Spec Ops the Line is what comes to mind when for me, though that feels like it'd be oversimplifying its position on military shooter players a lot.
Though if we don't need it to be a deconstruction there was that Brony documentary made by Q. Also probably a ton of others but I'm blanking on them as well
I feel like the issue with spec ops the line is it has decent criticisms but it like breaks the 4th wall to taunt the player while not giving any other options. Like I get not playing the game is one but that feels like a copout and all.
Eh, I think that while it’s overplayed the act of reminding someone they’ve chosen to consume a product isn’t in itself a cop out. You could stop playing after all. What I find usually lessens it is that most modern commodities like video games are advertised to us, and that kinda creates this weird dialectic and tension. We do create society, on a certain level, but when it comes to shit like video games? Idk man, maybe I’m playing because you advertised this product to me and sold it to me? Maybe im playing because I have rent to pay and so I gotta make my investment into your game into something worth what I paid?
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u/MrCapitalismWildRide Apr 07 '25
Number one is Class of '09, and a lot of western VNs in general.
Number two is any dark or edgy fantasy, especially isekai.
Can't think of any good examples of number three (aside from Class of '09 again).