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Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options! (lemmy.world)
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I feel like my “all-time favorite” changes depending on my mood, but if I had to pick just one, I’d probably go with The Witcher 3. That game just hit all the right notes—amazing story, incredible world-building, and so much stuff to do without feeling like pointless filler. Plus, the expansions were just as good, if not better than the base game.

What about you? Are you more into RPGs, shooters, or something else entirely?

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[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Any of those three

  • Disco Elysium
  • Death Stranding
  • Outer Wilds
[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Great list. But I love reading trough the reasoning behind the picks. What are yours?

Personally I think outer wilds is a one of a kind game which represents am artistic message about existence that cannot be conveyed the same way in any other medium.

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I think the common denominator is a strong / immersive story and universe that appeals to me (big fan of sf), interesting mechanics and gameplay in a way that makes the game unique in its own way, and the artistic approach behind the game, so for each of those :

  • Outer Wilds was a fantastic experience that you can only live once, the freedom of exploration is crazy, the feelings you can go through in the span of a single minute make it so memorable, I connected with this game like no other
  • Death Stranding I played during one of the lockdowns, and after hiking in Iceland, it was a continuity of these two experiences that felt very personal. It was also my introduction to Kojima games. I found it to be such a premium experience and statement about video games, I loved the insanity of the plot, and once you dug deeper, you find all the artistic inspiration and process that went behind the game, it's an insane work of interactive art
  • Disco Elysium I was already fully on board just learning about the game, I sympathise with the authors, the fact that it started as an rpg campaign, with immense lore behind it, love the art style, the narration, the story and its themes, I haven't lived in post USSR Europe but the game make me nostalgic/melancholic for a time, aesthetic, struggles I didn't know

They're my absolute favourite but some games come close, Inscryption, Pyre, Spiritfarer...

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Great points. One think I love about disco is how much expression it gives to the mundane. It's not about firebreathing dragons but about trashcans. My most intense interaction I've had in this game was with a malfunctioning speaker on a office building.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

I wish more people would play The Hex. I got more playtime out of Inscryption and loved it, but I played The Hex later on and I did not expect to like it more, but it’s fucking genius. I think it’s a legitimately better game.

I am so psyched for Pony Island 2.

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Prey, I forgot Prey, but I haven't finished it yet, also Dishonored

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Based list. Outer Wilds in particular chef's kiss.