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      17 days ago

      Portal is amazing, also the community DLC but unfortunately not my greatest.

      I’d go with something like Satisfactory or Dota 2 (gasp).

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    Baldur’s Gate 3. Hands down. Red Dead Redemption 2 is probably number 2. That said, I have more hours in World of Warcraft than every other game combined. It was an entire lifestyle for a few years back in the day. But WoW was good because of the people, not because of the gameplay.

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    18 days ago

    Minecraft. Even with all the shitty updates there is so much to be done in Minecraft that it’s honestly mind boggling. Almost anything is possible especially with mods. Only downside is Microsoft’s greedy ass owns it

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      15 days ago

      Only downside is Microsoft’s greedy ass owns it

      I feel compelled to mention Luanti here, just in case it’s not on your radar. Also VoxLibre.

      It’s uh, well it’s done.

      And it’s fully open source so it continues to grow.

      And it’s lighter and faster and has cleaner network code than MineCraft.

      And it doesn’t have M$ enshitifying it.

      Disclaimer: I love this game and want to see the community grow and grow forever. It’s so good and I want to keep playing it until I die.

      Edit: I forgot to mention it’s completely free and runs great on Windows, Linux, SteamDeck and Android.

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      18 days ago

      That game is one of my saddest histories. As a bit to young to play it I bought it and found it immensely boring just slogging through the dungeon at the start. Didn’t understand the weapon system. Eventually after several tries I got into the city proper but couldn’t handle that first boss fight. Put it aside and never picked it back up again. Still have the game somewhere. No PSOne tho’

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        18 days ago

        You need to carry one of each weapon type. Unlike most games you can’t brute force through weapon resistances.

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    19 days ago

    Detroit: Become Human

    It was the only story ever that has pulled me in completely. I wasn’t just playing it, I was living it. It took me 2 more days to come down to earth after finishing it.

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    19 days ago

    Breath of the wild.

    Played it on a friends new Switch and bought a Switch and that game three days later. I was so immersed in this weird and wonderful world…

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    18 days ago

    I’ll probably always think that Tetris is the greatest video game ever. The inherent dramatic arc that comes with watching the blocks stack up is tension directly within you the player, not you watching tension unfold for characters on the screen. It’s different every time, even if the shape of the arc is similar, because you improve as a player. It’s the kind of emergent involvement the most designers could only aspire to create.

    That said of course Shadow of the Colossus is also a favorite. That one probably feels a little more obvious, but I’m okay with that.

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    18 days ago

    Recently, I would say Roadwarden, was such a great game with such a unique feel to it.