what are in you're top 3 favourite games of all time?
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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.
This isn't an exhaustive list by any means, and there are some other games that affected me on the same level, but I could only pick 3
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.
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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.
One has to be Crusader Kings III considering the amount of time that died in that game. I did Lingua Franca (world domination) when mods and savescumming voided achievements, my whole empire fell apart literally 20 seconds after I achieved world domination lol, could barely hold it together to achieve the feat.
The other one is probably Rocket League. Low skill floor, skyhigh skill ceiling, wonderfully designed esports game. If you could still freely go in and out of casual games, I‘d probably still play it. But I peaked and don‘t feel the need to play ranked anymore and casuals started to feel like ranked.
After these two I can probably name ten more but I can‘t say which takes a top 3. League of Legends, Counterstrike 1.6, Battlefield 3, HITMAN, Dark Souls II (yep lol, I could probably draw a map of this game from memory), NIOH 1/2, Monster Hunter World, Sleeping Dogs, Muse Dash, all these games killed countless hours with fun, but it‘s hard to put one above the other. Apart from League of Legends, that one takes the rear.
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- UFO/X-COM
- Ultima VII
- Starsiege: Tribes
Geoscape song is such a vibe
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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.
Halo 2, Minecraft, and Factorio.
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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.
- Europa Universalis IV
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Lords of the Realm II
EUIV will probably be replaced by EUV when it comes out.
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Not yet, they're on my list to try at some point though
They're awesome, I think you'll like it a lot based on your list
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]- Satisfactory
- Stardew Valley
- Baldur's Gate 3
Not that they're the best games, but they're definitely my favorites. Though if I'm being honest there's a large gap between number one and number two, and anything other than Satisfactory feels like it could move in the top 10 depending on my mood.
So I guess if I'm being honest with myself it's more like
1: Satisfactory~massive gap~
2-∞: any other traditionally well-liked game, depending on my mood on a given day
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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.
- Skullgirls - Simply the best fighting game ever made. There's so much depth in a comparatively small roster that I could basically never get bored or see every viable strategy in it.
- Baldur's Gate 3 - Tried and true RPG mechanics combined with the best version yet of Larian's engine that encourages free form problem solving. And on top of that, they managed best in class presentation in NPC dialogue and had some of the best writing in the genre. This will be a tough act to follow, especially since I don't think their last two Original Sin RPG systems were anywhere near as good as D&D 5e.
- Elden Ring - It's been a great couple of years for two of my favorite games of all time to come out within a year and a half of each other, but this is another one of those games where there's just so much to see and so many ways to solve the problem in front of you. Pattern recognition for where to find your next reward is up to you; your next goal is up to you; how you conquer the bad guy in front of you is up to you.
All three of these games just respect your intelligence and are composed of systems deep enough to give you countless ways to solve their challenges.
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Twenty-two years later and still nothing really compares. I've played it through 5... 6?... times and the characters still feel compelling.
I miss Westwood... everyone that came after only imitated their work, and while some have made improvements to the gameplay, none have really accomplished the same level of storytelling in the RTS genre.
Kind of a perfect game, one that keeps you coming back again and again.
I'd definitely have a higher opinion of FTL if it didn't feel like the entire game ended up just being about the final boss. Knights of the Old Republic is also one that I felt that, if you knew the twist ahead of time, lost a lot of its impact.
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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.
Morrowind - the first game that let me leave the path. It completely changed RPGs for me, and I loved it.
Solasta - this game captured the D&D feeling like no other game has. My wife and I have spent hundreds of hours playing this together.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard - this game touched me emotionally, more than any game before it. The whole 3rd act is an emotional rollercoaster. Plus it has one of my favorite action sequences ever, in The Siege of Weisshaupt.
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]- Starcraft II
- Mount & Blade: Warband
- Heroes of Might & Magic III
Honorable mentions
- Anno 1404
- Far Cry 2
- Witcher 3
- Tropico 4
- Factorio
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]- Doom/Doom II. They somehow lucked the hell out on mechanics, speed of movement, ease of modding etc. John Carmack did us all a massive solid and got the game released under GPL license only four years after it came out. As a result of the incremental improvements enabled by that, the game keeps my interest to this day.
- TIE Fighter. I used to be a massive Star Wars fan, and this game was just the best thing ever for a detail-oriented kid. I memorized the stats of every single ship and for the rest of time was pissed whenever someone got it wrong. The missions truly require you to use your brain and every advantage at your disposal (in-flight map; reinforcements; wingmates; ship characteristics; good tactics). 've'never come across a better flight sim to this day (although the Freespace series comes close).
- Diablo II. I was 15 when this game came out. I rollerbladed all the way across town to buy this game without my parents knowing. The clerk almost didn't sell it to me because he thought I looked too young but in the end he did me a solid. The game was worth it and then some. It consumed the rest of my teenage years. Digital crack.
Games that deserve to be in the top three but don't fit:
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PlanetSide. I still remember being in shock watching a hundred people shoot at each other without massive rubberbanding etc. It totally redefined what was possible in a game. I was obsessed with making loadouts for every situation. TR forever!
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Dark Souls. They totally nailed the feeling of being in some sort of dark fantasy fever dream. So beautiful, and I love how the lore is relevant to how you feel trying to overcome the adversity of the game. First half of the game has some of the best world design I've ever seen.
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World of Warcraft. I flunked out of college because of this game. I think it was worth it.
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]- Prey 2016 - I love the designs, the art, the story, the lonely feeling in space, the soundtrack (Mick Gordon!).
- Nier Automata - The only game that ever made me cry - multiple times. Great Soundtrack too!
- Grim Dawn - for me personally the best ARPG ever made, and they are working on a new expansion, after all this time!
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Honorable Mentions:
x) Fallout NV, but i can't be arsed to mod it AGAIN, and vanilla is too buggy, so currently no NV for me
x) Dragon Age - Origins: played this through on the Xbox 360 3 times!
x) Dead Cells: i wish i were young enough for the reflexes needed to get to 5 boss cells. Doesn't stop me from trying, tho! -
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.
- Skyrim
- Minecraft
- Destiny 2
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Not gonna rank them because I can't.
Age of Empires II I've played since release and still do occasionally.
Everhood 1 everything about it I love. During covid things got very dark for me personally and this game just hit perfectly on some stuff plaguing my mind at the exact right time I most needed it. The devs were one hit wonders unfortunately. Coming from that, the sequel was atrocious.
Thief 2: The Metal Age. It's like crack to this brain of mine. Yes I play The Dark Mod too.
Runners up:
LISA: The Painful
Diddy Kong Racing
Thief 2 is just incredible. Many games try, but none can dethrone the stealth game king.
And I totally forgot about Diddy Kong Racing, but yeah. It's legitimately a better game than Mario Kart 64.
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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.
- Portal 2
- Hollow Knight
- Minecraft
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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.
Those are all relatively new games. How old are you? Just decade, not specifics. I'm in my 40s. I'd say my top 3 are World of Warcraft, Factorio, and Final Fantasy 6.
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It's really hard for me to separate my nostalgia for older games with what I'd think about them now. There are some games I've played a LOT but haven't touched in years for one reason or another.
Some pre-Steam games would be things like Halo 3, World of Warcraft, Runescape, and few Pokemon games.
On Steam my most played game BY FAR is DoTA 2 at ~2100 hours. I loved that game and I still think it's really well designed... I just haven't played it in years because it makes me too mad to play with randos and it's impossible to get 5 friends who play DoTA online at the same time anymore.
If I was going to pick a top 3 outside of those nostalgic outliers, maybe:
- Slay The Spire
- Dark Souls
- Deep Rock Galactic
Rock and stone, brother.
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]- TF2
Its just so good, played it a fair bit when I was a young teen and picked it up again a couple years ago and haven't stopped playing 8 - 20 hours a week. Best game ever imo, never gets old.
- Garry's Mod
Easily my favorite game when I was in middle school and high school, and it still holds a very dear spot in my heart and memories from that era of my life. Excited for s&b
- Cyberpunk 2077
I remember seeing the teaser trailer when I was a preteen and was so hyped, took like 10 years but when it did come out I had covid (which was lucky for me because I didn't feel that sick and I got paid leave for 14 days to play the game). Played on PC from day 1 and beat the game In a week or so, it wasn't that buggy imo. I loved the story and I encountered minimal issues during my play through, and only one that caused me to need to reload a save.
Other favs probably rimworld, gta 4, stanleys parable
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Not gonna rank them because I can't.
Age of Empires II I've played since release and still do occasionally.
Everhood 1 everything about it I love. During covid things got very dark for me personally and this game just hit perfectly on some stuff plaguing my mind at the exact right time I most needed it. The devs were one hit wonders unfortunately. Coming from that, the sequel was atrocious.
Thief 2: The Metal Age. It's like crack to this brain of mine. Yes I play The Dark Mod too.
Runners up:
LISA: The Painful
Diddy Kong Racing
I've been curious about LISA: The Painful for a long time.
