With Tomb Raider… damn that game is all over the place. The story is predictable, and also stupid. “Why did you rush in there? Without weapons? Against an army?”, and other similar thoughts kept running through my head. I don’t feel inclined to play Shadow of the tomb Raider (the sequel).

I have a backlog of too many games, and lately it takes a lot of effort to start because I don’t know if it’s worth the time investment. I love games with good stories, and playing a game that puts the lore and story in the background feels like a waste of time.

Sure, I could get started on Baldurs Gate 3, I’ve heard great things. But is the story great? Will I be able to say “oh that chapter/fight/act is awesome!” To other people looking for game experiences?

Experiences like Escaping from the ship in Super Metroid, helping that king in Witcher 3, fighting Psycho Mantis in MGS, fighting Titan in FFXVI, killing the first colossus, escaping from darth Vader, that first Mario odyssey stage, beating the first boss in Bloodborne, playing “Brothers” for the first time and getting to the ending… all great experiences with awesome stories to tell

TL;DR: what am I missing?

EDIT: Holy crap I didn't expect these many replies. Thank you! There are many recommendations I've already played, and many others I will definitely play. Thanks!

If anyone is interested in the result:

Recommended, bought:

Bioshock 2
Black mesa
Cyberpunk 2077
Death stranding
Deaths door
Detroit become human (PS5)
Disco elysium
Dragon Age
Elden ring
Fallout 3
Fallout 4
Fallout new Vegas
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
Half life alyx
Hellblade senuas sacrifice
Homeworld
Horizon zero dawn
Inscryption
Just cause 3
Life is Strange
Mass effect 3
Metro series
Ori and the blind forest, and sequel
Oxenfree
Persona 5
Planescape: torment
Shadowrun dragonfall
Shadowrun Hong Kong
Soma
Spider-Man
Subnautica
Tyranny
Wolfenstein series

Recommended, to buy:

13 sentinels (PS4)
Age of decadence
Cruelty squad
Dead space
Ghost recon wildlands
God of war ragnarok
Grandia
Kingdom Come Deliverance
Octopath Traveler 1 & 2
Outer wilds
Pathologic 2
Red dead redemption 2
Song of horror
Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG
The hex
the last of us part 2
The upturned
Torment: tides of numenera
Withering rooms
Yakuza

Already Played, and yeah, these are awesome:

Alpha centauri
Bioshock 1
Bioshock infinite
Borderlands series
Control
Dark souls series
Deus ex human revolution
Deus ex mankind divided
FFXIV
Ghost trick
God of war 2018
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hollow knight
Hotel Dusk
Mass effect
Mass effect 2
Nier: automata
Nier: replicant
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Portal
Portal 2
Psychonauts 1 & 2
Spec ops: the line
Stray
the last of us part 1
The Stanley parable
Titanfall 2
Undertale
What remains of Edith finch
Witcher 3

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[–] JimmyMcGill 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m halfway through RDR2 and the gameplay is boring af. Ok not all gameplay, mostly the quests. The world is amazing, and it’s quite immersive indeed but 90% of the quests are, go here, shoot some guys, come back.

[–] cygnosis 3 points 1 year ago

The issue with quests in RDR2 is that they give you no autonomy. Most games set a quest objective and give you a dozen ways to achieve it. RDR2 forces you to follow the exact path through the quest that the game wants you to take. If you deviate it either fails to progress or simply fails the quest. It felt more to me like an interactive movie than a game in that respect, though you get full freedom outside of quests.