/late/ - Late Nights

Obligatory Stalker post.

I used to play the very poorly translated buggy online version late at nights with /k/ and it was pretty damn comfy. Shame my laptop can't seem to run it anymore.

Exploration focused/metroidvania-style games can be pretty comfy at night (pic related). Wouldn't mind some recommendations if anyone knows good ones.

also there was a similar thread to this (>>>1823) active a few months ago

Pid kind of relates to this topic. About half of the levels are dark and the other half are bright, but the soft lighting and soundtrack ensure that the whole game is comfy. It's short and would probably take 6 hours at the most, but it's only 10 bucks.

>>3859

Thanks for the recommendation anon, just downloaded it and will try it when I wake up tomorrow.

>>3817

Sorry, brah, couldn't find it in the catalogue....Also presumably after a certain amount of time it would be merely bumping a necro-thread, yeah?

Would also have to mention Dishonored. Cosy as fuck, lots of night time/evening levels, steampunk with a stealth option means lots of creeping around a decrepit

Deus ex: Human revolution also feels like a /late/ game. The sleekness plasticity of cyberpunk works quite well. The feeling is of rain hitting asphalt.

For me it's always been Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The dimly lit cockpit, the whir of the engines, the ATC calls, it's always been extremely cozy for me. The best ever is to be running a long flight from New York to London in the background while doing something else.

God if it wasn't already 1 in the morning I'd start one right now.

>>3947

Yeah, I can see how that could work. floating above the earth. I guess for us latists the sense of solitude is the over-arching desire we search for.

Everything about limbo is quite dreamy and gloomy. Would def play in /late/ time instead of at the day

>>3808

Time passes really slow in Stalker, so daytime lasts like a hundred years but when it finally becomes night time everything becomes so much scarier. It makes it so comfy to be sad around a campfire at night with some fellow Stalkers

>>4007

Is it worthwhile getting any of the Stalker series on steam for a mid-range laptop?

It looks really cosy and /late/ af.

>>4029

Be sure to check the specs on steam. Although I'm not the person you asked, I can recommend it. It will take some getting used to, but if it hits home for you it is a unique and very satisfying experience.

Play through S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl first. It introduces you to the series, tone, difficulty and story - and is a good game in its own right. Afterwards go to Call of Pripyat, which I personally think is the best in the series and gets close like you're actually in the Zone.

You can safely skip Clear Sky. It is something of a black sheep, though it has some nice set pieces and arguably the most cohesive plot of the series.

If you do want more, but don't want to mess with Clear Sky, there are a ton of great mods for Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat. I can personally recommend Lost Alpha for Shadow of Chernobyl, which adds removed content back into the game, rewrites the storyline, adds a ton of locations and balances gunplay.

For Call of Pripyat keep an eye out for Call of Chernobyl, which adds the areas from the previous games (Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky) to the game world. Although there is no additional content (no storyline) to these areas, they're fantastic for just strolling around and cheeki breeki'ing.

Fair warning that, with the cancellation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, the series is considered in limbo. After Shadow of Chernobyl a big part of the team left to make Metro 2033. The remainder left after the publisher hogged the rights to the franchise. They're currently working a spiritual squeal to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. known as Survarium, an mmo fps.

All in all, I personally consider the series to be pretty /late/-core.