Comment on Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options!

• inlandempire@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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

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  • MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • inlandempire@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Prey, I forgot Prey, but I haven’t finished it yet

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