Trippy games

[brandman]

The 3D tube levels in Knuckles Chaotix are really cool

Oh that's true. You could group Sonic 2's minigame in with Knuckles Chaotix special stages as trippy kind of levels, or at least different playstyle.

[Menegrothx]

I just got Tempo for the 32X and I've got to say that this game is really imaginative. There's alot of weird stuff going on the screen and it's hard for me to tell what's part of the environment and what hurts me.
Here's some gameplay footage. All I can say is: 4:09 That's one weird invincibility power up thingy

This game visually reminds me of two great platformers: Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and Rayman
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Alice in wonderland level

Rayman (pretty much all levels are really weird once you get past the first two worlds in this game)


But yeah, I'd like to stress out that it's especially games with that dreamlike surreal athmosphere that I'm looking for (Alan Wake dream levels, Max Payne nightmare levels, post-Summer camp Psychonauts and presumably Deadly Premonition), not just games that look really weird. I guess it's personal what accounts for athmosphere, but I don't really feel trippy while playing a game like Tempo just because it is really weird and innovative when it comes to level and enemy design. Just like I dont feel trippy while watching a Studio Ghibli anime despite all the innovative visual weirdness that's going on in them, because the movies themselves follow a sane, conventional structure and have linear storylines and have generally sane and normal characters (again, on a mental level, not the way they look), while I do feel trippy while watching an anime like Paprika or a movie like Waking life


On an unrelated note, for a failed console with such a small game library, it's weird that 32X has two very unique exclusive games (Kolibri and Tempo)

[prfsnl_gmr]

Basically, you are looking for video games -or sections of video games - that are like David Lynch movies (i.e., Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, etc.). I will keep researching and see what I can dig up.

[SamuraiMegas]

I'm guessing super magnetic neo is trippy by looking at the cover

[Menegrothx]

If the first 4 levels are any indication, it's not. Which reminds me that I should try to give the game a second chance

[dreamcast4ever83]

juggernaut for the ps1 that whole game was freaking odd and weird till this day I don't know what I think of it

[dtrack]

rez and ikaruga are cool when you are there.
dynamite headdy also worth check

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Not the whole game obviously, but, the scarecrow sections in Arkham Asylum come to mind.

[Weekend_Warrior]

I always thought Cosmic Smash on the DC was pretty trippy

[J T]

For everyone interested in this topic, I think The Stanley Parable should be required playing (especially since it's free):
http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 58#p647358


Also, I just played this really trippy indie game called The 4th Wall. It costs $1 and it's only about 10 minutes long, so there's not too much to the game, but in terms of providing a surreal experience that follows a bizarre dream-like logic, this game hits the spot. It was over quickly, but it was an interesting experience for what it was and kind of frightening in its abstract craziness:
http://www.indievania.com/games/4th-wall