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

Stellaris. It's been "that game" for me practically as long as I've been into gaming. I've got nearly 1000 hours on Steam alone.

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

One of my two favorite games of all time. I wish I could unlearn how to play. Some of my best memories are scavenging for anything remotely valuable and finding myself somewhere I shouldn't be at that level.

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

For me, it's any of the Total War games I like, or Battlefield 1, or Left 4 Dead 2, or any From Soulslike.

I like to call them evergreen games, because I'm a total snob. The kinds of games that you can always go back to no matter how long it's been, that you always know how to play by instinct at this point, that always entertain, feel weirdly comfy and make for great choices when you don't know what you wanna do. God bless them.

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

That's a decently long list lol, Medieval 2, Rome 1, Rome 2, Attila, Napoleon, Shogun 2 sorta... (I don't dislike the ones not listed, I just vibe less with them)

If you count mods and expansions, the list gets much larger, Medieval 2 Kingdoms, Empire Divided, Age of Charlemagne, The Great War, Divide Et Impera, 1212, 1100, The Third Age... And there are even more that have piqued my interest but haven't had a chance to play.

Aaaah it's such a rich series!

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

The Binding of Isaac

Or Slay the Spire, if I want a turn based game.

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

You should check out Across the Obelisk, it’s a beefed up version of StS and I really think it’s heavily overlooked

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

It's on my steam wishlist, now. Thank you for the recommendation.

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

KSP with the realism overhaul mod and realistic progression 1.

I just never get over the beauty of seeing a dual centaur upper stage gently drift away from an atlas booster before lighting up those stunning twin blue flames, careening deep in to the abyss of space.

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

Slay The Spire

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah it’s Europe 1400: the guild for me too. Love that game and can’t get behind the second or third game. I loved to play it over lan with my friends.

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

It has so much atmosphere to it, I don't think any other game has truly replicated it so far. Haven't tried the third yet but I heard bad things.

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

The third works but that’s it. It was a buggy mess when it got into early access but the second developer that took it over did good work.

You are right. The atmosphere and that you did not have to micro manage so much stuff made it into a really great and relaxing game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

1400 is a masterpiece. It’s a shame that the sequels went for this 3D sims styled gameplay. I don’t want to control the whole family. I want to control one member of the family.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I loved to play it over lan with my friends.

Or as a true Guild player describes it: "keeping save game backups and doing regular checks to figure out if the game state is still in sync". "The Guild" was the reason I got a "It's not a bug, it's a feature" T-Shirt for LAN parties.

And don't get me wrong: I am saying the game is SO GOOD it was totally worth all that trouble. I wish so hard for someone to release/leak the source code some time so someone with enough pain tolerance can try to rework the network stack. Or maybe a remaster of that game. It has a so much better feeling than its successors.

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

Playing Heroes of the Storm vs AI, the Hitman WoA trilogy, Left 4 Dead 2, and Diablo 3 Hardcore. I can always chill on this stuff and know it'll be a good time

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

Ahh HOTS, the only MOBA I really enjoyed. To bad it never really took off and Blizz stopped development.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's funnily enough part of why I continue to return to it. Competitive games as a service are too much, I dislike having to keep up with an ever inflating hero pool and a constantly changing Meta. I can just enjoy the gameplay polished to a sheen and the natural depth

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

Deus Ex:Human Revolution. I know every part of that game and still find some fun paths/solutions I didn't know about, comforting with a bit of variety every time!

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

It was Diablo for me, but D4 just doesn't scratch that right itch for me at the moment. Still play it from time to time but not as religiously as I did with the other entries.

Enter the gungeon I also play a lot over starting a new game.

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

No need to change the meme, heroes 3 it is. A few other games as well but heroes doesn't get old.

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

Final Fantasy games. I've replayed FFV and VIII, restarted X and XII, and started XVI within the last year.

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

Sea of Thieves with my SO lately, previously Earth Defense Force with her as well.

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

Minecraft. It's so dang cozy to me.

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

Advance wars and anno 1404

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

ROCK and STONE to the bone

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

That's it lads! Rock and Stone!

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

That be Binding of Isaac for me. I have 1000 games installed so it's even harder to get lost.

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

Black Mesa. It's just my go-to game when I'm burned out from work/life. It's comfy for me to play, doesn't require my full attention, I can have videos on in the background, and I just love going through it over and over.

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

It was the sims 2 but after the sims dlc started getting ridiculous I ended up finding rimworld which I like much better.

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

Huh, rimworld is kind of like sims 2 if you think about it. You control a bunch of hapless goons, build nice houses for them, and orchestrate their tragic demises.

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

Looks at 1000 hours of Arma 3.

Just one more King of the Hill match.

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

Rome II, Attila, and Rimworld

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

JUPITER gives us STRENGTH!

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

I bounce around between three or so.

I feel like I can always find something to do in Beatsaber, whether trying to beat my own scores or trying new modes or new modded songs.

Risk of Rain 2 is also great for mindless entertainment and trying new things.

Distance. It's sort of a racing game but with a story? It gets hard as hell but it's tons of fun and the music is great. It's criminally underplayed in my opinion

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That’s paradox map painting games for me.

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

i keep playing BF 2042 when i’m not sure what to play

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I second trying BattleBit. It's what Battlefield should be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lifetime? RuneScape (oldschool, none of the rs3 stuff)

Within the last 5 or so years? Insurgency (mainly Sandstorm) Hits the perfect blend of realistic shooter with fast paced action. I also exclusively play coop where you’re on a team with other real people and you’re playing against a team of bots. Nice and easy-going. You aren’t getting all pissed off and mad at someone on the other team and the modded servers are really fun

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Counter Strike: Source

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

Funnily enough, it's Heroes 3 for me too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Me too, finally had to uninstall it to get me to do something else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The Long Dark

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

Currently, 7 Days to Die, though I don't like where it's heading.

It's varied over the years and included Total Annihilation, Wow, Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld among others.

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

For me it's either FFXIV or Armello ATM.

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