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for me mine are 1. Elden Ring, 2. RDR2 3. BOTW, all because they genuinely blew my mind when playing them for the first time and changed how I saw and played video games.

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Descent for the movement.

Unreal tournament for getting ten PC's on a token ring for PvP lan.

Warcraft 2 because it's rad and a pirated copy got me a job at the trading card shop.

[–] AVengefulAxolotl@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Now this is a tough one to be honest. But if i had to pick:

  1. Cyberpunk 2077
  2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  3. Hades

Honorable mentions (cant leave these out): Return of the Obra Dinn, Wasteland 2, Darkest Dungeon, and many more...

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

For me it’s always about how much fun I had playing them, so right now and in no order:

  • Halo 2
  • Starcraft
  • Red Dead Redemption

Honorable Mentions:

  • Super Mario World
  • Super Metroid
  • Ocarina of Time
  • Fallout: NV
  • Assassins Creed: Black Flag
  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • Hades
  • Hollow Knight
[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Betrayal at Krondor. A huge world for exploring, at a time when that didn't exist.

Chrono Trigger. The replay value is so high.

Wolf 3D or Doom or Doom 2 or Quake 3, for similar reasons.

StarCraft, at a time when BattleNet was small and the ladder rankings and fights were all global.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My best friend and I used to spend summer afternoons trying to figure out the answers to all the riddles on the chests (in Betrayal at Krondor). We sucked at it (lol) but when we finally managed to crack one, the feeling was euphoric.

The music was awesome. I used to listen to the CD while I slept.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

Factorio, Anno 1602, Civ 3

Easy choices for me, but I don’t know how to order them.

Anno 1800 gets an honourable mention for feeling like a great spiritual successor to 1602, but I have a ton of nostalgia for the first game.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Dungeon Keeper.
BOTW.
Emperor: Rise of the middle kingdom

[–] TechAnon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
  • Link to the Past
  • Super Mario Bros 3
  • GTA 4

I took into account the impact at the time of release as well as the timelessness of the games.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Morrowind
Final Fantasy X
The Last of Us

The first two are interchangeable first and second.

Next two are Final Fantasy VIII and inFamous 2, again interchangeable.

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PHANTOM CRASH!

RDR2

Project Zomboid

[–] electric@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Only 3 choices makes it a tough one since there are many exceptional games...

If I had to erase every experience of all games, the ones I'd keep are (in no particular order): Cyberpunk 2077 Fallout: New Vegas Sunset Overdrive

[–] FRYD@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
  • Nier: Automata
  • Kingdom Hearts
  • Super Smash Bros: Melee
[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Half-Life 2, Max Payne 2 and Mass Effect because I‘ve been an impressionable teenager and a nitpicking adult.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Today:

  • Super mario world
  • Shadowrun Dragonfall
  • Mechwarrior 4 mercenaries
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

I want to know what titles were knocked out of top place for OP

[–] Ougie@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Arma 3, Battlefield 2, minesweeper

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
  • Starcraft II
  • Mount & Blade: Warband
  • Heroes of Might & Magic III

Honorable mentions

  • Anno 1404
  • Far Cry 2
  • Witcher 3
  • Tropico 4
  • Factorio
[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Morrowind - the first game that let me leave the path. It completely changed RPGs for me, and I loved it.

Solasta - this game captured the D&D feeling like no other game has. My wife and I have spent hundreds of hours playing this together.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - this game touched me emotionally, more than any game before it. The whole 3rd act is an emotional rollercoaster. Plus it has one of my favorite action sequences ever, in The Siege of Weisshaupt.

[–] washbasin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago
  • StarCraft: Brood War
  • Dark Age of Camelot
  • Diablo 2

Shout out to WarCraft 3!

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