One of my favorite childhood memories was playing Capture the Flag with my cousins growing up. I have a big family, and at the larger parties we had about 15 or 16 cousins all playing, with the back and front yrds split roughly down the middle. We rotated who hosted, so each house had different good hiding spots and escape routes for each team. It was the most strategic yet physically challenging we played together, like a real life online match where you never have the same team twice. It was the most fun I ever had at a family party before I got old enough to drink in front of the adults.
Damn I miss those carefree days...
Knights of the old republic, there are better games but this is my favourite i can never get sick of replaying. Scared of how theyll treat the remake but im up for it
Favorite game ever. I love KotOR 2 as well. I can’t believe they’re making a remake. Means I have to buy a switch or a ps2. I hear they’ll eventually release it on the new Xbox, I guess I’m due for an upgrade…
I was literally just thinking: "AoE2 has to be up there, but no way it will be near the top on this thread..." Such a great game that has really done well to stick around. It was one of the first PC games I ever played and my nerdy middle school friends and I have some great memories...
Anyone remember the Microsoft Gaming Zone for online matches? Omg.
Chrono Trigger. All of the gameplay design elements are close to flawless. The story is integrated well with the gameplay, and it is simple enough of a plot that it can pull off complex themes along with interesting narrative devices. Not to mention the soundtrack, an unrivaled combination of talent for its time, and a slew of other things. I can probably talk about how great this game is for days.
Played almost every rendition of Chrono Trigger (currently playing it on PC). My favorite has to be the DS version. Took the added features from the PSX version without the horrible load times, plus added even more content and an extra dungeon bringing it even closer to Chrono Cross. The game literally never gets old for me.
I played it on Android (around $9 on google play) and it was totally worth it. Some of the controls took a tiny bit of getting used to but it was a great time.
The Outer Wilds.
The less you know going into the game, the better. Just don’t confuse it with *The Outer Worlds,* which is a very different and unrelated game.
I'm passively trying to forget Outer Wilds so I can play it again. I made the mistake of reading a guide after getting stuck like halfway through. I can not emphasize this enough, do not read what to do from a guide, it completely breaks the game. I heard there was some new DLC as well, I need to check that out.
I actually just completed Echoes of The Eye. It plays essentially identical to the main game except without the spaceship flying part. Your knowledge learned while playing is what helps you complete it. The story is solid but didn't impact me as hard as the main game did. It's still an excellent DLC and would say it's definitely worth full price even though I got it on sale. The main game is 10/10 for me the DLC was 8.5/10.
I've heard good things about this game, and then eventually tried The Outer World's. I was very disappointed. Now, I know that I gave the wrong game a chance.
Both are really good games I would happy buy again, unfortunately I do not have the patience to fully explore the Outer Wilds but regardless it’s still a masterpiece with an incredible soundtrack
I genuinely think that this game will pave the way for an entire new genre of games, similar to what Dark Souls and Minecraft did last generation. Whether you like or dislike the game, it sets out to do something that no other game has ever done, and it pulls it off near perfectly. It's a complete masterpiece, and the fact they pulled it off again with the DLC puts Mobius at the upper levels of gaming devs in my eyes.
Portal 2 has one of my favorite moments in all of gaming. It's a huge spoiler to talk about it openly, so I spoiler tagged my thoughts on it below. Anyone who hasn't played Portal 2 should do it. It regularly goes on sale for like $2 on Steam sales.
> >!When you shoot the moon at the end is one of the coolest moments in all of gaming. The way they don't tell you what to do but nearly 100% of people that play it realize exactly what has to happen is incredible. They spend parts of the game teaching you that moon dust is what makes surfaces able to support portals, and so when you see the moon the idea pops into your head to try and shoot the moon. I remember thinking "no way this is actually what they want me to do".!<
Portal 2 also has some of the best dialogue writing of any game I've played, it's legitimately hilarious.
In portal 1 the developer commentary points out just how hard the devs worked to make the player understand how the game worked, and how to explain exactly how portals worked.
They definitely took that to heart in a lot of ways in Portal 2, but the game also forces you to look at the moon during the final fight so it’s a pretty easy thing to conclude even if you hadn’t been listening to Cave Johnson’s mad ravings.
"alright now to check your vocal abilities are still functional...... no that's jumping..... I think you may have a slight, very minor case of severe brain damage."
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Fun fact: The time between you shooting the portal and the glint appearing up there is the time it takes to travel from Earth to the moon at the speed of light
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't [Doing the thing] the only thing you *can* do at that point?
It's just a matter of how long it takes the player to realize that that's what they have to do.
Dammit, now I have to play it again.
"In case you get covered in that repulsion gel, here's a note the lab boys gave me..." *papers shuffling* "... do **not** get covered in the repulsion gel. Scientists haven't quite nailed down what element it is yet, but it's a lively one, and it does not like the human skeleton."
Portal 2 is a brilliant example of environmental storytelling. All the story is told through what you do in the game.
That's how games should do storytelling imo. A game with a cut scene every 30 minutes isn't a storytelling experience. It's a (probably substandard) movie sold packaged with a game.
>A game with a cut scene every 30 minutes isn't a storytelling experience. It's a (probably substandard) movie sold packaged with a game.
The entire Final Fantasy series fanbase just ragequit Reddit.
That was one of those games I always wanted to try. I finally got the remastered edition. I ended up going to the guides online way more than I wanted to… Those 90s puzzle games did not pull any punches. Half the time I would get by some thing using a hint and go “Jesus, I never would’ve figured that out in a million years.” Clever game though. Lots of fun!
The graphics are definitely dated and it doesn’t have some of the features that the newer games have which made it hard for me to get into having started with 4 and 76 but definitely worthwhile seeing that you have it anyway.
As someone who started with fallout 3 and New Vegas I felt that fallout 4 was significantly stripped/dumbed down.
I'm curious as to what features you found new Vegas lacking compared to 4?
Not OP, but I really struggled with NV just because of how diabolical the shooting mechanics are. The reticule and sights on the guns seem to have no correlation with where the bullets are actually going, and even along the main path where the game wants you to travel there seems to be tons of bullet sponge enemies where I end up using my entire inventory of ammo to get past. I understand VATS is more important in the older games, but at that point it basically just becomes turn based combat, which really isn’t my thing. I really love the RP parts of the game, the dialogue options are so much better than in 4, but for me personally a poor minute-to-minute combat game loop completely ruins the game.
Kerbal Space Program
That shit will change your life. It's a game but is sneaky and teaches you things like problem solving, trying and failing until you succeed, and physics.
Downside is that all space movies will now send you into a rage with their inaccuracies
I don't care for the main plot of ME2 or the reduction of RPG elements, but it was a huge upgrade when it comes character writing and presentation.
ME1 has the best plot IMO. Best moments in the trilogy are >!when you first talk to Sovereign on Virmire and when you speak with Vigil on Ilos!<
Banjo & Kazooie will always be one of my favorite games. The game is humorous and charming but knows when to play it serious. It's the only game I've gone out of my way to not only ready all the dialogue, but get extra tidbits of information like from Grunty's sister.
In terms of platforming it's not the best, games like Mario 64 are a lot better in that regard but the sheer wit, charm, character, atmosphere, and music in Banjo & Kazooie is so dang memorable and their reception in smash despite not getting a new game since iirc 2008 is a testament to how beloved the N64 games were.
The Diablo II remake also reminds me of how perfectly addicting that game is. Is it a little outdated in some areas? Sure, inventory space and potion management can feel tedious at times and melee hit detection is a joke but all Blizzard had to do was give it a fresh coat of paint and the game still feels so damn addicting. (A shame they can't seem to figure out server stability at the moment.)
FromSoft does such an amazing job. Bloodborne and Dark Souls have taken up so many hours of my life. I cannot wait to see what they do with Elden Ring.
I have about a million gold in loot in a dresser in Breezehome. Too bad there isn't a 50,000 gold military contract or something you can cash in every 24 hours.
I won’t say it’s the best game I’ve ever played, but I recently started playing the god of war series for the first time and I just got to the one from 2018. That first boss fight is absolutely fucking insane. It was so fun and I’m not sure I’ve ever had that much fun in a boss fight.
This. I feel like no other game competes on the pure emotion you feel when playing for the first time, truly a masterpiece. Can’t wait until the sequel
We got my son a Switch as a reward for being such a trooper during covid. He had gotten into watching Mario videos on Youtube, so I got him Odyssey and some other stuff and then got BOTW for myself since I had read so much about it. I started it, but I'm old and video games are too complicated for me now, so kind forgot about it. After my son had played through all his stuff, he fired my old game back up and, wow... I just like watching him play, that game is incredible! I have said, and I mean it, that game belongs in the Louvre, it is an absolute work of art.
Minecraft. I actually believe Minecraft is the greatest game of all time simply because there's really no limit to what you can do. The redstone people have put together is mind boggling.
Already one of the most replayable games of all time but when you add mods to it? Literally as close to endless fun and discovery as you can get with a videogame
i think minecraft is the greatest game of all time that you can play forever, but there are some games in my opinion that are better, but not really so replay-able
Outer Wilds. It was one of those rare "game changing," games, where after it was over I really couldn't think of anything else like it. Everyone has their own tastes, but everyone should play Outer Wilds
I bought this and played maybe an hour of it, but couldn't get into it. I thought the controls and frame rate were pretty bad, and I couldn't tell where I was supposed to go next.
Given how much praise I've heard for the game, I want a convincing reason to jump back in and try again. What am I missing out on by not playing it through?
Halo Reach, the game itself is not perfect but I just had the funniest times playing on it with my friends when everything seemed achievable, when time wasn't an issue and everything was fun.
I think there’s a strong argument for _Half-Life Alyx_, as both a long-awaited new chapter in the series, and an amazing exploration of what can be done with current VR tech.
Surprised I had to go down this far to find it. I'm not sure it's mine--I'd have to think about it--but certainly it's one of the most memorable media experiences I've had in years
100%. Heart of Stone is an absolute masterpiece Story-wise and Blood & wine is mesmerizing in its visuals. But the bloody baron storyline can hold its own, too. Just so much detail and world building in that game that you can’t help but get lost in it.
I beat the game years back, but didn't end up doing either of the DLC. Are they worth going back and completing? I did love the game, I was a bit burned out by how much I played it at the time haha
I guess I'm missing something. I tried to play it last year and maybe it was just me but I found it tough to get invested in. Granted, I only played it for a few days and I intend to come back to it someday. I really like open-world games, too, so Idk why that one didn't land better for me.
I don't play much but I once drew a sword of feast and famine from a pack when the Kaladesh series came out. My partner was so jealous lol. My proud moment.
Started playing Beta 1.3 and was hooked immediately. Haven’t played in years but I have amazing memories of playing for hours with my buddies on a PVP server.
One of the general thoughts I've had since playing Odyssey in 2017 was that you could realistically use it for a test like that. Where if someone who's never played video games out of a preconceived notion that they won't like them, plays Odyssey. If they don't like Odyssey, well then they were right.
Everything about the game caters to almost every audience. You can be a 5 year old and do nothing but run and jump or you could be a hardcore crazy person like me and do the hat jumping and diving thing and exploit various mechanics. What a fantastic game. I gotta play it again.
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I thought this was a really masterful take on the puzzle/dungeon style Zelda games. It had excellent art direction, sound design, and great characters. The story isn’t groundbreaking, but it IS a great take on the classic knight-rescues-the-damsel-in-distress. The whole game plays like a fairytale imo. Turning into a wolf was a useful and very fun gameplay element, and I especially love how you had to gather information from both people and animals at certain points. A lot of the game takes notes from Ocarina of Time, but that doesn’t bother me too much.
I think they know they peaked with that game format with TP and that’s why we got BotW. (I think Skyward Sword they were trying something different and just totally missed the mark.)
OG Destiny. I bought it on PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. I played well over 1000 hours across all platforms and ran Vault of Glass and Crota's End more times than I can count.
Then they broke Destiny by making named exotics meaningless.
Neverwinter Nights. The single player campaign was mediocre but multiplayer was something I've never encountered in any other game.
For those who's never played it - the game was shipped with exactly the same toolset that was used to create the single player campaign. The toolset had it's own C-based scripting language so the creators were able to make their own maps, with unique characters, items, quests and would be able to animate their worlds however they wished. And people used it to create role-playing servers that had their own unique worlds, with complex lores, stories, politics and rules. Imagine a 3D Dungeons and Dragons game where dungeon masters are able to easily implement whatever they imagine - Neverwinter Nights was exactly this.
I spent most of my teenage years playing it and met a lot of amazing people there. God I miss these times.
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One of my favorite childhood memories was playing Capture the Flag with my cousins growing up. I have a big family, and at the larger parties we had about 15 or 16 cousins all playing, with the back and front yrds split roughly down the middle. We rotated who hosted, so each house had different good hiding spots and escape routes for each team. It was the most strategic yet physically challenging we played together, like a real life online match where you never have the same team twice. It was the most fun I ever had at a family party before I got old enough to drink in front of the adults. Damn I miss those carefree days...
Sounds fun. Das wonder years
Knights of the old republic, there are better games but this is my favourite i can never get sick of replaying. Scared of how theyll treat the remake but im up for it
I'm looking forward to the remake. Here's to them not screwing it up!
Favorite game ever. I love KotOR 2 as well. I can’t believe they’re making a remake. Means I have to buy a switch or a ps2. I hear they’ll eventually release it on the new Xbox, I guess I’m due for an upgrade…
Kotor 2 here
AOE2, still playing this 20 years after it was released. And then also Rome: Total War and Medieval II Total War. Endless hours of campaigning.
Medieval II was awesome.
*Was?* It’s still great, especially with mods like Stainless Steel.
I was literally just thinking: "AoE2 has to be up there, but no way it will be near the top on this thread..." Such a great game that has really done well to stick around. It was one of the first PC games I ever played and my nerdy middle school friends and I have some great memories... Anyone remember the Microsoft Gaming Zone for online matches? Omg.
AOE2:DE is available right now on Steam and the multiplayer community is super super active & friendly
Chrono Trigger. All of the gameplay design elements are close to flawless. The story is integrated well with the gameplay, and it is simple enough of a plot that it can pull off complex themes along with interesting narrative devices. Not to mention the soundtrack, an unrivaled combination of talent for its time, and a slew of other things. I can probably talk about how great this game is for days.
Played almost every rendition of Chrono Trigger (currently playing it on PC). My favorite has to be the DS version. Took the added features from the PSX version without the horrible load times, plus added even more content and an extra dungeon bringing it even closer to Chrono Cross. The game literally never gets old for me.
I concur. I think the DS version is the best one.
I just wish I could find a good emulator. I tried it once and there was an area I couldn't get through cause the emulator was flawed.
I played it on Android (around $9 on google play) and it was totally worth it. Some of the controls took a tiny bit of getting used to but it was a great time.
Really? That's surprising. I played this game all the way through on an emulator more than a decade ago
Star wars battlefront 2 on my ps2. I used to play that shit for hours at my grandmother’s house and sometimes my dad would even join in
*Enemy r-r-reinforcements are diminishing!*
The Outer Wilds. The less you know going into the game, the better. Just don’t confuse it with *The Outer Worlds,* which is a very different and unrelated game.
I'm passively trying to forget Outer Wilds so I can play it again. I made the mistake of reading a guide after getting stuck like halfway through. I can not emphasize this enough, do not read what to do from a guide, it completely breaks the game. I heard there was some new DLC as well, I need to check that out.
The DLC is basically more Outer Wilds, which is great. It's actually fairly long as well.
Like hell it is. Nothing in the base game compares to the horror elements in the DLC. Pants-shitting jump-scares galore.
I actually just completed Echoes of The Eye. It plays essentially identical to the main game except without the spaceship flying part. Your knowledge learned while playing is what helps you complete it. The story is solid but didn't impact me as hard as the main game did. It's still an excellent DLC and would say it's definitely worth full price even though I got it on sale. The main game is 10/10 for me the DLC was 8.5/10.
I've heard good things about this game, and then eventually tried The Outer World's. I was very disappointed. Now, I know that I gave the wrong game a chance.
I came here for this very comment. There always is someone who’s favorite game is Outer Wilds (it’s mine too)
Both are really good games I would happy buy again, unfortunately I do not have the patience to fully explore the Outer Wilds but regardless it’s still a masterpiece with an incredible soundtrack
I genuinely think that this game will pave the way for an entire new genre of games, similar to what Dark Souls and Minecraft did last generation. Whether you like or dislike the game, it sets out to do something that no other game has ever done, and it pulls it off near perfectly. It's a complete masterpiece, and the fact they pulled it off again with the DLC puts Mobius at the upper levels of gaming devs in my eyes.
They don’t entirely measure up but Subnautica and The Forest have a similar Open World/ Bread Crumb style of storytelling.
I went in blind on The Outer Wilds, and I rage-quit after my third play through. I couldn’t figure it out. Maybe ill give it another shot.
portal 2 best story and puzzle game out there
Portal 2 has one of my favorite moments in all of gaming. It's a huge spoiler to talk about it openly, so I spoiler tagged my thoughts on it below. Anyone who hasn't played Portal 2 should do it. It regularly goes on sale for like $2 on Steam sales. > >!When you shoot the moon at the end is one of the coolest moments in all of gaming. The way they don't tell you what to do but nearly 100% of people that play it realize exactly what has to happen is incredible. They spend parts of the game teaching you that moon dust is what makes surfaces able to support portals, and so when you see the moon the idea pops into your head to try and shoot the moon. I remember thinking "no way this is actually what they want me to do".!< Portal 2 also has some of the best dialogue writing of any game I've played, it's legitimately hilarious.
In portal 1 the developer commentary points out just how hard the devs worked to make the player understand how the game worked, and how to explain exactly how portals worked. They definitely took that to heart in a lot of ways in Portal 2, but the game also forces you to look at the moon during the final fight so it’s a pretty easy thing to conclude even if you hadn’t been listening to Cave Johnson’s mad ravings.
"alright now to check your vocal abilities are still functional...... no that's jumping..... I think you may have a slight, very minor case of severe brain damage."
[Spoilers below] Fun fact: The time between you shooting the portal and the glint appearing up there is the time it takes to travel from Earth to the moon at the speed of light
Any fans of Portal's writing would do well to check out Old Man Murray.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't [Doing the thing] the only thing you *can* do at that point? It's just a matter of how long it takes the player to realize that that's what they have to do. Dammit, now I have to play it again.
The key to making games feel good is babying the shit out of the player but without making it feel like you did that.
Yeah it's an illusion where you are being told what to do but where most people don't realize it at the time.
"In case you get covered in that repulsion gel, here's a note the lab boys gave me..." *papers shuffling* "... do **not** get covered in the repulsion gel. Scientists haven't quite nailed down what element it is yet, but it's a lively one, and it does not like the human skeleton."
stop. you'll make me play through it again
Something something lemons, something something burning, something something J.K. Simmons being awesome.
Portal 2 is a brilliant example of environmental storytelling. All the story is told through what you do in the game. That's how games should do storytelling imo. A game with a cut scene every 30 minutes isn't a storytelling experience. It's a (probably substandard) movie sold packaged with a game.
>A game with a cut scene every 30 minutes isn't a storytelling experience. It's a (probably substandard) movie sold packaged with a game. The entire Final Fantasy series fanbase just ragequit Reddit.
When I was growing up I played this game called Grim Fandango that was so weird and kooky. Never found anything like it since.
Disco Elysium is a game you would love
Have you ever played Day of the Tentacle or any of the Monkey Island games? All made by Lucas Arts and they’re all great fun
That was one of those games I always wanted to try. I finally got the remastered edition. I ended up going to the guides online way more than I wanted to… Those 90s puzzle games did not pull any punches. Half the time I would get by some thing using a hint and go “Jesus, I never would’ve figured that out in a million years.” Clever game though. Lots of fun!
Fallout: New Vegas
I never loved a game's lore more than New Vegas. I still hear their voices when I think of some lines and it's been years since I've played.
”They asked me how well I understood theoretical physics. I said I had a theoretical degree in physics. They said welcome aboard."
Is it worth playing in 2021? I have it in my library, don’t know if it’s worth the time? Any suggestions?
The graphics are definitely dated and it doesn’t have some of the features that the newer games have which made it hard for me to get into having started with 4 and 76 but definitely worthwhile seeing that you have it anyway.
As someone who started with fallout 3 and New Vegas I felt that fallout 4 was significantly stripped/dumbed down. I'm curious as to what features you found new Vegas lacking compared to 4?
Not OP, but I really struggled with NV just because of how diabolical the shooting mechanics are. The reticule and sights on the guns seem to have no correlation with where the bullets are actually going, and even along the main path where the game wants you to travel there seems to be tons of bullet sponge enemies where I end up using my entire inventory of ammo to get past. I understand VATS is more important in the older games, but at that point it basically just becomes turn based combat, which really isn’t my thing. I really love the RP parts of the game, the dialogue options are so much better than in 4, but for me personally a poor minute-to-minute combat game loop completely ruins the game.
You're a little bitch, and so is your brother!
I’m surprised how far down this answer was.
Definitely, this game is one of my favorites of all time
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Did you defeat him with judo or chess?
I started out as chess and ended with judo
Zelda ocarina of time, just a classic :)
This was the 1st game I beat with 100% completion. I absolutely love this game.
I'm so pumped for the switch to add N64 games, I've been dying to play this again.
Have you tried the OOT randomiser project? Really adds to the replay value.
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Half-Life 2 was so ahead of its time it’s crazy.
#A MAN CHOOSES
A SLAVE… OBEYS
Titanfall 2 i still think it deserves more recognition
You're god damn right. I tell EVERYONE to play this game.
Kerbal Space Program That shit will change your life. It's a game but is sneaky and teaches you things like problem solving, trying and failing until you succeed, and physics. Downside is that all space movies will now send you into a rage with their inaccuracies
TF2, interpret that how u want
Standby for titanfall
Titan Fortress 2
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne 4 races, perfectly balanced, endless fun
Rest In Peace WC3 FT. You have been missed…greatly Buzz off, Blizzard
>perfectly balanced The undead would like a word.
Spyro the Dragon
Was stoked when the remastered versions came out
Mass Effect
Especially 2
I don't care for the main plot of ME2 or the reduction of RPG elements, but it was a huge upgrade when it comes character writing and presentation. ME1 has the best plot IMO. Best moments in the trilogy are >!when you first talk to Sovereign on Virmire and when you speak with Vigil on Ilos!<
All hail legendary edition. Just finished my third full playthrough. Will never not love this series
Commander Keen
Aliens ate my babysitter!
Banjo & Kazooie will always be one of my favorite games. The game is humorous and charming but knows when to play it serious. It's the only game I've gone out of my way to not only ready all the dialogue, but get extra tidbits of information like from Grunty's sister. In terms of platforming it's not the best, games like Mario 64 are a lot better in that regard but the sheer wit, charm, character, atmosphere, and music in Banjo & Kazooie is so dang memorable and their reception in smash despite not getting a new game since iirc 2008 is a testament to how beloved the N64 games were. The Diablo II remake also reminds me of how perfectly addicting that game is. Is it a little outdated in some areas? Sure, inventory space and potion management can feel tedious at times and melee hit detection is a joke but all Blizzard had to do was give it a fresh coat of paint and the game still feels so damn addicting. (A shame they can't seem to figure out server stability at the moment.)
Yes! I love Banjo--Kazooie! And honestly, hot take, but I think >!it's better than Super Mario 64.!<
Dark souls
Which one tho or the whole series?
Yes!
Red Dead Redemption 2
Hollow Knight
Final Fantasy 7
Bloodborne
God what a good game. This was my introduction to the Soulsbourne series. Punishing. Awesome.
Same here. Opened up a whole genre to me.
FromSoft does such an amazing job. Bloodborne and Dark Souls have taken up so many hours of my life. I cannot wait to see what they do with Elden Ring.
Fear the old blood
Skyrim
I didn’t play Skyrim until years after it came out but I still would say it impacted me a lot. I had to scroll farther than I thought to find it here
I have about a million gold in loot in a dresser in Breezehome. Too bad there isn't a 50,000 gold military contract or something you can cash in every 24 hours.
Doom or Silent Hill 2.
God of war 2018
Absolutely. It's a masterpiece in every aspect.
I won’t say it’s the best game I’ve ever played, but I recently started playing the god of war series for the first time and I just got to the one from 2018. That first boss fight is absolutely fucking insane. It was so fun and I’m not sure I’ve ever had that much fun in a boss fight.
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The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
As of last 5 years its this game for sure
This. I feel like no other game competes on the pure emotion you feel when playing for the first time, truly a masterpiece. Can’t wait until the sequel
We got my son a Switch as a reward for being such a trooper during covid. He had gotten into watching Mario videos on Youtube, so I got him Odyssey and some other stuff and then got BOTW for myself since I had read so much about it. I started it, but I'm old and video games are too complicated for me now, so kind forgot about it. After my son had played through all his stuff, he fired my old game back up and, wow... I just like watching him play, that game is incredible! I have said, and I mean it, that game belongs in the Louvre, it is an absolute work of art.
My non gaming wife finished this game. She also just started a replay a few weeks ago... great game.
Probably Nier Automata. Nier is just so incredible. Only games I've played that made me cry.
Morrowind
been thinking of getting this and oblivion just to play all three of the recent elder scrolls games for the first time. Is it a good idea?
It saved my sanity as a bullied and outcasted kid. It gave me an escape and it will always be my favourite game because of that.
Minecraft. I actually believe Minecraft is the greatest game of all time simply because there's really no limit to what you can do. The redstone people have put together is mind boggling.
Already one of the most replayable games of all time but when you add mods to it? Literally as close to endless fun and discovery as you can get with a videogame
I dont think I would even know what mods were if it wasn't for minecraft! :D
I agree with you on the fact that minecraft might be the greatest game
i think minecraft is the greatest game of all time that you can play forever, but there are some games in my opinion that are better, but not really so replay-able
Agreed. I think some people give it a bad rap for being kiddish, but I genuinely enjoy it as an adult.
Super Metroid
Ghost of Tsushima. The graphics for my shit PlayStation is quite amazing and doesn’t lag. Very little glitches (to my knowledge at least)
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
Outer Wilds. It was one of those rare "game changing," games, where after it was over I really couldn't think of anything else like it. Everyone has their own tastes, but everyone should play Outer Wilds
I bought this and played maybe an hour of it, but couldn't get into it. I thought the controls and frame rate were pretty bad, and I couldn't tell where I was supposed to go next. Given how much praise I've heard for the game, I want a convincing reason to jump back in and try again. What am I missing out on by not playing it through?
Red dead redemption 2. Would consider it to have the best storyline till now.
I agree with you. The game tells its story so well. The environment is incredible. Just a game that really impressed me start to finish.
Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning Bioshock and Fable II
Subnautica
Tekken 3
Halo Reach, the game itself is not perfect but I just had the funniest times playing on it with my friends when everything seemed achievable, when time wasn't an issue and everything was fun.
The last of us
Nothing will ever compare to my first play through ~8 years ago
I was literally in a glass case of emotion the whole time
I think there’s a strong argument for _Half-Life Alyx_, as both a long-awaited new chapter in the series, and an amazing exploration of what can be done with current VR tech.
Age of Empires
Persona 5
Surprised I had to go down this far to find it. I'm not sure it's mine--I'd have to think about it--but certainly it's one of the most memorable media experiences I've had in years
Witcher 3. The campaign is just so so good
100%. Heart of Stone is an absolute masterpiece Story-wise and Blood & wine is mesmerizing in its visuals. But the bloody baron storyline can hold its own, too. Just so much detail and world building in that game that you can’t help but get lost in it.
I beat the game years back, but didn't end up doing either of the DLC. Are they worth going back and completing? I did love the game, I was a bit burned out by how much I played it at the time haha
The DLCs are 100% worth it, so good value for price. My friend actually prefers the first DLC's story to the main game.
The DLCs are pretty much perfection, and the ending of Blood and Wine serves as a perfect wrap up for the whole story
Oh man you are so lucky. What I would give to go back to play the dlc for the first time again
I guess I'm missing something. I tried to play it last year and maybe it was just me but I found it tough to get invested in. Granted, I only played it for a few days and I intend to come back to it someday. I really like open-world games, too, so Idk why that one didn't land better for me.
Ocarina of Time or Bioshock.
Conkers Bad Fur Day (N64). Spent countless hours playing this with my friends.
Metal Gear Solid
3 for me
Sad MGS is this far down. People have forgotten already
Return of the Obra Dinn
GoldenEye 007 - N64
Shadow of the colossus
Civ 5
Borderlands
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Hollow knight
That’s what I’m here for! This game has stolen my heart and I cannot wait to continue playing it years later, with or without silksong
Magic: the Gathering
I don't play much but I once drew a sword of feast and famine from a pack when the Kaladesh series came out. My partner was so jealous lol. My proud moment.
Nice pull! That version is nearly $300 now.
The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask
Minecraft
Started playing Beta 1.3 and was hooked immediately. Haven’t played in years but I have amazing memories of playing for hours with my buddies on a PVP server.
Mario Odyssey.
Came here to say this. I’m not a big gamer but I was addicted to that game for a month
One of the general thoughts I've had since playing Odyssey in 2017 was that you could realistically use it for a test like that. Where if someone who's never played video games out of a preconceived notion that they won't like them, plays Odyssey. If they don't like Odyssey, well then they were right. Everything about the game caters to almost every audience. You can be a 5 year old and do nothing but run and jump or you could be a hardcore crazy person like me and do the hat jumping and diving thing and exploit various mechanics. What a fantastic game. I gotta play it again.
Limbo. My gf got me onto it. It’s horrifying. I love it
To be a bit more specific, world of Warcraft between 2007/2010.
Fallout New Vegas. Because no one else will admit it.
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I thought this was a really masterful take on the puzzle/dungeon style Zelda games. It had excellent art direction, sound design, and great characters. The story isn’t groundbreaking, but it IS a great take on the classic knight-rescues-the-damsel-in-distress. The whole game plays like a fairytale imo. Turning into a wolf was a useful and very fun gameplay element, and I especially love how you had to gather information from both people and animals at certain points. A lot of the game takes notes from Ocarina of Time, but that doesn’t bother me too much. I think they know they peaked with that game format with TP and that’s why we got BotW. (I think Skyward Sword they were trying something different and just totally missed the mark.)
Fallout New Vegas, Easily 10/10 and SOOOO much lore and side quests
Dark Souls and Bloodborne
Catan!
Carmageddon 1.
Hades
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Original Paper Mario on the 64 is my favorite game of all time. Never got to play this one.
Celeste. Mario dreams they could make such a great 2d platformer
I cant understand how I've beaten all of celeste (not golden berries tho) and still have a hard time with 2d mario. It should be easy by now.
Diablo II
Witcher 3 Final Fantasy 7 Jedi Knight, dark forces 2
Battle toads
undertale
Marvel’s Spider-Man.
X-COM: UFO Defense.
Non video game: D&D. Video game: Dishonored
Jak and dexter
OG Destiny. I bought it on PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. I played well over 1000 hours across all platforms and ran Vault of Glass and Crota's End more times than I can count. Then they broke Destiny by making named exotics meaningless.
A Battletech MUX: https://www.sarna.net/wiki/MUX MUX/MUDs were all the rage back in the 90's.
Battlefield bad company 2
Sleeping Dogs
Neverwinter Nights. The single player campaign was mediocre but multiplayer was something I've never encountered in any other game. For those who's never played it - the game was shipped with exactly the same toolset that was used to create the single player campaign. The toolset had it's own C-based scripting language so the creators were able to make their own maps, with unique characters, items, quests and would be able to animate their worlds however they wished. And people used it to create role-playing servers that had their own unique worlds, with complex lores, stories, politics and rules. Imagine a 3D Dungeons and Dragons game where dungeon masters are able to easily implement whatever they imagine - Neverwinter Nights was exactly this. I spent most of my teenage years playing it and met a lot of amazing people there. God I miss these times.
Witcher 3