metaphysical elements in video games mega list

[astralnaut]

i know of some video games that have spiritual, psychic, dreamstuff, and even astral projection! here is how the list works: when you list a game title, you also list the metaphysical elements in the game-for examples i have a list to start us off:
Monster Lab-in the arcanium you can make monster arms by projecting thru an astral rift and flying thru circles.
Nights into Dreams-all about flying in dreams-the whole game
Little Nemo the Dream Master-like Nights but you can't fly for some strange reason
Quick Yoga Training-all about this mystical exercise regimen
Wii Fit-has a yoga section
Persona series-in these games you can learn to summon demons
LostMagic-cast spells by drawing symbols
Geist-you can be a spirit and possess computers and machines
Eternal Darkness-fight Lovecraftian horrors from an occult book
i may list more when i get some information but everybody it's your turn. remember-
title and why you listed it. have fun and i'll check back often!

[NoY]

Black and White

you can be god and cast spells

[Tiny]

I remember in the Necromancer's Lair in Dark Messiah a book said among other things something like:

magic is the setting in motion of universal forces by intention through associative symbols.

That was amazing wisdom for some gore killing game.

peace

[Stookie]

I like Bioshock. The plasmids are sweet!

[Tiny]

I like Bioshock. The plasmids are sweet!

Dear Stookie,

I am suprised that *you would still consume this spiritual poison   ?!

Especially Bioshock...now that you remind me of it, I remember having seen a number of demonstrations of that game, the atmosphere resembles the low, lower to lowerst astral as best as a computer game can.

The game starts with a plane crash into the open sea and the character escapes to the surface with burning plane leftovers around him and finds a light tower, steps inside and goes down to a hellish underwater city using an elevator.

Now, I find it so ironic when I consider that the man could've actually died in that plane crash BUT then finds himself in his astral-body on the surface of the water in the real-time-zone with the light tower being an astral element fused into the RTZ environment and representing a portal to the lower astral world.


Here's something very interesting I've just found on Google regarding Bioshock 2:

Scout is a Plasmid in BioShock 2. It allows the player to turn into a type of "ghost" at will. Ghost form grants invisibility while moving, hacking, and using plasmids, but weapons  are unusable. The player's physical body will remain in the same place of the initial casting, and is vulnerable to attack. The player's ghost must return to the physical body in order to proceed with normal action. It is essentially a form of astral projection.

Only a limited amount of plasmids can be cast before the user has to return to their body. If the user's body is attacked, the user will automatically break from Scout form and return to it. The horizontal range of Scout is what might be, at most, a few hundred feet in the real world, at which point vision becomes blurred. Continuing further will cause a return to the body.

Fountain of Youth will allow the player to gain health and EVE by standing in water, even while in scout mode, thus allowing the player to cast plasmids even if without any EVE. The regenerating effect only occurs if the Astral Body that you are controlling is standing in water; no EVE is gained if your Real Body  is standing in water while your Astral Body is on dry land.

peace

[Stookie]

Yeah, it's a lot of fun! I also like driving games, puzzle games, strategy/action, classic arcade & console (I've got a MAME cabinet), but there's nothing like real deal PINBALL!

The Grand Theft Auto series is an all time favorite of mine too. I have no shame as a gamer.

[Yamabushi]

I like to look at World of Warcraft as planet Earth some tens of thousands of years from now when the planet's creatures have been mutated by post-apocalyptic radiation.  

I suppose that's not too metaphysical. Has anyone played The Witcher? You can learn the ten Sephiroth of the Qabalistic Tree of Life from that game!

YB

EDIT: Half-Life 2 is another good one, with a lot of issues surrounding dark matter, time travel, transPlanckian wormholes, and a mysterious G-Man who reminds me much of some of my own mentors.

[NoY]

prey

you can have out of body experiences to solve puzzles in a giant spaceship

[Alvis]

Fallout 3 Point lookout expansion pack. There is a group of people that mention astral projection.

[WASD]

Braid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqtSKkyJgFM
Very good physics engine. Puzzle Game.
You can manipulate time and make a ghost-copy of yourself.

Timeshift: You can stop, slow down, and rewind time. Very fun to play with


There are some Astral things in World of Warcraft aswell, http://www.wowhead.com/?search=astral
And in one boss fight it says "X shifts into the Astral Plane" and the boss becomes immune to all damage

[NoY]

Diablo II

Awsome story about the devil and you get to fight the hords on earth and in hell

[Everlasting]

Deus EX, you can learn about the Bilderberg group, Illuminati, FEMA, zionist bankers and the new world order plan, eh i guess it's not metaphysical but anyway.

[radman32]

Mario 64: you enter realities by jumping into pictures, you can fly.

[vladjackguy]

psychonauts - Has a lot of powers.These powers include astral projection telekinesis, levitation, invisibility, pyrokinesis, clairvoyance, Psi Shield, Psi Blast and confusion

Liineage II - spells... fantasy stuff

[purple leaves]

Dreamfall - Zoe travels between different worlds by falling asleep
Indigo Prophecy - the main character has psychic visions
Condemned - the main character has psychic visions
Soul Reaver - Raziel can shift at will between the material and psychic planes
Eternal Sonata - the entire game takes place in Chopin's mind while he is on his deathbed
Clive Barker's Jericho - one of the characters can astral project to walk through walls and push levers, etc
Final Fantasy X - Yuna sends the departed to the next plane before they become restless or evil
Rez - doesn't really relate to any astral topics, but the visuals are awesome

[zareste]

Soul Reaver had a frighteningly realistic portrayal of all those concepts. Everyone here ought to play it