Alan Wake. There’s certain parts of that game that mess with your head.
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Persona 5 Royal
Celeste is a good contender, Hades II as well.
Anti chamber, portal, journey, and Rez.
Add Tunic to this.
Silent Hill 2
SOMA
Morrowind is a good one too
Probably World of Warcraft. That's a couple thousand hours in total as I played on and off on private servers throughout the years from 2006-2012, plus a brief stint with BfA.
Actually, no, I'd rather not forget how I saw the game evolve, even if my experience wasn't the ideal one.
Thomas Was Alone, The Fall, Rumu, To The Moon, Stanley's Parable, Toem, Primordia, Turing Test, The Entropy Centre, Subnautica, Bioshock 2, Portal 1/2.
Though honestly any game with good story would probably count here.
League of legends because I hate myself
On a more serious Note Mischief makers is the only one that comes to my mind
The Witcher 3, Elden ring.
Thief: The Dark Project
I still keep playing it with all the gfx patches, it's a masterpiece. 2 and 3 are not bad either, but the original is unmatched. Love the user generated mods as well.
I think MGS2 on the original PlayStation or PS2. That was a dream a few decades later.
Dark Souls
Edit: My bad, didn't notice the name of the community. I sure hope DS doesn't count as retro lol
Discovering that world for the first time was so special. Still nothing quite like it
I think it's retro by now.
Okay, now that I have thought about it, I have realized it Has to be a game that fits the following bullet points:
• Isn't part of a franchise I've played multiple games in. That would ruin my first time experience playing a sequel or plenty of games in a series.
• Not something someone I watch online makes content on.
So I'm thinking a good answer for me would absolutely be a game like SuperTuxKart. It's its own individual thing and I don't really watch channels that play it. It's the prefect candidate for me that I would absolutely love to pick up for the first time. Especially since the 1.5 update ( if it's out already ).
Easy To the Moon. Great little indie game with an amazing story that will make you cry
