The Most Philosophical Video Game Ever Made

How can you objectively quantify what is the most profound or philosophical game? That's like asking what is the most emotional song. Also, the list of games you provide at the beginning of the video is entirely cliche. Dark Souls? A game isn't profound just because it has no story and presents itself as dark and mysterious. The most profound game is any game that moves you. The most philosophical game... Well, that doesn't even make sense.

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I love dis game

TY for putting all of us onto this Enigma!

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i need to play this

What can change the nature of a man? The answer is anything.

Games with stronger themes and philosophy than Planescape torment in order.
Cross channel
Swan song
Full metal daemon muramasa
Saya no uta
Hanachirasu
Sharin no kuni
This is my absolute definitive list that Max would never discuss due to various factors. They are also paced better than a clunky old crpg. You can find more information by typing their name then vndb into google. Planescape is not the king of video game stories, get educated, educate others and help me add more to the list.

mgsV is a poetic game

The best video game ever made, period.

Spoiler warnings for this game, but just spoils other games no shits given. Cheers.

Very nice and well made video, man. I never even considered playing this game before whatching this. You did a great job in presenting the game as a great and rewarding experience. Congrats!

Disco Elysium

Why didn't you spoiler warned Nier Automata and Half-Life 2? ._.

Adahn is the multiverse's Rusty Shackleford. (I love this game.)

Planescape: Torment and Torment: Tides of Numanera.

the name of the skull is not "mort" as you pronouce it, but "morte" the italian word for "death"...

That shout out to Digimon World <3

picture of skyrim yet is just some stupid game

Let me answer that question with a spin of "Agneticism".

"What can change the nature of a man?"

At the same time, all of the options and none of them can be correct. Even will falls in this "yesn't" category, since not all changes are of our desire, but somewhat fruit of things imposed at us, such as traumatic events.

If I had to choose an answer, I would choose... Experience.

Experience as in, the very act of existing in the world. If you live, you learn, you journey, you rejoice and you suffer. You act and meet the consequences, but you also think and change internally without even changing the world. You mature, you develop, you regress, but at the end of the day, because you existed, you had either the choice, the necessity of changing, or no choice at all of remaining.

Man, what about Xenosaga? Each of the 3 episodes has a subtitle that refers a Nietzche work whose themes the game itself explores

I love the game, but i am not going to lie...the gameplay is sht. I wish it was remade, without the story being touched in any way.

I was born in 91' and the footage of the game shelves in the beginning brought back a feeling of excitement for games that I only wish I could still feel, almost painfully nostalgic. As well the cover art for this game, I remember seeing it as a young impressionable child and finding it absolutely menacing yet intriguing. Thank you for this video! This is a game that I absolutely must try.

Ah yes, the timeless classic that warmed the souls of millions and changed life as we know it-
Pepsi man.




Fond memories tho

I want to see your breakdown of the Blair witch video games or should I say me and My son Ben wants to see your break down of the games and movies of the Blair witch

had me at pepsiman - the legendariest game of them all

or the Destiny omniverses franchise's example.

More more more

The only games I've played that have ever equaled it in that sense are Disco Elysium and Pillars of Eternity.

I also ended up as a Sensate, because it was the least offensive option to me. Many factions had interesting ideas, but there were also parts that I just couldn't accept. I wouldn't be a hardcore Sensate, but I could follow my reasonings without conflicting with it in major ways.

Awesome video but this is still the second most philosophical game behind near automota

I'm super keen to experience this now!

When I first played this game when it was released, I veraciously consumed the entire game, then set about re-playing it again to unlock absolutely everything I could. The amount of dialogue present in the game is staggering, but I was intent on unlocking everything I could, including the potential of every single companion. Dakkon's journey was especially rewarding and fully unlocking his potential was nothing short of a transcendent event and brilliant writing. Even Igneus' story was interesting ... especially considering that the Nameless One, was or is, responsible for each one of those character's current state when you meet them. I even made sure I could absorb all the previous versions of myself to unlock as much XP as I could, and that required reading all the 800,000+ lines of dialogue.

But the question of 'what can change the nature of a man' had me thinking about that answer long after I finished the game. I thought long and hard about the answer, not only in how it applied to the characters in the game but how it applied to me personally and my life. And in the end, even though the Nameless One came to find belief was the answer, I figured that something had to be the catalyst for all of those other answers to happen and only one answer fit the bill: Regret. As I've gotten older, I find regret becoming more and more common in my life and it has tempered me... and softened me. If I was unable to have regret, then I would be forced to make all the same decisions over and over again, without learning anything along the way. Regret, to me is what changes the nature of a man, even though most people never do anything about that regret, because the shame of their failures through out their life is too great and to fully and truly regret those actions, would require the ultimate in humility. To become the most humble of beings. And that... is when the power of true belief can happen.

Updated my journal.

I felt similarly about disco elysium (my favorite "game of philosophies")

I still think about this game almost 25 years later

What can change the nature of a man?

Do the work.

That was the definitive answer

Ah, yes. Pepsi man i await the most profound video about that masterpiece.

OK, for the first time of my life, I will not listen to the spoilers and I will experience the game by myself, I'm fully convinced, sorry for not finishing the video though

Awesome analysis! My guess is you missed Vhailor (a more or less hidden companion), who embodies blind and merciless Justice - with a lot of interesting stuff linked to him :)
Also Nordom :)

Stay yellow my friend 😊

I played Baulders but never tides, I think I really need to check it out.

if you like this typa stuff I REALLY RECCOMEND THE PATHOLOGIC GAMES
PLAY THE PATHOLOGIC GAMES
BOTH OF THEM
I SUFFERED THROUGH THEM
PLEASE GOD

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I wish we could get a CRPG this good.. just one more time ..

The most profound thing is that man follows nature's rules. But fools follow rules created by themselves lol.

Top 10 most profound games and it doesn't include Outer Wilds or Disco Elysium? 🤔