Great ARPG if you dont care about graphics or story. Biggest plus is that it has great power progression at regular intervals.
ZaDu25
Anything from Team Ninja. Some have decent stories tbf but mostly they’re just relying on really really good combat.
Giygas_8000
The Wii Sports games
EpiKnightz
Vampire survivor obviously.
Name_Classified
Hardspace: Shipbreaker. The graphics are alright, and the gameplay is great, but the story feels tacked-on and rushed. The game is better if you don’t interact with the story at all.
Charlie02134
I’m gonna get hate but most Nintendo games (which isn’t a bad thing I love them)
theradlobster
Fallout 4 in terms of story
SomniaCrown
Say what you will about Kingdom Hearts 2. But the gameplay is fun af. End game content makes you feel great.
Yagotsu
Grandia Xtreme. Basically the Grandia combat with multiple party member choices and grinding worthy of Diablo 2. Mark Hamill(whom I love his VAing) even phoned in a voice for a character. Won’t spoil anything but it was a very basic story of go to these 4 dungeons and then do it again. The graphics were fine, nothing fantastic on the ps2. I really liked the game and even fire it up every now and then to try out new combos.
josh35767
I feel like there’s a big difference between a shit story and just not having a story or having a very basic story. Same with graphics.
Seeing things like Minecraft, Mario, etc. Yeah their game is carried fully by their gameplay but I wouldn’t call their stories “shit”. I’m more interested in seeing games that actually had a pretty garbage story but still managed to be good because of gameplay.
nahte123456
Most Pokemon games. Like we can bitch about “bad performance” or “Gameboy is old”, but there’s a reason every single Pokemon game since the first has sold well, been loved, has competitive scenes(even if some are small), and still gets talked about today.
Elemelons97
Mount and Blade Warband. Very little story and while the graphics aren’t “bad” they’re certainly dated.
Gameplay is 10/10, there’s no finer sight than watching your 40 elite shock cavalry rush the 7 poorly equipped bandits that hassled you at the start of the game
JustaGoodGuyHere
Grim Dawn
zama_zama_san
Rimworld. When I first saw my friend playing it in 2018 I asked him what game that was and how coukd he play a game that looked like that (yeah I was that dumb)
I now own the game and have played it form 400+ hours.
SolitaireSam
Dark Souls. Barebones lore, crusty graphics but top-tier gameplay. No better feel than parrying Gwyn into oblivion
FreshProduce7473
octopath traveler story is meh but the battle system is really engaging
RaphaelSolo
Yar’s Revenge, 8-bit game so graphics are barely an option. Story is vaguely interesting but you need to read the included comic, so if you get it used no story for you. Gameplay is still fun 44 years later though.
rider5001
EDF
GeraltofOuterHeavia
Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Horrible writing and it looks like an Xbox 360 game in terms of visuals, but that card based combat? Love it.
999blob
Samurai Western, graphics were fine,story was kinda meh. Gameplay was lots of fun, by spinning around deflecting bullets to not get hit
Gsmack73
Populous
T_S_Anders
Tetris. The gameplay is riveting but the story only goes in one direction with actors going in circles.
SilentHunter7
Earth Defense Force 2017
itsthisortwitter
This basically describes dragons dogma. Maybe not the graphics part, but awesome gameplay with awful story.
ezeshining
3D Pinball
RabbitHats
There’s a huge difference between “bad graphics” and “cheap graphics” that seems to be making some of these responses not a fit.
Ra1zen
Vindictus
Real_Dotiko
Minesweeper
nerdwaffles
Parasite Eve was pretty cool
Buchmada
Probably going to get hate for this but pokemon sword and shield and scarlet and violet are probably the best pokemon games we’ve ever gotten and people can’t see it because the presentation is hot ass. S and v has a decent story though.
PhotogamerGT
Minesweeper
RetroNutcase
Earth Defense Force series as a whole. Graphics has never been its strong point, but the sheer scale and fun of mowing down armies of bugs, robots, and alien monsters makes it a keeper.
LobZ_XL
Mount and blade Warband
swdev_1995
Not a shit story necessarily, it’s actually fine, but Rise of The Ronin. Pretty outdated looking at times, some pretty poor FSR artifacting on screen at times, but damn the overall gameplay is so much fun. Being a Ronin in 19th century Japan with some incredible combat, a really fun gameplay loop.
YourLastPick
Ik people hate it but Anthem
I like flying around in my own custom iron man suit, as limited that may be
TJ_McWeaksauce
*Tetris*. The graphics looks really blocky
disar39112
Some people don’t seem to get that not having photorealistic graphics means they’re bad.
Games like minecraft, dwarf fortress vampire survivor etc look like that deliberately.
EruditeIdiot
The graphics aren’t bad, but I’ll nominate Astral Chain. I swear I saw every plot point coming a mile ahead. The characters are pretty one dimensional as well.
The gameplay, on the other hand, is amazing. Somehow Nintendo managed to make playing two characters at once feel natural and fun. It was honestly one of the most unique action games I’ve played.
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Some would say Minecraft
Chronicon.
Great ARPG if you dont care about graphics or story. Biggest plus is that it has great power progression at regular intervals.
Anything from Team Ninja. Some have decent stories tbf but mostly they’re just relying on really really good combat.
The Wii Sports games
Vampire survivor obviously.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker. The graphics are alright, and the gameplay is great, but the story feels tacked-on and rushed. The game is better if you don’t interact with the story at all.
I’m gonna get hate but most Nintendo games (which isn’t a bad thing I love them)
Fallout 4 in terms of story
Say what you will about Kingdom Hearts 2. But the gameplay is fun af. End game content makes you feel great.
Grandia Xtreme. Basically the Grandia combat with multiple party member choices and grinding worthy of Diablo 2. Mark Hamill(whom I love his VAing) even phoned in a voice for a character. Won’t spoil anything but it was a very basic story of go to these 4 dungeons and then do it again. The graphics were fine, nothing fantastic on the ps2. I really liked the game and even fire it up every now and then to try out new combos.
I feel like there’s a big difference between a shit story and just not having a story or having a very basic story. Same with graphics.
Seeing things like Minecraft, Mario, etc. Yeah their game is carried fully by their gameplay but I wouldn’t call their stories “shit”. I’m more interested in seeing games that actually had a pretty garbage story but still managed to be good because of gameplay.
Most Pokemon games. Like we can bitch about “bad performance” or “Gameboy is old”, but there’s a reason every single Pokemon game since the first has sold well, been loved, has competitive scenes(even if some are small), and still gets talked about today.
Mount and Blade Warband. Very little story and while the graphics aren’t “bad” they’re certainly dated.
Gameplay is 10/10, there’s no finer sight than watching your 40 elite shock cavalry rush the 7 poorly equipped bandits that hassled you at the start of the game
Grim Dawn
Rimworld. When I first saw my friend playing it in 2018 I asked him what game that was and how coukd he play a game that looked like that (yeah I was that dumb)
I now own the game and have played it form 400+ hours.
Dark Souls. Barebones lore, crusty graphics but top-tier gameplay. No better feel than parrying Gwyn into oblivion
octopath traveler story is meh but the battle system is really engaging
Yar’s Revenge, 8-bit game so graphics are barely an option. Story is vaguely interesting but you need to read the included comic, so if you get it used no story for you. Gameplay is still fun 44 years later though.
EDF
Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Horrible writing and it looks like an Xbox 360 game in terms of visuals, but that card based combat? Love it.
Samurai Western, graphics were fine,story was kinda meh. Gameplay was lots of fun, by spinning around deflecting bullets to not get hit
Populous
Tetris. The gameplay is riveting but the story only goes in one direction with actors going in circles.
Earth Defense Force 2017
This basically describes dragons dogma. Maybe not the graphics part, but awesome gameplay with awful story.
3D Pinball
There’s a huge difference between “bad graphics” and “cheap graphics” that seems to be making some of these responses not a fit.
Vindictus
Minesweeper
Parasite Eve was pretty cool
Probably going to get hate for this but pokemon sword and shield and scarlet and violet are probably the best pokemon games we’ve ever gotten and people can’t see it because the presentation is hot ass. S and v has a decent story though.
Minesweeper
Earth Defense Force series as a whole. Graphics has never been its strong point, but the sheer scale and fun of mowing down armies of bugs, robots, and alien monsters makes it a keeper.
Mount and blade Warband
Not a shit story necessarily, it’s actually fine, but Rise of The Ronin. Pretty outdated looking at times, some pretty poor FSR artifacting on screen at times, but damn the overall gameplay is so much fun. Being a Ronin in 19th century Japan with some incredible combat, a really fun gameplay loop.
Ik people hate it but Anthem
I like flying around in my own custom iron man suit, as limited that may be
*Tetris*. The graphics looks really blocky
Some people don’t seem to get that not having photorealistic graphics means they’re bad.
Games like minecraft, dwarf fortress vampire survivor etc look like that deliberately.
The graphics aren’t bad, but I’ll nominate Astral Chain. I swear I saw every plot point coming a mile ahead. The characters are pretty one dimensional as well.
The gameplay, on the other hand, is amazing. Somehow Nintendo managed to make playing two characters at once feel natural and fun. It was honestly one of the most unique action games I’ve played.
Most platinum games
Old school Tony Hawk games
Minecraft