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Do you know any singleplayer games that are infinitely replayable? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by maliciousonion@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

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I recently booted up Half-Life 2 to replay it. I have played the absolute shit out of this game before, so 60% of it just feels like a drag to me now. It was such an amazing game but it's sort of spoiled for me after I've played it too much.

I also discovered ULTRAKILL a few months ago. I feel like I could play that game forever. It has tons of content, weapon combinations and higher difficulties with different enemy behaviour.

Do any of you have more game suggestions like Ultrakill? A really replayable singleplayer game.

!!BTW I don't mean online multiplayer games or games similar to candy crush!!

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[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Tons. There's an entire roguelike genre built around this; some of my favorites are Vagante and Streets of Rogue. There are games with procedurally generated worlds like Terraria, RimWorld, Dwarf Fortress, and Factorio. There are RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 that have so many ways to spec your characters and so many permutations of how events could unfold based on what you did that you're unlikely to see them all.

[–] zigmus64@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Another great roguelike is Hades, which may or may not have dominated my video game attention for the last 8 months.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I didn't personally care for it, but I know I'm in the minority. In fact, one of the reasons I didn't care for it is because it felt far less replayable than many of its peers. Even Zagreus will call out "the butterfly room", because there are so few permutations to see.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hrm, you're not wrong but Hades also exemplifies why quality wins over quantity when in replayability.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm sure it would if I thought more highly of it.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lmao I love Hades but this is such a sick burn, I'm stealing it for next time someone tries to convince me some shlocky k-drama is peak kino.

I do hope Hades 2 ups the variability of the encounters more, you're absolutely right about endgame being a bit weak for a roguelike, even with the different weapons.

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