My favorite games are Omori, Disco Elysium and Outer Wilds. I cried for hours at the end of those games, and I think the common point in them is high-quality emotional writing and stellar OST (music really affect me) and my attachment to the characters.
I also found that my taste in movies was similar (Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano is my favorite movie)
I've been trying to find something similar, so has anybody any recommendation?
I'd like to add that I basically hated Nier Automata (way too pretentious imo) and Before your Eyes (I wasn't a fan of the game concept, and found the story pretty weak), and really loved the horror aspects of Omori.
I also heard about To the moon, but games talking about disease are hard for me to enjoy

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[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Kattawa Shoujo.

Drops mic

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you're new to it, maybe check out Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered. Same story but ported to be more modern under-the-hood. Apparently there's even a web version thanks to Wasm!

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How modern does the code for a visual novel need to be?

[–] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For a better Linux experience for example (Wayland). Also it apparently has some added accessibility improvements too

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ahhh I see. I thought it was cross platform a decade ago when I tried it, but memory doesn't serve so specifically.