I need some suggestions on what to play. Single Player games only. Most of the games make me feel lonely and alone. In most of the games, the protagonist has to deal with the problems on their own, like Control, Crysis, Ghost of Tsushima, God of War (I liked the original 6 more than the new ones, even though the new ones had companions), horror games like Outlast, Echo and Alan Wake, and many others.

I want something that won’t give me anxiety. I really enjoyed Guardians of the Galaxy, having those teammates by my side always made me feel “safe”. I also liked Spider-Man and Deadpool because the humour makes me feel comfortable. In old Harry Potter games, Ron, Hermione and Harry were usually together, so, I never felt alone while playing those either. In Indika, that one hand man was with me for most of the game.

Open world games also give me less anxiety, like most Assassin’s Creed games, Ghost of Tsushima, Just Cause series, etc.

I think you all get my point. So, what do you suggest I should play?

  • Hello_there@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Cult of the lamb - build a cult?
    Sky - a cutesy online exploration game that pppl team up in. I know it’s not single-player - but it’s kinda singlemulti?

  • Mendas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You could try a Persona Game (or the new Metaphor) These games are build on your relationships with the other characters. They think of you, they contact you often on their own because they want to do something with you. You just have to like to read. Those things are half JRPG, half Visual Novel.

  • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 months ago

    RPGs come immediately to mind. Your partner in Disco Elysium is more competent than the main character for reasons that will be immediately obvious. Bethesda’s RPGs are also open world, and while you’ll start out alone in them, you get permanent companions pretty quick (especially if you know where to look). They also get more chatty in the world and more character development in the later games. Fallout 4 more so than Skyrim more so than Fallout 3, for example. Starfield makes you swap them out if you do the main story, which I don’t know if you’ll like or not.

    For a dedicated shooter, I think Titanfall 2 has the most protective companion I’ve seen in the genre. Get this one on sale, since it has its robust multiplayer priced in, but it has an excellent–if a bit short–single-player campaign.

  • subignition@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Undertale gives you the option of being kind to nearly everyone you meet, and you can befriend several characters as well.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Shitpost level reply: Any of the Gradius games.

    One of the power ups you can buy is literally to dispense friends (options) which follow you around and shoot alongside you. You can crank out as many as you want, at least within reason. And in some of the Parodius games they are literally little dudes. Or depending on your character, little octopi, cats, or penguins.

  • EvilBit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Midnight Suns is perfect for you. It’s part team tactical deck building combat, part superhero relationship simulator. You alternate between fighting evil as part of a squad of heroes (the DLC includes Deadpool) and spending time hanging out and talking with other heroes. And it’s just a phenomenal game all around.

    Edit: OP, you okay?

  • Wimopy@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So I’m not sure what might make you not feel lonely or anxious. Things like how directly you control the characters with you could he factors I imagine, so I’m just going to list a bunch of things:

    A shorter one, but Star Wars Republic Commando. You’re a commando unit and work as one.

    Dragon’s Dogma, either Dark Arisen or the new sequel.

    Mass Effect series.

    I don’t know if Earth Defence Force would be like that or not, at the end of the day your NPC allies could be hit or miss (literally, depending on the weapons you use).

    Not sure how you feel about party-based RPGs, but there are tons of them.

    I’m wondering if RTS games with campaigns would feel right as well. StarCraft’s campaigns have a lot of people constantly talk to/around you.

    The Lego games?

    Stardew Valley?

    Can’t really think of indie games at the moment.

    Games I haven’t played so I don’t know if they apply: Persona? Space Marine games?