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Have you played a game that stayed in your head long after you played it?

For me, Outer Wilds would be that game. I feel like I haven't stopped thinking about it since I beat it a couple years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Portal 1.

Something about the ambiance mixed with the puzzles really stuck with me. I replay it almost once a year just to relive it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Portal 2 is also up there with me. Just two spectacular atmospheric puzzle games. 10/10

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I keep reading about Outer Wilds. I think its about time this summer.

To answer the question: Risk of Rain 1&2

And maybe the leviathans of my childhood. Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

N64 Zelda will always be stuck in my head.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Definitely Outer Wilds as well.

Hell, looking into the soundtrack changed my daily playlist to something heavily Midwest Emo.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Journey. Just the best coop experience ever.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For me, that game would definitely be Disco Elysium. I've never connected with a game as much as with that one. I'm actually reticent of playing it again for fear of it not living up to the first experience; I felt like my first playthrough was perfect, even if technically speaking it wasn't.

Other than that, I also still think about Mass Effect a fair bit.

On a side note: if you liked the investigating and "detective-ing" of Outer Wilds, then you will probably also enjoy Return of the Obra Dinn, The Forgotten City, and The Case of the Golden Idol. I'd also add Disco Elysium to that list, but be aware it's a lot more text heavy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Oh Disco Elysium all the way, it's possibly my favorite game. I have a notebook filled with lines in the game that stuck with me.

I want more of it, but it looks like that lightning won't strike twice.

fwiw I did play it through twice, and maybe enjoyed it even more the second time - caught more of the little details

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Easily RimWorld for me. The stories that play out over time, and how to make productivity more efficient live in my head rent free.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've mentioned this game already in a few comments recently, but I think it really deserves more attention.

Prey (2017): I've loved it since the first moment, and I still think about the story and lore very often. It's almost impossible to find a similar game (Bioshock 1 and System Shock 2 have quite some things in common with Prey, but the latter has its own unique vibe).

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • half life 1, finished around 25 times.
  • kotor 1, finished around 20 times with different classes, genders, alignment.
  • kotor 2, finished around 25 times with different classes, genders, alignments, party members.
  • might and magic 7, finished around 25 times with different party classes, alignments.
  • might and magic 8, finished around 25 times with different party classes, alignments.
  • mass effect 1&2, finished around 3-4 times.
  • morrowind, played few hundred hours with different genders and classes.
  • skyrim, played around thousand hour.

Who has obsession, me? No you have 🙃

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never did finish Outer Wilds and still think about it a lot! I need to go start it again because it is genuinely spectacular, but I struggle with my constraint of only being able to put short-ish play sessions into it.

Playing Ocarina of Time with my son was an epic journey I treasure. It completely captured his imagination, and I was along for that ride.

Grim Fandango was, and continues to be, a dream for me.

While I'm there, Full Throttle also executed its style so well that some of its moments still serve as cultural/stylistic landmarks in my mind.

Mass Effect 2 had several moments where the atmosphere and universe totally hit the mark (Going into the Afterlife Club... come on!).

Red Dead Redemption connected me to that setting in ways movies can't reach.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Undertale. The messages that game give you. Goddamn. That game also came to me at a point in my life where I needed it. The soundtrack saved me from contemplating a terrible decision. It saved my life. Wonderful game and an incredible experience.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hades is so good. Waiting for Hades 2. Aaaaany day now.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mass Effect trilogy gave me the harshest gaming hangover in my life back when I finished all of them back to back like 10 years ago

There's also Ichiban Kasuga living rent free in my head, yesterday's trailer made it worse

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Mass Effect -- particularly Mass Effect 2 -- left an impression, but The Last of Us is and will always be the game that has stuck with me the most/longest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Horizon Zero Dawn. Need to play the second game at some point.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Last of Us part1 and part 2. Probably Ghost of Tsushima and also Shadow Tactics

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Vampires, The Masquerade: Bloodlines. The whole vibe of the setting, the story, the locations, and then when I finally understood what the plot was really about. Masterpiece of a game, couldnt stop thinking about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Death Stranding. Beautiful landscapes with awesome moments like treking through a snowstorm to reach a distant prepper outpost. Waiting for rain to stop while playing the harmonica for bb. Definitly could have had one more zone to round it all off, or maybe expanded the final boss area zone to full size.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Talos Principle - for me, the puzzles hit the sweet spot of being hard enough to be on my mind all day, but never feeling like the solution was out of reach. But even more than the puzzles, the philosophical elements made me reflect on life, civilization, and personhood in a way nothing else has. It was a peaceful, tranquil experience of just me, a serene soundtrack, and thought provoking text and puzzles.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I loved Talos Principle too, really excited for the second one.

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[–] slurp 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Horizon Zero Dawn (and sequel), Control, Mass Effect 2, Grim Fandango, Dreamfall.

In a very different way, Kerbal Space Program because it gives a good understanding of orbital mechanics.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk 2077. Say what you will about the state of the game, especially when it released. But there's something about the endings that keeps me thinking about the game and has me really excited about coming back after enough updates have passed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many people mentioning Outer Wilds, think I will have to revisit that. There are a lot of honorable mentions like HL2, SOMA and Ocarina of Time. But for me, the outstanding mention would have to be the original Elite on the Sinclair Spectrum. For such an early, technically simple game it had so much depth and gameplay, and challenge (took me weeks to master that damn docking procedure without crashing!).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So many people mentioning Outer Wilds, think I will have to revisit that.

Do it do it do it! Trust Lemmy 😄

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The final act of Disco Elysium fucked me up for a while

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

To The Moon. Barely a game, the dialogue can be really cheesy in places. But dang, I've thought about the ending to that game probably monthly for over a decade. The sequels are an incredible continuation of the story as well.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Terraria for sure, it took maybe 30 minutes and I was hooked for days until I beat it. I still come back every few years to do it again

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

SOMA. The ending still freaks me out until this day.

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

SOMA's amazing. I started my playthrough almost as a joke since I don't really play those types of horror games. But then the story started going and I just got sucked in.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Last of us. Only the first one though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disco Elysium, easily. I think about it daily, and it was just written so powerfully.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The Witcher 3 is probably the greatest video game I've ever played.

The Last of Us 1 & 2 is probably the greatest video game story I've ever experienced.

These 3 games are something I think about in some capacity very often and are, in my mind, the benchmarks that every other game is held to.

Mass Effect and Dragon Age are my notable mentions.

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

Ori and the Blind Forest + Ori and the Will of the Wisps. So much can be said

Zelda Ocarina of Time. I was growing up when it came out and I was so little I couldnt' really play it yet, so I watched my big brother play it. Whenever he let me try, I woudl just run around on Epona around Hyrule Field in circles lol

Control, just so much fun

MMOs: Vindictus, BDO, and Lost Ark. Just with playing them for 2+ years ea, that creates a lot of fun and happy memories with the people I played with

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

Kenshi. Kenshi is the single most unique game I have ever played I think. There is no campaign, you are just sent into one of the largest maps ive heard of in a video game with the goal of "survive". So many ways to play, I've had so many different adventures in that game, with stories that I crafted that have stuck with me for years. I am still heartbroken I lost my saves from 2019 :(

Second choice is prototype. I dunno why but I just adore the shapeshifting combat, and edgy early 2000s aesthetic. Alex Mercer is one of my all time favorite supervillian/hero characters, he's just cool, man.

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

Started thinking about it and turns out I have a few:

  • Thomas Was Alone for the overall vibe, music and writing
  • Celeste for the the story and gameplay
  • Hollow Knight for the world, music and mechanics
  • Metroid Prime for being generally incredible
  • Overwatch for being my intro to online games and the friends I made playing it
  • Halo 3 because a mate of mine and I played it so damn much
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Neverwinter nights and it's expansion packs still sticks with me

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

When I finished Life is Strange 1, it just felt I lost a friend and it lingered for weeks. Whenever I was hearing the soundtrack, I felt really sad because of stuff that happened in the game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Celeste, even made me cry a bit towards the end, first from it being sad but then happy at the very end.

Final fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts games also are always stuck in my head even to this day

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The STALKER series really stuck with me for some reason.It's probably the familiarity of the landscape/atmosphere. Post apoc eastern Europe isn't that much different from normal eastern Europe lol

Barotrauma also stuck with me because of the atmosphere. Amazing game to play solo and feel the weight of the setting, although the bots you play with are a bit iffy and the multiplayer doesn't carry the same feeling of dread and isolation

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

Red Dead Redemption. Probably stuck with me more than any other game Ive played. The story, the characters, the world, all of it.

Really hope it gets a rerelease

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

Persona 3 FES. It was a pivotal game for me. Beating that game was my gateway to more challenging RPGs and made me start paying attention to voice actors due to the amazing performances in that game.

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

Bioshock Infinite. Love the aesthetics and world building in this game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Spec Ops: The Line I thought it was just another military 3rd-person shooter. Boy was I wrong. That thing hit me hard!

Also Oni by bungie. I like the style and I remember that the climax was somewhat emotional for very jung me.

This war of mine I cannot play this game for long and I absolutely love it for that.

There are others too but the common thing is that they were emotional for me. Sure I remember great visuals or gameplay but at the end of the day the games that make me feel stuff stay with me.

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

Disco Elysium. There are so many good quotes, particularly out of the thought cabinet, that I remind myself of on like a weekly basis.

I was in a bad place the first time I played through it. The Precarious World and One More Door stick in the back of my mind constantly, and I cried like a baby the first time I read "In the dark times, should the stars also go out?" Never before has a game so emotionally resonated with me, this hope in the face of crushing despair, despite everything.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Half Life 2. Specifically, the crossbow that shot rebar. That thing was AWESOME.

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