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15 points by yashnitro 14 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 53 comments Not necessarily the “best” game ever — just the one you somehow keep going back to years later.
| OnACoffeeBreak 14 days ago | next [–]
Borderlands 2 (BL2). I love the characters, the writing and the story. Handsome Jack is my favorite villain of all time. The game play mechanics feel good to me. The difficulty levels goes up with subsequent play-throughs (True Vault Hunter Mode (TVHM) and Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode (UVHM)). There's decent DLC; "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" was my favorite. Also, it is possible that the story of BL2 hits for me because I also played the snot out of BL1 and fell in love with the characters there who re-appear in BL2 in very well written ways. For the record, I think BL3 and BL4 are inferior to BL2 by a long shot.Stardew Valley. The first play-through without spoilers and without knowing what I was getting into was magical. After that, the variety of things to do and different ways to play the game kept me coming back. You can just chill and take things slow, or min/max it, or try a speed run, or just focus on your farm.Edit to add: GTA V. Love the characters and the open world. So much to do.
| donmerlin 13 days ago | parent | next [–]
yeah seriously handsome jack is a great villain to bad its been hard to fill those shoes.has the best DLC too reply
| torte 4 days ago | prev | next [–]
Top 5 I have replayed over and over so far:- XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within- XCOM2 (probably more replayed than the first one)- Prison Architect- Frostpunk (the first one, didn't get to replay the second one a lot yet)- Game Dev Tycoon reply
| usedtolurk 2 days ago | prev | next [–]
Lonely Mountain Downhill, also Soduko & Wordle reply
| yogibear678142 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of AmnA true unicorn of a game. Got the 4 CD pack and ringed instruction manual at Staples in the late 1990's. I think it was $4. Quality across the board. The cd case had incredible fantasy artwork. The thick manual with color commentary from wizards. And the game itself was deep. Unmatched for the 90's.I don't think of it as a game anymore. It's a masterpiece of art. Nothing will ever be quite like it again. Not nostalgia, just the fact of the matter.Fallout 1,2 also. Not quite on BG2s level but I still play them. I got both 1,2 as a $10 pack in the late 90s or early 2000's. deep F'ing value.reply
| mikewarot 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
I'd looped through Universal Paperclips[1], exCtly 100 times in a row, when I accidentally clicked on the option at the end to actually exit instead of restart. I figured is was a sign from God Why? - I managed to get Covid/Long Covid in 2020, and have subsequently been yeeted out of the workforce, and find myself with nothing but time on my hands, and little energy to actually do anything productive.I've played thousands of hours of Factorio[2], I tend to play a rocket-rush game on an island, and stop when I've cleared the island of biters. The Space Age expansion made it interesting, but there's something about the grind that just killed the fun for me.I keep playing Exponentile[3], which I think was from someone here on HN. (Yep, it's from MikeBellika, [3a])Now I find myself playing Arrows Escape[4]I love MineCraft[5], but I can't play it because it induces vertigo. The same was true of Doom[6], and pretty much all first person shooters from the distant past.Oh... List minute update before the edit window closes. Railroad Tycoon 3 is still fun too.[6][1] https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/[2] https://factorio.com/[3] https://www.bellika.dk/exponentile[3a] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39897112[4] https://arrowsgo.io/game/[5] https://www.minecraft.net/en-us[6] https://store.steampowered.com/app/7610/Railroad_Tycoon_3/reply
| yogibear678142 12 days ago | parent | next [–]
Ditto on minecraft. I get sea sick playing it. But other 3D, first person games like skyrim are OK. Not sure why.reply
| tharri 4 days ago | prev | next [–]
Rocket League. Without a doubt the great esport of all time. I own over a thousand games but rarely play anything else.reply
| valeg 4 days ago | prev | next [–]
Fallout: New Vegas. Mostly, I am getting curious about the mods and then it just grips me and I walk scorching hot Mojave again.reply
| toast0 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
I've probably got the most hours on Tetris, really. It's pretty nice to zone out with. The Tetris Effect is maybe my current favorite flavor, but some of my favorite people find it too distracting to play. Tetris 99 is pretty fun, but I have trouble competing at the highest levels because I was brought up before T-Spins were rewarded and I'm resistant to change. I've never won, but I think I've hit top 3 a few times.Lots and lots of hours on Contra and Life Force. It was pretty fun to run through those with a friend (and the Konami code).reply
| cm2012 13 days ago | parent | next [–]
Ever seen the tetris movie? Its great fun reply
| toast0 13 days ago | root | parent | next [–]
Yes! I need to rewatch it though, I didn't have subtitles for the Russian dialogue and all I know in Russian is da and nyet.reply
| claudiulodro 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
- I've been playing the original Doom on and off for more than 20 years now. The weapons and monsters are perfectly balanced and fair, and there's a ton of extra levels and mods, with new ones even still being released.- It's not necessarily one game, but they're all so similar that I'll count it: whatever the current Need for Speed game is (Unbound, Payback, etc.). The arcade-style racing handling is more satisfying to me than "realistic" racing, and customizing the cars is a lot of fun.reply
| brianvoe 4 days ago | prev | next [–]
Rocket League - the most challenging and toxic game i have ever played and it keeps me coming back for more.reply
| htunnicliff 4 days ago | prev | next [–]
Computer:
- Satisfactory
- Trine 2
- Minecraft
Video Games:
- Super Mario Galaxy
| instinctvfx 4 days ago | prev | next [–]
Subnautica and BZ, we will see about S2. Not even a close second/third.reply
| Stoo 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Morrowind, without a doubt. It looks and feels janky now but the storytelling is amazing. Far more interesting and unique quests than later TES games.reply
| iExploder 13 days ago | parent | next [–]
Morrowind is something really special and unlike oblivion It. Just. Works.reply
| gaws 13 days ago | parent | prev | next [–]
Do you play with any mods?reply
| donmerlin 13 days ago | parent | prev | next [–]
oblivion baddy myself real recognize real reply
| cableshaft 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Video Games:- Donkey Kong Country 1&2 on SNES- Yoshi's Island on SNES- Picross 3D: Round 2 on 3DS- Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening on original Game Boy- Proximity (old Flash game I made, but I've played hundreds of times, and it's the only game design of mine in which I've done that, out of several dozen)Board Games:- Legendary: A Marvel Deckbuilding Game- Marvel Champions- Lord of the Rings - The Card Game- Aeon's End- Ashes Reborn / Ashes Ascendancy (they rebooted it under a new name recently, but the other content is still compatible)- Carcassonne- Cribbage reply
| mgrunwald_ 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
The Splinter Cell and Deus Ex series for me. The stealth genre has this unique quality that you can approach the gameplay in different ways - more brute force, more stealth, anything in between - and have different outcomes/endings.reply
| andyjohnson0 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
If we're talking PC games and for-all-time, then it would be Age of Empires. I played the hell out of the various isotopes of that game back in the 90s.Not played many games since then, though, because children and work.reply
| imouthes 5 days ago | prev | next [–]
Plants vs Zombies, every time I get a new phone reply
| makowskid 4 days ago | prev | next [–]
Grim Fandango Starcraft Starcraft 2 Diablo II reply
| reptilian 14 days ago | prev | next [–]
Without a doubt DayZ. Many thousands of hours in, and I'm still a n00b. This game is the final form of gaming. The ultimate survival sandbox.
| mmarian 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
On mobile - Sudoku. On PC - Counter-Strike and MDickie's wrestling revolution (although haven't done so in a long time).reply
| Nicholas_C 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Sim City 4 and Civilization 5. Both are timeless and I still play them a few times a year. Hard to believe Sim City 4 is over 20 years old.reply
| aarond0623 13 days ago | parent | next [–]
What mods do you use with SimCity 4? I've been wanting to get back into it and was looking for something like a mod pack without having to download a bunch of individual assets, but it doesn't seem to exist.reply
| Nicholas_C 13 days ago | root | parent | next [–]
I don’t use any mods, I’m a pretty casual player but maybe I should look into some.reply
| yashnitro 13 days ago | parent | prev | next [–]
Thats right I love Sim City thats OG, I havent played Civilization but i will!!reply
| Panzerschrek 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
I play Quake frequently, but mostly custom-made maps and map-packs. Some of them are pretty impressive, like Brutalism Jam III.reply
| ARMack 9 days ago | prev | next [–]
Quake, an all time great and still being discussed in places like HN :-)reply
| HardwareLust 14 days ago | prev | next [–]
If we don't count shooters or MMOs, probably some flavor of Civ.Solitaire is probably right up there though lol.
| cm2012 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Chivalry 2. Jump in, do some multiplayer medieval fighting for 20 min, jump out. Always fun.reply
| ChoGGi 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
For more recent games: Control, HardSpace ship breaker, Ori, and Hollow Knight.Oh and Journey reply
| donmerlin 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Skyrim, obilvion, jak and daxter, rachet and clank, tomb raider reply
| FloatArtifact 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Slay the Spire 1 and 2.reply
| thorin 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Probably Manic Miner!reply
| neilsimp1 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Deus Ex or Half-Life, probably. The first Halo, too.reply
| crionuke 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
gta vc - one love, play it every time feel depressed to be recovered by warm childhood memories (around once a year)reply
| Tony_Delco 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Minecraft and the Civilization series.reply
| yashnitro 13 days ago | parent | next [–]
Minecraft is the best game i ever played, literally the best!!!!!!reply
| markus_zhang 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Quake, Quake 2, Neverwinter nights.reply
| gmassman 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Sudoku. Wordle is a distant second.reply
| kingkongjaffa 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Football managerCommand and Conquer series skirmishCities Skylines reply
| bkovacev 13 days ago | parent | next [–]
I loved command and conquer series... Red Alert, Generals, all bring back a lot of memories!reply
| yashnitro 13 days ago | parent | prev | next [–]
Omg, I love city Skylines I remember i used to play that game alot!!!reply
| drrob 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
The original Colonization.reply
| al_borland 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
If we go by number of times I started up the game, it’s probably Super Mario Bros, just based on age and availability over the years.If we’re going for hours played and the game with the most replay value for me, that’s probably Breath of the Wild. I never seem to get tired of it, as there are infinite ways to approach it.reply
| juanse 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Witcher 3 reply
| dnnddidiej 13 days ago | prev | next [–]
Slither.io reply
| yashnitro 14 days ago | prev | next [–]
For me it’s probably Age of Empires. I used to watch my father play it when I was younger, so replaying it now feels weirdly nostalgic.
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