this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2024
31 points (70.7% liked)

Games

32670 readers
624 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

  1. Submissions have to be related to games

  2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

  3. No excessive self-promotion

  4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

  5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

  6. No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Minnels@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

Factorio.

Dwarf fortress but I haven't played that in a long time. It will outlast most other games however.

[–] AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago

Portal

Breath of the Wild

Alan Wake 2

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 9 points 15 hours ago

Team Fortress 2

[–] lukstru@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Slay The Spire. Really excited for the sequel.

[–] skybarnes@discuss.online 1 points 10 hours ago

Either Chrono Trigger or Pokemon White

[–] thesink05@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Valheim and Prey (2017)

[–] B312@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours 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

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

Mother 3

it feels like it was made for my brain specifically to enjoy it lol

No idea. Too many to pick from.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 0 points 18 hours ago

Last of Us part 2.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Tomb Raider 1.

I'm replaying the remastered trilogy for the first time since I was a teenager. The level design is outstanding. Very clever re-use of the same areas, just at different heights.

It's inspiration from side-scroller prince of persia (also played this obsessively as a young child) is palpable. The movement system is revolutionary.

And the enemy progression is hilarious. First you fight some bats, then you fight some wolves, then you fight motherfucking Velociraptors, then a goddamned T-Rex. And thats not even close to the weirdest enemy you'll fight. Boss battles are evenly spaced until they aren't. when you have two boss battles immediately one after the other.

And then eventiually, you get to the pulsating flesh caves...

[–] kwedd@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago
[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day 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.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day 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.

Portal (1&2)

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Grim Fandango. Despite the weird tank controls, it created such an amazing world - and all in a point-and-click adventure. My home PC is named Manny, our NAS is Eva, the router/firewall is Glottis, and so on.

Also, Psychonauts. Just a perfect 3D platformer.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Grim Fandango is an amazing story about life and death and love...

... Built upon an engine where the protagonist walks around at sloth speed. Manny Calavaras just sashays along, and there's no way to speed his ass up. I wish you could hit escape or something to skip him walking in and out of scenes, but nope! I'm forced to watch him drag his feet from location to location.

But the most touching parts of the story stick with me after 20 years.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Have you played Psychonatus 2? How does it compare? I haven't, but I've been wanting to, but I also have limited time, so I'm looking for the next game after Baldur's Gate 3, which I'll complete in the next 3-4 months with my availability lol

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

I have. In fact, I backed the development of it.

Definitely worth playing. Maybe a bit less memorable than the original, but also a bit more consistent. There are no huge difficulty spikes like the Meat Circus in the original.

The story is a bit more complex, and a bit more muted. Most of the levels are less memorable. But absolutely worth the time to play and enjoy.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Agreed, without better defined scope the question is just asking for:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_best

Its a fun read but its already available.

[–] Defaced@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn 2004 was a banger of a year for video games.

[–] Aermis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The year of half life 2

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’d say Baldur’s Gate 3.

With Demons’ Souls a close second. For those of us who got to play that game before Dark Souls became a thing, when we knew next to nothing about what to expect, it was an almost revelatory experience.

[–] RabbitMix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

Cyberpunk 2077 for me, it has everything, an amazing story with great characters, fantastic gameplay, a banger soundtrack, and an interesting world that's fun to explore and feels like a real place.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)
load more comments (4 replies)
[–] DarkMetatron 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My favorite game, the game I can always come back to, is The Elder Scrolls III - Morrowind

[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

WHAT A GRAND AN INTOXICATING ANSWER

[–] Hupf 3 points 1 day ago

Wealth beyond measure, sera.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I was always a discworld mud player... Lots of time there. But I bounced around many :⁠-⁠P

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I tried finding others but kept coming back to the one. Helped that i read a lot of fantasy and they used a lot of content i was already familiar with, but it was also the remorting system that entranced me

[–] LazerFX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, there was something special about the communities that built up around these games...

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

I simply cannot agree more

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Dwarf Fortress.

They're even making sequels to "the carp stands up" now. They added exercise to the game, and now carps get fucking ripped as fuck just swimming upstream, so when they start walking on land they're there to just destroy you and everything you hold dear.

I wasn't going to say df but I'm realising now after thousands of hours in that game there's STILL new things to learn, that was a wild ride thank you

Metal Gear Solid 3

[–] zout@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Wiz@midwest.social 2 points 12 hours ago

And later, Emerald Mine on the Amiga. So many hours of my life, gone.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I never had a C64 and was pretty jealous of this series.

I played a few DOS based clones and various ports and they were pretty cool but from what I've seen everything they've done with the franchise since 2000 has been soulless.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

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.

Space station 13

[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

The Mass Effect Trilogy. By the time I was fighting in London I wondered where this game had been all my life.

[–] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Minecraft, circa 2015. It was a religion.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›