Do you have a favorite game, like #1 favorite that no game can beat? If yes, which one? : gaming

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

So Skyrim must be my favorite because: Every year (I realized this last grind that it is always around December to January) do I start a new mod grind for Skyrim and then play a shit ton for a week or two and then never look back until winter again lol

I saw most added a list so I will too.

The best year of gaming for me was 2006 to around 2012, you will be able to tell by the list. Why around that time is because before then did I not playing games with deep or meaningful stories and after that have I only found a few games that I really like.

Games I haven't played for a long time now but have a lot of nostalgic memories of (some did I play over and over again that I can not count unless I find all my saves):

dragon age origin and 2 (fight me, 2 was great)
mass effect 2 and 3 (especially 2)
the three assassin's Creed games with ezio, and black flag
saint row 3 (4 was fun too but more like a chaotic episode)
Shin Megami Tensei games mainly persona (3 and 4) and devil survivor (1 and 2)
sleeping dogs
golden sun
pyre
deus ex
far cry 3
tales of the abyss
999: nine hours, nine persons, nine doors
phoenix wright

The list is getting long so I will stop now. It was fun thinking back especially on the megami tensei series, that is a rabbit hole to fall down in, i mixed them up a lot while trying to remember the names haha

I only added the games that woke up a fussy feeling in me (I hope I didn't forget any important ones).

[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Deltarune by leaps and bounds

[–] xav@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

R-Type II

Tetris

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

Every game I play is like "this is good, but it's no Outer Wilds..."

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 10 hours ago

Yup, this one.
If I can play a game where I both have sweaty palms desperately trying to match the needed fast paced escape velocity for a solar station landing, but also have quiet moments where I put down the controller and think about my life while waiting patiently for an end I know is coming... Then that is the best game.

[–] felesdetenebrae@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just finished Outer Wilds yesterday and it definitely shot up to my top 10. Nothing could beat Portal so far though...

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I think with Outer Wilds and Obra Dinn I realized that "Information games" are just my absolute favourite genre of games. Portal is incredible, but more a regular puzzle game than an information game.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It used to be Counter-Strike but now I think it's Deadlock.

The game is still in closed beta but valve really nailed everything about it. The movement, the combat, the strategy, the art style. I wish I had young kid's reflexes still but even so the game is absolutely brilliant.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago

That game absolutely took over my life in terms of games. I liked it from the first minute, because of the art style, movement and all, but i didn't really get it. I started to get it, and when i really got it, i was like holy shit. The game is so deep, just in terms of movement and tech in the game.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Point of clarity for anyone interested: the game is in an invite-only beta. BUT the unofficial discord has people who can invite you. So feel free to come check it out. It's great :)

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

Overall, bg3. Looking back all the way to pong, I haven't had as much fun for as long as with bg3.

Not that I want to play it every single time I put in game time. I do like variety too. But in terms of sheer joy of play, bg3 just hits the right points.

I can maybe see a future game topping it, though I suspect that would be a rarity what with the things in games that really hit for me being hard to find in one game. Even bg3 doesn't hit every single thing that I love in games, it just hits the most important ones. It's not perfect, but I've never required that in a game.

[–] thezeesystem@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Factorio. 10k hours and I still play it over and over again when I get cravings or when there's. No other games to play.

2nd is Minecraft and 3rd is rimworld

Of course all of them HEAVILY modded.

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yup, Super Metroid. Game is basically perfect. i have other near favorites like Hollow Knight and Dead Cells that have generally remained in place too, but Super Metroid is amazing and always a fun, perfectly atmospheric time.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I used to say it was a toss up between A Link to the Past, Secret of Mana, and Super Metroid, because they’re all 10/10 games. I just haven’t been able to do the latter two lately. They’re not hard, I just don’t stick with them.

If you also play A Link to the Past, you should know there is a Randomiser that combines them. You start in Super Metroid. Going into a map room takes you to a random fortune teller and vice versa. The way both games are coded, none of their items share an ID, so you can find Metroid items in Zelda and Zelda items in Metroid. And it just works. Of course Link can’t use power bombs and Samus can’t use the Hookshot. The items are game specific. The goal is to beat Ganon and then Mother Brain and escape. I really can’t do that one.

[–] pishadoot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Wat do you mean randomizer?

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Well... it randomises things. I don't know if there is a dedicated Super Metroid one, but if you're familiar at all with A Link to the Past, it's like this... the first chest (in Link's home) is always gonna have the lamp. If you skip it, the chest in the dungeon after you get the sword is the lamp — otherwise it's 5 Rupees (and vice-versa, if you get the lamp in dungeon, it's 5 Rupees back home). Then there are chests with keys, the compass, the map, Rupees, and a few have items (think Spazer, Varia suit, Ice beam etc. in Metroid — Link has his powerups, Samus has hers). Okay so there is a pool of chests. It gets... random. The uncle who gives you a sword is considered a chest, too. So you might get a sword upgrade in the first dungeon. However, it has logic. It'll never force you to go through a dark corridor without the lamp. It'll never make you go through a dungeon that requires the Hookshot without the Hookshot (imagine being forced to go through Norfair, I think it was called, without the Varia suit... doable but VERY painful). So that's the Zelda randomiser. The Zelda+Metroid one combines both games like I said.

Look into it. If you use an emulator, you can use the randomiser. All the emulators I know of support it. I've done runs on my iPhone with Delta and I've done them on the Super NES Classic/SNES Mini. But there isn't just one randomiser. It's seeded, so you can make one, run it, and whether you finish or not, you can go back and generate another seed.

Here's the Zelda one. I had that bookmarked: https://alttpr.com/en

Note that for that one, you will need a Japanese version of A Link to the Past. They fixed some things in the American/European releases. The randomiser translates the Japanese to English so you don't have to worry about that. But it also means you can do certain logic breaking glitches. You can even tell the randomiser to allow for this, so without knowing how to bomb jump or do "free flippers" the game could be impossible. That's an option and it's off by default, but it's used by more experienced runners. Free flippers is the only glitch I can pull off reliably, so I leave it off.

I only ever used the Metroid/Zelda one once. It kicked my arse. I don't have that bookmarked. This came up in Google and might be the right one, but I can't be 100% sure: https://samus.link/

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Well... it randomises things. I don't know if there is a dedicated Super Metroid one, but if you're familiar at all with A Link to the Past, it's like this... the first chest (in Link's home) is always gonna have the lamp. If you skip it, the chest in the dungeon after you get the sword is the lamp — otherwise it's 5 Rupees (and vice-versa, if you get the lamp in dungeon, it's 5 Rupees back home). Then there are chests with keys, the compass, the map, Rupees, and a few have items (think Spazer, Varia suit, Ice beam etc. in Metroid — Link has his powerups, Samus has hers). Okay so there is a pool of chests. It gets... random. The uncle who gives you a sword is considered a chest, too. So you might get a sword upgrade in the first dungeon. However, it has logic. It'll never force you to go through a dark corridor without the lamp. It'll never make you go through a dungeon that requires the Hookshot without the Hookshot (imagine being forced to go through Norfair, I think it was called, without the Varia suit... doable but VERY painful). So that's the Zelda randomiser. The Zelda+Metroid one combines both games like I said.

Look into it. If you use an emulator, you can use the randomiser. All the emulators I know of support it. I've done runs on my iPhone with Delta and I've done them on the Super NES Classic/SNES Mini. But there isn't just one randomiser. It's seeded, so you can make one, run it, and whether you finish or not, you can go back and generate another seed.

Here's the Zelda one. I had that bookmarked: https://alttpr.com/en

Note that for that one, you will need a Japanese version of A Link to the Past. They fixed some things in the American/European releases. The randomiser translates the Japanese to English so you don't have to worry about that. But it also means you can do certain logic breaking glitches. You can even tell the randomiser to allow for this, so without knowing how to bomb jump or do "free flippers" the game could be impossible. That's an option and it's off by default, but it's used by more experienced runners. Free flippers is the only glitch I can pull off reliably, so I leave it off.

I only ever used the Metroid/Zelda one once. It kicked my arse. I don't have that bookmarked. This came up in Google and might be the right one, but I can't be 100% sure: https://samus.link/

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Chrono Trigger not being present in the toss-up here is nearly a crime. If you like the others that you've mentioned, and haven't played that one, definitely do. I don't know if I'd call it my favorite game ever, but it's very easily top 10, and might be my #1 top choice for the SNES.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

I don’t disagree that Chrono Trigger is the better/more well received game, I beat it once (got one ending of, what, 13?), but I don’t like turn based. I do like Chrono Trigger, but I don’t love it. Of course it’s an essential SNES title, just not my genre.

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Final Fantasy 9. I was seven years old and had never experienced anything comparable. 100% a nostalgia driven choice but I still remember those thoughts and feelings.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Minecraft. I don't come back to any other game as much. Minecraft can be what I want it to be more so than any other game I've played.

[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

left 4 dead 2 - imperfect as it is, the friends and communities i played and modded versus games with, made it the best, thousands of hours well spent.

[–] tleb@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't figure out how the devs dropped the ball so hard with Evolve or that more recent L4D clone that also sucked.

[–] tab@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

same - they had the success formula, and just let it go

[–] essell@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Deus Ex, Cyberpunk 2077, Surviving Mars, Stellaris and SWTOR.

All of them are my favourite game of all time.

[–] Ankkuli@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Portal 2.

[–] freijon@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

It's gotta be:

Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath

Other honorary mentions:

Outer Wilds (my best gaming experience so far, but low replayability)
Skyrim
Shapez 2
Prey
Naev
The Talos Principle

[–] cheeki@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If I split my life into 4 chapters:

Phantasy star 4 - great story, a game way ahead of its time
WoW
Oxygen Not Included
Satisfactory

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Depending on the mood:

Dwarf Fortress
Stellaris
Project Zomboid

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

American McGee's Alice.

I love the atmosphere, the game play, and the soundtrack. It is awesome 🤘

[–] christian@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

I loved that one when I was in high school! I was really impressed by the level design, and I do remember liking the soundtrack a lot. I haven't heard it in forever but I'm sure I would recognize it.

I've wondered for forever, was there a way to make the secondary fire for the Jabberwock's Eyestaff actually helpful? The meteors would pretty consistently injure me more than the enemies.

I remember thinking the jacks were the most useful weapon by a longshot.

[–] Khwarezm@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Dragon Age Origins. A lot of game came close to it afterwards in my heart but couldn't beat it. (Like The Witcher 3, The Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wilds and Mass Effect 2)

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

RDR2

And it’s not even close

[–] Ordoviz@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Celeste is a perfect game. My only complaint is that "it's just a platform game", which I don't find that interesting anymore compared to games like Deltarune. Still, it brings me lots of joy, even on replays.

[–] vapor_body@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Legend of Grimrock 2. It was high school though, so I was really into sword-and-sorcery. It is very old school design, meant to be nostalgic for games I was too young to ever play. Very clicky. You'll see. It ends up feeling like a rhythm game almost.

[–] gray@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

TES: Oblivion. It's not even good, but it will always be my favorite

[–] corruptmagician@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Halo reach. I wish with all my heart I could play it again with no knowledge of how the story went. It's the one of two games to ever make me tear up with emotion.

[–] Skyline969@piefed.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I’ve got a list. Only the first one is in order, the rest the order doesn’t matter.

Super Mario Bros 3

Chrono Trigger

Cyberpunk 2077

Ocarina of Time/Majora’s Mask (Ship of Harkinian/2Ship2Harkinian especially)

RimWorld

Factorio

[–] fleebleneeble@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Can't pick one but my top are: Fallout New Vegas, Destroy All Humans 2, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Kingdom Hearts 2, Halo ODST, BG3, and Saints Row 4.

Edit: can't believe I forgot Okami, Infamous Second Son, and Simpsons Hit and Run.

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] JustVik@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Hard to choose from these three: Planescape Torment. Disco Elysium. World of Warcraft Vanilla.

and maybe MGS4 on PS3 was good. :)

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Ive been telling people that Disco Elysium is "basically planescape torment but without the party and combat"

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Dungeons and Dragons.

Gaming