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for me mine are 1. Elden Ring, 2. RDR2 3. BOTW, all because they genuinely blew my mind when playing them for the first time and changed how I saw and played video games.

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[–] Lazhward@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Call me Nostradamus 'cause it's Silksong.

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[–] Ashtear@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Impossible to rank, so I'll pull from at random from a top 25 I did not long ago:

  • Trails to Azure - This one had a massive impact on me, from musings on depression and self-worth to love for a city, a community, and the hard choices that come from that love. Incredible story and character writing. All boosted by a well-developed world with a lot of moving parts and a crazy good soundtrack.
  • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames - Endlessly replayable. Holds up even to this day. Every time I think about it, I'm amazed at how they got lightning in a bottle with this new idea.
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Just one of those games where every single facet clicked for me. Visuals, writing, setting, soundtrack, gameplay, meta-gameplay, decision points. All of it.
[–] caut_R@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

One has to be Crusader Kings III considering the amount of time that died in that game. I did Lingua Franca (world domination) when mods and savescumming voided achievements, my whole empire fell apart literally 20 seconds after I achieved world domination lol, could barely hold it together to achieve the feat.

The other one is probably Rocket League. Low skill floor, skyhigh skill ceiling, wonderfully designed esports game. If you could still freely go in and out of casual games, I‘d probably still play it. But I peaked and don‘t feel the need to play ranked anymore and casuals started to feel like ranked.

After these two I can probably name ten more but I can‘t say which takes a top 3. League of Legends, Counterstrike 1.6, Battlefield 3, HITMAN, Dark Souls II (yep lol, I could probably draw a map of this game from memory), NIOH 1/2, Monster Hunter World, Sleeping Dogs, Muse Dash, all these games killed countless hours with fun, but it‘s hard to put one above the other. Apart from League of Legends, that one takes the rear.

Halo 2, Minecraft, and Factorio.

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nier Automata Deus Ex GOTY (and Human Revolution) Red Dead redemption 2

[–] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Portal 2 and Warframe. I'm not sure about a third, several contenders. And can't really say which spot any are in, feels more like they share 1st.

Questions like this are always hard, it's never a certain answer and it shifts over time, no matter if something new comes along to take a place or not. It's as fluid as anything else.

[–] washbasin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago
  • StarCraft: Brood War
  • Dark Age of Camelot
  • Diablo 2

Shout out to WarCraft 3!

[–] Ougie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Arma 3, Battlefield 2, minesweeper

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I want to know what titles were knocked out of top place for OP

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Tears of the Kingdom was amazing. The only thing BotW did better was how it felt riding on horseback through Hyrule field dodging lasers. But that was the high point, the average experience in BotW was less fun that TotK for me.

TotK really might be one of my top 5.

It's too hard to really rank every game. I spent a ton of time on Minecraft over the years but haven't recently. Like over a decade ago I liked gmod and still spent so much time on it but haven't played recently.

Lately colony management games have been scratching the itch. Do id probably say Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld, and Oxygen Not Included.

[–] penguindog@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago
  1. Minecraft
  2. Fallout: New Vegas
  3. Portal 2
[–] Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Breath of the Wild. Kingdom Hearts. Gris.

For just being great in immersion and story.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Favourite of all time?

Wing Commander (2 if I have to pick one, otherwise 1, 2, and secret missions).

Monkey Island (3 if I have to pick one, 1 to 3 otherwise).

Third is difficult, but... Disco Elysium, I guess..?

(What games I've spent the most time playing, though..? Definitely Crusader Kings 2 and 3, followed by Stellaris.)

[–] TheV2@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago
  1. OMORI
  2. Children of Morta
  3. One Dreamer

This might change everyday, especially for #3 I don't have a definite pick. But I chose the lesser-known game.

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Duskers, Homeworld & Earth-2150

[–] monocles@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Couch coop: Ssx tricky Original Halo

Solo: Roller coaster tycoon Skyrim Rdr (zombies)

Competitive: Sc2

Mmo: Wow

But I'm older. So that's a factor. Haven't gamed in years.

[–] agelord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag and Rogue. Skyrim. Dishonored. Bioshock. NFS MW (2012). The Pentiment. These are in no particular order.

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Squarez Deluxe

Tormentor❌Punisher

Ultima 6

[–] lIlIllIlIIIllIlIlII@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago

With all the times I asked posts like this I am sure that it is possible to correlate my person between different sites even if I used different usernames. How many people can share the same 3 games?

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Elden Ring, RDR2, and BOTW feels like such a basic bitch gamer list.

[–] ShortYetLongDogs@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

We all gotta start somewhere

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