3D platformers (like Super fucking Mario; you know, the Italian-American voiced by Chris Pratt)

...or anything LIKE a Nintendo game (with wacky gameplay, idk)

LGBTQIA+ games

There's Celeste 64, if you haven't tried it (it's free).

if you decide to play Morrowind IMO do it via OpenMW, which is a remake of the game engine. Runs great on multiple platforms.

Mutant: Year Zero has elements of CRPGs, tactical RPGs, and stealth 'em ups

Atom RPG is "What if Fallout 1 but soviet

The Sum is anarchist total overhaul of Fallout Tactics (bonus it got funded by the government twice)

Wrath of the Righteous was one of the best CRPGs I've ever played. Would recommend that. I'm playing Owlcat's followup right now: Rogue Trader, and loving it even more actually, but will save final verdict for when I finish it.

1. CrossCode (banger jazz fusion+prog OST, zelda-like dungeons, decent story about self-acceptance, great combat and bosses)
2. Katamari Damacy (cozy, banger OST, wacky gameplay)
3. ZeroRanger (GOATed OST, great aesthetic and story-gameplay integration)
4. OFF (disturbing atmosphere and a story that's up to interpretation, artistically brilliant imo)
5. Xanadu Next (japanese isometric dungeon crawler similar to Diablo but without the random loot and with a different build system, the music and atmosphere is pretty good, I also thought the story was pretty decent, make sure you collect all the records if you play it)
6. Trails in the Sky trilogy (JRPGs with a great positional battle system, banger music and very charming and well written characters. Also, the world building is great. The next game in the series lost the charm imo, but most people like it as much)

7. Ys: The Oath in Felghana (isometric action JRPG with gameplay that is a mixture of hack&slash, bullet hell and platformer, it's pretty unique. Also yhe music is good)

Nintendo games

Play Kid Icarus uprising, its a good ds game that isnt well known compared to other nintendo titles

Hades, it’s a roguelike but fulfills the banger music and LGBTQIA+ in spades.

Gris, once again banger music, 2D instead of 3D platformer but is entirely pacifist, girl protagonist, kinda sorta cozy but in somber way, closest a game has gotten to making me cry (if you do buy it: go to the left when you start)

SPACE STATION 14

Space Station 14 has remained my favorite multiplayer game. I try to recommend it to anyone I can.

It is a pseudo-remake of cult classic SS-13 which is also very good.

So it is a multiplayer only game and that scares a lot of people off that just want to play a single player game. But trust me the game is so good and has so much depth you won't mind the multiplayer element. And may in fact prefer it to a lot of single player experiences as I do.

The premise is you create a character. You have multiple alien species to choose from or human. Your character will have a unique look and name you come up with as well as some traits if you choose so.

Your character then joins a "shift". You can join at the beginning of one or at any other point.

A shift usually lasts two-ish hours. It can last from five minutes to an entire day (this was done once as an event).

So what do you do?

You have a job. You selected a few of them whilst creating your character. You can be a chef, engineer, security-officer, lawyer, scientist, captain of the ship, etc...

I won't go into detail of every job but they all have depth and a learning curve.

For your first shift I would recommend a janitor. You get to explore pretty much the entire station and interact with everyone. Your goal is to keep the station clean, keep vending machines stocked, and have fun.

"This sounds boring" TRUST ME ITS NOT.

You are in space where anything can happen. Your station has a set of laws, a chain of command. Your station has enemies...

THE SYNDICATE

The syndicate is a group of antagonists to the crew. Their goals are different between each agent.

Each shift of SS-14 has some form of antagonist. The syndicate are the most common so I will just discuss them.

When a shift begins a few random people will be chosen to play antags. They are allowed to do pretty much whatever they want but are given some objectives to complete such as "kill person" "steal thing" etc...

These will be people among the crew. But this is not a big game of among us. It is much more complicated and RP focused.

You can have hostage situations. Space pirates. Space dragons. Nuclear bombs detonating on the spac station. Anything that can happen will happen at some point.

HOW TO PLAY

The game seems daunting when you first play it. So many terms and so many players to interact with.

There are usually over 60 people on one station and they are all played by a player with their own unique personality and playstyle. You will interact with a lot of people. You will have fun and laugh with a lot of people. You will survive with a lot of people. You will die with a lot of people.

• Read the rules to the server
• Pick something easy to play as i.e. janitor, cargo tech
• Ask for help. 9/10 the HOP of the station can assist you. Or the head above you can also help.
• Have fun

I really hope anyone reading will try the game. It's one of my favorites and it has a really nice community

edit: this game is free and open source and can be played on steam or using their own launcher

the life and suffering of sir brante. it's basically a choose your own adventure book but a little bit more complicated. it's a russian game and the world building is good so give it a try.

When you play Deus Ex, at least use Kentie's launcher for modern resolution and lighting support. https://www.reddit.com/r/Deusex/comments/uftbzj/how_to_run_deus_ex_1_in_2022_decently/

Play FTL its really good

I wouldn't reccomend Daggerfall. It was revolutionary game back then, but the QoL have been abysmal even then. Currently the game is downright dreary unless you're heavily into very old crpg.

I played ELEX 1, and it was very boring.

Definitely do play Morrowind if you still didn't. Though refer to some modernising mod guides, the game did aged quite a bit but have many mods improving it.

If you didn't played it yet, play Shadow Tactics, literally only stealth game i ever liked.

Tale of Immortal - if you're into wuxia stories you will love it, otherwise pass as it is pretty specific niche game

Wandering Sword: probably best wuxia game out there (or at least in english), this one is in classic jrpg convention.

EMU: Suikoden series. 1-2 definitely, 3-4 optionally, 5 is good again. 1-2 is on PSX, 3-5 on PS2. Crime that this series isn't continued. There is spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicles but as usual in the case of spiritual successor it ain't it (though it's decent game worth playing on its own merit).

RE: vinyl CDs

games

interactive moving pictures

My recs as of recent are:

• Supraland (3D metrodvania and probably the best examples of such, big focus on puzzles so it scratches a Portal itch)
• CrossCode(16 bit-esque Japanese style action RPG, I started it finally but haven't gotten very far yet )
• Dyson Sphere Program(only if you like factory games, and yes I am still recommending this an will until I am dead in the dirt, possible autistic game candidate but more ADHD)
• Balatro(roguelite poker game, great for quick pick up and put down, eager for it to come to mobile or Switch so I can play it on the go)

Stealth games

Have you ever played Mark of the Ninja? It's not terribly long, could finish it in a weekend but it's a lot of fun.

https://youtu.be/rI_r-g4VnsY