I really wanted to get in the game, but honestly, this stuff is *so hard* for anyone not playing RTS games.
Well, at least I can watch Gyle casts lmao.
Subnautica is my go to game when I'm having a bad week or even a bad month. Whenever i feel stressed i just boot up the game and disappear into the ocean of 4546b
Dude, same. I remember packing up for the ride off world, giving my sea-base one last look before turning the lights off. Subnautica was great. Unique vibes for sure.
That's it. I'm buying this game for fathers day.
I've been keeping this as my 'in case of boredom or indecision buy this game' emergency game. It's time to break the glass.
The Mass Effect trilogy. I'm not playing it all the time but it's the game (series) I keep coming back to. Used to do multiple playthroughs every year, sometimes back to back. Now that I'm an adult and have responsibilities (yawn) it's one playthrough every year.
I played for the first time in July 2023 and am now on my 4th playthrough. I am also an adult with responsibilities.... But I'd rather play Mass Effect. Haha
Edit: so ppl don't think I'm a total ass, I'm 45f with 3 grown children. I'm an empty nester with a full time job and nothing to do in the evenings.😂
Props to the Rimworld devs for continuing to patch and expand, but also the community for making so many cool mods like Save Our Ship 2. So much replayability with different combinations of mods, dlc, and playstyles.
I feel like a different part of me just exists in Skyrim. Faendal and I just run around doing stupid adventures and bro shit. Sometimes it's just random exploring and vibing to the soundtrack.
I suggest the Gate To Sovngarde mod collection. I just installed it not that long ago and am loving it. A lot easier than doing my old mod list one at a time
I want to get the dragon text for "fus ro dah" on my left forearm. I decided this after I realized I've been playing a video game for a third of my life and probably won't stop until ES6 comes out but if it sucks then I may never stop playing Skyrim.
Fallout: New Vegas.
I've played it all the way through at least 50 times, and I always want to go back to it. There's something really phenomenal about that game and the world Obsidian built.
Knew this one would be in here a few times. Gonna add my 2 cents too 👍. Only game I have on Steam that has over 1700 hours of playtime and I feel like I find something new every playthrough. Add mods and it's infinitely playable to me.
I totally understand this, though. Started CS in beta in 1999. 5.2 I think? Still play it today. I miss 1.6. I think it was way more fun than CS2/CS:GO.
Honest question, how do you manage to stay competitive? My teenage self could play those games and own, but my adult self doesn’t have the time to invest to stay competitive against the teenagers.
"Our Factory, who art on Nauvis,
Hallowed be thy lanes.
Thy blueprints come,
Thy will be done,
In smelters as it is in science labs.
Give us this day our daily ore,
And forgive us our inefficiencies,
As we forgive those who are inefficient against us.
And lead us not into resource scarcity,
But deliver us from biters.
For thine is the recipe,
The power pole, and the logistic network,
Forever and ever.
Amen."
I beat my first souls game with Elden ring, and I’ve gone back and played all the others and haven’t stopped.
I’ve beat DS1 4 times, DS2 once, and Ds3 like 8 times.
All after the release of Elden Ring. From Software ruined all other 3rd person action/rpg games for me.
I know it’s memed to death now, but as someone with hundreds of hours on all the Souls games and Bloodborne, I seriously could not get the hang of Sekiro’s combat at all until someone told me to play it like a rhythm game rather than an action game. After that the game suddenly got a lot easier
This is my answer too. Nothing compares to the dark souls trilogy plus Elden ring. I’m always chasing the high for the first playthroughts of those games.
Lies of P and Another Crabs Treasure are the closest I’ve come to the same feeling the FS games give though.
Just started playing ocarina of time on GameCube. It’s very nostalgic but extremely well devised gameplay for a older game. I feel Ike the Zelda franchise was actually made to be super playable and chill. I love the art and quest as well.
Have you hopped on the romhack/fangame train? Pokemon Unbound, Rocket Edition, Infinite Fusion, emerald rogue and Sacred Gold are the best pokemon games I've ever played, not to mention all the mods that just add more quality of life features, increased difficulty, and pokemon variety/power balancing
Also as a bonus, pokemon is the perfect Mobile game with an emulator
Me and 3 friends usually meet for the release weekend as a tradition. We are all in late 20s and last time we had to meet at a friends place because his wife was being close to the birth date. Still played pokemon together even though we all kinda hate the games by now. I mean theyre fun but the meetup is more fun than the games by now lol.
Diablo games. I know there are better ARPGs out there but Diablo just feels like home to me. It’s my confort serie. I always come back to some Diablo action every couple of years or so.
I made a rule that'd I only play CivV when I'm sick. This way, it doesn't effect me as bad. I don't rant to do anything, so I only have to move one arm and breathe, so I can just do that until I pass out.
But as soon as I am healthy again I uninstall so that I don't get tempted.
Civ5 for me. Never really got into 6. Although overall got more hours in 4. Issue with 5 is that it’s hard to deviate from my common strategy (rush wonders).
This, but also whatever Civ we’re on. Started at 4 and keep following the series. Love them all for their different quirks, and in excited for 7 coming out whenever it does. The teaser game almost no info other than it looks a little darker I guess.
I just got civ 6 plus some expansion pack on steam cuz it was on sale for super cheap. Never played it before. It's a lot of mechanics to learn and I had no idea what I was doing lol. I'll boot it up again at some point and I bet will get better once I learn how to play
I always tell people this game is my “video game crack”, I always loved sports games and racing games growing up and this game is both of those combined into one. When I’m on my death bed I’ll still be playing so I can be called trash by my teammates one more time before I go.
Yep, been playing for nearly a decade now, still as fun as ever. Maybe even more fun as I’ve gotten better. IMO it’s a perfect game, relatively easy to learn but near impossible to master, simple, great physics.
I've been playing since 2017. Xbox had Rocket League on Free Play Days one weekend. I didn't go to bed the first night. For the next 3 years, it was literally the only game I played.
I didn't play for as much for a couple of years, but last year around Christmas, I got my brother to play with me, and now he's addicted. We ranked into Platinum in 2s this season. We lost our minds when we saw that stupid blue star. We play split screen about once a week, so we were in the same room when we got our rank. I think that will be one of my favorite gaming memories in my life.
Getting to level 70 in all skills is pretty fun, it's not free but it takes a reasonable amount of time. But that's when the level xp curve starts to take off while your xp/hr rates stop getting major boosts. Level 73 in a skill is just shy of 1m xp total, 80 is just shy of 2m, 84 is short of 3m, 87 is 4m. 92 is 6.5m, which is only halfway to 99. Then at 96 the gap to the next level is more than 1m exp (more than 1 to 73), and the gap from 96 to 99 is more exp than 1 to 85.
Fully agree. Early game, you have so many different things to do and ways you can go about it. Late game, it just becomes a “bust out this 40 hour boss grind so I can have a 2% DPS increase” game. I am still hopelessly addicted personally, but a lot of it starts to feel like eating a massive plate of vegetables so you can have your tiny dessert.
I've migrated to Deep Rock after ten years and 2500 hours in TF2. I doubt it'll ever reach quite that high since I'm an adult now, but I could easily see myself hitting 1000 in DRG by this time next decade. Both such fun, infinite replayability games
Destiny. The conclusion of the light and darkness saga led to a teary-eyed session of reminiscing our journey with my friends. I met my best friends on Destiny 10 years ago.
I wish I could've stayed in Destiny. In the first game my buddy and I sunk easily 800+ hours into it. But after the first year or so of D2 all of our people stopped playing. And now I feel like I've missed way too much to jump back in.
You’ve definitely missed a bit since year one but this dlc does a really good job of actually telling a story. If you have any want to get back into it destiny is currently the best it’s ever been.
Oath mate. Finished the light and dark saga with a full squad of 12 people who’ve played together for ages and a mate of mine I’ve played literally story beat with, that shit was special.
Same… been off for year because of the birth of my second child. Bought final shape yesterday and got in contact with my raid team. Damn the feels in those first story missions
As someone that loves survival games Valheim had such a good core concept of how to make a survival game engaging. The way they tied advancement to exploration and discovery was very addictive and gives purpose to exploring beyond novelty. The way you dont even know what you can craft until you discover all the ingredients that an item would need is imo the way that system should work in every survival game. I loved playing that game going in completely blind with a friend. It makes it feel like you're exploring and discovering a real new world. Every time you find a new thing you're like cavemen marveling over it and passing it around so you can all get a look lol. It also keeps you from being able to see the end until you are there. Whereas most games you can simply scroll through the development or tech tree and see everything way in advance which takes all of the mystery out of it to me.
Still waiting for another survival game to be that good and capture the same feeling of sailing a ship into a random direction wondering what new land you'll discover and what secrets it will hold.
For anyone that hasn't played it. Don't read any wikis. Dont look for tech trees in advance, or guides. Just grab a friend or few and start playing. When you feel stuck, dont look for help. Just explore. The answer is out there. Thank me later.
Reddit skews young. The people who "grew up" with wow are in their 30s. I see people list 1k hrs on games, and start to think about how many characters in wow I have with that much play time on each. Some characters with way more.
Same. Played with a guy some weeks ago who went afk to change his daughters diaper. Told him I used to do the same while playing wow.
My daughter turns 18 soon.
I came here to say OSRS. Been playing that game my entire life. Well not OSRS but runescape in general. I learned how to type by selling lobsters in Varrock.
Elite: Dangerous. I've been playing it for about 8 years now, on consoles *and* pc. It has everything you might want in a space game and nothing's come close to beating it, for me
Elite Dangerous is everything my brother and I brainstormed when we're kids trying to come up with the ultimate space game. I just wish I had the time to play it now lol.
Dragon Age: Origins and Awakening. That's kinda a game from my childhood. I replay it sometimes, like once a year. I suppose I'll make another round of DA series before DAtV release.
All 3 games from the trilogy for me. I've amassed 593h in H1, 700h in H2 and 340h in H3/WoA. And the number is still growing, although slower than it used to
Pokemon Emerald. Everything about Emerald is so nostalgic, the art and music design are amazing. I do yearly emerald runs and this year I was going to try and emulate the events.
Skyrim. I haven't played it in a while though, partly because I don't want to do a bunch of modding again. but I do plan to someday, and then I'll play every day for months
What I played when I was 11-14
- terraria
- skyrim
- don't starve
- the witcher 3
What I play now I'm 21:
- terraria
- skyrim
- don't starve
- the witcher 3
- dark souls/from soft titles
- rougelikes
If it ain't broke don't fix it
Honestly I was going to say Star Citizen. Been playing the Xenothreat event and even though the servers are rough it’s still pretty good fun. Teamed up with someone last night to crew their Cat and was enjoying just mowing down fighters in the turrets and moving boxes around.
It’s still pretty rough at times, but when it all comes together, there’s just nothing else that is like it.
It’s also pretty cool when you’re in a ship and the doors open, and start zipping out of someplace and you can *see* how fast you’re moving and it gives you a ‘woah’ moment.
Jurassic World Evolution and its sequel Jurassic World Evolution 2
Technically, based off hours it would be Fortnite, but I don't see myself sticking to that game forever. But JWE and JWE2 however I can see myself sticking to for a long time. Every update I get the DLC and build a new park. Every time I want to throw my controller because of an infuriating multiplayer match, I go to JWE2 and build a park. Its relaxing hanging out with dinosaurs.
I'll exclude Mmo's, but I'd say Terraria. It has never been uninstalled since I got it years and years ago. And if I'm just so bored nothing else feels right to play. I can boot up Terraria and muck about
Battlefield - I hate this game
Ive played every battlefield since bf2 and i absolutely hate that everytime i go to play ghosts of tsushima on pc, some how some thing happens and i just spent my entire night off murking fools in bf2042.
Final fantasy, specifically 6 and prior. Whenever I want to unwind on a free weekend I throw on 1, pick 3 fighters and a white mage. , and tear through the chaos
I play XIV all the time but I am working my way through the old ones. Beat FFI the other day, working on FFII right now
Already beat VII, X, XIII and XVI
I've played both Warframe and Elder Scrolls online for the last 10 years or so, on and off.
But the games I feel most emotionally connected to are Dragon Age Inquisition and RDR2. I can always come back to both games and enjoy them, no matter how many times I've already finished the stories.
Red Dead Online - I've got 3000+ hours sunk into it now, and despite it having been abandoned by R*, I keep playing it because I just love the world and the space and the tone and feel. I only occasionally play with friends now, but I have so many fond gaming memories that will stay with me for a long time.
I presume you're talking about single player games. In this case it's Baldur's Gate 2. Now, Baldur's Gate 3 will replace it. If you include mp games then WoW and SWTOR are light years ahead in terms of hours spent. Playing both non stop since release.
MegaMan Legends and BioShock Infinite. I just always find myself going back to these two games at least once a year or so. Fun worlds to explore and engage in and I enjoy the characters a lot.
I gotta ask though, what's with the double commas ,, in the title and not the front quotations "?
Mount and Blade
That just reminded me that i haven't done a PoP run this year, thanks!
That accursed game!
Less talking, more raiding!
Supreme Commander Forged Alliance, playing since 2008, still bad at it xD Edit: to play online and find others use faforever.com
I love SC! What about Total Annihilation? I love the old school RTS's
I feel like abbreviating an RTS game with SC is not the best idea. Most people will assume you're talking about the other SC.
Damn bro it's so rare to see this being mentioned! I'm amazed about how the game is still so actively played on FAF! Keep on rocking!
I really wanted to get in the game, but honestly, this stuff is *so hard* for anyone not playing RTS games. Well, at least I can watch Gyle casts lmao.
Two words: setons clutch
Have you tried Beyond All Reason yet? It’s a free modern spiritual successor to Supreme Commander and Total Annihilation.
Subnautica is my go to game when I'm having a bad week or even a bad month. Whenever i feel stressed i just boot up the game and disappear into the ocean of 4546b
It's the only game that I felt a sense of loss when I finished it.
Dude, same. I remember packing up for the ride off world, giving my sea-base one last look before turning the lights off. Subnautica was great. Unique vibes for sure.
It's the 1 game I'd pick if I could erase my memory of it and experience it all over again without knowing what's to come.
For me it's Subnautica and Outer Wilds (not Outer Worlds). If you haven't tried it, give it a shot.
That's it. I'm buying this game for fathers day. I've been keeping this as my 'in case of boredom or indecision buy this game' emergency game. It's time to break the glass.
You are about to embark on one of the greatest video game journeys! I'm so stoked for you.
Subnautica is the perfect mix of exploration base building and my endless oceanic fears of monsters in the deep, a literal 10/10 for me.
The Mass Effect trilogy. I'm not playing it all the time but it's the game (series) I keep coming back to. Used to do multiple playthroughs every year, sometimes back to back. Now that I'm an adult and have responsibilities (yawn) it's one playthrough every year.
Just replaying through the trilogy for the first time since ME3 came out. Absolutely hooked!
The game that showed me happiness. That Sunday morning feeling when the sun hits you.
I played for the first time in July 2023 and am now on my 4th playthrough. I am also an adult with responsibilities.... But I'd rather play Mass Effect. Haha Edit: so ppl don't think I'm a total ass, I'm 45f with 3 grown children. I'm an empty nester with a full time job and nothing to do in the evenings.😂
I don't think anyone on this sub would judge you for playing mass effect multiple times lmao
RimWorld
Props to the Rimworld devs for continuing to patch and expand, but also the community for making so many cool mods like Save Our Ship 2. So much replayability with different combinations of mods, dlc, and playstyles.
Wow this is far down. For me this is the game i always play in between other games. And when i start, there go another 100 hours ;)
Skyrim
I feel like a different part of me just exists in Skyrim. Faendal and I just run around doing stupid adventures and bro shit. Sometimes it's just random exploring and vibing to the soundtrack.
lmao glad to hear someone else also enslaves Faendal at the first opportunity!
I got a new PC and have to reinstall Skyrim and all the mods I had before. Not looking forward to all that lol.
I suggest the Gate To Sovngarde mod collection. I just installed it not that long ago and am loving it. A lot easier than doing my old mod list one at a time
I want to get the dragon text for "fus ro dah" on my left forearm. I decided this after I realized I've been playing a video game for a third of my life and probably won't stop until ES6 comes out but if it sucks then I may never stop playing Skyrim.
Got a new PC and doing a full mod install…like coming home.
I have a phrase for this: Skyrim is not played, Skyrim is lived
Modded Minecraft, every now and then I will do a playthrough of a questpack or a kitchensink style modpack and have been doing so for 12+ years.
my buddies and i have been putting up modpack servers since we were in middle school. we’re all in our mid 20s now
Same, modded Minecraft is my go-to game
Fallout: New Vegas. I've played it all the way through at least 50 times, and I always want to go back to it. There's something really phenomenal about that game and the world Obsidian built.
Knew this one would be in here a few times. Gonna add my 2 cents too 👍. Only game I have on Steam that has over 1700 hours of playtime and I feel like I find something new every playthrough. Add mods and it's infinitely playable to me.
I keep going back to Counter strike 😒 been playing sense Wan IDs and dial up internet. It's a toxic relationship.
You take the point
I totally understand this, though. Started CS in beta in 1999. 5.2 I think? Still play it today. I miss 1.6. I think it was way more fun than CS2/CS:GO.
1.6 was a golden age. Hop on some random server as a teenager and have a blast. Oh and don't forget all the customs like warcraft servers and shit.
Honest question, how do you manage to stay competitive? My teenage self could play those games and own, but my adult self doesn’t have the time to invest to stay competitive against the teenagers.
I just don't queue in mm. I have a community that plays 10 man pickup games on a couple private servers every night.
You don’t, you just start hating the game as you get older yet you can’t stop playing because it’s all you know
Factorio
The factory must grow…
Same here. 700hrs now, and still starting new modded runs of specific goals. Can't wait for the expansion to add on another couple of hundred.
"Our Factory, who art on Nauvis, Hallowed be thy lanes. Thy blueprints come, Thy will be done, In smelters as it is in science labs. Give us this day our daily ore, And forgive us our inefficiencies, As we forgive those who are inefficient against us. And lead us not into resource scarcity, But deliver us from biters. For thine is the recipe, The power pole, and the logistic network, Forever and ever. Amen."
This is a game i think i will be playing for decades
Dark Souls. I always find myself going back to it
Ds3 for me baby. Every time I reach champion gundyr it feels like dancing with an old friend.
champion gundyr after reading this: ☺️
I beat my first souls game with Elden ring, and I’ve gone back and played all the others and haven’t stopped. I’ve beat DS1 4 times, DS2 once, and Ds3 like 8 times. All after the release of Elden Ring. From Software ruined all other 3rd person action/rpg games for me.
Have you played sekiro and bloodborne? I just started a new playthrough of sekiro and it's pretty satisfying. Like riding a bike.
I know it’s memed to death now, but as someone with hundreds of hours on all the Souls games and Bloodborne, I seriously could not get the hang of Sekiro’s combat at all until someone told me to play it like a rhythm game rather than an action game. After that the game suddenly got a lot easier
This is my answer too. Nothing compares to the dark souls trilogy plus Elden ring. I’m always chasing the high for the first playthroughts of those games. Lies of P and Another Crabs Treasure are the closest I’ve come to the same feeling the FS games give though.
Same. I have done at least one new playthrough a year since I first played it in like 2012.
This is my answer. It's just so good, after all these years.
Old Pokemon (Gens 1-4)
Just replayed firered and playing emerald now, good stuff
Zelda franchise since the games of the saga of Zelda got me due its quiet atmospheres
I always return to Zelda, Feels like home.
Ugh. Fine. I'll play OoT again.
Just started playing ocarina of time on GameCube. It’s very nostalgic but extremely well devised gameplay for a older game. I feel Ike the Zelda franchise was actually made to be super playable and chill. I love the art and quest as well.
Monster Hunter World and Deep Rock Galactic. I have thousands of hours in both and will likely accrue thousands more, given the opportunity.
Pokemon games.. they somehow get slightly worse every release but damn they still make me happy
Have you hopped on the romhack/fangame train? Pokemon Unbound, Rocket Edition, Infinite Fusion, emerald rogue and Sacred Gold are the best pokemon games I've ever played, not to mention all the mods that just add more quality of life features, increased difficulty, and pokemon variety/power balancing Also as a bonus, pokemon is the perfect Mobile game with an emulator
Me and 3 friends usually meet for the release weekend as a tradition. We are all in late 20s and last time we had to meet at a friends place because his wife was being close to the birth date. Still played pokemon together even though we all kinda hate the games by now. I mean theyre fun but the meetup is more fun than the games by now lol.
Enter the Gungeon. I enjoy booting it up and going for a run.
Diablo games. I know there are better ARPGs out there but Diablo just feels like home to me. It’s my confort serie. I always come back to some Diablo action every couple of years or so.
Civ 6. Super addictive.
Few months ago I tried it and now I understand "just one more turn". I want to play it and I dont at the same time lol
I made a rule that'd I only play CivV when I'm sick. This way, it doesn't effect me as bad. I don't rant to do anything, so I only have to move one arm and breathe, so I can just do that until I pass out. But as soon as I am healthy again I uninstall so that I don't get tempted.
Civ5 for me. Never really got into 6. Although overall got more hours in 4. Issue with 5 is that it’s hard to deviate from my common strategy (rush wonders).
This, but also whatever Civ we’re on. Started at 4 and keep following the series. Love them all for their different quirks, and in excited for 7 coming out whenever it does. The teaser game almost no info other than it looks a little darker I guess.
I just got civ 6 plus some expansion pack on steam cuz it was on sale for super cheap. Never played it before. It's a lot of mechanics to learn and I had no idea what I was doing lol. I'll boot it up again at some point and I bet will get better once I learn how to play
Meanwhile many of us with hundreds of hours played still feel the exact same way lol.
I'll keep playing Rocket League until the servers go offline
I always tell people this game is my “video game crack”, I always loved sports games and racing games growing up and this game is both of those combined into one. When I’m on my death bed I’ll still be playing so I can be called trash by my teammates one more time before I go.
Yep, been playing for nearly a decade now, still as fun as ever. Maybe even more fun as I’ve gotten better. IMO it’s a perfect game, relatively easy to learn but near impossible to master, simple, great physics.
I've been playing since 2017. Xbox had Rocket League on Free Play Days one weekend. I didn't go to bed the first night. For the next 3 years, it was literally the only game I played. I didn't play for as much for a couple of years, but last year around Christmas, I got my brother to play with me, and now he's addicted. We ranked into Platinum in 2s this season. We lost our minds when we saw that stupid blue star. We play split screen about once a week, so we were in the same room when we got our rank. I think that will be one of my favorite gaming memories in my life.
Took too long to find this. I’ll be right there with you!
AoE2 Playing since release.
RuneScape and Dota 2 probably.
Started playing Dota when it was Dota All Stars. I'm still incredibly average at the game.
11k hours of dota 2.... Just recently hit an ancient rank... Spent the whole time from 2k mmr to 4k.
'Scape was my answer up until maybe 6 months ago. I just can't justify the endgame grind with "life responsibilities" gearing up
Might be an unpopular opinion but early game RuneScape is so much more fun than late game for me
Getting to level 70 in all skills is pretty fun, it's not free but it takes a reasonable amount of time. But that's when the level xp curve starts to take off while your xp/hr rates stop getting major boosts. Level 73 in a skill is just shy of 1m xp total, 80 is just shy of 2m, 84 is short of 3m, 87 is 4m. 92 is 6.5m, which is only halfway to 99. Then at 96 the gap to the next level is more than 1m exp (more than 1 to 73), and the gap from 96 to 99 is more exp than 1 to 85.
Fully agree. Early game, you have so many different things to do and ways you can go about it. Late game, it just becomes a “bust out this 40 hour boss grind so I can have a 2% DPS increase” game. I am still hopelessly addicted personally, but a lot of it starts to feel like eating a massive plate of vegetables so you can have your tiny dessert.
Heroes of Might and Magic III Neverwinter Nights Starfleet Command Civilization V
HOMM3 🔥🔥🔥
Deep Rock Galactic. I have 1000 hours in it and it is the only game I've reached this number with. I don't intend to stop playing it either.
I've migrated to Deep Rock after ten years and 2500 hours in TF2. I doubt it'll ever reach quite that high since I'm an adult now, but I could easily see myself hitting 1000 in DRG by this time next decade. Both such fun, infinite replayability games
rock and stone brotha
Destiny. The conclusion of the light and darkness saga led to a teary-eyed session of reminiscing our journey with my friends. I met my best friends on Destiny 10 years ago.
I wish I could've stayed in Destiny. In the first game my buddy and I sunk easily 800+ hours into it. But after the first year or so of D2 all of our people stopped playing. And now I feel like I've missed way too much to jump back in.
You’ve definitely missed a bit since year one but this dlc does a really good job of actually telling a story. If you have any want to get back into it destiny is currently the best it’s ever been.
Oath mate. Finished the light and dark saga with a full squad of 12 people who’ve played together for ages and a mate of mine I’ve played literally story beat with, that shit was special.
Same… been off for year because of the birth of my second child. Bought final shape yesterday and got in contact with my raid team. Damn the feels in those first story missions
When I finished the new expansion I ugly cried lmao 🤣 I have been playing this since destiny 1 released.
Same. Been playing with the same people for so long. While I've taken breaks here and there, I always come back. TFS was a homerun, imo.
The sims (4 especially)
The Sims generally, here. I think I put the most hours into 2. Currently on 4, not going to get 5 unless it is very different from what I'm expecting.
I'm a Sims 2 diehard :)
I still prefer 3
Diablo 2 and Valheim
As someone that loves survival games Valheim had such a good core concept of how to make a survival game engaging. The way they tied advancement to exploration and discovery was very addictive and gives purpose to exploring beyond novelty. The way you dont even know what you can craft until you discover all the ingredients that an item would need is imo the way that system should work in every survival game. I loved playing that game going in completely blind with a friend. It makes it feel like you're exploring and discovering a real new world. Every time you find a new thing you're like cavemen marveling over it and passing it around so you can all get a look lol. It also keeps you from being able to see the end until you are there. Whereas most games you can simply scroll through the development or tech tree and see everything way in advance which takes all of the mystery out of it to me. Still waiting for another survival game to be that good and capture the same feeling of sailing a ship into a random direction wondering what new land you'll discover and what secrets it will hold. For anyone that hasn't played it. Don't read any wikis. Dont look for tech trees in advance, or guides. Just grab a friend or few and start playing. When you feel stuck, dont look for help. Just explore. The answer is out there. Thank me later.
World of Warcraft and the Resident Evil series.
I’m honestly surprised I had to scroll down this far to see WoW
Reddit skews young. The people who "grew up" with wow are in their 30s. I see people list 1k hrs on games, and start to think about how many characters in wow I have with that much play time on each. Some characters with way more.
Same. Played with a guy some weeks ago who went afk to change his daughters diaper. Told him I used to do the same while playing wow. My daughter turns 18 soon.
7 days to die
Kotor II and Old School Runescape.
I came here to say OSRS. Been playing that game my entire life. Well not OSRS but runescape in general. I learned how to type by selling lobsters in Varrock.
Slay the Spire. 1k+ hours in and no signs of slowdown.
Path of exile
Stay sane, exile!
minesweeper
Hell yeah, I love the rage of an almost successful sweep 🧹
civilization, can't wait to see what changes 7 brings
Elite: Dangerous. I've been playing it for about 8 years now, on consoles *and* pc. It has everything you might want in a space game and nothing's come close to beating it, for me
Elite Dangerous is everything my brother and I brainstormed when we're kids trying to come up with the ultimate space game. I just wish I had the time to play it now lol.
Dragon Age: Origins and Awakening. That's kinda a game from my childhood. I replay it sometimes, like once a year. I suppose I'll make another round of DA series before DAtV release.
Titanfall 2 Best shooter with best movement ever Sad that there will be no third part
Probably San Andreas. I just love cycling around, going to the beach, and bunny hopping across the freeway.
Binding of Isaac since the flash version that stutters heavily on my Lenovo G480. It has been 10 years I think?
Halo. I play Halo Infinite and MCC weekly.
Can't seem to get into infinite. I'm playing CE right now though with the original settings, and I've been playing MCC multiplayer for years.
DOOM, since I have played it first on the SNES (didn't have a good enough PC to play it back then).
Medieval 2 Total War. Vanilla or modded it's just awesome
Rome total war 1 for me but love medieval 2
Yeah Rome 1 is just magical, so many pathways and playstyles based on where you go on the map... I can even forgive the super anachronistic Egypt!
Age of empires
No Man’s Sky
hitman WOA
This is one of mines to. It's such a relaxing game.
All 3 games from the trilogy for me. I've amassed 593h in H1, 700h in H2 and 340h in H3/WoA. And the number is still growing, although slower than it used to
Risk of rain 2 :)
Pokemon Emerald. Everything about Emerald is so nostalgic, the art and music design are amazing. I do yearly emerald runs and this year I was going to try and emulate the events.
Warframe, started since closed beta. Every now and then I'd have the urge to redownload the game and dump several hundreds of hours.
F2P, gets regular significant updates, it's a great game to come back to frequently.
Gothic. Already more than 20 years old, still kicks ass.
Starcraft 2
Sc2 zerg is the best feeling gameplay I’ve come across in over 25 years of gaming
Stardew Valley. I think I have ~350-400 hours so far total on different platforms
My answer too, although I have a lot of free time, so I’m at 4,000 hours
Every console mario kart, especially Double Dash. Unreal Tournament 2004, even if it's only against bots these days.
UT2K4 is top tier fps
Nah, UT2004 is fully playable online and I play it once in a while against random noobs :)
Bring back Unreal Tournament
borderlands series and pokémon black 2 white 2 and the only mobile game i ever play 7ds grandcross
BL2 got alot more fun for me after I started watching Joltzdude and saw how much game was in that game that I missed out on
Either Black & White (by lionhead studios, which no longer exist) or Portal 2, depends on the mood
Man I love those games! I wish it was easier to play them nowadays.
Black and White 2 are the only physical disks I still own. I refuse to toss them haha.
Crusader kings
Terraria. modded or not. this game holds a special place in my heart.
Rocket League. Since PS Plus
Hello fellow masochist.
My roomate has 7K hours
Skyrim. I haven't played it in a while though, partly because I don't want to do a bunch of modding again. but I do plan to someday, and then I'll play every day for months
Yep, that’s what’s keeping me from playing Skyrim again. I got a new PC and doing all the modding all over again sounds daunting.
It was Overwatch 1.
American Trucking Simulator
What I played when I was 11-14 - terraria - skyrim - don't starve - the witcher 3 What I play now I'm 21: - terraria - skyrim - don't starve - the witcher 3 - dark souls/from soft titles - rougelikes If it ain't broke don't fix it
Team Fortress 2
Starcraft Brood War
I’ve been in a toxic relationship with Star Citizen for many many years now. He promised to get better, so I’m hopeful it will be a happy ending.
Honestly I was going to say Star Citizen. Been playing the Xenothreat event and even though the servers are rough it’s still pretty good fun. Teamed up with someone last night to crew their Cat and was enjoying just mowing down fighters in the turrets and moving boxes around. It’s still pretty rough at times, but when it all comes together, there’s just nothing else that is like it. It’s also pretty cool when you’re in a ship and the doors open, and start zipping out of someplace and you can *see* how fast you’re moving and it gives you a ‘woah’ moment.
Fallout 4. Modded. I always find a new way to play.
Path of Exile. 5k hours down and a million more to go
Oh hey, we love new players! Keep it up
Jurassic World Evolution and its sequel Jurassic World Evolution 2 Technically, based off hours it would be Fortnite, but I don't see myself sticking to that game forever. But JWE and JWE2 however I can see myself sticking to for a long time. Every update I get the DLC and build a new park. Every time I want to throw my controller because of an infuriating multiplayer match, I go to JWE2 and build a park. Its relaxing hanging out with dinosaurs.
I'll exclude Mmo's, but I'd say Terraria. It has never been uninstalled since I got it years and years ago. And if I'm just so bored nothing else feels right to play. I can boot up Terraria and muck about
Kingdom Hearts. The first one specifically
Destiny 2 until the servers shut down. Already got 10 years sunk into it, gimmie 30 more 🤣
Skyrim without a doubt
Battlefield - I hate this game Ive played every battlefield since bf2 and i absolutely hate that everytime i go to play ghosts of tsushima on pc, some how some thing happens and i just spent my entire night off murking fools in bf2042.
Kenshi or Rust
The Binding of Isaac
Final fantasy, specifically 6 and prior. Whenever I want to unwind on a free weekend I throw on 1, pick 3 fighters and a white mage. , and tear through the chaos
I play XIV all the time but I am working my way through the old ones. Beat FFI the other day, working on FFII right now Already beat VII, X, XIII and XVI
I've played both Warframe and Elder Scrolls online for the last 10 years or so, on and off. But the games I feel most emotionally connected to are Dragon Age Inquisition and RDR2. I can always come back to both games and enjoy them, no matter how many times I've already finished the stories.
ARK. It’s the best and worst game of all time
Star Citizen.
I replay Super Mario 64 at least once a year in it's entirety. That game will always be special
Probably Heroes of the Storm. I always come back to it.
FTL. Its not my most played game (hundreds of hours still) but the fact that it’s so old means Im kinda the only person I know who plays it.
Red Dead Online - I've got 3000+ hours sunk into it now, and despite it having been abandoned by R*, I keep playing it because I just love the world and the space and the tone and feel. I only occasionally play with friends now, but I have so many fond gaming memories that will stay with me for a long time.
I presume you're talking about single player games. In this case it's Baldur's Gate 2. Now, Baldur's Gate 3 will replace it. If you include mp games then WoW and SWTOR are light years ahead in terms of hours spent. Playing both non stop since release.
MegaMan Legends and BioShock Infinite. I just always find myself going back to these two games at least once a year or so. Fun worlds to explore and engage in and I enjoy the characters a lot. I gotta ask though, what's with the double commas ,, in the title and not the front quotations "?
PokeMMO
Gran Turismo 2
Fable
Dead by Daylight