The important rules are that they A) are not diegetic (sorry Kentucky Route Zero), B) have no images and try hard to invoke parser IF sensibilities, C) are used for some jarring or psychologically disconcerting effect instead of being “just” ironic or “retro”, and D) end after like 2 minutes so as to be all “naw jk, we wouldn’t really force you to use your imagination :p”
Nier
Alan Wake 2
Nier Automata (?? maybe I don’t actually remember much about that game lol)
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Frog fractions
Lost Odyssey nearly qualifies except it’s more like a sudden light novel that happens very regularly.
I thought We are OFK qualified but I think it has too many graphical elements
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Travis Strikes Again
those damn mcelroys cant keep getting away with this…
stretching the topic a little but the coolest thing i remember about this The Matrix sequel tie-in game is the text-prompt interface you can use to “hack” in cheat codes
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