The kind of game you daydream about while at school or work because you can’t wait to come home and play some more.
Games really have to strike a chord with me to stick around in my memory. The last ones that truly left an impression were from when I first got into gaming. I can still vividly remember the impact of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, GTA 3, and Vice City and San Andreas—they consumed my thoughts entirely. The allure of uncovering hidden secrets, areas left unexplored, that’s what really drew me in. Half-life 2 was a mind-blowing breakthrough with its physics and storytelling. But nowadays, that spark just seems to be missing. The closest I’ve come recently was with Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm. The thrill of snatching a victory against the odds, the sense of connection with total strangers—it was something special. It’s the only game that still gets my heart racing these days. However, I’ve found myself drifting away from HotS more and more; it feels like the game is losing its luster (or maybe it’s Blizzard who’s letting it fade… or perhaps MOBAs in general are falling out of favor). As for recent gems that really struck a chord with me, I’d have to mention Hollow Knight, Control (seriously underrated in my opinion—easily one of the best metroidvanias out there, if not the best), and Baldur’s Gate 3, which was unexpectedly captivating.
Meet Your Maker was probably the last one. I would day dream about the bases I could make and stuff. I think there’s a community for it here but it’s a lot more dead than the one on Reddit.
Palworld! Couldn’t stop playing it with my friends, it was such a blast! I say “was”, because we quickly all got to level 50 and now we’re waiting for a big update that’ll make the game fresh again!
RDR2
How is it so far?
I started playing RDR2 in 2022 but I felt it to be so cumbersome. Running around on horse doing shit that doesn’t matter.
Maybe I am not recollecting it correctly. Just wanted to know more about it from you.
It took a while to get going, but eventually the story worked well to pull me in. I was hooked on the character development and the plot.
The world is so vivid and beautiful too. Lots of things to look for, hunt, explore, etc. I really liked it.
I also had my character grow a big mustache. My wife won’t let me do that so I lived vicariously through the game for that too.
Currently hooked on Factorio.
Before that, Baldur’s Gate 3.
Before that, Factorio.
factorio is one of the best automation games ever, and also has just about any quality of life feature you could think to add to a game.
i’m in my first ever modded playthrough with space exploration and i’m blown away by the increase in complexity. the vanilla game is great but the mods are definitely worth trying if you want an exponential jump in complexity.
My latest game is with Krastorio, and I’ve been loving the added complexity, though I’ve heard it’s lighter than some other mods. Definitely doing a Space Exploration run next I think.
deleted by creator
Haven’t touched Factorio in ages. Really looking forward to diving back in with the Space Age expansion!
The Factory Must Grow
Factorio is eternal.
Can’t wait to play the new extension.
Ignoring digital releases of card games, which I’ve loved since I was a kid, it has to be Valheim. I would spend hours and hours making structures like castles and villages, with their own defense mechanisms against monster invasions. It’s a wonderful indie game, very pretty for only taking 1GB in storage.
Cyberpunk 2077 when it was released. And then panam made me cry ( ._.) And that scene inside the robo is burnt into my brain xD
I kinda didnt even realise alot of the bugs, cause I really enjoyed the story. I remember seeing the trees through the walls but the immersion/ my imagination was strong enough to mask them .D
I’ve played it more recently, encountered 1 noticeable bug on my entire play though. They’ve turned it into an impressive, well polished game now.
Team Fortress 2, for more than 8 years
A link to the past, I couldn’t put that down once I started it
Ingress. I was obsessed with it. Couldn’t stop playing.
I was trying to think of a PC game until I saw your comment. It’s totally Ingress for me too. I was hooked and my area (Chicago burbs) had a very active player base. The ops and competition were intense! I really enjoyed the real-world tactical shit, closest I’ll ever get to feeling like I was part of a military operation.
I still play it too, but not like before. It’s a great way to kill time and explore new places. I think I’m level 12, almost 13, and I’m lazily working towards more badges. I don’t understand what the red faction is all about and the other new stuff.
Same. I rocked that game for a year before Pokemon Go came out. It was insanely addictive. I would walk like 3-5 miles a day and I’d take way too many breaks at work to go hit the portals by my office.
Family trips were awkward. I would make detours and hide the reason but just pointed out there was something awesome they should see.
I also took part in global ops where I let irl with other players to move keys.
When I think about it the real life component of that game is amazing.
I participated in a few anomalies, both as support and an on ground person hitting the objectives. Shit was rad, man. I met a couple cool people and even business contacts through it.
I gotta go with Cyberpunk : i waited until very recently to start playing (didn’t have a beefy enough computer before) and man am I hooked. The universe feels complete, and the characters feel real to me : truly a fantastic game
I love this game. I got it at launch and never had a problem, and I’ve played like two complete 100% games already before the dlc, now on my third one.
I also had it at launch and had very, very few bugs. The ones I did were very easy to work around. I think my favorite part is the amount of philosophy some of the side quests had!
The main quest was really good imo. I thought the voice acting and animations were great. Goes for the whole game really but it made you feel like you were in an action movie at times.
FacCracktorioCommandos 3: Destination Berlin The gameplay was so good and I kept imagining about the missions all the time.
Doom Eternal
when the doom music kicks in
