Good brain games?

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skykiii

skykiii

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It feels like too many games I play now are either story games, or reflex testers. I'm looking for something to give my brain a workout.

Not really point-and-click adventures (although I do loves me some Myst), I'm looking for games more along the lines of Adventures of Lolo, Sokoban, Fire n' Ice, or something of that nature.

I found a Pico-8 game called Cryomancer which was just what the doctor ordered:


Problem is... I've beaten it now. I NEED MORE.

Recommendations please?
 
Nothing like what you said you were looking for but xcom and xcom 2 both with their respective long war mods, they're always a test on my brain. I can play maybe 2 combat missions then I need to have a smoke and 10 minutes of silence.

There are no right answers though, no satisfaction of a puzzle solved if that is what you're primarily looking for.
 
SHENZHEN I/O is pretty good if you're into programming. If you want a mix of story, puzzles and cards, I'd recommend Cultist Simulator. It's essentially a sandbox RPG played with cards. Figuring out the correct card combinations and the game's unforgiving timing makes it a pretty fun experience provided that you go into it blind.
 
I liked the Golden Idol games. Good puzzles that usually play things around, including social cues in conversations. Sometimes you'd have the pleasure of having an open and shut case turn out to be the complete opposite.

Might as well add the original Ace Attorney series for it, with the Miles Edgeworth spinoff.
 
You could always play real games like Factorio or something instead of weirdo stuff.

My position is that any game that requires someone to react and adapt to novel stimuli is going to be good for you psychologically though, and will develop neuroplasticity. If you're trying to work out your brain then play things outside your wheelhouse.

I think "brain games" are a sham, every game is a brain game so long as it actually challenges you.
 
herefortheactualthreads said:
dr. kawashimas brain jogging for the nintendo ds?

professor laytons puzzle detective games?
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Seconded.

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Check out Into the Breach, by the same guys who made FTL. You play as a squad of Mechs/Vehicles trying to defend various locations from these giant bugs called the Vek. Each mission takes place on an 8x8 grid and all the enemies will move and telegraph what they're about to do every turn. It's your job to use your units various abilities to kill or push around the Vek to minimize damage to the city and complete various objectives.
 
TheUnraped said:
Do RPGs count? Yes, they are story games, but i feel like the difficult ones can work pretty well as brain exercises.
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Like, look at the games I named in the OP. That's the kind of game I'm looking for.

Now that you mention it tho I do know two RPGs that have sections that are kinda like what I'm looking for--Dragon Quest VII and Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals.
 
Blockdude, the classic TI-83 puzzle game. A shitty port is available on itch.io if for some reason you don't have a gaming calculator. Only half-kidding, Blockdude was great.

The SNES had Krusty's Funhouse, which is like Lemmings in reverse. It also had Marvelous: Another Treasure Island, which is an adventure game with team-based mechanics similar to Maniac Mansion and Lost Vikings. It was never released outside of Japan, but there are fan translations available.

Gameboy had Mole Mania, which might scratch the Adventures of LoLo itch.

PSP had Half-Minute Hero. It parodies RPG conventions and presents itself as an RPG, but the main game mode plays out as a puzzle game with time-rewind mechanics. It got a Steam port, but that port just doesn't feel right to me for some reason.

Steam has The Talos Principle, which had some pretty great puzzles and a pretty fart-huffing story.
 
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