There’s nothing more satisfying that being able to gradually break something up, with different graphical layers of damage, without having to think about opponents getting in the way, like annoying mosquitoes.
So, Lemmy, any recommendations besides the bonus levels on Street Fighter II and Final Fight? Edit: Preferably not FPS.
“Kid just raged for a while” - Bastion narrator
BroForce. There are enemies, but it’s totally just blowing shit up with parodies of action movie heroes. Lots of cascading explosions, very satisfying.
That looks like a really good rec. I’m sensitive to flashing lights and fast animations so it’s not for me, but it’s my vibe. Thanks.
Broforce is ana absurd and delightful train wreck :)
There’s an old game called Carmageddon where you could wreck people and other cars pretty well without interrupting.
Childhood memories unlocked
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Blast Corps 64 - You need to smash everything out of the way of an out-of-control nuclear armed truck using various tools ranging from bulldozers to a full on mech suit.
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Just Cause 3 - You capture enemy territory by blowing up everything colored red.
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Teardown - You’re a demolition company and you’re tasked with demolishing various things.
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Donkey Kong Banaza - Not played it myself, but the game just appears to be Donkey Kong going ape shit and wrecking up everything he sees.
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The Sims - Smash and destroy the dreams and aspirations of your virtual doll people
Thanks for the recs, I appreciate it! I haven’t heard of JC3 and I haven’t really seen The Sims so I’ll check those out.
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Red Faction: Guerrilla? Smash some stuff on Mars?
That does look good, thanks. I’ll see if it’ll run on my hardware.
It’s quite old at this point, should run well on most stuff!
It’s the first game that came to mind for me, too. Destruction there is very satisfying!
Buuuut people keep shooting at you. When playing it, I got constantly annoyed with the TPS elements and just wanted to tear stuff up. After a bit I bounced for that reason.
Plus it has a great song dedicated to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FCF2Y4lIWk&t=23
The term you would want to search for is ‘destructible environments.’
- Worms games
- Split Second
- Destroy All Humans
- Red Faction:Guerilla
- Just Cause 2 (so much destruction)
- Shipbreaker is a more relaxed demolition game
- The Street fighter still is reminding me of Bloody Roar where you could kick enemies through walls to fight in another area
- BeamNG.Drive
- Wreckfest
- Control
- 7 Days to Die
- Dysmantle
Thanks, I’m working through reviews on these :)
I mean, there’s always the classic Rampage:
Thanks for reminding me, I loved that game! Perfect recommendation, although the enemies do impede the satisfaction of getting on with it. Maybe there’s a cheat to get rid of them.
There’s a certain satisfaction to eating the enemies
There is, actually.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker has you tearing old spaceships apart for salvage. A lot of it is sorting your space recyclables, but towards the end of story mode
Spoiler
You get to absolutely trash a wreck, recovering 0 salvage value, to show management what for.
Thanks for the rec!
This is the one I thought of. It’s much more calming than the others but just great.
Blast Corps for N64. IIRC, the whole point of the game was to use different heavy equipment to destroy stuff.
Now we’re talking, thanks!
Blast Corps is a great hidden gem. You should really try it.
Check out Teardown
I’m watching a review now, thanks. Looks like a good recommendation, although I’m not a huge fan of FPS. Edit: yeah, this is great but the learning curve is a bit much for me. I just want to smash :D
You can open up sandbox maps if you want. Not all missions are timed either, some just let you smash shit.
Can’t believe I’m shilling for Nintendo for the second time in like a month but this seems to be a type of fantasy Donkey Kong: Bananza could fulfill? That whole game’s selling point was fully destructible environments.
That does look good, thanks!
obligatory: metal gear rising revengeance - force of nature
Rampage (1986) comes to mind, but (minor) enemies are present and I don’t think it applies damage in layers.
Yes, already commented by iknewitwhenisawit, but it’s a great example that I’d forgotten. I doesn’t have the damage in layers, but it does have gradual and incremental damage which is great.
already commented by iknewitwhenisawit
I don’t see any such comment. I guess federation could be lagging.
Ah, I get you. I didn’t think of that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Pretty much all of the Lego games are about destroying everything to get parts to build more things.
I only played the first Lego Batman, but I don’t remember it. Would that count?
Lego Worlds is the best for lego destruction.
Thanks.
Not super much destructible environment, but enough to satisfy most chaos gremlins, can be found in Goat Simulator.
