Any good exploration games out there? Games with a heavy emphasis on exploration. Bonus points if it features procedural generation (randomly generated levels). I own Junk Jack and have played terraria, these are good examples. 3D / 1st person I am open to as well though. Any ideas?
Here are some... Heavy emphasis on exploration: Ravensword Shadowlands - open world Aralon - open world Indigo Lake - open world Star Wars KOTOR - open world Gangstar Vegas - open world The Dark Knight Returns - open world Battle Supremacy - sort of open world, but has realtime missions and objectives that keep you from exploring anytime Bard's Tale Iesabel Waking Mars Unmechanical Shardlands Procedurally generated levels: Heroes of Loot - random dungeons Cardinal Quest - roguelike Boson X - endless runner Quadropus Rampage
Dungeon Nightmares - 1st person horror game (no combat). Explore a dungeon who's internals are randomly generated as you progress through nights. Scary as ****
Hero of Many and Icoboto aren't open world or sandboxy, but they have a focus on exploration and discovery. Discovery of the mechanics, exploring the levels
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=217446 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=216881 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=216775 http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=216952 They're not all the exact same subject, but share a common idea: sandbox/open-world games with lots of exploration.
I'm not being a d*** about anything. I'm just pointing out that these types of topics are popping up a lot lately.
LOL... True... But some will consider "pointing that out" without adding anything informative or productive as being a d.
Well that isn't really helping my case I provided sources guys, alright? If it really bothers y'all so much, I'll just leave this topic alone.
I'll check the threads out but honestly I don't think the type of game I'm looking for really exists much on this platform, specially ones with randomly generated levels. I mean of course, true exploration games, not RPG/roguelikes. Edit: Had a look at the other threads and that's not what I'm looking for at all (minecraft-likes, GTA-likes, games for 4 year olds...etc). Like said before though, they just don't seem to have a niche on IOS is all. The closest I've found were stuff like Aquaria, Waking mars and Gene effect, none of which have any level layout randomization and NONE of which were mentioned in any threads on the subject. These three games should be investigated by people who want exploration-heavy games, hell, I might just get over my OCD and try all of them. If someone here has played all three, or two of the three, any recommendations?
Definitely Waking Mars, that's a IOS must-have. Haven't played the others Sounds like you're more into Metroidvania style exploration games. Mentioned before, but you might like Hero of Many. It's linear but the level designs fosters exploration, doesn't hold you hand. Also Incoboto is a Metroidvania-style puzzle platformer, you can back track and travel between planets, and it's all about discovering how the various machines and contraptions work. I consider it one of the best games on IOS
I meant to say I checked out Hero of Many (from your first post) but forgot. It looks cool and was added to my wish list, just forgot to mention it Regarding Incoboto, I checked it out but honestly I am not into puzzle genre, or even hybrids, most of the time. Unless the puzzles are really light (like, skyrim light so even a moron can do them) then I don't think it'll be me cup'o'tea.
Yeah, then you wouldn't enjoy Incoboto. Puzzles can get pretty tough You also might really like The Deep https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id343474291 And Swordigo, if you don't have that game already https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swordigo/id499125840
The deep looks interesting, but I'd need it to be unverisal. I keep forgetting about Swordigo! It's actually on my wishlist, might pick it up. I know you and several others have recommended it. I just finished playing Space Miner and also beat Trial by Survival and they've left me wanting more in terms of exploration.
I'd wish they'd release a new version of Space Miner or something... That one really got me into ios gaming. Can't believe it's been 5 years...
Yeah that was one of the best ios games I've played. No IAP, just a console quality experience. They should have made a sequel. I'm guessing it sold well.