Posted April 29, 2014
Kennethor: King of Dragon Pass here on GOG is kinda like that.
It has a very open and always interesting story. There is combat but it is only a small part of the gameplay.
It is quite simple graphically speaking but it has wonderful images and art.
Defending your territory/attacking others is a part of KoDP, though; it's not like in Papers, Please where you just click to fight (no thinking involved), or like in Long Live the Queen where you just follow the script (again, pretty mindless). It has a very open and always interesting story. There is combat but it is only a small part of the gameplay.
It is quite simple graphically speaking but it has wonderful images and art.
I am tired of thinking about that stuff, if that makes sense ^^
wolfsrain: Most of the western visual novels could fit your bill: quite a few on Desura, though the really great ones are the japanese ones ( expensive as hell and playable only with fan translations, as the japanese companies that are developing/publishing the genre do not bother with the western market)
Here are some western made visual novels, just like Long Live The Queen:
http://www.desura.com/company/sakevisual
http://www.desura.com/games/always-remember-me
http://www.desura.com/games/dysfunctional-systems-learning-to-manage-chaos
http://moacube.com/games/cinders/
http://moacube.com/games/solstice/
As for others, i think the best were posted already, though to be fair Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy doesn't fit your bill entirely. You will have some combat in the form of some QTE
Are there more novels which don't double as dating/romance sims? Solstice and Cinders look awesome, thanks! Here are some western made visual novels, just like Long Live The Queen:
http://www.desura.com/company/sakevisual
http://www.desura.com/games/always-remember-me
http://www.desura.com/games/dysfunctional-systems-learning-to-manage-chaos
http://moacube.com/games/cinders/
http://moacube.com/games/solstice/
As for others, i think the best were posted already, though to be fair Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy doesn't fit your bill entirely. You will have some combat in the form of some QTE
Already played Anna and Myst series, fyi.
Post edited April 29, 2014 by cmdr_flashheart