Submitted 1 day ago by Abraxas@feddit.uk to games@lemmy.world
for me mine are 1. Elden Ring, 2. RDR2 3. BOTW, all because they genuinely blew my mind when playing them for the first time and changed how I saw and played video games.
Disco Elysium
Hi-Fi Rush
…third is hard. Maybe Mass Effect Trilogy. Maybe Rogue Trader/Pathfinder WOTR.
Factorio of course.
I’ll cheat because picking just 3 is impossible.
Nethack / Alundra (PS1) / Sim City 2000 / Transport Tycoon Deluxe / Prey / Doom 2016 / Elite / Dwarf Fortress / Rimworld
System Shock / Ultima 3-8 / Alpha Centauri / GTA5 / Titanfall 2 / Control / Eye of the Beholder / Sensible Soccer / Star Control 2 / Total Annihilation
Undertale / Bioshock Infinite / S.O.M.A. / Nemesis the Warlock (entirely because of the title song) / Pirates! / Stardew Valley
Alpha Centauri
I still have no idea why they just let the IP drift into oblivion, and chose to keep milking Civ instead…
Well, it’s possible that its legendary status relies on that. A bit like Firefly.
Have you had a to at the Blasphemous games?
Not yet, they're on my list to try at some point though
Copy Kitty
Anno 1800
Satisfactory
Top 3 is hard. I’ll start with the first three that came to mind, in no particular order:
Witcher 3
Star Control 2
Monkey Island 2
But there are so many that I could have listed instead.
The Commander Keen games are amongst the first I remember playing, I loved those and played through them so many times.
Baldurs Gate 3 was such a masterpiece, it probably could bump W3 off that list.
Although, Ultima 7 was the first RPG I played where I became properly immersed in the story. The world, the characters, the way the mystery of the main story unfolds. And it is actually a really good jump-in point for the series as it’s set a couple centuries after number 6.
Fallout 1 also could easily make the list. I loved the way such a small and intimate quest for your vault unfolds into something bigger.
This is good taste right here.
Gonna show my age a bit here.
Chromehounds. Nothing since has filled that 20 story tall mecha hole in my heart. The way you could build your hound into the role you wanted to play really hasn’t been done well in any game since
MAG (massive action game). Ps3/ps4 128vs128 matches online? It was such a clusterfuck and I loved it.
Binding of Isaac and all its expansions. Game has been a solid and consistent time sink in my life for more than 10 years. Quirky and infinitely replayable.
Factorio Minecraft And 3rd is split between rimworld and baldur’s gate 3
Honorable mention: No Man’s Sky
No Mans Sky is a serious contender. They never gave up on it and it shows.
I just got back into No Mans Sky having not playing since release and I was blown away. Base biulding!? I can have PETS!? It’s like a whole new game.
Honorable mentions:
I hope you played Terraria with mods, like Calamity.
From my youth:
Mega Man 2
Super Metroid
Fallout
Current:
Borderlands
NieR Automata
Baldur’s Gate 3
Going by favourite as “Left the most lasting impression on me” it would have to be:
Monster Hunter World
Crosscode
Outer Wilds
Star Wars Pod Racer Halo Reach Word of Warcraft
Pod racer was the first game I was better than my younger sibling and when I bought my very first CD (Green Day). I spent hours playing that game with my CD on repeat.
Halo Reach was the first Halo game I was really into and first console modern game played. I spent so many hours playing online and IRL with friends.
World of Warcraft is the game I’ve played the longest. I’ve been playing since a few months after launch. Even though I initially thought it was “too cartoony”, it has kept me entertained for decades. Some of my favorite books are from Warcraft lore. I’ve played countless hours with friends, but now I play solo more than anything. I chase achievements, transmogs, and pets.
Only three is a cruel restriction; I grant myself at least a top four.
I’ve tried getting into hyper light drifter but quickly got lost. Do you have any tips?
BOTW Fallout: New Vegas Skyrim
My parents wouldn’t buy me Diablo II for Christmas because it was too evil for the season.
…they did buy me Dimmu Borgir’s “Enthrone Darkness Triumphant”, though!
Off the top of my head, in no particular order:
All great games
These games are rooted in my childhood and connected to memories of simpler times and good friends. I Still play video games but I don’t think I could ever experience the same level of joy and excitement that I got from gaming as I did when I was younger. These days I’d rather just go for a nice walk with my dog like the boring old man that I am.
took too much scrolling to find AOE 2
Expedition 33 blew me away with the opening. I haven’t finished it yet as the combat is tricky though, so I’m not enjoying that part as much.
Really glad to see someone say Earthbound. I love that game and have really enjoyed sharing it with my kids. I started them young on it while teaching them to read. I’ll sit with them and narrate the game and it really helps them a lot with learning to read. Just got to Happy Happy Village with one of them the other day.
That and Moonside are my favorite locations!
Elden Ring, Dwarf Fortress, and Disco Elysium.
I don’t get to play games much nowadays but I was a rank 50 lone wolf back in the day. Good times.
Not that they’re the best games, but they’re definitely my favorites. Though if I’m being honest there’s a large gap between number one and number two, and anything other than Satisfactory feels like it could move in the top 10 depending on my mood.
So I guess if I’m being honest with myself it’s more like
Probably:
Fallout 2 isn't as refined and tight as Fallout but I personally enjoy it more. It's arguably far too big but as I've played it so many times (unusual for me - I'm usually a one-and-done person when it comes to time sink RPGs) that isn't a bad thing. I enjoy the writing, mechanics, and atmosphere. Also I voice a robot dog in a mod for it.
Red Alert 2 is the best C&C game ever. I do not care for any of the 3D ones and Red Alert 1 is rather too difficult for me. However RA2 I have finished on hardest difficulty several times. I've never really bothered with the multiplayer for it outside of co-op because I don't play to be competitive. I tend to take my time and like it that way.
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is maybe my favourite point and click RPG. I go back to it every few years and it always sucks me in. I know most of the puzzles off by heart but I'm more there for the sense of escapism and gentle humour. There's other amazing point and click games but for whatever reason this one really speaks to me. It's not even a nostalgia thing - I've only ever played the 2009 director's cut! I'm old enough to have played the '90s version but never did.
Honourable mentions:
*Startopia
*The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
*Theme Hospital
*What Remains of Edith Finch
Startopia's music, humour, and gameplay are all top notch. Runs on a potato, makes me laugh, and features my old pal, Arona.
BoI:R is great. I've put a ridiculous number of hours into it. The latest DLC has made it a bit too big for my tastes but in general I enjoy it a great deal.
Theme Hospital is like Two Point Hospital but tighter, funnier, and prettier. Lots of fun.
What Remains of Edith Finch is art. It's funny, moving, tragic, and beautiful. I encourage everyone to play through it. It won't take that long - a few hours. Such a fantastic experience. Gone Home is pretty damn good too.
The soundtrack of red alert 2 is the only one I ever deliberately listened to outside of a game.
I second What Remains of Edith Finch, but funny? I couldn’t see that. One of the few games that made me cry and it gave a lasting impression. I played it shortly after the birth of my first son though. The bathtub scene and the ending hit really hard.
Funny in that it has moments of levity. It's not wall-to-wall misery even if it's filled with tragedy.
Kenshi Morrowind Titanfall 2
Check out Outward. It has a Morrowind/Everquest kind of feel. It’s an offline RPG, but you can play co-op. You have to basically discover all the mechanics/secrets through trial and error or talking to NPCs, which makes it feel very old school.
Likely weird take, but Scorn?
More Gigerian and claustrophobic, but vaguely similar. I did not much like its gameplay though, the 3d made me nauseous.
Star Wars Galaxies was kinda like that. No idea if it’s still playable though.
Man I wish more comes to mind. I was eager for the Morrowind themed Kenshi mod, but that looks like it stalled out. 🫤
Morrowind is top tier. Every time I play a bit differently or go somewhere new, it feels new again. I’ve never had that from another game. Compare to Skyrim (which I also liked), I kinda felt like I experienced everything my first go-round.
The Last Of Us part 1 and 2 and the Witcher 3
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Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 hours ago
Outer Wilds
Mario Galaxy 2
UFO Enemy Unknown