Games with stupid player characters - an IFDB Poll
by murphy_slaw
RSS FeedI'm looking for games where the player character is significantly stupider and/or less observant than the average player - the kind of game where part of the challenge is making sense of the descriptions offered through the simplistic world-view of the PC.
| Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota 10 votes "Grunk is charming, but not too bright." [+]"Grunk is charming, but not too bright." --murphy_slaw... "Grunk not smart." [+]"Grunk not smart." ( ) --Ghalev... "Grunk!" [+]"Grunk!" () --Nusco... "The obvious choice" [+]"The obvious choice" --Ant-Fan... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --perching path... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Grey... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ken Hubbard... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Bernie... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol...  Vote for this game | |
| Escapade!, by Juhana Leinonen 3 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --Marius Müller... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --E.K.... Vote for this game | |
| Snack Time!, by Hardy the Bulldog and Renee Choba 3 votes "Hardy sees the world in simpler, doggier terms ..." [+]"Hardy sees the world in simpler, doggier terms ...: I have no doubt that Hardy is a bright bulldog, but translating the simpler doggy-perspective into clues that the gamer can act on is central to the fun in this cute little game." ( ) --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, by S. John Ross 2 votes "Thews are cooler than brains, anyway." [+]"Thews are cooler than brains, anyway." --Ghalev... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Episode in the Life of an Artist, by Peter Eastman 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --perching path... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Friar Bacon's Secret, by Carl Muckenhoupt 2 votes "An unlettered..." [+]"An unlettered medieval servant tries to make sense of advanced technology." --baf... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Bernie... Vote for this game | |
| Flowers for Algernon, by Anonymous 2 votes "You have to spell..." [+]"You have to spell commands the way the narrator spells it." --verityvirtue... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Suspended, by Michael Berlyn 2 votes "The environment..." [+]"The environment is described by several robots, none of whom perceives it as a person would." --Gemma Bristow... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ken Hubbard... Vote for this game | |
| Deep Brow Lifter, by Neil deMause 1 vote "This game..." [+]"This game definitely alters how the environment is perceived by the PC. (But whether the game is making the PC stupid or not is debatable.)" --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |
| A Day for Soft Food, by Tod Levi 1 vote "The protagonist..." [+]"The protagonist is a cat, so the player's perceptions are filtered through cat perceptions." --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Sir Ramic Hobbs and the High Level Gorilla, by Gil Williamson 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --baf... Vote for this game | |
| ARGH's Great Escape, by Dana Crane 1 vote "The title..." [+]"The title character is stupid, if I recall correctly. I don't think it affects gameplay much, though. (It's been some time since I last played it.)" --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |