for me mine are 1. Elden Ring, 2. RDR2 3. BOTW, all because they genuinely blew my mind when playing them for the first time and changed how I saw and played video games.
Dungeon Keeper.
BOTW.
Emperor: Rise of the middle kingdom
what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time?
Submitted 21 hours ago by Abraxas@feddit.uk to games@lemmy.world
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Taleya@aussie.zone 3 minutes ago
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 19 minutes ago
Gonna show my age a bit here.
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Chromehounds. Nothing since has filled that 20 story tall mecha hole in my heart. The way you could build your hound into the role you wanted to play really hasn’t been done well in any game since
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MAG (massive action game). Ps3/ps4 128vs128 matches online? It was such a clusterfuck and I loved it.
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Binding of Isaac and all its expansions. Game has been a solid and consistent time sink in my life for more than 10 years. Quirky and infinitely replayable.
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NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 46 minutes ago
PHANTOM CRASH!
RDR2
Project Zomboid
Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world 38 minutes ago
Breath of the Wild. Kingdom Hearts. Gris.
For just being great in immersion and story.
dkppunk@lemmy.world 48 minutes ago
Star Wars Pod Racer Halo Reach Word of Warcraft
Pod racer was the first game I was better than my younger sibling and when I bought my very first CD (Green Day). I spent hours playing that game with my CD on repeat.
Halo Reach was the first Halo game I was really into and first console modern game played. I spent so many hours playing online and IRL with friends.
World of Warcraft is the game I’ve played the longest. I’ve been playing since a few months after launch. Even though I initially thought it was “too cartoony”, it has kept me entertained for decades. Some of my favorite books are from Warcraft lore. I’ve played countless hours with friends, but now I play solo more than anything. I chase achievements, transmogs, and pets.
VOwOxel@discuss.tchncs.de 1 hour ago
Copy Kitty
Anno 1800
Satisfactory
Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
Disco Elysium
Hi-Fi Rush
…third is hard. Maybe Mass Effect Trilogy. Maybe Rogue Trader/Pathfinder WOTR.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
- Uncharted (series)
- RDR2
- Minecraft
Honorable mention: No Man’s Sky
JGCG@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
No Mans Sky is a serious contender. They never gave up on it and it shows.
FollyDolly@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I just got back into No Mans Sky having not playing since release and I was blown away. Base biulding!? I can have PETS!? It’s like a whole new game.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Ultima IV
Phantasy Star Online
Destiny (not Destiny 2)Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 4 minutes ago
Hell yeah PSO! My friends just got back into Phantasy Star Universe on the private Clemantine server. It’s glorious :D My top 3:
Mother 3 Outer Wilds Stardew Valley
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 3 hours ago
Grammar.
Abraxas@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
firstly you are wrong and secondly stfu you cringe excuse for a human.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
They’re not wrong but they are an asshole. (You’re is short for “you are,” your is the possessive pronoun)
reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 2 hours ago
Lmao. Not only incorrect, but also confident in your stupidity.
Zerfallen@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Only three is a cruel restriction; I grant myself at least a top four.
- Morrowind
- The Neverhood
- Diablo 2
- Hyper Light Drifter
piyuv@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I’ve tried getting into hyper light drifter but quickly got lost. Do you have any tips?
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Fallout 2/New Vegas
Terraria
Pillars of Eternity 1-2
But please ask me in a hour and probably will give you 3 new favs.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
- Diablo II
- Chrono Trigger
- Halo 3
I don’t get to play games much nowadays but I was a rank 50 lone wolf back in the day. Good times.
polle@feddit.org 5 hours ago
Factorio of course.
FRYD@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Nier: Automata Kingdom Hearts Super Smash Bros: Melee
vga@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
I’ll cheat because picking just 3 is impossible.
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Nethack / Alundra (PS1) / Sim City 2000 / Transport Tycoon Deluxe / Prey / Doom 2016 / Elite / Dwarf Fortress / Rimworld
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System Shock / Ultima 3-8 / Alpha Centauri / GTA5 / Titanfall 2 / Control / Eye of the Beholder / Sensible Soccer / Star Control 2 / Total Annihilation
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Undertale / Bioshock Infinite / S.O.M.A. / Nemesis the Warlock (entirely because of the title song) / Pirates! / Stardew Valley
GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Alpha Centauri
I still have no idea why they just let the IP drift into oblivion, and chose to keep milking Civ instead…
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LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Did you play RDR1? I thought that one was much better than 2, story wise. Not that 2 was bad. Rockstar games are always good imo.
Baldur’s gate 3 is also in my top 3, story wise and how well it was made and time spent playing it. I finished the campaign 6 times now, 4 of which with friends playing couch coop.
Also Age of Empires 2 because when I was young I played that game for over at least 3000 hours (if not double) and I still play it sometimes. Just well balanced and lots of good memories from back then, having LAN parties with my friends and playing it for days.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 hours ago
Elden Ring, Dwarf Fortress, and Disco Elysium.
rfr_Foglia@feddit.it 2 hours ago
The Last Of Us part 1 and 2 and the Witcher 3
lIlIllIlIIIllIlIlII@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
With all the times I asked posts like this I am sure that it is possible to correlate my person between different sites even if I used different usernames. How many people can share the same 3 games?
Godort@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
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Chrono Trigger
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Link to the Past
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Super Mario RPG
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Someone like the SNES.
kratoz29@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Probably he is a Nintendo hater /j (but not entirely, it happens).
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Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
Outer Wilds
Mario Galaxy 2
UFO Enemy Unknown
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I’ve probably got some weird takes, but let’s go:
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Chrono Trigger is at the way top. The greatest game of all time hasn’t been bested in 30 years. Telling the best narrative I’ve heard in my life, and packing it into 20 short hours, with timeless art and amazing music, and into FOUR GODDAMN MEGABYTES, this is one many try to beat, and none have succeeded. Not even Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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Cross code comes right behind it. This game is much longer, but that’s okay. It’s essentially a single-player MMO with all the trappings of life within. A wonderfully smooth action combat system, more amazing music, and some of the most memorable facial expressions I’ve seen.
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Zachtronics Solitaire Collection. Going purely by hours played and wins scored, this is on my favorites whether I like it or not. Every solitaire game from every Zachtronics title, right there. Special shout-out to Fortune’s Foundation.
Honorable mentions: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for the worldbuilding and music, Final Fantasy XIII for exactly the same reasons, The Talos Principle 2 for simply giving its NPCs the agency to say “nah, I don’t wanna go back, I’m staying home,” and Chaos Rings 2 for creating one of the most high-stakes yet viscerally unpleasant stories I’ve witnessed, wherein to proceed through the game, the protagonist ritually sacrifices his ever-shrinking party of people.
kratoz29@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
- Chrono Trigger is at the way top. The greatest game of all time hasn’t been bested in 30 years. Telling the best narrative I’ve heard in my life, and packing it into 20 short hours, with timeless art and amazing music, and into FOUR GODDAMN MEGABYTES, this is one many try to beat, and none have succeeded. Not even Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
I would lose the count of how many times I have read praises (well deserved) for Chrono Trigger, and it only makes me feel bad with myself because I left it unfinished (I am close to the 1st ending… I think) because I was lost all the damn time and needed a guide to move forward, something that I really don’t enjoy, and I didn’t have too many gaps while playing it to be fair.
I enjoy RPGs and jRPGs, even when they are not my favorite genres, but I don’t like to feel lost all the time.
Now, it should be obvious that I didn’t play this game back in its day, my last game session was about a year ago in my DSi XL (arguably the best way to experience it) so I have 0 nostalgia googles about it, although I am a Toriyama fan and I loved the art style, graphics and music, it is only the pace and the narrative that didn’t caught me completely…
I know I shouldn’t force myself to finish it as gaming is a hobby after all, but damn, I really want to complete it, at least one playthrough lol (I don’t like to leave stuff unfinished).
If anyone has tips to not feel lost all the damn time (aside of not stop playing for a brief time) I am all ears.
chunes@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
You’re not the only one. I’ve beaten The 7th Saga more times than Chrono Trigger lol.
Ashtear@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Unfortunately it’s a thing when going back to older games after being living in the map marker era for so long. This is a big part of why games back then came with annotated maps so you’d at least have a reference for all the locations.
I’d say at the minimum, don’t be afraid to pull up maps and take notes.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 15 hours ago
I gave Chrono Trigger a fair whack and just got bored. I suspect JRPGs just aren't for me.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
It’s why we got so many games!
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I didn’t expect FFXIII to get a mention in here. Respect.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Final Fantasy XIII and Detroit Become Human hit me so hard they both permanently altered my wardrobe and aesthetic.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
+1 for a Chrono Trigger ranking. For as popular as it still is in retrospect, I think people still don’t quite give it the full recognition it’s due for smashing pretty much every dreary console RPG convention that the genre had been persistently saddled with up until that point, while still remaining a console RPG. Believe it or not the developers had plans to make it even more ambitious at the beginning but they weren’t able to pull it off in the time allotted.
There are a lot of subsequent RPG titles (like even Final Fantasy goddamned Seven, not to mention Pokémon) that should have learned a bevvy of lessons from Chrono Trigger, but still didn’t. It was well ahead of its time.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Updoting for Chronotrigger. Always at the top of my list. Every list.
Except worst lists.
Dagnet@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
CrossCode feels so much like chrono trigger to me (which is also my fav) I can’t even explain how, it’s a game on its own right with completely different gameplay but the chrono trigger essence is right there
IceSoup@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
I wish I liked Crosscode more. I really enjoyed the writing and loved the puzzles, but the combat just didn’t feel that good to me. Ended up dropping it in the second dungeon and never picked it up again.
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tab@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
- Left 4 Dead 2 - for the awesome vs teamplay
- The Last of Us (remake) 1+2 - stunningly gorgeous, emotional heavy hitter
- Disco Elysium - art, literature, as a game
TheV2@programming.dev 5 hours ago
- OMORI
- Children of Morta
- One Dreamer
This might change everyday, especially for #3 I don’t have a definite pick. But I chose the lesser-known game.
fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
My top 3 choices are (in no particular order)
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- Fallout New Vegas
I know these are very bland choices, but these games had a huge impact on me. I’ve only played disco Elysium recently, but it truly is a masterpiece. FNV gives me warm memories of [the good parts, at least.] of my childhood, and outer wilds… I don’t even really know how to describe it.
Some extras, didn’t have such a huge impact (well, besides Minecraft; but I couldn’t fit that in 3 c:)
All the metro games, especially exodus; A hat in time, boneworks, HL/portal series, outer worlds. And the Witcher 3, too :)
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 17 hours ago
I adored Disco Elysium while playing it, but the ending felt kinda rushed/soured for me so it didn't quite hit top 3. However, the book Sacred And Terrible Air by Robert Kurvitz that was fan translated to English semi recently helped a great deal with unanswered questions about the world the game takes place in that I had which really helped brighten my overall opinion of the game in retrospect.
The book isn't very approachable I think with almost zero exposition, so it actually helps to have played the game first.
MrSusan@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
- GTA San Andrays
- Halo 3
- AOE 2
These games are rooted in my childhood and connected to memories of simpler times and good friends. I Still play video games but I don’t think I could ever experience the same level of joy and excitement that I got from gaming as I did when I was younger. These days I’d rather just go for a nice walk with my dog like the boring old man that I am.
dukemirage@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Half-Life 2, Max Payne 2 and Mass Effect because I‘ve been an impressionable teenager and a nitpicking adult.
BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
Top 3 is hard. I’ll start with the first three that came to mind, in no particular order:
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Witcher 3
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Star Control 2
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Monkey Island 2
But there are so many that I could have listed instead.
The Commander Keen games are amongst the first I remember playing, I loved those and played through them so many times.
Baldurs Gate 3 was such a masterpiece, it probably could bump W3 off that list.
Although, Ultima 7 was the first RPG I played where I became properly immersed in the story. The world, the characters, the way the mystery of the main story unfolds. And it is actually a really good jump-in point for the series as it’s set a couple centuries after number 6.
Fallout 1 also could easily make the list. I loved the way such a small and intimate quest for your vault unfolds into something bigger.
ripcord@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
This is good taste right here.
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tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 minutes ago