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[Neonivek]

He is basically asking for intrigue.

Which is frankly very common in games that focus on story.

I mean... every Suikeoden game to date had it.

Sandbox games tend not to have it because sandboxes are done at the sacrifice of a strong story, strong character, and strong focused gameplay.

[Virtz]

I think by such sandbox games he means games where these relations happen dynamically rather than in a heavily pre-scripted manner.

[Ninteen45]

I think by such sandbox games he means games where these relations happen dynamically rather than in a heavily pre-scripted manner.

BINGO! You win! You get everything I own and my hand in marriage! You get the internets too. All of them.

[Svarte Troner]

Unfortunately, I have nothing to offer you in your search. I will, however, pay close attention to any future developments in this thread.

[Neonivek]

I think by such sandbox games he means games where these relations happen dynamically rather than in a heavily pre-scripted manner.

BINGO! You win! You get everything I own and my hand in marriage! You get the internets too. All of them.

Ohh well in that case...

There is no game that really handles these kinds of relationships in a dynamic nature.

[kulik]

I remembered a game that's exactly fits OP description and in deed it was a great game. I don't remember the name but i know where to look it up. Wait a sec.

edit. No luck so far will try to search it up tomorrow. Just a quick description from what i remember:
-The game is based on a short novel.
-Its set in some kind of alter reality, there aren't humans, the entities are pretty weird. You see only icons of them but some of them look like animals (i remember one looking like dog and one like bird).
-Its a battle between 8 (i think) entities. You can visit each other during day (you see who visited who) and battle each other during night in dreams.
-I don't remember the battles but it was a bit like a card game, it was something to do with numbers, like guessing a symbol which would get most votes or something like that, the trick was to make friends during day, try to assess the relation between various entities, find those who may double cross others try to make friends and not get back stabbed by them or anticipate the back stab and make an advantage of it in the battle.
-On start you and others got some kind of points (4 i guess) and you could loose them or win them from others and somehow they raised your chances in the battle.
-The interface was grey, almost windowsish.
-I had the game from home of the underdogs and im pretty sure it was one of the topdogs at the time.

...any ideas?

[Neonivek]

I remembered a game that's exactly fits OP description and in deed it was a great game. I don't remember the name but i know where to look it up. Wait a sec.

Like that game with all the death of diseases? that would be close but love doesn't really exist in that game... it is a game of political marriage.

[Ninteen45]

I think by such sandbox games he means games where these relations happen dynamically rather than in a heavily pre-scripted manner.

BINGO! You win! You get everything I own and my hand in marriage! You get the internets too. All of them.

Ohh well in that case...

There is no game that really handles these kinds of relationships in a dynamic nature.

hopefully DF will.

[Scaraban]

Alter Ego.

It was made by a psychologist many years ago on, like, computers that worked only in terminal mode.
Today, its legacy is carried on by this web-based version. A few bits and bobs have been added here and there to modernise its content.

This has evoked rather strong emotions from me. Childhood memories resurfaced very strongly in particular as they were similar to my character's life in the game, and the thought that I will never be able to a world where my parents would not have to emigrate to another country (hint: I come from Greece) seriously depressed me for a while.

Make what you think of it, but this game is the game you're looking for, I think. Also, do read the text. Labelling everything as TL;DR will make you miss out on just the experiences you are looking for and it will not help you in getting into the mood of the game.

Enjoy (or actually be depressed which was what happened in my case).

80 on a dirt road and i swerve into the ditch and DIE! HORSE SHIT! I GO FASTER THAN THAT ON LOOSE GRAVEL IN MY MINIVAN! fuck you psychologist

[Neonivek]

Have you been on dirt roads?

To admit I havn't

but I assume they are filled with oil slicks and black ice.

[Scaraban]

Have you been on dirt roads?

To admit I havn't

but I assume they are filled with oil slicks and black ice.

I live in Iowa, which is to say in the middle of the world's largest cornfield with a surprising number of urban centers in it(at least we're better than Nebraska so... flat... *shudders*) so yes I have been on paved, tarred, gravel, dirt and asphalt roads; done 100 mph on each still alive or some kind of interwebz haunting ghost; meh either works...

[Rabek Jeris]

I remembered a game that's exactly fits OP description and in deed it was a great game. I don't remember the name but i know where to look it up. Wait a sec.

edit. No luck so far will try to search it up tomorrow. Just a quick description from what i remember:
-The game is based on a short novel.
-Its set in some kind of alter reality, there aren't humans, the entities are pretty weird. You see only icons of them but some of them look like animals (i remember one looking like dog and one like bird).
-Its a battle between 8 (i think) entities. You can visit each other during day (you see who visited who) and battle each other during night in dreams.
-I don't remember the battles but it was a bit like a card game, it was something to do with numbers, like guessing a symbol which would get most votes or something like that, the trick was to make friends during day, try to assess the relation between various entities, find those who may double cross others try to make friends and not get back stabbed by them or anticipate the back stab and make an advantage of it in the battle.
-On start you and others got some kind of points (4 i guess) and you could loose them or win them from others and somehow they raised your chances in the battle.
-The interface was grey, almost windowsish.
-I had the game from home of the underdogs and im pretty sure it was one of the topdogs at the time.

...any ideas?

Legacy of Siboot, pretty sure. Great game, but I'm not sure it's exactly what OP is looking for.

[kulik]

I remembered a game that's exactly fits OP description and in deed it was a great game. I don't remember the name but i know where to look it up. Wait a sec.

edit. No luck so far will try to search it up tomorrow. Just a quick description from what i remember:
-The game is based on a short novel.
-Its set in some kind of alter reality, there aren't humans, the entities are pretty weird. You see only icons of them but some of them look like animals (i remember one looking like dog and one like bird).
-Its a battle between 8 (i think) entities. You can visit each other during day (you see who visited who) and battle each other during night in dreams.
-I don't remember the battles but it was a bit like a card game, it was something to do with numbers, like guessing a symbol which would get most votes or something like that, the trick was to make friends during day, try to assess the relation between various entities, find those who may double cross others try to make friends and not get back stabbed by them or anticipate the back stab and make an advantage of it in the battle.
-On start you and others got some kind of points (4 i guess) and you could loose them or win them from others and somehow they raised your chances in the battle.
-The interface was grey, almost windowsish.
-I had the game from home of the underdogs and im pretty sure it was one of the topdogs at the time.

...any ideas?

Legacy of Siboot, pretty sure. Great game, but I'm not sure it's exactly what OP is looking for.

Yup, thats it!!!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Trust and Betrayal: The Legacy of Siboot is an obscure gem by Chris Crawford, creator of the acclaimed political simulation Balance of Power.Billed as ?the world?s first narrative game,? Siboot does fulfill this cryptic promise: it is a very unique strategy game that emphasizes character interaction and personal-level diplomacy. The game is set in a fictitious gameworld that comprises several planets, each populated by a distinct alien race.

Being a very unique game, it is quite difficult to explain exactly what Siboot is all about. The game basically involves exchanging information with other characters in order to work out your strategy for a nightly round of "mental combat" that boils down to repeated rounds of rock/paper/scissors. To win, you have to trade information with the non-player characters, using an iconic language in which you can not only offer trades but also make promises, express emotions, or just exchange small talk. The challenge comes from the fact that everything you do affects the NPCs' opinions of you. You usually can't win without giving information about your friends now and then, but if you do it too often or fail to apologize when they find out, you won't have friends for long (and no one will give you any more information and you'll lose). This emphasis on careful dealing with other characters and keeping track of their assessment of you (and vice versa) explains the game?s name, as choosing who to trust and who to betray is key to success in the game.

Overall, Siboot is a masterpiece that is best experienced than described. It is a perfect game for an adventurous strategy gamer who is attracted to unique titles and has enough patience/perseverance to climb the steep learning curve. As with Crawford?s other titles, Siboot is quite difficult to learn, and unfortunately no manual is available from Crawford?s website where he decided to make the Macintosh version of game downloadable as freeware. But luckily for you folks, the PDF manual (after a few hours of laborious scanning by yours truly ) is available for download here. Siboot will probably seem too dry for most gamers who are accustomed to user-friendly, accessible strategy games. But anyone who takes the time to learn the ropes will definitely find Siboot a unique, intriguing, and rewarding game. As games go, it doesn?t get more unique or esoteric than this. Highly recommended!

Download: http://www.hotud.org/component/remository/func-startdown/17009/

[Samio]

I remembered a game that's exactly fits OP description and in deed it was a great game. I don't remember the name but i know where to look it up. Wait a sec.

edit. No luck so far will try to search it up tomorrow. Just a quick description from what i remember:
-The game is based on a short novel.
-Its set in some kind of alter reality, there aren't humans, the entities are pretty weird. You see only icons of them but some of them look like animals (i remember one looking like dog and one like bird).
-Its a battle between 8 (i think) entities. You can visit each other during day (you see who visited who) and battle each other during night in dreams.
-I don't remember the battles but it was a bit like a card game, it was something to do with numbers, like guessing a symbol which would get most votes or something like that, the trick was to make friends during day, try to assess the relation between various entities, find those who may double cross others try to make friends and not get back stabbed by them or anticipate the back stab and make an advantage of it in the battle.
-On start you and others got some kind of points (4 i guess) and you could loose them or win them from others and somehow they raised your chances in the battle.
-The interface was grey, almost windowsish.
-I had the game from home of the underdogs and im pretty sure it was one of the topdogs at the time.

...any ideas?

Legacy of Siboot, pretty sure. Great game, but I'm not sure it's exactly what OP is looking for.

I actually played this game quite a bit earlier, enjoying it. I was pretty young, and some event happened where I had to make a choice about some dude showing his ass crack. No pictures or anything, but it made me giggle: http://myfacewhen.com/339/

Oh, and then afterwards I looked up what a bird's butt looked like out of plain curiousity:
 http://myfacewhen.com/345/

[anzki4]

Alter Ego.

It was made by a psychologist many years ago on, like, computers that worked only in terminal mode.
Today, its legacy is carried on by this web-based version. A few bits and bobs have been added here and there to modernise its content.

This has evoked rather strong emotions from me. Childhood memories resurfaced very strongly in particular as they were similar to my character's life in the game, and the thought that I will never be able to a world where my parents would not have to emigrate to another country (hint: I come from Greece) seriously depressed me for a while.

Make what you think of it, but this game is the game you're looking for, I think. Also, do read the text. Labelling everything as TL;DR will make you miss out on just the experiences you are looking for and it will not help you in getting into the mood of the game.

Enjoy (or actually be depressed which was what happened in my case).

80 on a dirt road and i swerve into the ditch and DIE! HORSE SHIT! I GO FASTER THAN THAT ON LOOSE GRAVEL IN MY MINIVAN! fuck you psychologist

I was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in the second module...