Any platform(s).

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago
    • Disco Elysium
    • Jade Empire
    • Eternal Darkness
    • Knights of the Old Republic
    • Starcraft 2
    • Quake
    • Chrono Trigger
    • Portal
    • Resident Evil 4
    • The Last of Us
  • verdigris@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    This is off the top of the dome and given more time I’d probably change this significantly, but here’s 10 of my favorites from a multitude of genres:

    • Rain World
    • Outer Wilds
    • Stephen’s Sausage Roll

    (Those are pretty firmly my top 3, all totally mindblowing experiences that surprised and awed me multiple times)

    • Spelunky 2
    • Getting Over It
    • Peaks Of Yore
    • Satisfactory
    • Dark Souls PTDE
    • Hunt: Showdown
    • Morrowind

    Honorable mentions for Guilty Gear and Tekken as series, and I have a special place in my heart for the 2000 title Sacrifice, which is my eternal top pick for a remaster/remake.

    • solidstate@feddit.de
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      5 months ago

      YES for Sacrifice. This game is a piece of art. I don’t get how it was never remade or it never got a sequel. Such a loss…

  • Drusenija@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Hmm, tough choices. In no particular order.

    The Legend of Zelda - A Link To The Past This game was great when it was released and it’s great now, and thanks to the randomiser community it’s now infinitely replayable as well.

    Super Metroid A series that literally helped define a genre, Super Metroid was everything that I suspect they wanted Metroid and Return of Samus to be but the hardware couldn’t keep up. The world is built for speed running as well with so many shortcuts that experienced players can utilise, and again, with the randomiser community making it infinitely replayable (not only on its own, but with a crossover with ALTTP!), this game easily makes it onto my list.

    Final Fantasy VII My original introduction to JRPGs and a game whose story and mechanics still hold up today even if the graphics don’t as much. Obviously a lot of people feel the same way thanks to the Remakes, which while slightly out there have had so much nostalgia to play through them.

    Final Fantasy XI The original Final Fantasy MMORPG and my introduction to MMORPGs generally, I put about 10 years into this game and still to this today occasionally reinstall it and see where I was last up to.

    Final Fantasy XIV I tried several times to start FFXIV, but never got past the first few dungeons until COVID lockdowns hit, and since then am fully on board. The story, while a slow burn, is so good, and being a live service game means there’s always new content coming or changes to learn. But really, the story in FFXIV is easily good enough to qualify as a mainline FF title, and any FF players who haven’t tried it yet, should.

    Doki Doki Literature Club You have to play this blind. Don’t watch a let’s play, and avoid any spoilers if you can. It’s worth it. But when it’s all done, if you’re playing on PC, people have written entirely new mods and story for it, and the good ones really know how to make you connect with the characters.

    Persona 5 Royal I discovered the Persona series with Golden, and was super excited to play Persona 5 when it released, but Royal is the definitive version that you’ll want to play. The story is great, the gameplay is lots of fun, and the combination of JRPG and slice of life makes you feel a lot more connected to the loveable cast.

    Factorio Just perfectly tickles that itch for resource management. The factory must grow.

    Metal Gear Solid 2 A main memory I have of this game is the first time playing it where I bought out a whole box of those chocolates they sell for fundraising - was supposed to sell them to other people but they were great for late night snacking while I played. The stealth, the tension, the weird everything towards the end, it was a trip from start to finish.

    Duke Nukem 3D Duke wasn’t my first foray into FPS games (Wolfenstein 3D manages that title). But it holds a special place in my heart as it was the first game I ever played online multiplayer on. But I did it before the internet, so literally had a modem to modem connection running over an IPX network. Realistically, there’s been plenty of better FPS games since, both modern and classic, but the irreverent humour, plus the fact I was a teen who probably wasn’t supposed to be playing a game with strippers and highly pixilated tits in it, just edges it into my top 10.

    • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 months ago

      If you like DDLC, you should try Song of Saya. Just a warning, it can get quite graphic, but the storytelling is amazing.

      Also Chrono Trigger if you’re a Final Fantasy fan.

      • Drusenija@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Chrono Trigger have played and loved as well, but it’s not one I’ve gone back to and replayed, which was one of my key criteria in this list, longevity (for me - I realise Chrono Trigger does have it between the multiple endings and New Game+ mode).

        I have a very distinct memory of first playing it via emulator on ZSNES, and running into a bug in a section in the future that required you to hold L and R and activate some controls to open a door. For whatever reason the emulator wasn’t handling that properly and I got stuck. Eventually went back to it on Snes9x and was able to progress, but that stuck out.

        Haven’t heard of Song of Saya though, thanks for the recommendation!

        • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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          5 months ago

          I don’t think an emulator bug (especially from a 90s emulator) should factor into how good a game is.

          I’d recommend giving it another shot. It’s one of my favorite games of all time, and the only game I find myself replaying every year.

          • Drusenija@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            Oh, sorry, please don’t read it that way! It’s a game I very much enjoyed when I played it, and I do still today watch speed runners race it occasionally. The bug didn’t impact my enjoyment of it in the longer term, it’s just a fun fact I remember about it from when I did play it all those years ago that I thought I’d share.

            • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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              5 months ago

              Ah. Makes sense. The early days of emulators were something I really enjoyed. One of the reasons I even got into computers was ZSNES (although glitching Pokemon 1st gen was another)

      • Drusenija@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        You’re right, you really can. That being said if it’s purely personal favourites I’d put FF6 into that list as well. I would love if they gave that the Remake treatment.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    In no particular order:

    • Elden Ring
    • Team Fortress 2
    • Day of the Tentacle
    • Freelancer
    • FTL
    • System Shock 2
    • Duck Game
    • Red Dead Redemption 2
    • Rome: Total War
    • Diablo 2
    • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Day of the Tentacle is one of my first PC gaming memories. My friend’s brother had a PC that could play it, and I was in awe. I remember he had to uninstall it to make room for Duke Nukem 3d…

    • astanix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I know you don’t mean super monkey ball 3, but, there is the smallest chance you do. :)

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    In no particular order:

    • Star Craft: Brood War
    • Diablo II
    • Half Life
    • Counter Strike
    • Homeworld
    • Heretic
    • GTA Vice City
    • Quake 2 (and 3)
    • Star Wars Battlefront
    • Battlefield 2
  • arthur@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Metal Gear Solid 1

    Cyberpunk 2077

    Civilization V

    Gods Will Be Watching

    Portal

    Splinter Cell Blacklist

    Dead Cells

    Sniper Elite 3

    Dirt Rally

    Ghost of Tsushima

  • terrifyingtuba@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago
    • Outer Wilds
    • Hollow Knight
    • Elden Ring
    • Baldurs Gate 3
    • Metroid Prime
    • Mass Effect 2
    • Tetris
    • Shadow of The Colossus
    • Mother 3
    • Fallout: New Vegas

    Based on an incomplete sampling.

  • nivenkos@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago
    • Ultima VII
    • Baldur’s Gate 1
    • Daggerfall
    • Morrowind
    • Oblivion
    • Deus Ex
    • Thief
    • Ultima Underworld
    • Kerbal Space Programme
    • Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Honourable mentions for Baldur’s Gate 3, Crusader Kings 2, and Tears of the Kingdom.

  • kugel7c@feddit.de
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    5 months ago

    Separated into top 5 and the rest.

    • Slay the Spire
    • BeamNg
    • Trackmania (not any of the games specifically more the concept)
    • Disco Elysium
    • Portal 2
    • Balatro probably
    • FTL
    • Mario Kart (8 and/or Wii)
    • Maybe Baldus gate 3
    • Thalos principle 2

    The hearthstone battlegrounds auto battler mode is perhaps also in here but hearthstone itself I’ve never played.

  • Alsjemenou@lemy.nlNederlands
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    5 months ago

    In no real particular order, games with highest impact on me:

    1. battlefield 1942 - desert combat mod

    Ground breaking at the time. Physics and gamespeed have never been captured by any other game. Consumed my free time for a long time.

    2 counter strike

    Simple concept, extreme depth. I’ve clocked several thousand hours into this franchise.

    1. The witcher 3

    In terms of world building and story telling… Incredible.

    1. The Witness

    Absolute masterclass in game design, world design. Puzzle design… This is an incredible puzzle game that will shift your perspective.

    1. Faster than light

    I haven’t found anything else quite scratch that replay ability, that tethering on the brink of losing, itch. It’s a unique game.

    1. Guild wars 2

    Completely changed the way mmorpgs were played, and was a great mmo.

    1. Monkey Island

    I wanted to mention a point and click, several spring to mind, but this still series lives in my mind the most. Although space quest is another that impacted my young brain.

    1. Minecraft

    Like… I was there since its debut. Still watching and enjoying mc related content.

    1. Elite

    Space is pretty big and cool

    1. Eve online

    Getting back stabbed by the person you’ve been back stabbing for, so you join the enemies of your friends to be able to backstab your backstabbers.