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What's the game you play when nothing else sounds good? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Do you have a game you play over and over, when nothing else fits your mood? That game that is infinitely re-playable, somewhat the same every time and somewhat new and interesting?

For me it's the games in the Orcs Must Die series. But mostly OMD 3. I play the mode called Scramble, where you have to beat 5 rounds of orcs, and they get harder and harder as you progress. There are random things to make it harder (nerfs) and you can choose 1 thing per round to make it easier (buffs). I've probably played that something like 300 times now since I beat the main game + DLCs a long while ago. I go into a special mental state while playing, since I know it all so well, and just zone out for about an hour each time.

Patient gamers, what's your "I will keep playing this game for the rest of my life" fallback?

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[–] idyllic_optimism 5 points 1 month ago

Modded Minecraft for sure. But there are a handful of games I keep going back to and common theme for those games that I can listen to a podcast or audiobook while I'm playing them, like Rimworld, No Man's Sky, Stardew Valley, Skyrim.

[–] Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When in doubt, true doubt, Doom is always there for me, in every device I own.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Perfect FPS for when every other FPS feels like a big endeavor to get into.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

These days I mostly just grind the same handful of games. Actually having a hard time pulling myself away long enough to get through the JRPGs on my backlog...

Skullgirls
Them's Fightin' Herds
Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes]
Riichi Mahjong (Mahjong Soul, Riichi City, IRL)
Slay the Spire
Puyo Puyo Champions
Panel de Pon

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

When I'm too tired or depressed to dive deep into something it's always something really simple like Ring of Pain, Vampire Survivors, or other slow paced stuff.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Helldivers 2 is great for short to medium sessions.

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[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Stellaris with the Star Trek: New Horizons mod. Currently doing a Borg run, at war with the Dominion right now, but of course, resistance is futile.

[–] RougeEric@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Guild Wars 2 and Dear Esther

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[–] emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Risk of Rain 2. And if that doesn't work, Risk of Rain 2.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

For me its titanfall 2. Simply because its quite casual and the rounds don't take too long. Just hop on and if you get absolutely obliderated the next round will be better.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

Marvel Snap

[–] DasSkelett@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Creeper World 4, the daily map usually has a good duration. Takes your thoughts off everything else pretty well, yet is not too demanding. And you can vary your play style yourself a bit / set your own limitations, depending on how much of a challenge you want right now or how much time you want to spend.

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[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There's good free multiplayer games (e.g. delat force, marvel rivals, deadlock)

Unless you mean single-player

[–] wick@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I've been chipping away at that deep rock galactic reverse bullet hell game for a while now. Don't have the patience to play anything for more than half an hour these days.

[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

what's your "I will keep playing this game for the rest of my life" fallback?

Lately it's OpenRCT, Counterstrike 2, or Cities Skylines. On the phone it's minecraft.

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