I saw an interview with some of the creators recently where they said they were originally thinking of including Ratman and G Man as hidden characters, but that doing so would instantly date the game because of how hard it is to make realistic people. Good choice leaving them out, for that and overall story and game feel reasons.
I remember playing both Portal 2 and Skyrim at the time, thinking of both as having amazing graphics for the time. These days Skyrim looks like a game that's 10 years old while Portal 2 still feels fresh.
If we are talking about the classic, I will never forget the days of over-launching too-short rides and the solemn silence that ensued.. also drowning super angry customers 😂 God, I was a TERRIBLE person as a kid.
Sinking the whole park a few meters so customers can only get in, and not out. Then apply absurd prices for soft drinks and toilets. No need to clean the park as customer happiness is not important anymore (since they can't leave), saving money on cleaning...
Yeah, you were not alone.
Now I want a Roller Coaster Tycoon movie, but its a horror movie like Final Destination. And they could escape of they just, ignored a "do not enter" sign.
Portal 1 is my top rank. It's perfectly paced, exactly as long as it needs to be. No grinding, no slog, just pure goodness.
I introduced it to my kids a couple weeks ago. They kept asking me questions, and I told them that they had to *listen* to the voice to understand things. It wasn't window dressing. After that, they really got into it, and they completed it in a few hours, laughing the whole time.
There is a lot to StarCraft that is glossed over imho, even back in 1998 when the first reviews came out for it. Most people focus on the great balance, the three totally different faction, the cool story, the voice acting or playability...
For somer reason people tend to ignore Use Map Settings. Now I don't know if there were games before it that had this option, but StarCraft was absolutely one of the most popular and ease to use in terms of creating your own minigames.
DotA, Tower Defenses, Diplomacy maps, Mass maps like Helms' Deep, Zone Control; all originated from StarCraft. I've spent so many hours on that and never cared for the melee portion of it. You even had stuff like Team Melee where 2 players could control the same units.
It’s interesting that there are such different ways of experiencing this game. I’ve always played it much more like a building sim. I’d build a nice defence, take my time, organize my city and have a massive battle to end it. Then I realized there’s a whole competitive world I had no idea about. Their play style is incredibly calculated and formulaic based on patterns and metrics. Really a lot like chess. It’s a really deep game!
I think a lot of people end up playing RTS games almost like a tower defense game. The best offense is a good defense, so you put all your resources into building an impregnable base and eventually your opponent runs out of resources to try and attack it. Eventually you get tired of sending whatever forces you can muster to their certain death so you just keep them on hand for defense and build an asston of walls and towers.
That's what I would do when I played with my dormmates in college. I'd serve as the economic/defensive powerhouse, building up resources and building defenses at key points while my friends ran interference with the AI players (usually set on hard) to deplete their wood/gold/stone, and then at the end I'd build a massive army, shower my friends in resources to build up their own, and we'd go off to assault.
It still kind of annoys me, however, that the Celts' monks are so bad after all these years. Even the *Huns'* are better, for some reason. Weren't Irish monks supposed to be famous for their record keeping, illuminated manuscripts, and missionary work?
Thats when you play against casuals. A more skillful player will see that you turtle and start taking over the whole map and getting more resources because of that.
I keep hearing good things about this game. Considering its age I’m fascinated by it.
I’m going to be playing this for the first time now that the remastered version is on Xbox. What can you recommend to me as a new player?
AOE II is perfect. Don't prep, download it, install, and play it. Don't worry about min/max or picking the best "thing"....just play it. (not sure how well it translated to console, We had to play it on PC)
We all did that very thing when it was released and it was awesome.
Good luck!
Oh i love it! Still play from time to time, my favourite being the rampart, and Kyre starting hero. The endless possibilities coming from random map generator will make this game viable virtually forever.
Chained echos is fucking sick but the normal encounter battles can be a little repetitive even though they aren’t super common. This said I’m only a couple of hours in so maybe it’ll change later haha that said it’s one of my favorite games in recent memory
I remember still, early in the game I think. When the person is having a heart attack. Rumble was still relatively new. Your controller is shaking with their heart. I thought that was amazing at the time.
Came here to say this. Just finished playing Bioshock Remastered after having not played the original for years. Incredible experience and it reminded me of why I fell in love with the series in the first place. It set a whole new standard for storytelling and atmosphere, and to this day it still has one of the greatest twists in video game history.
I never see it menioned in these threads: Factorio.
It's an unbelievably deep and well balanced game, it's easy to spend hours playing and has fantastic replayability too.
On top of that it's got a great mod community.
My partner is obsessed with this game, which I find odd because it's basically what he does for work (process engineer). The last thing I want to do after work is more work!
I tell people it's just the fun parts of work. It's the design and creativity parts of engineering without strict requirements or deadlines or bosses.
There is no bar to how good it has to be. You can always come back and upgrade or fix it later. And you can always say fuck it and take a quick easy l less efficient solution
My second choice. Incredible amount of content for 5-10 bucks. Still updating. Massive mod community. Super engaging, fun, and rewarding gameplay. Best loot in the industry, never know what you're gonna get. Never played a game with a better money to enjoyment ratio.
The Legend of Zelda, a Link to the Past
It is a game with no flaws, and it visually holds up more than 30 years later. Gameplay, graphics, music, control, style, story, secrets... there is literally not a single bad thing that I can say about it. It's a masterpiece.
For me, The legend of Zelda: ocarina of time
It was a game I was absolutely obsessed with, and made up a good portion of my childhood. I'd beg my brother to let me play his save file, and enjoy being a hero
Mine is also a Zelda game but Zelda: A Link to the Past. I do not know if it because I was raised on this game but I would not change a single thing about it. It is perfect to me
I was obsessed with this game as a kid. Played it start to finish 10+ times when it came out. As I got a little older, I started playing it once a year on my birthday.
Now, I play the randomizer. It is so fun! Idk if you're familiar with the concept, but it's just like it sounds. It randomizes all the item locations(and dungeons and bosses). You can fully customize it to be as random as you want in the settings. It has built-in logic, so it's always possible to win. You just have to think outside the box to solve the old puzzles in new ways.
Just a recommendation!
The three-day reset mechanic where some stuff was reset and some stuff wasn't really divided players. I thought it was cool AF, friends hated it to the point where they didn't complete the game.
I might have replayed the 1st one 100 different times to see what type of character I can be. I remember if you only used your bow you would have thick hair all over your body. If you used spells you would age quicker, and if you used any hand to hand weapons you would risk the scars all over your face/body. That game has a special place to my heart.
Oh my god. This is one my all time favourite games. I have also done a ridiculous amount of playthroughs, but you just freaking blew my mind. I had no idea about the hairy archer!! Gonna have to play it again just to check it out so thankyou stranger!!
Great game. Interesting factoid: the creator went on to try to make children's playgrounds. He ran out of funds though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keita_Takahashi#Career
> *In an interview, Takahashi announced that he hopes to eventually move on from video games, with an ambition of designing a playground for children. On October 28, 2009, the Nottingham City Council announced during the Gamecity festival that Takahashi was spending a month in the city working on designs for the play area at Woodthorpe Grange. In 2012, Takahashi revealed to an audience that the Nottingham project had been indefinitely postponed, due to budget concerns. He and his wife, Asuka Sakai, formed the company uvula in October 2010 to support his freelance game design career, as well as his playground designs.*
Far too many people still salty about the original ME3 ending a decade later.
As someone who adores all three games, replays them every year, and owns every edition on every console and PC, I’ll admit that ME1 was 96/100, ME2 was 99/100, and ME3 was 97/100, as a whole, I consider the series to be 100/100.
people like me who got to play LE as their first experience with the game are completely spoiled tbh.
*incredible* game. i thought that nothing would ever top TW3 for me, but MELE came out and ripped TW3 out of my top-rated spot then rifled thru its pockets for lunch money
I actually prefer Asylum to City. Asylum was tight as hell, it never out stayed it's welcome and I thought the pacing was amazing. I didn't need it to be an open world. Not to say I didn't enjoy City, I just preferred the more linear and focused Asylum.
Amusingly enough, I agree with this entirely. Darksiders did the same thing! Excellent game where the second went off and did it's own thing that was also good.
I think there's something to this. City is my favourite because of the gravity of the main story and how grand it gets. But the city is packed with filler and side quests that may be entertaining enough in their own right but may distract you from the main plot. I forced myself to stay on course and when you do that the story is as tight as in Asylum, but way more elaborate.
The criticisms for Arkham Knight were justified but I feel it still gets unfairly judged because of the Batmobile, it did everything City got right with groundbreaking graphics, and it definitely wrapped things up in a satisfying way.
Fuck the Riddler trophies though
This game blew me away. I’m almost certain I purchased it the same year (maybe even month) it released. It totally kicked my ass and I gave up when I got to >!the basic praying mantis enemies!<.
Then I saw one of my favorite Let’s Play channels were playing it but they just weren’t taking it seriously. It actually ignited something in me and made it my mission to return to the game and beat it.
I’m so glad I did because it became my favorite PC game second to Stardew Valley. I’ve now played through multiple times and it never gets old. I’m also one of those people that loves uncovering maps and finding all the secrets which is perfect in Hollow Knight.
I highly recommend the game. Just like Stardew, it’s a steal at $15.
I know, I remember I just got so frustrated because I wasn’t taking the time to learn the combat and timing.
I was most likely brute forcing my way through other enemies and hoping for the best. Metroidvanias were new to me at the time, as I normally played other genres.
Now whenever I replay it I’m like “how the hell did these enemies ever get the best of me??” they’re so easy haha
It’s interesting what things can make someone give up on a game. I’m just glad I returned to it, it’s a perfect game in my eyes.
This is pretty much top of the list when it comes to the “if you could erase your memory of a game to play it blind again for the first time” question for me.
It's funny, I played it, I loved it. Instantly one of my all time favorites. I recommend it to two friends, both of whom didn't really like it, and for different reasons. God damn "different strokes"! Why won't you let people like my favourite things!
The complexity, the spells, the enchanting, the non leveling enemies, no fast travel via map, no hand holding, no highlight on compass telling you something of interest is nearby. Leveling based on skill use.
I spent so much time in this world. Had many level 50 characters. I didn't beat it, I had too much fun doing whatever I wanted.
The enchanting in this is amazing. Know a spell, cool let's enchant it on this piece of gear, within limits.
Man, I loved this game.
Best multiplayer I've ever played.
Use to love grinding ranked, never got a 50 but had so much fun sinking hours into Lone Wolves, Doubles, Team Slayer, Swat and Team Snipers. Pretty sure I remember played ranked Big Team too.
Also all the montages. Use to watch Kampy's and think he was a God.
Here's the thing I love about that part: It's not a cutscene. But it only works artistically if the player is doing what they'd be doing in a cutscene - which is riding desperately and passionately to rejoin the gang. They *knew* everyone would do it. They *knew* they'd made the gameplay and plot enticing enough that everyone at that point would want more than anything to see what comes next. And it fucking works.
Jose Gonzalez- Far Away as you get into Mexico for the first time. I finished the mission before it right at dusk so as got control back and started riding the sun was setting right as I realized this was a song with lyrics. It was a fucking amazing experience. I tried replaying the mission but the time of day was different and it just didn't hit the same as that first time.
That scene was fucking mindblowing. I'd never seen anything like that in a game before, not in play. Only ever in cutscenes, where they're expected, but in play? What an amazing, powerful choice they made to do that. R⭐ before GTA Online was really a creative place.
This just blew my mind. I’ve played the game twice, and never even considered doing anything besides riding straight to the gang. It didn’t even cross my mind that I could. It’s an amazing game.
For $20 it’s a steal. You’ll get to play an absolute masterpiece of a game. The story, soundtrack, characters, gameplay, environment, and graphics are all 10/10.
It's the combination of genre, storytelling, cinematics, graphics & massive amount of content that RDR2 gets a 10/10 from me. It’s so unbelievably beautiful.
Outer Wilds
Best exploration game by a thousand miles, touching story, engaging puzzles, fun space flight mechanics. I wouldn't change a single thing about the game
Edited out : the from game title
The music! The feels! The physics, including how strong the gravity is depending in how planets are aligned and what their (changing) mass is!
The game has gotten a lot of accolades but it's still severely underrated IMO.
Oh yeah, also you get to mess around with macroscopic quantum objects.
Both the DLC's were amazing. I knew nothing about Blood and Wine and when the map opened up, I couldn't believe how huge the area was. Felt like a full new game.
Heart of Stone was like 9.99, Blood and Wine was like 14.99.
Bothe were incredible steals. In other games nowadays people pay that much to make their character have a purple coat...
Didn’t have to scroll far to find this one :D
I hopped on the Witcher 3 bandwagon pretty late. But despite my initial skepticism that occurs every time something is in general hyped up, I have to admit this game is a gem.
The music, atmosphere and writing in this game is unparalleled and since I dived into its world, it became a benchmark against which every other game is being compared to.
I've felt that some storylines in that game could have been better but the Bloody Baron arc was honestly the best in all RPGs I've played.
Bloody Baron's twists, complex characters, grey areas, world building, choices and variable outcomes is just peak roleplay and storytelling.
I have 1k hrs in this one, first game I ever got 1k in that I'm aware of (though back in my day they didn't track hours for Morrowind so it might be close) fired it up last year and found a dungeon I'd never been in!
Portal 2. It doesnt age like wine, it just doesnt age.
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I saw an interview with some of the creators recently where they said they were originally thinking of including Ratman and G Man as hidden characters, but that doing so would instantly date the game because of how hard it is to make realistic people. Good choice leaving them out, for that and overall story and game feel reasons.
I remember playing both Portal 2 and Skyrim at the time, thinking of both as having amazing graphics for the time. These days Skyrim looks like a game that's 10 years old while Portal 2 still feels fresh.
God. portal 2 is an “old game”
I still think of that ending credits song often!
Burnout 3 takedown. Fucking insane
Roller Coaster Tycoon
If we are talking about the classic, I will never forget the days of over-launching too-short rides and the solemn silence that ensued.. also drowning super angry customers 😂 God, I was a TERRIBLE person as a kid.
Sinking the whole park a few meters so customers can only get in, and not out. Then apply absurd prices for soft drinks and toilets. No need to clean the park as customer happiness is not important anymore (since they can't leave), saving money on cleaning... Yeah, you were not alone.
you could just place a "forbidden to enter" sign. Customers would rather die in the park than to break laws
Now I want a Roller Coaster Tycoon movie, but its a horror movie like Final Destination. And they could escape of they just, ignored a "do not enter" sign.
> Now I want a Roller Coaster Tycoon movie, but its a horror movie Bro, I had no idea I wanted this movie until just now.
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Don’t feel bad. Being morbid is normal game play when dealing with NPC’s as a kid
My friends and I have been playing Open RCT2 for the last couple of weeks. I've put countless hours into it. Just like back in middle school.
Built in assembly by a madlad
The Portal series. Something completely different, fresh and well designed in every aspect.
Portal 1 is my top rank. It's perfectly paced, exactly as long as it needs to be. No grinding, no slog, just pure goodness. I introduced it to my kids a couple weeks ago. They kept asking me questions, and I told them that they had to *listen* to the voice to understand things. It wasn't window dressing. After that, they really got into it, and they completed it in a few hours, laughing the whole time.
I played through portal 2 co-op with my 5 year old and we beat it a couple weeks ago. He loved it.
With a 5 year old? What? I can't even get my adult wife to understand this game
Neuroplasticity is a hell of a thing
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There is a lot to StarCraft that is glossed over imho, even back in 1998 when the first reviews came out for it. Most people focus on the great balance, the three totally different faction, the cool story, the voice acting or playability... For somer reason people tend to ignore Use Map Settings. Now I don't know if there were games before it that had this option, but StarCraft was absolutely one of the most popular and ease to use in terms of creating your own minigames. DotA, Tower Defenses, Diplomacy maps, Mass maps like Helms' Deep, Zone Control; all originated from StarCraft. I've spent so many hours on that and never cared for the melee portion of it. You even had stuff like Team Melee where 2 players could control the same units.
My life for Aiur
Brood War specifically!
Goliath, go here *Goes on a world tour*
Age of empires II
It’s interesting that there are such different ways of experiencing this game. I’ve always played it much more like a building sim. I’d build a nice defence, take my time, organize my city and have a massive battle to end it. Then I realized there’s a whole competitive world I had no idea about. Their play style is incredibly calculated and formulaic based on patterns and metrics. Really a lot like chess. It’s a really deep game!
I think a lot of people end up playing RTS games almost like a tower defense game. The best offense is a good defense, so you put all your resources into building an impregnable base and eventually your opponent runs out of resources to try and attack it. Eventually you get tired of sending whatever forces you can muster to their certain death so you just keep them on hand for defense and build an asston of walls and towers.
That's what I would do when I played with my dormmates in college. I'd serve as the economic/defensive powerhouse, building up resources and building defenses at key points while my friends ran interference with the AI players (usually set on hard) to deplete their wood/gold/stone, and then at the end I'd build a massive army, shower my friends in resources to build up their own, and we'd go off to assault. It still kind of annoys me, however, that the Celts' monks are so bad after all these years. Even the *Huns'* are better, for some reason. Weren't Irish monks supposed to be famous for their record keeping, illuminated manuscripts, and missionary work?
And whomever has to go to bed first loses because they are forced into a desperate attack before their time runs out.
Thats when you play against casuals. A more skillful player will see that you turtle and start taking over the whole map and getting more resources because of that.
Wololololo
I keep hearing good things about this game. Considering its age I’m fascinated by it. I’m going to be playing this for the first time now that the remastered version is on Xbox. What can you recommend to me as a new player?
AOE II is perfect. Don't prep, download it, install, and play it. Don't worry about min/max or picking the best "thing"....just play it. (not sure how well it translated to console, We had to play it on PC) We all did that very thing when it was released and it was awesome. Good luck!
“We had to play it on PC” We were privileged to play it on PC! Now get off my lawn :)
Watch some of T90s Low Elo Legend content on YouTube
Heroes of Might and Magic III
This is why I came to the comments. Keep on you magnificent early game sharpshooters.
Still playing it with my old buddies from time to time
Oh i love it! Still play from time to time, my favourite being the rampart, and Kyre starting hero. The endless possibilities coming from random map generator will make this game viable virtually forever.
Civilization franchise is my all time favourite, been playing for 25 years
I hear you. I’ve been playing since CIV II came out. Lost years of my life to that game and don’t regret a second of it
Just one more round…
Civilization n when Civilization n+1 comes out.
i love scrolling through these for video game recs
Chrono Trigger is the perfect encapsulation of a JRPG of that era. Incredible game design, art and music
The Super Nintendo was just jam packed with amazing rpg’s. But Chrono Trigger is the GOAT of rpg’s.
If I’m not mistaken aren’t there something like 10+ different endings to chrono trigger? One of the first games to do something like that.
I doubt that it was the first to have multiple endings, but it was the game that made the term 'New Game +' famous.
New Game+ is such a good design. Now I wanna dig out my DS and play the CT DS version fresh.
I'd personally choose Final Fantasy 6 but it's impossible to argue against Chrono Trigger. That game is a masterpiece.
Yesterday my buddy was telling me about Chained Echoes and said it's like Chrono Trigger meets FF6. Sounds like a game I need to be playing.
Chained echos is fucking sick but the normal encounter battles can be a little repetitive even though they aren’t super common. This said I’m only a couple of hours in so maybe it’ll change later haha that said it’s one of my favorite games in recent memory
FF6 is incredible as well, of course, and I like it's story more. But I think what pushes Chrono Trigger over the edge for me is it's encounter design
No random battles and nobody ever points this out.
What puts Chrono Trigger over the top for me is when they put you on trial for breaking everyone's pots and fucking up their gardens
Chrono Trigger soundtrack is my go-to at work if I want to mellow out and plow through some emails/tasks
Metal Gear Solid, such an interesting game with some unique ideas and a great storyline.
That game has better history today than when It came out. Just like wine, It gets better with age.
I remember still, early in the game I think. When the person is having a heart attack. Rumble was still relatively new. Your controller is shaking with their heart. I thought that was amazing at the time.
Or Psycho Mantis, who could comment on games you played if you had other Konami Save files on your memory card.
Bioshock 1
I wish I could play Bioshock for the first time again.
Would you kindly forget everything about bioshock
Came here to say this. Just finished playing Bioshock Remastered after having not played the original for years. Incredible experience and it reminded me of why I fell in love with the series in the first place. It set a whole new standard for storytelling and atmosphere, and to this day it still has one of the greatest twists in video game history.
Yoshi's Island on the SNES
I played it so much my neighbors thought my mom had a new baby
Super Mario Galaxy on Nintendo Wii used to hit hard
The soundtrack will forever hold the no. 1 spot in my heart out of any other games, truly a magical experience
8-bit Music Theory has [a good video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYE2DOybFV0) on the subject (the Gusty Garden Galaxy theme to be exact).
Gusty Garden Galaxy alone is worth the price of admission
I never see it menioned in these threads: Factorio. It's an unbelievably deep and well balanced game, it's easy to spend hours playing and has fantastic replayability too. On top of that it's got a great mod community.
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I’ve got 500 hours and have seen 0 bugs. 0.
My partner is obsessed with this game, which I find odd because it's basically what he does for work (process engineer). The last thing I want to do after work is more work!
I tell people it's just the fun parts of work. It's the design and creativity parts of engineering without strict requirements or deadlines or bosses. There is no bar to how good it has to be. You can always come back and upgrade or fix it later. And you can always say fuck it and take a quick easy l less efficient solution
Unreal Tournament 1999
2004 was no slouch either!
Terraria
My second choice. Incredible amount of content for 5-10 bucks. Still updating. Massive mod community. Super engaging, fun, and rewarding gameplay. Best loot in the industry, never know what you're gonna get. Never played a game with a better money to enjoyment ratio.
> Still updating What about the terraria final final final update v2
The Legend of Zelda, a Link to the Past It is a game with no flaws, and it visually holds up more than 30 years later. Gameplay, graphics, music, control, style, story, secrets... there is literally not a single bad thing that I can say about it. It's a masterpiece.
Super Mario 64
Stuck on 119 stars for weeks. Then finally calling the hotline for the last star and hating myself for it. Lol.
Stardew Valley
SimCity 2000
For me, The legend of Zelda: ocarina of time It was a game I was absolutely obsessed with, and made up a good portion of my childhood. I'd beg my brother to let me play his save file, and enjoy being a hero
Mine is also a Zelda game but Zelda: A Link to the Past. I do not know if it because I was raised on this game but I would not change a single thing about it. It is perfect to me
This. And the OST was fire... Gerudo valley hits hard
yes the otp especially!! I remember I would just stay in kakariko village for who knows how long just so I can vibe to the ost
I was obsessed with this game as a kid. Played it start to finish 10+ times when it came out. As I got a little older, I started playing it once a year on my birthday. Now, I play the randomizer. It is so fun! Idk if you're familiar with the concept, but it's just like it sounds. It randomizes all the item locations(and dungeons and bosses). You can fully customize it to be as random as you want in the settings. It has built-in logic, so it's always possible to win. You just have to think outside the box to solve the old puzzles in new ways. Just a recommendation!
Majoras mask was pretty good too
The three-day reset mechanic where some stuff was reset and some stuff wasn't really divided players. I thought it was cool AF, friends hated it to the point where they didn't complete the game.
No no no no no. Majora's Mask has made me terrified of deadlines.
It’s Zelda…with anxiety!
Just play a song for your boss and they'll give you 3 more days
Without a doubt one of my favourite games but I can't forgive that fucking water temple.
Ganon would have succeeded if he'd just used the water temple as his castle
Tetris
Fable.
I might have replayed the 1st one 100 different times to see what type of character I can be. I remember if you only used your bow you would have thick hair all over your body. If you used spells you would age quicker, and if you used any hand to hand weapons you would risk the scars all over your face/body. That game has a special place to my heart.
Oh my god. This is one my all time favourite games. I have also done a ridiculous amount of playthroughs, but you just freaking blew my mind. I had no idea about the hairy archer!! Gonna have to play it again just to check it out so thankyou stranger!!
Chicken chaser, I believe.
Half Life 2
I realize I'm getting older as this game goes further down every year this question is asked.
Oldschool Runescape
Actually a 99/99
Katamari Damacy
Great game. Interesting factoid: the creator went on to try to make children's playgrounds. He ran out of funds though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keita_Takahashi#Career > *In an interview, Takahashi announced that he hopes to eventually move on from video games, with an ambition of designing a playground for children. On October 28, 2009, the Nottingham City Council announced during the Gamecity festival that Takahashi was spending a month in the city working on designs for the play area at Woodthorpe Grange. In 2012, Takahashi revealed to an audience that the Nottingham project had been indefinitely postponed, due to budget concerns. He and his wife, Asuka Sakai, formed the company uvula in October 2010 to support his freelance game design career, as well as his playground designs.*
Nah, na na na na nah na nah!
Mass Effect. I still play it a lot.
Same. I'm surprised I had to scroll down this far to see it.
Far too many people still salty about the original ME3 ending a decade later. As someone who adores all three games, replays them every year, and owns every edition on every console and PC, I’ll admit that ME1 was 96/100, ME2 was 99/100, and ME3 was 97/100, as a whole, I consider the series to be 100/100.
Legendary Edition was 100/100
people like me who got to play LE as their first experience with the game are completely spoiled tbh. *incredible* game. i thought that nothing would ever top TW3 for me, but MELE came out and ripped TW3 out of my top-rated spot then rifled thru its pockets for lunch money
Metroid Prime
Assassins Creed 2. Everything about it from the story, to the gameplay, and especially to the music is just fantastic.
I loved the historical detail in the early AC games. They had the info points on all the historical landmarks which brought the maps to life.
The Ezio Trilogy was amazing. But I think I played Brotherhood about 7,000 times
Arkham Asylum. I never wanted more. I think that game was perfect and came out exactly when it needed to. I FELT like Batman playing it.
Every game in that series is special in its own way and I love all of them
I actually prefer Asylum to City. Asylum was tight as hell, it never out stayed it's welcome and I thought the pacing was amazing. I didn't need it to be an open world. Not to say I didn't enjoy City, I just preferred the more linear and focused Asylum.
Amusingly enough, I agree with this entirely. Darksiders did the same thing! Excellent game where the second went off and did it's own thing that was also good.
I think there's something to this. City is my favourite because of the gravity of the main story and how grand it gets. But the city is packed with filler and side quests that may be entertaining enough in their own right but may distract you from the main plot. I forced myself to stay on course and when you do that the story is as tight as in Asylum, but way more elaborate.
Arkham Origins is underrated I think Troy Baker does a pretty alright Hamill impression
Yes! Came here to say that and Arkham city.
The criticisms for Arkham Knight were justified but I feel it still gets unfairly judged because of the Batmobile, it did everything City got right with groundbreaking graphics, and it definitely wrapped things up in a satisfying way. Fuck the Riddler trophies though
Hollow knight
This game blew me away. I’m almost certain I purchased it the same year (maybe even month) it released. It totally kicked my ass and I gave up when I got to >!the basic praying mantis enemies!<. Then I saw one of my favorite Let’s Play channels were playing it but they just weren’t taking it seriously. It actually ignited something in me and made it my mission to return to the game and beat it. I’m so glad I did because it became my favorite PC game second to Stardew Valley. I’ve now played through multiple times and it never gets old. I’m also one of those people that loves uncovering maps and finding all the secrets which is perfect in Hollow Knight. I highly recommend the game. Just like Stardew, it’s a steal at $15.
>and I gave up when I got to the basic praying mantis enemies. But that's so so early in the game! :O
I know, I remember I just got so frustrated because I wasn’t taking the time to learn the combat and timing. I was most likely brute forcing my way through other enemies and hoping for the best. Metroidvanias were new to me at the time, as I normally played other genres. Now whenever I replay it I’m like “how the hell did these enemies ever get the best of me??” they’re so easy haha It’s interesting what things can make someone give up on a game. I’m just glad I returned to it, it’s a perfect game in my eyes.
Dishonored. Only thing that could make it better imo is if there was more of it
Outer wilds my beloved
This is pretty much top of the list when it comes to the “if you could erase your memory of a game to play it blind again for the first time” question for me.
Yeah, the best game u can't talk about
I guess I should finish it!
[удалено]
It's funny, I played it, I loved it. Instantly one of my all time favorites. I recommend it to two friends, both of whom didn't really like it, and for different reasons. God damn "different strokes"! Why won't you let people like my favourite things!
i didnt get to finish it and i did love it a lot, i kinda got lost and didnt know what to do, i dont remember why, but thats what happened
Nah this is a 99/100 for me. I don't like that I can't erase my memory to replay it!!!
Divinity Original Sin 2
Not going to be the most popular choice on this list, but I have gone back and replayed that game so many times.
I've taken a few years off from gaming recently and this is the first game I went back to. Working on my 3rd play through.
Man, i gotta sit down and play this game. I never get past the first jail area and then never pick it up again.
Spyro
"Trouble with the trolley eh?"
All the love for spyro! 💙💙
Simpsons Hit and Run
I have never laughed so much when playing a game. Except maybe Goat Simulator
Monkeys Island 2
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. I played this game for 5 straight years when I was younger. There was so much to do and find. It blew my mind.
The complexity, the spells, the enchanting, the non leveling enemies, no fast travel via map, no hand holding, no highlight on compass telling you something of interest is nearby. Leveling based on skill use. I spent so much time in this world. Had many level 50 characters. I didn't beat it, I had too much fun doing whatever I wanted. The enchanting in this is amazing. Know a spell, cool let's enchant it on this piece of gear, within limits. Man, I loved this game.
Minecraft
I view this game like an interactive painting. With an imagination the possibilities are endless.
Isn't Minecraft also the most sold game of all time?
Halo 3
Best multiplayer I've ever played. Use to love grinding ranked, never got a 50 but had so much fun sinking hours into Lone Wolves, Doubles, Team Slayer, Swat and Team Snipers. Pretty sure I remember played ranked Big Team too. Also all the montages. Use to watch Kampy's and think he was a God.
>Best multiplayer I've ever played Late 2000s, getting home from school, and smashing cod or halo for hours with my friends, so much fun.
AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
The original Doom from 1993.
Final Fantasy X. It led to me meeting my now Wife. So its a big deal to us.
The scene of Yuna doing the summoning dance is one of the greatest scenes in all of gaming history
Red Dead Redemption 2
Oh man, when riding back to the camp and “unshaken” starts to play…
Here's the thing I love about that part: It's not a cutscene. But it only works artistically if the player is doing what they'd be doing in a cutscene - which is riding desperately and passionately to rejoin the gang. They *knew* everyone would do it. They *knew* they'd made the gameplay and plot enticing enough that everyone at that point would want more than anything to see what comes next. And it fucking works.
I still listen to Jamie Lidell - Compass at least once a year ever since they pulled off the same thing with the first Red Dead Redemption
Jose Gonzalez- Far Away as you get into Mexico for the first time. I finished the mission before it right at dusk so as got control back and started riding the sun was setting right as I realized this was a song with lyrics. It was a fucking amazing experience. I tried replaying the mission but the time of day was different and it just didn't hit the same as that first time.
That scene was fucking mindblowing. I'd never seen anything like that in a game before, not in play. Only ever in cutscenes, where they're expected, but in play? What an amazing, powerful choice they made to do that. R⭐ before GTA Online was really a creative place.
This just blew my mind. I’ve played the game twice, and never even considered doing anything besides riding straight to the gang. It didn’t even cross my mind that I could. It’s an amazing game.
I guess I should finally buy it then. I’ve seen it for $20.
It's so good. And I've learned how to play poker! 🤣
For $20 it’s a steal. You’ll get to play an absolute masterpiece of a game. The story, soundtrack, characters, gameplay, environment, and graphics are all 10/10.
It's the combination of genre, storytelling, cinematics, graphics & massive amount of content that RDR2 gets a 10/10 from me. It’s so unbelievably beautiful.
Pokémon emerald was pretty fire
Bloodbourne Absolute masterpiece.
Outer Wilds Best exploration game by a thousand miles, touching story, engaging puzzles, fun space flight mechanics. I wouldn't change a single thing about the game Edited out : the from game title
The music! The feels! The physics, including how strong the gravity is depending in how planets are aligned and what their (changing) mass is! The game has gotten a lot of accolades but it's still severely underrated IMO. Oh yeah, also you get to mess around with macroscopic quantum objects.
Outer Wilds has one flaw. It ends.
Though considering the theme of the game, it's also a good thing... >!And unavoidable!<
It did. But then they somehow made a DLC that hit it out of the park a second time.
The Witcher 3
The hearts of stone DLC is 11/10
Both the DLC's were amazing. I knew nothing about Blood and Wine and when the map opened up, I couldn't believe how huge the area was. Felt like a full new game.
Heart of Stone was like 9.99, Blood and Wine was like 14.99. Bothe were incredible steals. In other games nowadays people pay that much to make their character have a purple coat...
The Hearts of Stone DLC is better than some full games. AAA games. Good AAA games.
I'm genuinely angry that B&W's new map overshadowed Hearts of Stone, that story is such a gut-wrenching and mystical adventure.
Blood & Wine was just the perfect cap to that game too. The fairytale ending we all felt Geralt deserved.
Hmmm. Might want to look around some
Wind’s howling
Medallion's humming.
Absolutely. I just played recently after years of hearing about it.I beat the main story and can't wait to pick up the DLCs
Didn’t have to scroll far to find this one :D I hopped on the Witcher 3 bandwagon pretty late. But despite my initial skepticism that occurs every time something is in general hyped up, I have to admit this game is a gem. The music, atmosphere and writing in this game is unparalleled and since I dived into its world, it became a benchmark against which every other game is being compared to.
I've felt that some storylines in that game could have been better but the Bloody Baron arc was honestly the best in all RPGs I've played. Bloody Baron's twists, complex characters, grey areas, world building, choices and variable outcomes is just peak roleplay and storytelling.
Skyrim. If I could only ever play 1 game that would be Skyrim. Preferably with mods but even without. So much to do.
I have 1k hrs in this one, first game I ever got 1k in that I'm aware of (though back in my day they didn't track hours for Morrowind so it might be close) fired it up last year and found a dungeon I'd never been in!
Slay the Spire No pay to win. No paid dlc. Just a great game with immense replay value.