Submitted 5 hours ago by eru777@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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The screenshot is from Morrowind (Running in OpenMW)
The correct answer to this question is always Outer Wilds.
It’s a game that can be beaten in five minutes if you already know the solution. But the process of discovering that solution, and unearthing the incredible story around it, is one of the most unbelievable gaming experiences you will ever have.
It’s an absolute masterpiece and if you haven’t played it yet, you really, really need to.
Either Battletoads or Out of this World!
100% with you on Out of this World!
Myst! An oldie, but I had basically done this when the remastered version came out a few years ago and it was still a 10/10.
@eru777 There are so many games I would love to do this with. I think possibly Ar tonelico 2 would be the one I might pick if I had to pick just one. It was just... so incredible. Story, characters, atmosphere, music (omg the music!) and just was so amazing and mind-blowing for me at the time. I was a bit torn between this one and Ar nosurge though. It too is just as incredible in its own way. (Biggest problem there is it's only available in English on the PS3, which is a system I technically own but hate. The recent Switch port has received absolutely no attention even from fans.)
But really there is just a whole host of things. I would wish more that I could erase memories one at a time then replay each one at a time.
Im almost not sure if I want that. Most of the games I would do that for are older games from like 25 years ago, and I honestly can’t see playing them today and ever having those fond moments like I did then. In my case, the time of playing them also mattered a lot.
Speak for yourself.
I bought an old Radio Shack Color Computer off EBay and had a total blast playing Dungeons of Daggorath with my kids. Plus, it’s educational: it teaches you to type “A L <enter>” really really fast
Same, of course the memory of the time you played is also important. I was more asking hypothetically since this is not possible, as a game you’d love to experience again, maybe at that time also. Like go back and play it back then.
Portal. I played the whole thing on the first sit down as soon as it downloaded, but the audio had glitched so I missed the voice over.
That was my vote! There’s little to no replay value, but damn what a ride. Spent 2 or 3 weeks imagining portals IRL. “I could snatch the TV remote without moving if…”
“Now you’re thinking in Portals!” was the most accurate tagline I’ve ever experienced.
OUTER WILDS! If you’ve played it, you know why. (If you haven’t, do not ask. Play it.)
I’ve tried to play this game twice. I get confused and have no idea what to do or where to go or what to do when I get there. Spent about 12 hours playing and just feel lost. And everytime I bring it up. People reccomend I just keep playing. And yet I’m still lost haha
That’s surprising that you feel so lost. Did you perhaps miss the journal / discovery board in the back of your ship? Basically just need to look at that and try to flesh out any of the plot threads you see on there. Whenever one isn’t progressing, take a break and try a totally different direction or just wander wherever you can for a cycle or two and you’ll have stumbled on to some new leads probably.
Its pretty intentional that most players hit a stall around the middle because you have to start challenging things you THINK you know but haven’t actually proven to be certain yet.
It would be like the one upside of a TBI.
But really, due where I was in life when I played it and how much it helped me process things, I’m not sure I would give up the experience I already had.
Agreed! I think this applies to any game where you have to explore both the world and the gameplay. It gives you these incredible “ah-ha” moments that you’ll never forget and have an impact on your gaming for the rest of your life. I think for me the number 1 game I had this experience with was Animal Well. Our group played both Animal Well and Outer Wilds for our indie game club and every single person had multiple moments like this for each game.
Hunt Showdown or Evolve
‘Stanley examined the question carefully, he knew the answer he gave would be important’
Maybe the Stanley parable or the Beginners guide, but I’m not sure what undoing there effect on me would be.
Her Story. www.herstorygame.com
Monkey island, Myst, Riven and Heavy rain.
Great list
You fight like a dairy farmer!
I would not want to grapple with a dairy farmer.
It took me about five nights to get through Heavy Rain, and every night I went to bed feeling like I’d been punched repeatedly in the gut.
Fantastic game that I consider one of my all-time favorites… and I’d NEVER want to go through that again.
Vampirte the Masquerade: Bloodlines.
Either that, ir Fallout: New Vegas
The whole Mass Effect series
Was typing this when I saw your comment. +1 Commander
Cyberpunk 2077
Subnautica probably, to experience the way the way the world unfolds.
Nier: Automata. God, if I could feel that pain again… what a fucking game.
Even just the goddamn soundtrack.
The entire game is flawless.
KOTOR
Silent Hill 2
SOMA
Morrowind is a good one too
Deus Ex. A strangely prescient game that had shaped how I view the world.
The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms. You will soon have your God… and you will make it with your own hands.
Ocarina of Time
Outer Wilds
Do you hear music?
Disco Elysium for sure
Transformative narrative experience…
Return of the Obra Dinn.
Mine as well. The intersection of detective work and historical knowledge paying off hit me just in the right spot.
INLAND EMPIRE — You know full well what the answer would be.
SHIVERS — It is written on *the city itself*.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY — It’s Schedule One, right?
I would never do that. I’d just play it again.
Death Stranding
I went it to that totally blind and holy shit was it amazing. It’s not even my usual type of game so I have no idea why I picked it up.
I love it when that happens with a game. Getting blindsided by something truly exceptional is such a surreal experience.
SOMA for sure.
I want to say “Baldur’s Gate 1+2”, but I’m honestly not sure that I’d have the patience to learn the fight system nowadays. I still never finished the Throne of Bhaal expansion, because high level play becomes such a hassle.
Second retro favourite after that is probably Pillars of Eternity 2, the atmosphere wasn’t as good as in PoE 1 but the gameplay is way better. I’d definitely be up for playing that right now.
ygurin@lemmy.world 4 minutes ago
SOTC