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[–] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

ketsui deathtiny

castlevania: aria of sorrow

[–] Skkorm@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Hollow Knight is peak

[–] LeDoudou@jlai.lu 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How come no one has mentioned “Life is strange” yet? Also, “A plague tale”.

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[–] kinther@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (10 children)
[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 5 days ago

I've been craving another experience like SOMA but unfortunately nothing even comes close. It was probably the coolest and most disturbing story I've ever seen. Finishing that game gave me an existential crisis for like 2 days after. It was that good.

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[–] user_name@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Minesweeper.

Simple, endlessly playable.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I'd say games that have set the standard for their genre, and have not been surpassed, would be the only ones that count.

  • Half Life 1 and then again with 2
  • Half Life Alyx
  • Age of Empires II
  • Baldur's Gate 3
  • Warframe
  • Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
  • Knights of the Old Republic
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Crash Bandicoot: Warped
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and then again with Tears of the Kingdom
  • Elden Ring
  • Hollow Knight
  • Dirt Rally
  • The World Ends With You (the original NDS version)
[–] Allero@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

Honestly, many of them you know full well, but that's because yes, they are that good:

  • Minecraft
  • TES III Morrowind and TES V Skyrim
  • The Witcher 1 and 3
  • Deus Ex Human Revolution and Mankind Divided
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Dishonored 1 and 2
  • Warcraft III and World of Warcraft

Completely deserve their legendary status

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bloodborne.

It’s also easy to tell most lemmyzens are PC gamers since I hardly saw anyone mention it and it is OBJECTIVELY THE GREATEST GAME EVER MADE.

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Squarez Deluxe

Originally a paid DOS game and the developer is a cool dude who changed it to freeware. You can download it on myabandonware or archive org. Then grab a free copy of DOSBox.

In my view, it is the best shape packing game ever made, and it never really got its due, possibly in part to somewhat extra complexity, and partly from the time it came out.

You learn the ropes in the early modes, but you really need to play on EXTREME Mode. There are many different special pieces, and you decide how to move them in the playfield and rotate them.

There are mud traps and acid pits and missiles and bombs and traps. And you have to not only play the shape packing aspect, but you have to continually think about how to deploy these hazards, to your best advantage, or least disadvantage!

Over the years, I continually come back to this game, and I have probably sunk over a thousand hours since I was young.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Team Fortress 2

The best teamshooter game to date, endless copy cats that suck ass.

[–] weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

And the character trailers are hilarious.

"That thing ... It scares me," Pyro shooting bubbles and lollypops in his mind actually causing pure death and destruction

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