When comparing Glitchhikers vs MirrorMoon EP, the Slant community recommends Glitchhikers for most people. In the question“What are the best PC games that focus on narrative, atmosphere, exploration and avoid combat?” Glitchhikers is ranked 16th while MirrorMoon EP is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Glitchhikers is:
There is not much to accomplish in the game, it is more an experience where the player is guided through a philosophical journey of nighttime driving, loneliness and isolation.
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Pros
Pro Almost a philosophical experience
There is not much to accomplish in the game, it is more an experience where the player is guided through a philosophical journey of nighttime driving, loneliness and isolation.
Pro Weird interactions
Throughout the game you will be picking up strange characters who are hitchhikers, through conversations with these hitchhikers you will be partaking in even stranger conversations that you are giving the power to choose your responses to. This makes for a very unique experience that is not often seen in a game.
Pro No other life forms
All of the planets in the game do not have any inhabitants making for a very solitary feeling title.
Pro Explore a vast universe
The game allows the player to explore unnamed worlds in order to solve puzzles on them, through this exploration the player gets to visit a vast universe of unexplored planets.
Pro Far different than any game you'll ever play
The central hub of the game is a vast array of dials and switches that are sparsely defined making for a very explorative environments, from there you will go to many different planets that have crazy color designs. While a very solitary title due to no life forms on these planets it gives the player a chance to really absorb the different worlds and their own control panel.
Pro Basically no instructions
Pro Zen gameplay about discovery
Pro Best soundtrack
Pro Beautiful world
Cons
Con Very short
The game only lasts about 15 minutes per playthrough and so makes for a very short experience.
Con Can get boring
The nature of the game allows for what can become quite boring in that there is little guidance and also little to see making for an experience that can become quite "samey".