games a la The Walking Dead or Life is Strange? (I've already played all the Telltale Games and all the games in the Life is Strange franchise.)

Detroit Become Human
Until Dawn

Rapscallion · Sep 5, 2020

BioDigital Jazzman said:
Anything else like persona 5 on current gen? Not so much the dungeon crawling but lore the everyday life and social link stuff

Since Cold Steel was already mentioned, Tokyo Mirage is another good one. Doesn't necessarily have the same kind of social link building, but it has a less complex system that shows character growth over time.
Also made by the Persona team, so it's likely that'll feel similar.

bing · Sep 5, 2020

Linus815 said:
Detroit Become Human
Until Dawn

Played both of those as well haha (I've played all the Quantic Dreams games)

zaxil456 · Sep 5, 2020

Anything similar to Control in terms of having kind of "out there" worlds and art direction?

bingo said:
Played both of those as well haha (I've played all the Quantic Dreams games)

Have you been keeping up with Tell Me Why?

bing · Sep 5, 2020

zaxil456 said:
Anything similar to Control in terms of having kind of "out there" worlds and art direction?

Have you been keeping up with Tell Me Why?

Yes, I have! Been loving it so far. Especially the shorter release dates. I'm a HUGE Dontnod fan. Life is Strange 2 is probably my GOTG.

As for your question, look into Alan Wake or Quantum Break!

Rosebud · Sep 5, 2020

bingo said:
Any good choice/story-based games a la The Walking Dead or Life is Strange? (I've already played all the Telltale Games and all the games in the Life is Strange franchise.)

Edit: I've also played all the Quantic Dreams games.

Some choice-based games I like: Zero Escape series, Bury Me My Love, Man of Medan, Disco Elysium. People love Steins;Gate but I haven't played yet.

They aren't exactly like Dontnod/Telltale games, but you've played all of these lol

zaxil456 · Sep 5, 2020

bingo said:
Yes, I have! Been loving it so far. Especially the shorter release dates. I'm a HUGE Dontnod fan. Life is Strange 2 is probably my GOTG.

As for your question, look into Alan Wake or Quantum Break!

Thanks! but I've also played those as well lol. Remedy's probably my favorite developers. Kind of hard to find games similar to their catalog I guess.

Deleted member 5621 · Sep 5, 2020

DJwest said:
Any recommendation for a beat them up at least half as good as Streets of Rage 4?

Sengoku 3
Battle Circuit
Aces Wild

Stregas said:
Shadowrun

Which Shadowrun tho'? The Harebrained ones, SNES, Genesis? The 360 one?

Spring-Loaded said:
What other games have similar sense of soaring/falling as Gravity Rush series does? If it has a "kid moving out on their own/slice-of-life" feel that would be cool too.

Maybe the Wii version of Rodea? Haven't played it.

jwk94 said:
Not sure there's gonna be a match, but worth a shot:

Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour
- Board-game like map for the campaign
- Tons of activities to do between main "missions"
- Tons of unlockables
- Could be a sport or not

Japanese versions of Rival Schools ):
Also, the PSP Dissidia games, kinda? I remember one of the Wipeout PSP games having a board-ish progression, though it doesn't really fit the rest of the criteria. Both Hand of Fate titles may also kiiinda

jwk94 · Sep 5, 2020

Spring-Loaded said:
What other games have similar sense of soaring/falling as Gravity Rush series does? If it has a "kid moving out on their own/slice-of-life" feel that would be cool too.

I don't have an answer, but the more Gravity Rush love the better!

WarRock said:
Sengoku 3
Battle Circuit
Aces Wild

Which Shadowrun tho'? The Harebrained ones, SNES, Genesis? The 360 one?

Maybe the Wii version of Rodea? Haven't played it.

Japanese versions of Rival Schools ):
Also, the PSP Dissidia games, kinda? I remember one of the Wipeout PSP games having a board-ish progression, though it doesn't really fit the rest of the criteria. Both Hand of Fate titles may also kiiinda

Hand of fate is amazing! Love the hell out of those games.

I'll have to look at everything else you recommended. Thanks!

DJwest · Sep 5, 2020

StiLteD said:
Maybe River City Girls? I've not played it but know folk who liked it a lot.

zoodoo said:
The punisher arcade version, not the genesis version. I've heard good things about Fight and Rage but have yet to play it.

JustTom said:
Streets of Rage 1-3
Final Fight
Turtles in Time
Scott Pilgrim vs the World (In case you can get it somehow)
The TakeOver (haven't played it but a lot of people think it is a good game)

WarRock said:
Sengoku 3
Battle Circuit
Aces Wild

Thanks guys

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