I just finished Stray, which is a masterpiece. So it's not been that long, honestly.
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Damn, I need to get around to finishing this one. Took a break after the second chapter and forgot to pick it back up.
Probably not everyone's type of game but the first time I got into orbit in KSP. Doing it manually was a huge challenge and the first time I got into orbit not to mention later when they added the mun and I landed and returned to kerbin was a awesome feeling . When they added other planets and later when they added asteroids it was still a great feeling to do it without mechjeb. Of course that was in 2011. I have more hours in that game than any other and I still play it for few week one or two times a year.
A lot of gaming highs from time to time that engulfed me into gaming completely.
The very first high was the OG Half Life. Before that I didn't know that Games could have a story like that.
Then Max Payne 1&2, it was like playing a Noir Matrix movie.
Then GTA Vice City (and its soundtrack) hooked me up for a long time.
Then Far Cry 3 which has made me buy every subsequent Far Cry game ever since (yet to feel that again).
And the last one was "Assassin's Creed Origins", which being a fan of ancient Egypt, was a dream come true.
There was a period of about 2 years where every single one of my friends played Destiny religiously. Every day I could log on and just have 2 friends ready to run strikes or get a ragtag team of 6 and run raids (yes, plural).)
15 to 20 members in the clan, just loving this flawed game, having laughs, bantering, even getting deep and serious about relationships, politics, religion, and more.
Even the fights that meant we kicked out 2 racist pieces of garbage from the clan are such precious memories to me.
We have lives now, partners and jobs. I still play, but I raid with strangers or not at all. Sometimes we log on and do an old activity together or run trials, we laugh and have fun, bit never again will we be carefree, and whimsical.
It's a recent one, but the boss fight in chapter 6 of Celeste is the best gaming experience I have ever had. Highly recommend. The story, mechanics, and music are top tier.
Bioshock, the first one at the end. “Would you kindly”. I lost my mind.
This is the same thing I thought of as well. Blew my mind at the time.
Not the greatest of all time I don't think, but the greatest in recent memory
At the end of Chapter 12 of the Entropy Centre I really felt like I was saving the world against all odds. And Chapter 13 immediately after was a trip in a good way. If you're curious, having a good setup (TV, speakers) helps a lot.
Reaching the top of the mountain in Celeste was pretty awesome too now that I'm thinking about it
THE Brad Boimler?
Yeah the Celeste finale is amazing
THE Brad Boimler?
Sup
Ah, I also got Blue then Silver eh
Beating halo final level with wife in co-op
Sonic 2 all emeralds, no deaths Metal Slug in the arcade
Any clutch ending
Beating halo final level with wife in co-op
Ah, The Maw after your very first experience.
"Stop! This is where Foehammer is going to pick us up!"
(PUNCHES THE GAS)
Such an incredible final mission haha.
For me, Baldurs Gate 2. So much story to immerse yourself in, companions to learn about. And on top of that really fun fighting; a good amount of tactical thinking needed, but not too much.
Ark Survival Evolved.
Waking up on the beach, getting insta-murdered by a raptor.
Managing to meet up with your mates, building a hut, thinking you are doing ok and carno eats you and your hut in the night.
Taming your first T rex, stomping about monching everything, thinking you are doing ok, then suddenly giga eats you and everything you love.
Wish I could recapture that feeling.
- Super mario galaxy, portal and mass effect 1. Rip that feeling i will never again exeperience
Great thread! My moment comes from Deus Ex. There was a mission near versalife in Hong Kong, and I took the wrong door at some point and veered off path. I did not have to do it, but I got lost and I did, i cleaned all security from the entire building. After I got out, i read on one of those news screens.. it had an article about a terrorist attack massacre on the versalife offices 97 dead… I realized they wrote about me - clever bit of cause-effect-scripting there!
The first time I made it through Winter in Rimworld.
Similarly, the first time making it through winter in Banished! If you don't get it just right, swaths of folks just freeze and starve to death. Scary stuff!
Man a lot of recent games have been amazing. God of War 2018. The return of Kratos in a whole new setting and gameplay style.
Elden Ring as my first souls game. Being an absolute souls noob, my build was shit. Every boss defeated truly felt amazing. The journey was long and hard to become Elden Lord. The environments, enemy design, it is truly and outstanding game.
Kingdome Come Deliverance 2. Has to be one of the best RPGs. It commits to what it is, and I have probably learned more about Bohemian history from the game than in school.
Baldur's Gate 3 as my first Baldur's Gate game. Nothing needs to be said about this absolute master piece. Except Laezel > Karlach > Shadowheart.
The Bayonetta franchise. What an amazing over the top experience. Especially Bayo 1 has this early playstation 1-2 vibes that tickles my monkey brain.
So many more games that I wish I could erase out of my mind to experience again for the first time.
If we’re specifically doing recent games, then Outer Wilds really is a once-in-a-lifetime gaming experience. Which, if you’ve not played it, you really want to play with as few spoilers as possible. It’s genuinely one of the most profoundly moving experiences I’ve had while consuming any media.
Will check it out, lots of people praise it. I have a certain love for Starbound. Very different kind of game, but also on the vain of Space Exploration. So i'll give it a go soon!
Right now playing through Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon. If u need something to hit that Elder Scrolls spot then u should try it!
If you do check it out, then I’ve got two recommendations. The first is as I’ve already said - try to know as little as possible going in. Progression is the aquisition of knowledge, so the more you know going in, the more cool discoveries you’re not allowing yourself to have organically.
The second is to not treat it as a game. Every person I’ve seen not like the game has treated it as a game with quests and having to finish an area before progressing to the next, etc. etc.
Instead be the character, and be in the world they’re in. If you see something and think “oh, that looks interesting”…go and look at the interesting thing. If you see something and think “oh, does that mean…” …go and find out if it does mean. And if you get distracted by something shiny along the way, get distracted by the shiny thing.
Lots of games sell themselves as being open world. This game really is, one necessary trigger right at the start aside. It’s my most-watched YouTube let’s play because every single person who plays it has a very, very different path through it. The first thing one player does might be something that another player does right before the end. And it’s so well-written that both are equally rewarding and make the player feel like they’ve discovered things in the “right” order.
And that is a big part of what gives it its power. It’d honestly make a good film, book, or TV series. But none of them would be as good as the game, because here you’re not being told the story, you’re discovering it for yourself, and in a way that nobody else quite has.
I’m very evangelical for this game (can you tell?), but that’s because it really is an experience. There’s a review quote used in one of the trailers which calls it a “once-in-a-generation game”. I really, strongly, believe that to be true. There’s nothing else quite like it, and I want as many people as possible to have the opportunity to experience it, because - more than anything else I’ve ever played - you really can only play it for the first time once.
black and white, and HSGSS, SINCE i never had a PC to own until late 2000s, then it was WC3/SC1 BROOD war, then off and on rs.
I lived and breathed Morrowind.
But I've got optimistic insane news for you all
IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN
I'm playing a game called Kenshi and it feels like it's 2003!
I'm at the verge of tears. Chase that gaming high, YOU'LL FIND IT!!!
"I heard them say we've reached Morrowind. I'm sure they'll let us go."
--Jiub
Truly loved Morrowind. The first game that I played that had such a powerful construction set! And getting to influence the construction of the colony on Solstheim in Bloodmoon was captivating.
It really did feel like "Living another life" as the box art proclaimed.
I'm still enjoying OpenMW to this day, when I can, in my adult life. Also (can't find the image at the moment)
YoU wOuLdN'T sTeAL a LiMeWaRe PlaTteR!!
Are we soulmates!? I lived and breathed Morrowind too! I've got Kirkbride's concept art tattooed all over my body, hehe.
I want to feel that time again when we ran a mod-packed Minecraft server with friends and we built a whole city with really creative and elaborate structures and cool tech. Everyone had their speciality and it all came together perfectly.
Nowadays none of us have the time anymore to get lost in games for weeks and months like that. Also it’s hard to get back into it after such a long pause. Everything has changed so much.
But going more retro, it would probably be starting up my new N64 and jumping around with Mario in this crazy 3D environment. Holy shit that was amazing!
I doubt anybody's gonna actually use it much, but I'm currently setting up a Minetest/Luanti Voxelibre server accessible to friends and fam through TailScale on my home server.
I thought it'd be so neat having a world running whether I was there to see it or not.
But yeah, I know I won't get that community aspect of having a digital third-place the people in my life can just vibe. =\
My wife lost her Minecraft login / key we had since beta, but I really enjoyed playing with her, and personally using Technic mods and stuff.
This open source implementation has come REALLY FAR and feels like discovery again!
Aww man, the memories of making a garden base for Botania outside my friend's Thaumcraft witch tower, across a river where your could see a Buildcraft quarry running next to someone's industrial complex... Good times!
Tried playing Cobblemon with the idea to make our own themed towns but just like you there doesn't seem to be time for it anymore :(
I (horribly inefficiently) figured out a puzzle in Prime Mover last night that took me four hours over two days. It was a real hallelujah moment.
seeing the world of DOOM Eternal. It's just so detailed and SO DAMN FUN!!
I'm forever looking for a game that'll affect me emotionally as much as Arthur's last ride in RDR2. I still can't hear that Daniel Lanois track without feeling all of the feelings, and it's been a good few years since I played it.
Absolutely remarkable experience.
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