Best "screwing around" Game Request

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨psycotica0@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

Hey folks! Back in the PS2 days I had Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and besides the quests and stuff I also loved just driving around and going on little road trips and stealing planes.

And then in the PS3 era I had Just Cause 2, and the voice acting was terrible, and the quests were kinda dumb, but wow was it fun to just drive around and go on little road trips and steal planes. And your dumb little hookshot was nearly immersion breaking it was so unrealistic, but instead it was a ton of fun zipping through the air from 150 paces to kick a dude off his motorbike…

Anyway, I’m wondering what people’s opinions are on these kinds of games these days! I know Cyberpunk has some driving, but I don’t know if people enjoy cruising in it. I really liked Breath of the Wild, which is not really the same but had some screwing around times. I know there’s a GTA 5 which I never played but it’s probably good, I think there’s a Just Cause 3 but I haven’t looked into it. Some people love Red Dead 2, which I mostly bounced off of but maybe I was wrong.

Do you folks have any favourites in this “genre”? Things I should check out? Stories of worthless hijinks? Thoughts?

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slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
I quite liked Watchdogs. Dicking about a city causing traffic problems and steaming cash from people’s accounts.

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Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨58⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
I dunno how well crafting/building games fit what you’re looking for, but I can jump into Valheim and just screw around for hours collecting and making stuff. The world isn’t populated like a grand theft auto, but it’s fun to just explore and mess around/build stuff in!

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SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The saints row series is pretty good. It was kind of a GTA knockoff but was much sillier and let you actually keep and upgrade/paint cars. It really lets you make the game yours. In… Number 3 or 4 the player gets movement abilities that make using a car actually slower so that really killed the vibe, but the ridiculousness was higher than ever so it kind of balanced. I’d recommend playing them in order or at least watching YouTube videos because the story is sort of linear.

Someone else said morrowind which really is the ultimate “do whatever you want” game. You’re basically never locked out of anything by not doing the main quest, and nearly every npc is killable, even essential ones (though the game will tell you if you do this so you can reload a save). There’s no vehicles really so I don’t know if that’s the vibe you’re going for, but it really is a blast if you can accept the painfully outdated graphics and mediocre combat system.

Valheim is a survival crafter exploration game that can be surprisingly cozy, and sailing around is fun. Also not the vibe I think you’re looking for but I love it so I shill it when I can.

I think saints row probably best matches what you’re looking for without being a sequel to a game you already mentioned.

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Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
honestly Tears of the Kingdom is good for this. especially if you get into building vehicles.

I’ve had so many moments where I’ve laughed loud and hard cause I’ve had the equivalent of Jackass moments from making some monstrosity and seeing if it will fly, or making death machines.

or even just flying around and discovering stuff for fun. its a fantastic “fuck around” game.

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myrmidex@belgae.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Anything Elder Scrolls kept me busy much longer than the main story, most notably Morrowind. Also, I replayed GTA IV last week, was heaps of fun, especially compared to GTA V which I played a few months back. Read Dead Redemption 2 is a good one for this list as well, I enjoyed that one immensely, but I mainly focused on the main quest during that run-through, so this is a good reminder to myself to pick this up again soon (sadly I fell back into the pull of Satisfactory so it might be some weeks/months/… before I get to it)

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DundasStation@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You should really try out GTA 5. There’s also this police mod for the game (LSPDFR) where you get to play as the cops. Start pulling people over and launch an RPG at grandma because she has weed in her trunk.

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JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Definitely Cyberpunk is a great choice as its built in systems try to pull you into stuff all the time. Don’t sleep on Just Cause 3&4 too.

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Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I just recently got Spider-Man on sale and I’ve not once used fast travel except in the tutorial because it’s too much fun swinging around the city. And there’s like 50 types of collectibles/ side missions to do while you’re fucking around.

Also you should definitely try Grand theft Auto v if you had that much fun in San Andreas

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Katana314@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Arc Raiders can be okay for this in an online world. Once you get past the progression hurdles for a bit, you look for things to do, which often involve messing with other players via the game’s many tools.

Also, I may as well share one of my own videos about San Andreas messing around.

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dontsayaword@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Red Dead 2 is a masterpiece of this genre

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flamiera@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
RPGs are generally good for this, if they have the depth to allow you to do so like the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series.

Simulation games are just as good.

Graphic Novel games are just as fun.

You can just have chaos in them by doing the unexpected.

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