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• cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Megaman 2, Chrono Trigger, Zelda A Link to the Past and a special mention to Duke Nukem 3D and Star Wars X-Wing on MS DOS.

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  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ah. A fellow person in their 40’s. Nice to meet you.

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• BURN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Minecraft

  Apex Legends

  Factorio

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  • themajesticdodo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    High and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

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• BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Shadow of the Colossus

  Hollow Knight

  Sekiro

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  • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Shadow of the Colossus

    I still get shivers just reminding how awesome that first look to the first colossus was… I was like… I need to kill THAT with this crappy bow and this weak sword??? (The arrows didn’t drain any significant life and the sword always bounced while hitting things).

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• rustydomino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Doom, Portal, and Half Life 2.

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• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Outer Wilds

  Factorio (which who really needs another game after this one? Once you’re done with vanilla you just install an overhaul and start again.)

  Dwarf Fortress

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  • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No “The”, just “Outer Wilds”.

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Shit, you’re right. How did I mess that up? The Outer Worlds and Outer Wilds always have collisions in my head, though only one of those games are worth playing.

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• Weirdfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Kerbal Space Program

  If I had to pick one moment in all of gaming that felt like a real achievement, landing on the Mun for the first time was is something I’ll never forget.

  Doom 1993

  Sure there was Wolfenstein, but Doom just blew our doors off when it released. Countless hours late night in the computer lab playing deathmatch, my first introduction to creating mods and maps, so many great memories.

  Subnautica

  Not my usual style of game, but this one is special. First time I played I did an hour or so to understand the basics, then restarted on permadeath. It took a very long time, but I eventually beat the game in a single life. The entire time was spent in a constant state of zen like terror.

  Some honorable mentions would be GTA Vice City where I was heavily involved with the modding community, the Mass Effect Trilogy as the most epic story on gaming, Far Cry 2, the Dark Souls series, Infinifactory, and Cities Skylines.

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• bigb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Mario 3

  Chrono Trigger

  Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

  I consider these my top 3 not because they’re the best, but what they meant to me when they released. Each game was so important to me when they came out. Mario 3 and Sonic were so influential because of the gameplay and presentation. Chrono Trigger was my first JRPG and was the first game soundtrack I became obsessed with.

  There are a lot more but others include Halo 2, Unreal Tournament, Team Fortress 2, StarCraft, Age of Empires II, SimCity 2000, Link’s Awakening, Wind Waker, Super Mario World, Super Metroid, and Metroid Prime.

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• Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

  • *Minecraft

  • Gothic II (or The Chronicles of Myrtana: Archolos, but that’s a mod)

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  • rezz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    HOMM3!

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• MetaCubed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Narrowing to 3 is always difficult but these tend to shuffle around in the top spot

  • The Outer Wilds

  • Disco Elysium

  • Legend of Zelda, Majora’s mask

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• Shimitar@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Might and Magic: World of xeen (clouds of xeen + darkside of xeen). I still replay it today on dosbox. An amazing mix of fun, things coming toghether and hard battles, an extensive and complex objects system, classes, and lots of great ideas. All in a 90’a game.

  Eye Of The Beholder 2

  Wing Commander 1 & 3

  Am i old enough?

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• aluminium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sims 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4

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• bazsy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

  Fallout New Vegas

  Diablo 2: LoD

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  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Faf!

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• OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Uncharted 2
  • The Last of Us

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  • bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m ashamed of myself that I didn’t think of Uncharted 2. Excellent story, stunning visuals at the time, but the multiplayer is what hooked me, funnily enough. No loadouts or abilities. High ttk encouraged lots of varied playstyles and switching of weapons. Just simple, smooth fun action. The later games had great MP but lacked that magic simplicity.

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    • OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I tried the online multiplayer but it never clicked for me. I kind of enjoyed it, but everyone else was way better than me.

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• Hazor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Starsiege: Tribes (and Tribes 2) Knights of the Old Republic (why not more mentions of this?!) And Valheim or Minecraft. Both have offered countless hours of entertainment in the company of friends and family.

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  • Buttons@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hey! I came into this threat planning to answer Tribes 2, and I’m surprised I’m not alone.

    I miss Tribes.

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• plumbus@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Diablo 2 Half Life 2 Witcher 3

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• Perrin42@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Homeworld

  Deus Ex

  Nethack

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• Aku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m having trouble narrowing it down to 3. But in no particular order: Final fantasy XIV Red Dead Redemption 2 Nier Automata Journey Tetris Effect Zelda TotK Persona 5

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• Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hard to pick just three, but I’ll go with the following today:

  • Final Fantasy VI

  There’s a roughly 4 hour stretch in this game of tension-despair-catharsis that absolutely blew my mind. I’m still trying to chase that feeling playing video games almost 30 years later. Plenty to like about the rest of the game, too.

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  One of those very rare games that clicked for me in every single aspect of the game: script, plot, visuals, gameplay, music and more. Going to revisit this one soon with the next-gen update.

  • Freespace 2

  The one that’s likely aged the most poorly out of the three, but once upon a time this game was unrivaled in making you feel like you were in the thick of a slugfest flying around in a fighter craft. Surprisingly interesting setting and story, too. I keep hoping we get more like this some day.

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  • Veraxus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I hope to the gaming gods that Squadron 42 can recapture the feelings that the old Freespace games did. The desperation, the feeling like you are part of something... nobody else has even TRIED to do anything like that since.

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    • Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’d be nice, although Chris Roberts hasn’t released a full game in 20 years (and I did rather enjoy Freelancer).

      I was hoping Starfield was going to be a big hit to at least make the setting more attractive, but in this stacked year, I’m not even sure how many GotY nominations it’s going to get.

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  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fs2 hasn’t aged at all, fire up Knossos and load yourself some war in heaven, if you dare.

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• stopthatgirl7@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Mass Effect
  Baldur’s Gate 3
  Horizon Zero Dawn

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  • sneezymrmilo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    +1 for Baldur’s Gate 3. I don’t think i have at any point in my life been as grossly invested in a games story for 110 hours straight as I have with Baldur’s Gate 3. Truly a marvel of a game.

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• TheEntity@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Prey (2017), Dark Souls, Outer Wilds. In no particular order.

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  • Wumbologist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Outer Wilds is spectacular and I’d recommend that game to just about anyone.

    My only recommendation to anyone interested: spoilers can completely ruin this game so try to do it blind if you can.

    And don’t confuse it with The Outer Worlds, totally different games.

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    • Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is the DLC worth getting?

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  • Magiccupcake@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Prey and outer wilds are games especially enjoyed blind with no prior knowledge.

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• farcaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Outer Wilds. Baldur’s Gate 2. Hollow Knight.

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• TonyHawksPoTater@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Fallout: New Vegas, GTA: San Andreas, and Half-Life. All three masterpieces in their own right.

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• Alimentar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Off the top of my head, Portal 2, Skyrim and Factorio. Love those games

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• turbonewbe@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Brood War

  Life is strange

  Baldure’s gate

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• banneryear1868@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Half Life 2

  Next level physics and graphics, immersive and deep storyline, delivered on the hype.

  Battlezone (1998)

  Fast paced first person RTS, utilized new texture resolution capabilities with actual NASA satellite photos of planet/moon textures. Cold War in space storyline was an amazing concept.

  Skyrim

  Honorable mention: Bioshock, Super Metroid, Super Mario World, Freespace 2, Fallout NV, The Neverhood, Cities Skylines, Crysis.

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• wax@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  • Fallout 2
  • Baldurs Gate 2
  • World of Warcraft (perhaps a bit of sunk cost fallacy)

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  • Trollception@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fallout 2. Yes for sure.

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• refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  IDK if I can pick just three so I’m not going to; all of these are games that I would consider must-plays for different reasons:

  Silent Hill 1, 2, and 3 are all fantastic for their own reasons (I’d recommend starting with 2, then 1, then 3). 1 for it’s fear factor and atmosphere, 2 for it’s thick atmosphere and deep story, and 3 for its disturbing undertones and incredible atmosphere. There are no other games quite like these. You’re also going to hear the word “atmosphere” a lot more in this comment.

  OMORI is fantastic for kind of similar reasons, but some of the best storytelling in any game I’ve ever played, tied with Silent Hill 2 and the next game

  Saya no Uta is fucked beyond belief, and so worth playing/reading. It will make you feel disgust, empathy, intrigue, and sadness at the exact same time

  Chrono Trigger is one of the best games all-around that I’ve played, from the story, to the gameplay, to the art, to the music.

  Yoshi’s Island and Wario Land 4, just for the gameplay, level design, controls, and a t m o s p h e r e (happy atmospheres this time). The gameplay with both of these games is just sublime.

  Super Mario World: Call of Cthulhu ROM hack by yashum is one of the most unique ROM hacks that I’ve ever played. Has an amazing dark atmosphere, which is weird to say about a Mario game, other than maybe Super Paper Mario. The journey is better than the end for this one.

  myhouse.wad (gzdoom-exclusive DOOM II mod) is a mind-bending game with amazing atmosphere and gameplay. A very unique game with equally unique story-telling. Don’t read anything about it, and make sure to play the .pk3 version and not the .wad. Don’t read anything on the Google Drive until after playing through at least once.

  Zelda: Majora’s Mask is one of the best games that Nintendo has ever produced. Dark, brooding atmosphere, sadness, probably the best soundtrack that Koji Kondo ever made

  Diminish isn’t even a game that anyone can play, but instead, it’s a Let’s Play series on YouTube. It’s a really deep and emotional journey, though, and I would highly recommend giving it a watch.

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  • rezz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Majora’s Mask should be on way more top 10 of all time lists. It is by far the most emotional Zelda game.

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    • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You should probably play the other games on the list then.

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• Redoomed@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Hades, and Portal

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• all-knight-party@kbin.run ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Heroes of the Storm, and Half-Life 2

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• RandomStickman@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Stalker SoC, HL2, Battlefield 2

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  • Fecundpossum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A couple years ago I installed misery and dumped a couple hundred hours into it and holy fuck was it good. Frantic memories of fights that I’ll probably never forget. Fuck burers.

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    • bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If you feel like re-opening that can of worms, check out the GAMMA modpack. Runs on a re-written engine (same look and feel just works better on modern rigs), vastly improved gunplay, plus an open ended story with the maps of all 3 games pooled into 1.

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