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Whether you started with a 2600 and a joystick in your hand, an N64 with a blistered palm or building your first PC in your teens, what is that one video game you've played at some point that to this day sits at the top of your list.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Pokemon Sapphire

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I don't know of I could ever say a single game.

Minecraft is definitely the one I've spent most time, probably more than a couple of thousands of hours

Empire Earth is the one I go back the easiest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The Binding of Isaac.

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Is it even possible to pick just one?

Several of my favorite gaming experiences are one-time, non-repeatable. Solving the Return of the Obra Dinn is up there, but it couldn't possibly be my favorite game because I can never experience it again.

Playing Dark Souls for the first time is the same thing. Discovering the world, finding the intricacies of the interconnected map, struggling with and overcoming challenging areas and bosses. The relief of unlocking shortcuts and the amazement at the maps connectivity. It was the first game of it's type I played, and it was phenomenal, but coming back to it never matches that first playthrough. And let's be honest, the bosses feel downright mundane after having played the later releases.

Disco Elysium affected me in a way no other game has. Its themes are so relevant to me that it struck me on a very personal level and it was an incredibly cathartic experience that will stay with me forever the way any great book would. I actually found it more enjoyable the second playthrough too, however, is it really even a game?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX. The originals were the games that made me realize gamrs could make me feel things, and DX is literally just them but with QoL changes.

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Final Fantasy IX

I just love it. The cast, the writing, the music, not a perfect game but for me a perfect story, a perfect experience.

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There’s too many to list but Zelda 2 was the first game I finished. It was a collaborative effort, using a book, but my friend Frosty and I stayed up all night (this was in junior high so this was a big deal) and finished it. Fond memories.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

There’s too many to list but Zelda 2 was the first game I finished. It was a collaborative effort, using a book, but my friend Frosty and I stayed up all night (this was in junior high so this was a big deal) and finished it. Fond memories.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lots of great games have been mentioned but wanted to include two recent masterpieces:

  • Hollow Knight. It's such a fantastic ride, such a rich world, such great characters, and such a terribly sad but somehow poetic plot. Getting that game even today at full price is still a steal.
  • VA-11 HALL-A: You're just a background NPC in a big cyberpunk adventure, nothing you do has anything to do with the main plot, you only get glimpses of it, and the story is essentially the mundane life of this person and not much else. Yet it's so rich and interesting and fun! And the music is awesome.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm pretty old so have a lot of games I feel terribly nostalgic about, but I'm going to pick a relatively recent one in Deep Rock Galactic.

It just feels like such an absolute triumph of game design in so many ways. I've always had a soft spot for Co-op PvE, and it's just done right. Having a dedicated key to rock and stone (cheer on your teammates) is an absolute genius move for promoting positivity and cutting down on toxicity. Gunplay is good and varied. The feeling of exploration is AMAZING! Probably the game that's kept me going 'wow' when I go to a new place the most consistently after hundreds of hours.

So much respect for the devs who are continuing to absolutely nail it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Undertale still holds a special place in my heart after all these years.

It made me care about its characters in a way that no game had ever done before, and few have since. The cool and replayable story, along with a great soundtrack are other things that I like. Only criticism I really have of the game is the questionable graphics, but I've never been the type to care too much about graphics anyways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Going all the way back to the NES for me, and I'm getting the feeling I'm quite a bit older than most of the commenters here: Super Mario Bros. 3 - best game of all time. :)

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Fallout New Vegas

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Dead by Daylight. I love it as much as I hate it.

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GOAT is Dungeon Keeper. Holy siht that's a great game. Still play it to this day, despite the fact that it's close to 30 years old.

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"Little Big Adventure 2", also known as "Twinsen's Odyssey" in the US, and rebranded worldwide as "Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2" few months ago.

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I've played a lot of games and it's hard to choose an all-time favorite, but Planescape: Torment is the one I still think about the most, 24 years after playing it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Y's Book I & II on the TurboGrafx-16 system.

I really enjoyed the story and music in that game. I just played through it again a couple years ago.

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Morrowind. Morrowind's world just feels alive and as someone who knows the game inside out that game just feels home

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Skyrim

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Tecmo Super Bowl

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Enteral Darkness. Greatest game of all time!

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I love Nier:Automata. The sound track, gameplay, story, all of it is just tied together so well. It impacted me so much and is definitely my favorite game. Planning on getting a tattoo based on the black box and lunar tear from the game someday

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Final Fantasy Tactics is my all time favorite game. But someone else mentioned Legend of Dragoon, and I have to say that game was just pure beauty.

Final Fantasy VI is a close second. And so is Fallout 2. I've replayed that many times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is a hard question because I have so many that I love, but I'm going to go with Tales of Vesperia.

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