Games really have to strike a chord with me to stick around in my memory. The last ones that truly left an impression were from when I first got into gaming. I can still vividly remember the impact of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, GTA 3, and Vice City and San Andreas—they consumed my thoughts entirely. The allure of uncovering hidden secrets, areas left unexplored, that's what really drew me in. Half-life 2 was a mind-blowing breakthrough with its physics and storytelling. But nowadays, that spark just seems to be missing. The closest I've come recently was with Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm. The thrill of snatching a victory against the odds, the sense of connection with total strangers—it was something special. It's the only game that still gets my heart racing these days. However, I've found myself drifting away from HotS more and more; it feels like the game is losing its luster (or maybe it's Blizzard who's letting it fade... or perhaps MOBAs in general are falling out of favor). As for recent gems that really struck a chord with me, I'd have to mention Hollow Knight, Control (seriously underrated in my opinion—easily one of the best metroidvanias out there, if not the best), and Baldur's Gate 3, which was unexpectedly captivating.
Desperados 3. I've put in close to 100 hours on it and I'm just 4 achievements away from completing all its challenges. I'm so bummed its developer had to close down a few months ago because their games are criminally underrated and are from a very niche genre.
Currently obsessed with BG3 and getting back into Hyper Light Drifter. It just feels too satisfying to go sicko mode on a room full of assholes and then grumpily stick my sword in the ground.
Currently hooked on Humanity, which I just got. I played until 6am the other day...
Help me.
Dayz currently. Before that, Rimworld. Before that, factorio.
Like a Dragon : Infinite Wealth
Age of calamity is most recent. Not so much for the gameply but i got hugely into the BOTW lore and seeing everything before it got nuked to shit latched onto my obsessive little heart.
PC gaming, War for the Overworld
Crusader Kings 3
Returnal. I went hard for a few weeks working those biomes.
I am currently going down the rabbit hole of sim racing. It's dangerous, and I'm trying my best not to drop tons of money into it.
Black Mesa Project and Stray
Postal Brain Damaged. If you like boomer shooters,
It's got charming art and level designs, satisfying weapons, and a whole lot of irreverence.
I'm out of the daydreaming phase because I've beaten it a few times, but it's still my comfort food game of choice.
Right now for me, that's Persona 3 Portable. These games have their issues, but the stories really make you care about the characters!
One sandbox that recently grabbed me was in Automation: The Car Tycoon game. You can make custom cars and engines and export them to BeamNG and I got pretty into that and made my first ever mod or two.
Revs. (1985 ish)
Chucky Egg (around the same time).
HoloCure out of all things. It's a more advanced Vampire Survivors clone centered around HoloLive vtubers. Being so simple yet cute and addictive is what made me hooked. Even now I still play once in a while on my breaks, althought there is nothing to surprise me left in this game.
Previous to that, I remember being absolutely blown out by Fallout 1. I'm young enough not to be on the wave of games of that era and the game design amazed me. I look forward to playing the 2nd game fo the series but I will have to do some tinkering since I'm Linux-only now.
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