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Any good philosophy themed vidya?
no subahibi please.
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Disco Elysium
Slay the Princess
(where are all the right wing philosophical games?)
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Lolita - Kiss Me Everyday
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>>739001091
Undertale
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>>739001174
Why can't you normalfags go without politics for a single fucking minute?
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>>739001174
There’s no such thing as left wing and right wing philosophy you fucking orangutan. Just read the classics and you’ll realize 99% of philosophy discussion is done by retards who haven’t read a single book by them
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>>739001091
Planescape: Torment
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>>739001091
Pac Man World 2
I hear you can kill Diogenes in it
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>>739001295
Leftism is collectivist philosophy, the right favours individualist philosophy, though both can go too far (communism vs neoliberalism)

Though the irony of calling Disco a leftist game when the creators were getting paid and fell out over money is pretty funny
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>>739001430
You’re naming ideologies that stem from deeper worldviews. Actual philosophy is stuff like realism vs nominalism, you gotta dig deeper.
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>>739001091
The Bioshock series.
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>>739001091
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
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>>739001091
Mount n blade
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>>739001430
That's not even really true. There are individualist and collectivist beliefs on both sides. It depends on the specific ideology. Left and right is too broad and vague of a classification to make a statement like that
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>>739001091
The Talos Principle is the most important philosophical game in 2026. Truly a visionary game. The puzzles aren't up to the level of Portal but the narrative is absolutely legendary.
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>>739001430
>>739001491
>>739001653
shut the fuck up and name some vidya
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>>739001653
It is true and no there aren't. It gets more complicated but that divide between individualism vs collectivism doesn't change

I literally gave examples of extremes on both sides
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>>739001756
Black Souls and it's sequel offers a daring and challenging question on almost every interaction:
To rape or to kill?
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>>739001608
Why does he choose the lesser evil of burning the eggs of a griffin then?
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>>739001516
Bioshock is more like anti unregulated capitalism (basically jewish wet dream) than philosophical
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>>739001756
I already named Undertale, I think Toby is 100% a realist
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>>739002163
>anti unregulated capitalism
Rapture was a Laissez-Faire society which was essentially unregulated capitalism though?
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>>739001174
not good nor philosophy
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>>739001091
Planetscape Torment.
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>>739001091
Vidya is the worst medium for philosophical deliberation
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>>739001430
Ah yes fascism, the famous individualist framework.
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>>739002625
Fascism is a left-wing ideology.
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>>739001430
Anarchists are right wing?
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>>739001091
>Any good philosophy themed vidya?
The last third of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
The Talos Principle 1 & 2
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>>739001091
Jesus christ
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>>739001091
Civilization V Brave New World
curiously the other games in the series are more about politics, yet Civ V (and to a certain degree Alpha Centauri and Civilization Beyond Earth Rising Tide) are on the philosophical edge

>>739003024
The whole language/biology storyline from MGSV is also decent.
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>>739001091
In the 1st Assassin's Creed you discuss philosophy with your master between missions.
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Honkai Star Rail. So far nihilism and utopia have been major plot elements. Plus the ancient Greek planet had a shit ton of pop philosophy easter eggs. They even turned Diogenes in to a loli.
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>>739001430
>fell out over money
Didn't happen.
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No such thing as a philosophy game. Videogames can't be philosophical. They can dabble with historically philosophical (usually political philosophy) ideas, like Marxism or whatever, but they can't communicate philosophy.
I've tried the shit ones like Talos Principle (1) and it doesn't feel like philosophy. Its too much of a game, and dialogue options are fundamentally too limited to embody even the basic back and forth of a Plato dialogue
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>ctrl+f deus ex
>0 results
i'm disappointed in all of you

the first game was more political, although had a philosophical hard aspect... mankind divided is also decent, a lot less woke people make it out to be
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>>739001091
Pathologic
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>>739004339
>like Marxism or whatever, but they can't communicate philosophy.
the lack of trust leading to mandatory micro-management (not to mention the need to import stuff from "enemy countries" in case you want to make shit work) in "Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic" highlights pretty well how philosophical decisions lead to real-life consequences
it can be done, but it's hard, and there is a big risk that it will ruin your entire game (making it an "art piece" or some shit)

>Talos Principle
gnosticslop, although I agree that they deliberately mix up theology/mythology with philosophy
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>>739001091
>philosophy themed vidya
Metal gear rising
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>>739004401
>>ctrl+f deus ex
>>0 results
>i'm disappointed in all of you
I'm glad. Dude Sex deserves better than this shit board.
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talos principle

>I am called ELOHIM
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>>739004592
>gnosticslop

huh?
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>>739004592
Demand isn't a philosophical topic. However religion is tied with philosophy. Leftists are retards
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>>739004940
I call that the games that make use of (usually undigested) Christian-heretical texts, or those that are incredibly careless/irreverent and might get you cursed without your knowledge (pun intended...)

there are MANY, funnily enough most of them coming from China/Japan e.g. Genshin Impact
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>>739005141
>Demand isn't a philosophical topic
huh? wants and needs are though
>However religion is tied with philosophy
no, in fact when they interrelate it's the exception instead of being the rule; philosophy is for little girls
>Leftists are retards
yes
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>>739002625
Fascism is literally a type of socialism, that's how the founder described it

>>739002998
Anarchists dont exist, the closest you get is anarcho-capitalist, and yes that is on the far-right
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>>739001091
Read fucking books you ADHD retard
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>>739005247
>yes that is on the far-right
Your right or my right?
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>>739001091
Videogames and true philosophy are mutually exclusive. The closest to the truth was Morrowind.

Videogames are for women and faggots manchildren.
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>>739004339
Pretty much this. You'll get a theme of philosophy or the coles notes, but it's nothing like reading a book on philosophy just by nature of being a game.
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The Talos Principle is incredible. the puzzles start out quite easy so you'll likely blaze through the first hour or so but once they get hard they get fucking hard. Each section has computers with old forum logs/messages/quotes that help flesh out the world building. Highly recommend the game+Road to Gehenna DLC expansion but the 2nd game is kinda mediocre i was disappointed after a 10 year wait finally playing the sequel
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>>739005153
>might get you cursed without your knowledge
Elaborate
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>>739005682
see pic rel

anyway, the antidote is reading the Bible and having a foundation in philosophy, but who has time for that today
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>>739001091
Unironically, AC1
because everyone is a self-serving hypocrite in it
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>>739001091
Slay the princess at later points
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>>739005483
>but it's nothing like reading a book on philosophy just by nature of being a game
sure it can, if your behavior (in-game) is corrected every time you stray outside the behavior dictated by said philosophy
it does not have to be complicated to be an all-encompassing philosophy, although if you dare apply it yourself, you are basically mutilating your brain

just look at how many FPS games are where it's MANDATORY TO KILL... and how few where every conflict can be resolved by non-violent methods (e.g. Thief, Dishonored, Deus Ex series)
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Underrail
Because you are a quadruple agent, thief, mass-murderer, genocider, terrorist or a war criminal, PMC contractor or pirate, and indisputably a shady sort.

and you can wonder to yourself what your belief system for doing all this is
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>Nietzschean games
Legacy of Kain
Kichikuou/Sengoku Rance
SMT: Nocturne
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

>Bataillean games
Cruelty Squad
Drakengard
Demonophobia
Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days

>Kafkaesque games
Papers, Please
Pathologic
killer7

>Jungian games
Yume Nikki
Silent Hill 2
LSD: Dream Emulator
Persona 1/2

>Baudrillardian games
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Super Columbine Massacre RPG!
The Sims

>Sadean games
Lolita Syndrome
The Torture Game 2
Rapelay
Manhunt
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>>739007245
wow, that's a list!
but how about pre-20th century philosophies?
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