Most arguments against the dichotomy of soulless/soul say that it is merely nostalgia that blinds the player and makes him remember something as being better than it actually was.
This argument presupposes that modern games can't have soul (as the element of nostalgia is missing from a game you've recently played).
So, can we post some modern games that have soul?
I'll start with Outer Wilds which, imho, is a game everyone should play.
Modern games with SOUL
Gavin Russell
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Ethan Wood
The Last of Us Part II
>crawlin around avoiding dogs
>the bridge
>playing the guitar
pvre sovl, yet only those who have sat down and played it on Grounded will know
Liam Clark
Josiah Hall
PURE CONCENTRATED SOUL
Grayson Wilson
Jackson Rodriguez
Looks interesting! What game is this?
Ethan Bailey
Dyson sphere program.
Jaxon Kelly
Bentley Reed
deep rock galactic
Colton Howard
Those badly fitting pants are the only reason I can tell this is real life and not kojimakino
Levi Collins
Games made after 2015 that have soul:
>Assassin's Creed Odyssey
>Uncharted 4
>Jurassic World Evolution (but only with all DLC)
>Black Mesa (if you count its 2015 steam early access release and not the 2012 original mod)
>Doom Eternal
>Terminator: Resistance
>Project: Warlock
>Rage 2
>Return of the Obra-Dinn
>Apotheon
>Friday the 13th (if you count multiplayer games)
>LEGO Jurassic World
>Sniper Elite 4
>South Park: The Fractured But Whole
>Star Wars Battlefront 2015
Now I'm not necessarily saying that these are great games, but they all have at least some SOVL, though some are more SOVLFVL than others
Ayden Brown
>South Park
Not really soul, but also not soulless. Kind of a middle ground.
>Doom Eternal
No
>Friday the 13th
Absolute not, Dead by Daylight is better in everyway and that game is pure shit.
>Battlefront
Found the corporate shill.
Easton Peterson
>So, can we post some modern games that have soul?
Rain World, INFRA, Underrail.
Josiah Murphy
How does one quantify soul? Is it just "thing I like?"
Chase Price
Bugsnax
Carson Nelson
I think if you dilute it as much as possible, soul would simply be "passion" (it is obviously still difficult to quantify) but it is easily tangible in works of art (be they games or books) that weren't made for a paycheck (compare annual Call of Duty vs., f.ex., Cave Story or any other indie passion project).
Obviously, soul is inherently a flawed concept (as you accurately point out) but I still like to use it nonetheless as it is an easy way to separate shovelware games from games with interesting concepts and design choices (even if those might be flawed).
Adrian Jones
Old + Nostalgia = Soul
Eli Rogers
The only modern game I have played that has soul is Factorio
Justin Rivera
Have you even read any post in this thread, or even the OP, my lazy friend.
Jeremiah Russell
A short hike is very soulful and is potentially the only easy game I really like
Also these
Sebastian Morgan
Mad rat dead.
Oliver Cook
Agreed. That’s a game I was constantly trying to explore more in.
Asher Allen
>Mad rat dead.
Looks interesting!
Liam Howard
Excellent bait, here's your complimentary (you) along side animatedknots.com
Kayden Davis
>Assassin's Creed Odyssey
The complete antithesis of soul. Focus tested, formula following, derivative, Ubisoft game
Lincoln Sullivan
Josiah Campbell
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William Thomas
It’s fuckin awesome. Great music and art direction. SOUL made flesh.