Games really have to strike a chord with me to stick around in my memory. The last ones that truly left an impression were from when I first got into gaming. I can still vividly remember the impact of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, GTA 3, and Vice City and San Andreas—they consumed my thoughts entirely. The allure of uncovering hidden secrets, areas left unexplored, that's what really drew me in. Half-life 2 was a mind-blowing breakthrough with its physics and storytelling. But nowadays, that spark just seems to be missing. The closest I've come recently was with Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm. The thrill of snatching a victory against the odds, the sense of connection with total strangers—it was something special. It's the only game that still gets my heart racing these days. However, I've found myself drifting away from HotS more and more; it feels like the game is losing its luster (or maybe it's Blizzard who's letting it fade... or perhaps MOBAs in general are falling out of favor). As for recent gems that really struck a chord with me, I'd have to mention Hollow Knight, Control (seriously underrated in my opinion—easily one of the best metroidvanias out there, if not the best), and Baldur's Gate 3, which was unexpectedly captivating.
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Tough one, somewhere between Sonic Superstars and two SEGA AGES titles Phantasy Star and Alex Kidd in Miracle World. I like playing Sega games even on the Nintendo Switch. I’ve played all three of these.
Dayz currently. Before that, Rimworld. Before that, factorio.
Space Engineers. I played that shit for at least one ten hour session and a bunch of six your sessions.
Then I got to a certain point in the game and there was just … no goal. And I sorta lost all my steam.
Technically I still have the goal of “kill as many drones as possible in the never surrender thing”, but I’m focusing on work which I neglected while playing.
Cross Code for me. Ended up putting like 60 hours into it in about 3 weeks while in university and working part time. I could not put it down.
Currently Horizon: Forbidden West. So glad the PC port only took 2 years this time around rather than 5 for the first one (or however long it was)
Meet Your Maker was probably the last one. I would day dream about the bases I could make and stuff. I think there's a community for it here but it's a lot more dead than the one on Reddit.
Team Fortress 2, for more than 8 years
Dirt Rally 2.0 with Force feedback wheel and pedals.
Ugh, I just can't get enough of it. Who needs crack when you have sim racing?
HoloCure out of all things. It's a more advanced Vampire Survivors clone centered around HoloLive vtubers. Being so simple yet cute and addictive is what made me hooked. Even now I still play once in a while on my breaks, althought there is nothing to surprise me left in this game.
Previous to that, I remember being absolutely blown out by Fallout 1. I'm young enough not to be on the wave of games of that era and the game design amazed me. I look forward to playing the 2nd game fo the series but I will have to do some tinkering since I'm Linux-only now.
GTA 4 modded the new dxvk update made it run amazingly on PC
Modded Factorio and elden ring.
The factory must grow! Im over 1700h help me
There is no help. The factory is the only thing there is. I am not even on 1500 hours yet but sometimes i just need a mental break from the game and that period varies... Greatly. I always come back and longing so much for the expansion.
Like a Dragon : Infinite Wealth
I got back on the Warframe wagon with the Whispers in the Walls update. After a long break, I'm impressed how much better it is, and it's hooks are firmly back in my brain. The new location and the throat chanting type soundtrack from the semi-hidden boss regularly flash into my brain at awkward times.
I wanted Anno 1800 to be this but man, the income fluctuations are fuckin uncontrollable
I gotta go with Cyberpunk : i waited until very recently to start playing (didn't have a beefy enough computer before) and man am I hooked. The universe feels complete, and the characters feel real to me : truly a fantastic game
I love this game. I got it at launch and never had a problem, and I've played like two complete 100% games already before the dlc, now on my third one.
Probably WoW tbh. I don't play anymore and don't recommend it, but WoW with friends/guildies at its peak is unparalleled. You can't wait to log on and reconnect with everyone.
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satisfactory on my 8th full playthrough and the game is not even 1.0 yet
I got so hooked on Factorio for years that after trying Satisfactory for a few hours I had to stop since I had things to do in the next year and a half. One day I hope I’ll have time to give it a real shot.
yeah that is a good idea I have almost 1000 hours in satisfactory and have a real problem of telling myself I will go to bed after I finish this production line then I blink and it's 4am.
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin The gameplay was so good and I kept imagining about the missions all the time.
The Finals has been my default game — if none of my friends are playing anything else — since it launched
Monster hunter world. I bought it to have a replacement for genshin and it worked a little too well. It just feels different from any other game for how many things it does so well: from enemies to armor design to music to mechanics to weapon variety, everything is amazing.
MH Wilds is going to consume my life
Only game that’s hooked me in years is Quake Champions, great shooter