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[–] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months 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.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

/thread

Nothing left to see here folks. Question answered correctly. Let's all move along.

[–] B312@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] zout@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months 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.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

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

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

Minecraft, circa 2015. It was a religion.

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[–] Vitaly 9 points 2 months ago

Team Fortress 2

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Star Control 2

The Ur-Quan Masters

Free Stars

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Barbie horse adventures

[–] kwedd@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago
[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Breath of the wild.

Played it on a friends new Switch and bought a Switch and that game three days later. I was so immersed in this weird and wonderful world...

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (3 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.

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[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Wealth beyond measure, sera.

[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

WHAT A GRAND AN INTOXICATING ANSWER

[–] RabbitMix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months 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.

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months 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.

[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Metal Gear Solid 3

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

BioShock Infinite and Spec Ops: The Line are the only two games I've played that I would consider "art" in the truest sense of the word. Video games in general are creative works, and they all have debatable levels of "greatness", but those who have played these two know what I mean.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months 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.

[–] Wilhelm_scream@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've only seen the show. Is the game as good as the show?

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

The game was better than the show, which the show was actually based from. I liked the show too, but definitely give the game a go if you get a chance.

The second game was a very difficult storyline to play through, however. I'm glad I did, but temper your expectations and expect to suffer a lot. Lol

[–] WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I have only play Last of Us 1 during PS3 era. I was a 20 year old kid back then I guess. I cried and sobbed through the game. I remember it having such a huge emotional impact on me. May be I was too emotionally disturbed at that time, who knows.

Your mileage may vary, but i thoroughly enjoyed the game. Didn't enjoy the show as much.

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[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tie between Final Fantasy X and Morrowind.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are a lot of ways to measure that.

I guess one reasonable metric is how long I probably played it. Close Combat II: A Bridge Too Far and an old computer pinball game, Loony Labyrinth probably rank pretty highly.

Another might be how long after its development it's still considered reasonably playable. I'd guess that maybe something like Tetris or Pac-Man might rate well there.

Another might be how influential the game is. I think that "genre-defining" games like Wolfenstein 3D would probably win there.

Another might be how impressed I was with a game at the time of release. Games that made major technical or gameplay leaps would rank well there. Maybe Wolfenstein 3D or Myst.

Another might be what the games I play today are -- at least once having played them sufficiently to become familiar with them -- since presumably I could play pretty much any game out there, and so my choice, if made rationally, should identify the best options for me that I'm aware of. That won't work for every sort of genre, as it requires replayability -- an adventure game where experiencing the story one time through is kind of the point would fall down here -- but I think that it's a decent test of the library of games out there. Recently I've played Steel Division II singleplayer, Carrier Command 2 singleplayer, Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, and Shattered Pixel Dungeon. RimWorld and Oxygen Not Included tend to be in the recurring cycle.

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[–] lukstru@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Slay The Spire. Really excited for the sequel.

[–] AutoPastry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Portal

Breath of the Wild

Alan Wake 2

[–] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary

Shame about nearly everything else Sega has done to the franchise since.

[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Baldurs Gate 1. D&D Lv. 1-7 campaigns are the best

[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

No love for Washing Machine Emulator?

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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Space station 13

[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Mother 3

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

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