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Games that stuck with you (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I watched a YouTube video about this topic today and thought it was the perfect idea for a post here. It’s pretty straightforward, it’s games you played in the past that you’re still stuck thinking about, or games that taught you a lesson that you’ve held on to.

I’m going to start. For me, the two games that perfectly exemplify the idea of a game that sticks with you are Sekiro and BioShock. I have a feeling Dark Souls will be a popular choice but I think Sekiro did it more for me personally.

Starting with Sekiro, I honestly think it’s the closest to perfect I’ve ever seen in a video game, at least for a first playthrough. It’s fun, challenging, rewarding, thoughtfully made, beautiful to look at, it’s got great voice acting, memorable characters, and I honestly can only think of two mini bosses that bring the whole game very slightly down. Every other aspect is a 10/10 from me. Not to mention the combat is the best combat of any game I’ve ever played. Personally, this game is the purist example of a game that forces you to get good at it, and does the best job at teaching perseverance. In the rest of the Souls games, you can upgrade your weapon, get a new weapon, use buffs, summon NPCs or another player to help, if you’re getting stuck. With Sekiro on the other hand, you need to get good. Above any other game, this one showed me just how well hard work can pay off. I feel about this game the same way video essayists feel about Dark Souls. If you know, you know.

Moving on to BioShock, this one really taught me the value of a good story, and showed me that video games truly are art. It helped that the game itself is a ton of fun to play, but on top of that the writing is just phenomenal. I’m assuming most people on here have played this one so I won’t get too into it, and in case you haven’t, most of what I’d be gushing about would spoil the whole game anyway, so I’m just leaving it short, but yeah. This game is the finest example of video games being an art form.

What about you guys? What has stuck with you the hardest? I’ve got more games I could talk about but I’d love to see discussion from you.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Warzone 2100 (you can download for free as it is an old PC game that went GPL)

gets more on the nose by the day

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Definitely "Abzû" and "Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice". One is a beautiful piece of art that touches me every time I replay it and the other finally gave me a wonderful example to show to friends & family of how noisy it is in my head sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I love Abzû! It truly is a beautiful piece of art.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

For me, it's Beatmania by Konami. I first played it as a highschooler in the late 90s and it's totally changed the way I visualize music. I will never not think of music as notes falling towards a line because of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

What Remains of Edith Finch was the first game to make me cry. I think I played it when I was around 12, and it just kinda broke me for a few days, particularly Walter's story. Just an entire game of people trying and failing to escape their fate. The narration is pitch perfect. Edith sounds so real, and so tired.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Would you kindly play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Excellent game play, especially going in blind. The music is one of the best game soundtracks ever. The writing is compelling, and you get to play as everyone's favorite broody vampire, Alucard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Strange, after reading your comment I get a very strong urge, almost need, to play that game. It’s almost like I don’t have a choice not to. Weird. Anyway, I’ll definitely play it soon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dreamfall Chapters was the first game where I stopped and thought for 15 minutes about a choice I needed to make, and its implications.

Life is Strange, LiS: Before The Storm, and LiS: True Colors, hve a special place in my heart for their deeply engrossing and moving stories, and for really getting me to care about the characters and their fates.

The first Witcher game was one that drew me in so much that I immediately started a second playthrough upon finishing the first. I have never done that with any other game.

Hardspace: Shipbreakers stuck with me for being such an excellent melange of complex puzzle, industrial accident simulator, and poignant satire on the state of labour in late stage capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I loved The Longest Journey series. Beautiful games. Not without flaws, but beautiful and thoughtfully written.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Morrowind for sure. Part of me still lives there.

I can't calculate how many hundreds of hours I've put into it, it's a truly fascinating world.

I finally started using mods on the last replay, and now I'm really looking forward to the next replay and throwing everything I can into it.

Amazing story, great characters, great everything, I love the books. I love to just read the books that are available in Morrowind, I'll collect all of them and put them in one chest in my house so I can just sit down and read them while listening to the music playing in the background.

Hell of an adventure

[–] MajorHavoc 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This party is great, and it needs an injection of old school. Luckily, I am old.

Q-Bert - This was some trippy shit, even for the already trippy era of gaming. Plus, that little dude swears. We all know that he's actually saying.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Genesis) because it was the first home console port of a game I loved, that wasn't 8-bit and wasn't a meaningful compromise from the arcade experience. This was the game that made me decide to save my pennies for future Sega consoles. It took the combined badness of the 32X and the SegaCD to change my mind.
Ducks Ahoy - Unforgettable music, smooth as silk controls, adorable ducks, stressful high pressure life and death choices, and the first place I learned that Hippos are complete bastards. Also ducks stack on each other's heads. That's true in nature, too right?!
Star Wars Arcade 32X - most games for the 32X were crap. This was not. "It's a trap!", but I still fondly remember my death star trench runs.
Wing Commander III on Sega CD - Every entry in the series is memorable. But full motion video and underpaid actors put the whole experience squarely into a very memorable part of the uncanny valley. And some particularly terrific scenery chewing by Mark Hamill. Honorable mention to Rebel Assault, which delighted and horrified in the same ways, but lacked Mark Hamill.
Twisted Metal II - Solid gameplay loop, with tons of variety, just the right number of unlockable secrets, and a short unique-to-each-character weird-as-hell video conclusion for each time I beat the game. Honorable mention to G-Darius which has all that,as well, plus a giant goldfish as the first boss fight.

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