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• nave@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Zelda BoTW (I haven’t play Totk yet), GTA V and Batman Arkham City

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• Auduras@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Diablo 2, Civilization 2, Secret of Mana. No particular order.

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• swordsmanluke@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Top” could be so many things… So I’ll go with

  ##Top 3 Games That Are Technical Marvels

  These games aren’t necessarily my favorite games, but each one showed me something that represented a major technological feat.

  3. Tears of the Kingdom

  Using what was essentially mid-tier, five year old cell phone hardware, Nintendo delivered an incredibly detailed physics engine that gave players a frankly irresponsible amount of freedom. (I cannot imagine how many edge cases they must have had to fix before launch.)

  But that physics system not only works the way we humans generally expect things to work, …it works fast as lightning and smooth as butter… Buttered lightning, I suppose. All while running AI, rendering a huge draw distance.

  People give Nintendo crap for using weaker hardware… But maybe they should be turning that inside out - Look what Sony/MS have to use to mimic a fraction of Nintendo Power.

  2. Half-Life: Alyx(2020)

  A monument to the potential of VR gaming, HL:A still stands far ahead of the pack. If you’ve only watched a playthrough or played it with a pancake mod, you’ve missed out on what makes it special. Valve made us feel like we were truly inhabiting the world of Half-Life. Ransacking rooms is a lot more fun when you’re doing it yourself vs pressing A-to-search.

  It set a high water mark that has yet to be exceeded even four years after its release.

  1. Kirby’s Adventure (1993) This wasn’t Kirby’s first game, but it was the first to include the iconic “copy” ability. Kirby’s Adventure was one of the later games released for the original NES and (for my money) is the most gorgeous game on the console. It pulls together parallax effects, detailed, multi-color sprites, clever animation cycles and surprisingly tight platforming.

  I’ve never been “big” into Kirby games, but this one is the exception. It’s one of my favorite NES titles. I’d replay this over either NES Zelda any day.

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• Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Diablo 2, Dwarf Fortress, Majora’s Mask.

  Not in any particular order.

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• Veraxus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don't think I can rank things that way any more. I think of my "best games of all time" category as "absolute masterpieces". So here they are in the order in which they come to mind, which is as good an indicator as any.

  • Daggerfall
  • Fallout 1 & 2
  • Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
  • Sekiro
  • Bloodborne
  • Alpha Centauri
  • Disco Elysium
  • The Longest Journey
  • The Journeyman Project 2
  • Asheron's Call (the original)
  • The Witcher 3
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn
  • Close Combat series

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• kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  World of Warcraft

  Red Dead Redemption 2

  Stardew Valley

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• mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  MechWarrior 2

  Red Alert 2

  StarCraft

  Honorable mention: destiny 2

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• Moroboshi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Super Mario 64 Ocarina of Time Majora’s Mask

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• lobut@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In terms of sheer hours for me:

  Factorio StarCraft Brood War Counterstrike

  I guess Tetris deserves a mention and so does Heroes of the Storm.

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• jedibob5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, Deus Ex

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• Selmafudd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lordy this is hard.

  Minecraft

  World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King

  Fable - this game blew my mind when I first played it. After spending all day playing it at a mate’s place I bought an Xbox on the way home

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• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Rimworld (with all the mods (regular Rimworld doesn’t crack the top 3 IMO))

  Portal 2

  Outer Wilds

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• rezz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Majora’s Mask

  The Last of Us

  Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

  Really hard to leave BOTW out…

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  • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What made you choose Majora’s Mask over BOTW? I have only played the former, but plan to get on BOTW someday soon.

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    • rezz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      BOTW is incredible. Probably my favorite game in terms of design.

      However, its dungeons aren’t just weak, they’re barely skirting the definition of dungeon. They’re by far the weakest part of the game. Its story is solid but I think the execution of the story and performances are also weak.

      Majora has a gameplay loop that is completely one with its story. Very few games manage to have the core loop truly be informed by their story, which is sublime when it happens.

      And it also hits traditional Zelda tropes, such has dungeons with legitimate puzzles that you have to think about.

      BOTW would be THE GOAT game if its weak points weren’t so weak compared to the rest of the franchise. They were sacrifices to its new gameplay paradigm. But they really didn’t have to be sacrificed.

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Arma 3, Team Fortress 2, and Rocket League (according to Steam)

  In reality, UO and EQ probably have more time than all three of those combined. They just were never on Steam.

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• Keegen@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Gothic 1, for getting me into PC gaming as a whole.

  World of Warcraft, for the sheer impact that game had on my life, even if it’s been years since I last played it.

  Skyrim, for introducing me to the Elder Scrolls universe.

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• rasmus1949@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  KOTOR, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, and Deus Ex Human Revolution Directors Cut

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• sag@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Minecraft

  Krunker.io

  Doom

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• Buttons@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tribes 2 (from 2001), Outer Wilds, and Shadow of the Colossus

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• AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Super Metroid is the greatest game ever made and I will die on that hill.

  Runner up is Fallout New Vegas

  3rd is Factorio

  All great games in different genres, I’ve spent more hours in those games than any other game.

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• skybreaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

  2. God of War: Ragnarok

  3. Horizon Zero Dawn

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  • Exusia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There are all VERY new games for an “all time” list. Have you not played other games or are these really top of the top for you?

    Not bad games by any stretch for an opinion based question. I loved all 3 myself.

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    • skybreaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re not wrong. My top games have evolved as technology has advanced and previous successes have been built upon. My original favorite was Ocarina of Time and then Windwaker, but I can’t deny that the newer games are better than these even though they were revolutionary for their time. I loved Half Life 2 and Halo and LOTR Return of the King. They were amazing epic games, but standing side-by-side with the games I’ve played recently, I’d have to give the edge to the newer games. Just my personal preference.

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• Bruncvik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The top three games that started it all for me. They not only introduced me to my favourite genres, but I’m still replaying them to this day.

  • Civilization - the first refined 4X game. Manual the size of a book, plenty of strategies and just enough random chance to make each game exciting. I played the series till the fourth one, and I’m still spending too much time with Civ I and IV. I also branched out to Master of Orion, Colonization, Alpha Centauri and others.
  • Dungeon Master - A wonderful and challenging dungeon crawler, which convinced me that the best RPG mechanic is party-based first person. This was my launching pad for numerous games and series, in particular Wizardry, Might and Magic, Eye of the Beholder, Lands of Lore, the Ishar Trilogy and Realms of Arkania.
  • Warlords - 80 castles, 8 factions, lots of unit types, magic items and a complex way to fine-tune the difficulty level makes this endlessly replayable. This game launched its own turn-based fantasy strategy series, but it also introduced me to other series I still play, such as Heroes of Might and Magic, Age of Wonders and Disciples.

  Honourable mentions:

  • UFO: Enemy Unknown - turn-based tactical combat with a good mix of budgeting, manufacturing and research. I also appreciate other series, like Incubation and Jagged Aliance, but I’m always returning to UFO and its successors for the economic simulation.
  • Panzer Commander - This game dumbed down historical strategies for me, to the point where I would actually enjoy it. The whole series is brilliant, and I still occasionally replay it.

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• SILBOT006@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Listing 4+ because 3 is too few with so many meaningful titles.

  Starsiege: Tribes / Tribes 2 - A true successor has yet to exist. Final Fantasy XI - I miss the magic of Vana’diel. Furi - Music, story, and gameplay are top notch. Final Fantasy VII - The original was so much more than I expected.

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There is Starseige: Deadzone right now, though not at all the same. It’s a corridor extraction shooter, but has some of the same guns and stuff.

    Starseige: Raiders is a thing that’s happening too. It’s an extraction shooter but outdoors with more Tribes style movement.

    There’s also apparently (which I didn’t know this until just now) a new Starseige: Tribes slated for Q1 2024.

    www.playstarsiege.gg

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    • Hazor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks for sharing this, mildly surprised I hadn’t heard of it! I’m glad that someone has picked up the Starsiege/Tribes intellectual property, whatever form it’s taking.

      There’s Midair 2 Community Edition, or something like that, which you can find on Steam. Join their Discord channel and you can probably get a playtest key. It looks like it’s just going to be little more than the LT mod with cosmetic micro transactions though, which are the opposite of anything I liked about Tribes… But jet packs and skiing are there, so I’ll play it at least a little.

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• Renacles@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Skyrim, Hollow Knight, RuneScape.

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• Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Gemstone III Star War Galaxies Gauntlet

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• bitteorca@artemis.camp ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Metal Gear Solid 3, Celeste, and Mass Effect 2

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• TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Disco Elysium Nier Automata Fallout New Vegas

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• Breezy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  FF6 - didnt play it untill its gba version but quickly fell in love with the game. It might have been my kid brain but i found the story to be amazing.

  Castle wolfenstein enemy territory - this was an online fps from the early 2000s, i dont know what game ive sunk the most hours in, but this could be it. I loved this game so much that i just could never get into any online console fps.

  Mass effect 2 - i loved the first game for its atmosphere and setting, then a few years later this masterpiece came out expanding the universe while overhauling the gameply in such a way it made my teenager self get all emotional. Then the third one came out next year or something and pissed me off with its ending but whatever.

  Honorable mention

  Fromsoft studioe’s games - i think i can safely say im now in a committed relationship with soul games, but they werent my first loves.

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  • OriginalMP3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Enemy Territory was awesome. Free to play, distinct classes, abilities, and weapons, objectives that required teamwork from the different classes, class upgrades that granted new items and abilities, a great modding and map making community… I also sunk way too much time into it.

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    • Breezy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh god, rember the hour long white castle map! The nazi almost alway won unless they had a bunch of afks. It was such a wonderful slog getting up to the top.

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• Blubber28@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What Remains of Edith Finch

  Kentucky Route Zero

  Life is Strange

  These are not the games I play the most. In terms of hours it would be Minecraft, Civilization VI, Divinity II: Original Sin, and Sprocket. And I love those games a lot, but they don’t bring me the same experience as a well made story-driven game.

  What Remains of Edith Finch is a “walking simulator” in terms of gameplay, but it should really be seen as an interactive movie. As Edith Finch, you go back to the house you grew up in as a kid, and where the whole Finch family lived once. The Finch family are generally quite unfortunate and usually meet an untimely end to their lives. As you go through the house room by room, you explore Edith’s memories and the last moments of the person who died. It is only two hours long and should be played in a single sitting for the best experience. It is so far the only game where, when it was finished, I couldn’t do anything besides sitting behind the screen, staring at the credits that were rolling, feeling bittersweet awe and sadness. It is an experience that I cannot recommend enough.

  Kentucky Route Zero, on the other hand, is a bit harder to recommend, because I feel it’s much more niche. It is another story driven game that takes a point and click approach to moving around. What makes it tick, though, is the sense of mystery. The game starts with a man named Conway. He is delivering a shipment of antiques - the last one before the shop will close down. He is rather lost, but gets the directions that he must go over highway zero. As you go through the game, you explore the mysterious underground highway and river of Kentucky and meet interesting people along the way - all of them with their own issues. Debt, guilt, addiction, and loss are all handled in this game. It’s tricky to recommend, as there is nothing in terms of “actual gameplay.” But for those that enjoy an interactive and unique story, it should be on your radar.

  And lastly, the most famous one on my list: Life is Strange. I don’t think it needs much introduction, but for those who don’t know it: It is a game about Max, who discovers she can rewind time to a certain extent, and Chloe, her childhood friend with whom she reconnects. Don’t worry about the superpower part too much; it’s not a wacky Marvel thing, but rather a tool that is used to influence your environment and the people around you in more subtle ways. You explore Arcadia Bay and its inhabitants and learn more about Chloe as well. The game also presents you with various story choices that influence how people feel about you and react to you. Don’t expect Detroit: Become Human levels of choices matter, though.

  For me, I had the pleasure of going in completely blind and playing the prequel first. While I can understand that playing the prequel after the original can make the prequel feel underwhelming, it worked out for me. In the prequel, you play as Chloe before Max returns to Arcadia Bay and get to know her and her story. Then you go into Life is Strange already caring about Chloe, which elevated the experience significantly for me. So, to those that played it too, you know the choice I made at the end ;)

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  • doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Checkout Everyone’s Gone to Rapture

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    • Blubber28@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks for the recommendation! Will do

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• Miclux@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Rdr2, Zelda link to the Past, RimWorld

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• grill@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  1. Factorio
  2. Age of empires 2
  3. Portal 2

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