Submitted 1 year ago by messem10@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
We all have that one game or genre that never gets old and we return to time and time again.
What is it for you and why is that the case?
Doom (1993) for me. The newer custom maps and mods too, ofc, but more often than not I’ll spin up episode 1 or 2 just to play through it.
Actually, if I’m really stressed, sometimes I’ll “play” Doom maps in my head - just walking around, trying to remember as much detail as I can. I find it strangely soothing. Damn, I guess Doom is my happy place
A memory palace full of blood and aliens, I can relate lol.
Games that I had, wanted but never got, or just missed growing up. It’s like a nostalgic topiary. I find hunting, testing, and playing very relaxing.
Slay The Spire, I’ve accumulated over 2000 hours over 3 different platforms since it launched, I’ve 100%ed it and I’ve even played some of the mods (which I never ever do for any game) and I never get sick of it, whenever I have an hour and can’t be bothered with doing something new I play a run.
Such an amazing game.
Turn based rpgs, the sort of thing with just enough challenge to be fun but not too quick or difficult. Like I love dark souls but when I just want to chill give me something like dragon quest. Sadly it seems to be dying out as a genre.
Pathfinder wrath of the righteous was amazing. Wholeheartedly recommend it. Wasteland 3 too. Can’t wait to play Baldur’s Gate 3, but it’s a bit expensive for me right now.
I’m in love with pokemon rom hacks for this reason. Tons of great hacks that are usually harder than the main games, but you can always grind if it gets too hard. And there a lots of OK hacks, but sadly only a few really good ones
Subnautica and Flight Simulator. They just have a way of immersing me into another world and keeping my attention the whole time.
Original Quake, RimWorld, crusader kings, and it’s looking like Against the Storm
Sorry I know that’s 4 but fuck it, I can’t decide.
Before I fell off blizzard Heroes of the Storm was amazing comfort food. Short matches compared to most Moba, and so many fun characters.
Toy Story PSX and Super Mario 64 (DS version in my case, or the improved ports).
Toy story psx one of those rare great licensed games
It is indeed, and I swear it hasn’t aged a bit at all!
Spyro the Dragon - the first game specifically, I find it more of an immersive treasure-hunting experience than the next two games, which are more obviously... I dunno, video game-y. I like all three but I always 100% the first game at least once a year.
I only played this game on a demo disc. Along with Rugrats. I’ll have to give it another go.
The Tomba games are great! I was thinking of replaying them this year, actually, probably for my Halloween gaming season (it's not horror, I know, but there's a lot in the games that was just creepy to me as a kid)
For me, I always come back to multiplayer survival games.
I just love the building up from nothing with friends.
NBA 2K I’ve been an avid fan of NBA 2K since the early 2000’s. I absolutely hate how money hungry the game has gotten; that being said, the core offline gameplay is still extremely strong. I’ll pop in and play a few offline games just to decompress. It’s gotten to the point where I’ll put on music or a podcast and find myself idly playing through four quarters of basketball.
Age of Empires 2.
I like the mix of challenges the enemy factions bring, the randomness of the levels, and the flexibility of how I build up my army.
Any SoulsBorne, Doom (mostly Brutal Doom), PSX Resi’s or SOTN. Mostly the total comfort of playing what I know so well for a wile.
Battlefield 1. I hop on the same server every time and it’s a nice way to calm myself down if I’m stressed about something in real life. It’s much more fun to be stressed about staying alive and helping my team the best I can. The game sparked a strong interest in history for me aswell, so it’s also a comfort zone in that sense too.
Tunic for me, simply going, walking around, revisiting a place know well
And “A Short Hike” for my SO, they where feeling bad one day and came to see me. I got Ice Craem, some Blankets, and gave them the controler next while I was against them. Now everytime they felt sad they go on a walk to this mountain. I surprised them preparing their laptop by putting A Short Hike Wallpaper, and made their day like that
Diablo 2. I return to it about twice a year and have a good time starting a fresh playthrough farming gear for a few different builds. Especially with the QOL that resurrected has brought.
Walking simulators and story/emotion heavy games like Life is Strange. Sometimes a good feels helps.
And Skyrim is my comfort game. Helps with panic attacks.
Visual novel or narrative games are great for that. Sometimes it's nice to just watch a story unfold and make key choices.
Borderlands 2, there’s just something about it. I’ve put so many hours into it on various platforms, and it never gets old. The story is so good and I just love the play style. It’s super easy to restart the campaign or there’s always some farming / grinding to do, depending on the vibe for the day
League of legends obviously I enjoy the toxicity
As an Ex-Yuumi player it was unironicly something I did enjoy to calm down, when it was not just stay afk on your ADC. I used to Chill mute everyone and play Yuumi Top, just farming and blocking golds from top tower for ennemy TOP
And I am full serious not joking, it was chill and a viable strategy
Baldurs Gate 1.
Sid Meier’s Pirates
I have dozens of thousands of hours logged in that game, all because it’s so easy to get in to and so hard to get out of. Just turn it on, do some pirate shit, then realize it’s been hours and you probably should have eaten or slept at some point.
Super Mario Bros and Wolfenstein 3D
Remembering simple times, no complexities, pure fun. While chugging coffee and oreo.
Tetris. Always down for a quick game
Older: Command and Conquer Generals. I’ve started playing it with my kid which is fun. Newer: Rocket League. It’s been fun especially when I stop caring about ranking up. It’s just a game and I can play for 10 minutes and walk away.
The newish C&C Remastered has been one of my comfort food games the last few years. I’d love a Generals Remastered though!
Super Metroid. I replay that every year and I’ve been doing that since I was 12, I’m now 29. Greatest game ever made. The rest of the metroid series gets replayed at least every other year, absolutely amazing games and there’s not much else like em unfortunately.
HBS’s Battletech (2018). One, it brings me back to some good high school memories playing tabletop with my friends, and two, you can never have too much big stompy robots shooting each other.
Was thinking about this earlier today, but lately I’ve gotten burnt out on Final Fantasy XVI whether that be due to the tone, design or combat I am not too sure. Had a slow weekend for once and decided to pop in Atelier Ryza 2 as I recently picked up Ryza 3 due to it having a small print run. Spent most of the day playing it off and on, but the brighter and more positive tone was a boon compared to the drudgery of FFXVI.
Atelier isn’t always my comfort food, but that was a nice change. That distinction would have to either go to rhythm games or to stuff like Trackmania or Minecraft where you can “shut off your brain” and just play. TM has a certain “flow” to the tracks that isn’t like anything else out there and Minecraft just throws you into the world and lets you go. (Albeit on Peaceful.)
Stellaris and Fallout 4.
Stellaris was the game that got me into gaming. I remember talking to one of my friends back in high school, and he recommended it to me. I picked it up on sale, and I’ve played it regularly ever since. Not only is a good sci-fi grand strategy game, but the sheer amount of mods available means you can make it into whatever you want. Want to play in the Star Wars galaxy? There’s mods for that. Star Trek? Same deal. Want to add weaponized moons, death-rays that monopolize the power of a star, and a bunch of robot cats that are hellbent on consuming all matter in the galaxy? There’s a mod for that as well.
Fallout 4 was the first game I brought after I got my own dedicated gaming setup. I decided that since I had a proper setup now, I might as well buy something that’d take advantage of the new resources I had. Fallout 4 had been a game that had caught my eye since the first ads way back in 2015, so I figured I’d pick it up on sale. And what really made me fall in love with it was the settlement system. A bit strange, I know, but I just really love building things in games. Most of my mods for the game are related to the settlement system in some way or another, and I’ll often find myself booting up the game and building a new shack in Sanctuary or expanding Vault 88 a bit more.
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Company of Heroes
When it came out in 2006, I played it with all the time with my brother against Bots only and planning out every move. I recommended it to my friends a bit later and every few years we made a LAN party or an all nighter online session. Through the years all of us moved into different parts of the country, got older and building families. But around this year’s new years eve, we got into it again, play it every Friday since then. We spend more time together through the game and everybody is having fun, because every match turns out different since everybody got really good at it. Also, it has a surprising strategic depth once you’re really in it and it runs on every shitty PC without any bigger issues. I really love the game for enabling us this good time together.