Oh, this one's easy: Subnautica.
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Mass Effect Trilogy
My big one is Subnautica, but Mass Effect is right behind it. Such a great trilogy.
Horizon zero dawn.
I agree with this. That game is a movie with good gameplay. Definitely worth picking up for a tenner in a GOG sale.
I've played it for the first time a month ago. I really wanted to love it. Not my cup of tea unfortunately, I'm really upset about it (about the fact I did not like it, not about the game)
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Halo CE, but in 2001 when it released. I remember how incredible landing on Halo felt. Also the flood reveal.
Myst on the PC
That shit broke my mind as a kid. It was life changing.
Riven is probably even better, just a great sequel all around. Exile too, but then I kinda fell off.
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TUNIC. It's impossible to truly explain without spilling anything. But I don't think any other game could do what that game did again and succeed, unless of course whoever is playing it hasn't already played TUNIC.
Fez is also similar in that regard
Chrono Trigger.
Because Chrono Trigger.
Maybe FF8.
Also because Chrono Trigger.
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Any of the souls games. The exploration in those games is so damn good.
Playing Dark Souls 1 blind was a religious experience.
Portal 2
Fire watch and portal.
In no particular order:
Undertale, Chrono Trigger, Donkey Kong Country 2, Final Fantasy III/VI, Slay the Princess. All those games "lose" something the more that you've played them.
Read Dead Redemption 2. While I didn't like the Intro as much, it really made for quite a journey.
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Shadow of the Colossus
I mean, it's the Outer Wilds. That's the right answer to this question.
But also, Hellblade was absolutely incredible to play in one sitting with good headphones in a pitch black room. It took a few minutes to get used to the voices, but once I was finished with the game, my mind felt strangely empty for a while
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Portal and Portal2. Epic games that just aren't quite the same on replay
This. I wish I could finish Portal 1 and hear the ending song for the first time again. I remember finishing this game in like 3 in the morning after the party I hosted. I wanted to finish it so badly I couldn't resist. My jaw was so dropped. Still one of the best feelings I had with games.
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Try Portal Revolutions if you haven't, I just started and it feels just as "Portal" as any Valve-made game.
Fallout 4, it's taken me ages, but I finally have a console mod set that makes survival mode what I always wanted it be, and being able to explore the world that way with fresh eyes would be amazing.
Mario 64 for that holy shit this is the future of video games moment
It's World of Warcraft, and it includes being the age I was with the knowledge I had at the time. Vanilla was such a stabbing in the dark experience, and then stepping through to Hellfire Peninsula, what a vast view compared to the prior landscapes. I miss not knowing who's "bad" and who's "good" and who's "meta"
Maybe that was always there (though I doubt it was there as much without all the third party metric collecting interference) but that's why I caveat with knowing what I knew at the time
Same, I think.
I still vividly remember, just a few hours into my first character (orc hunter), when I made it to the Crossroads in the Barrens for the first time. While I was seeing what NPCs were there and starting to pick up quests, a bunch of Alliance PCs turned up and attacked. Word made it back to Orgrimmar and high-level Horde characters started dropping in. As a level 5-ish character, watching all these high-level characters go at each other was so exciting.
I hit one of the Alliance guys with Hunter's Mark, which turned on PVP for me, and I was almost immediately one-shotted by something I never saw. coming. Worth it though.
Played through a few of the expansions, but nothing quite recaptured the sense of exploration of that vanilla experience.
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Man I just finished the DLC for Outer Wilds, then I went through the main game's ending again. And holy shit if it were possible for a game to make me cry, then that ending would do it.
Planescape: Torment
I've asked my partner... in case I ever get Alzheimer's... to just plug me in front of that game forever.
Stardew Valley...
I'm definitely showing my age here, but for me it would be a PC game from 1996 called The Neverhood. When I played it at age 15 a lot of the biblical overtones were kind of lost on me, and the guy who created it turned out to be kind of a nut job, but it's one of the most fun and creative puzzle games I've ever played. The entire game was made in stop motion with real clay sets and figures. The music is amazing and the soundtrack is definitely worth listening to on its own even if you don't play the game. I've replayed it on emulators a few times over the years, but it was nothing like experiencing it for the first time and discovering all the puzzles and secrets! This was pre YouTube so even if you had to occasionally check the walkthrough you still didn't really know what to expect next!
I have a Win XP virtual machine with that one installed. I didn't manage to get very far though.
It is not an easy game lol! Even as an obsessed teenager I had to consult the walkthrough a handful of times!
Oh, yes. This was also a game of my childhood. I first played it when I was six, maybe? Didn't get very far, because I never thought to go back to the place the Weasel popped out of for that final button to get out of the first area. I think I was eight when my older sib and I finally completed it. This was before I had access to the internet, so we called up the family member who had given it to us for hints when we finally put our nose to the grindstone to get it done.
In retrospect, the help we needed was ridiculous and somehow we figured out the harder puzzles with less issues. (Probably not me. My sib is better at those things than I am.)
I also didn't know anything about the biblical overtones, because I wasn't raised with religion. It was just nutty and unique. Yet I still listen to the Neverhood OST and quote Willie Trombone's tapes.
I remember being scared of the first person sections. I genuinely expected something to pop out. XD
I've never been particularly religious so I missed that part the first time through. I loaned it to a friend of mine at school and he pointed it out to me lol!
My family has just gotten the Internet maybe a year or two before I got the game so I did have the advantage of being able to use a walkthrough someone had posted, but I tried to do as much on my own as I could!
I still listen to that soundtrack once or twice a year lol! The guys name is Terry S. Taylor and I checked out a few of his other albums later on but the OST from Neverhood is still my favorite thing he's done!
Yeah, there really is nothing like the Neverhood OST either.
I'm glad I got the whole experience in my life before I really knew anything about Western religion or the creator. I just got to enjoy the game as a child would. With some help from smarter people around me. XD
Golden Sun and Gothic 2
Yakuza 0
Both portal games
Dark souls
STALKER SoC
The half life games
starcraft, warcraft 2, warcraft 3, world of warcraft (up to lich king) descent 2, descent 3, halo CE, the original dayZ (the arma II mod), unreal tournament 2004 multiplayer maps, life is strange
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Full Throttle.
Kick ass soundtrack Main character has good quips (I'm not putting my lips on that) Good old SCUMM interface Crazy motorcycles Comedy, drama, and most importantly motorcycle fights on desert roads.
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Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Although, really, it was a product of its time - not to mention the endless subtle (and not so subtle) movie references.
Also, classic LucasArts adventure games. Recently played through Grim Fandango for the first time, that was good, but it was nothing like Monkey Island and Loom.
The Witness is truly amazing to play blind for the first time.
Dayz.
There is no other game that has ever given me the same adrenaline rush as Dayz. It just hits different. The learning curve is a bit steep, but every step and every player encounter is a memory to remember. Really wish I was less experienced and not knowing the maps inside out, really wanting to get lost again not knowing might what happen next.
The game has come really far and more players are playing it now than ever. The game has great modding support and community servers. If you have never experienced Dayz then you really should give it a try as it is often on sale.
But remember: no mic, no life.
Spec Ops:The Line
All I wanted and expected was yet another mediocre military schooter. Mechanically I got that. What I not expected: how hard the story would hit. I am so very glad I went in blind.
Star Control 2
RDR2
Breath of the Wild
Definitely Littlebigplanet 2. Also, Skyrim.
Her Story - Played this game with my wife, and it was one of the most fun games we've played together. Tried the sequel, but it just didn't hit the same.
A Short Hike - Played this at the height of my pandemic depression, and it legit made me cry. It's just so cozy and welcoming that I wish I could explore that island for the first time again.
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