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Any kind of game

EDIT: changed from suggested to mentioned and made the title more clear

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[–] vxx@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Xcom 2.

A friend recommended it to me because he thought I would like it. It's my favourite game and I have 100% it.

[–] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Freelancer, very fun space sim that didn't quite seem to get popular enough

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[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

The boardgame Heat is one of my all time favorites. Thunder Road Vendetta is right up there too, and I am waiting to put them together for an all road race/rage saturday with my boardgame peeps.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Bounty Bob on the C64 was goood.

[–] CM400@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tzolk’in is my favorite game, I think. It is a board game that incorporates time in an interesting way for a worker-placement style game.

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[–] Shizrak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Banana Nababa - like an old 8 bit action platformer, but it's just the bosses

[–] Bacano@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

World in Conflict is one I don't see talked about. Squad based military RTS.

Multiplayer on that was so fun. Guessing how the enemy was moving in order to time how you call ordinance on them was my favorite part

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

World in conflict is so much fun. That form of control dating back from the ground control series feel so good.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Pioneer
It's open source, and if you're on Linux, it's probably in your repos.
Kinda like a cross between Elite and Kerbal Space Program.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 6 months ago

i don't know about "cross" :P it's a bit-for-bit reimplementation of Elite 2. i loved that game as a kid and pioneer is a great version of it.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't know about favorite, but a game I remember playing ball in the Nintendo, super Nintendo days was a game called Another World. Never met another person who has played it except one of it irl friends. Wikipedia claims it's one of the best video games ever made, oddly.

Kind of a platformer, kind of a puzzler, very surreal.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Labyrinth!

Each turn you first move one column or row of the gameboard over by one, then move as far as you like along any unobstructed path as you race against other players to collect magiffins in the ever-changing maze.

It's a game that rewards both creative thinking and sabotage. It helps develop strategy and spatial reasoning. It's simple enough for a kindergartner to learn but engaging enough for adults to enjoy even after dozens of games.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

Reminds me ever so slightly of the Genesis game Fatal Labyrinth. It's a terrible video game, but if you're curious...

https://archive.org/details/Fatal_Labyrinth_JU_o1

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

So I just invented a game.
I kinda like it a bit.
Of course, I'm not going to tell you its name or its rules, or I will have mentioned it on the internet, which will make it a paradox.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Le fabuleux voyage de l'oncle Ernest (the translation would be Uncle Ernest's Fabulous Journey, but I don't think it's been released outside of France)

I don't remember much of the game but I loved it as a kid, around 9-10.

The game is about the traveling journal of our adventurer uncle: Ernest. From what I remember it's like a virtual treasure hunt, trying to find clues to find our uncle. It's a lot of minigames going through Africa, Istanbul, Borneo ...

https://www.planete-aventure.net/shot/ernestvoyage_08.jpg

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[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Gameboy color dinosaur JRPG / metroidvania that seemingly no one else has ever played. Called Dinosaur'us. I had to google the name there and it turns out there is a wikipedia page so it's not totally obscure - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur%27us

I loved this game as a kid! There are surprisingly few good dinosaur games (although admittedly a lot of good dragon ones).

Edit: only ever released in the UK - that explains a lot of why it was so obscure. The ROM is on emulator sites though if you are curious.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

Gunstar Heroes. It was the first game I ever beat on my Genesis.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Favorites come and go with the seasons, but objectively, the one game that we have played more than anything in my house is Silver.

We've bought all the expansions and created our own variation of playing with ALL the cards.

[–] gaiussabinus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Fragile allegiance. Desperately needs a redo with a first person mode and better ui

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 2 points 6 months ago

ICO never gets mentioned and is legitimately my #1 all time with Another World a close 2nd that also never gets mentioned

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Favorite is a tough one to pick. There are many games that have genuinely shaped my life, some that I still play consistently, others that hold a dear place in my heart but I'll likely never pick back up for various reasons.

Games that I play all the time and get the most value out of are not necessarily my favorite games. I've been playing the crap out of satisfactory since it's 1.0 release, and it's definitely up there, but it doesn't evoke the same feelings I had when I played Skyrim for the first time, nor do I think it will create formative memories like the Halo, Sly Cooper, or Ratchet and Clank series did for me.

Well shit. I guess I don't have an answer. Sorry.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Double Dare the videogame for the Nintendo Entertainment System

[–] ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Herzog Zwei on the Sega Genesis was one of my favorites back in the day!

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

Does making a list of all games not on any list count as a game? Also, what happens since that game is now on a list making the original list incorrect?

My actual answer would probably be the old SSI games on Amiga specifically for Death Knights of Krynn or similar, though I don't think they hold up super well (it's 1st ed D&D specifically in Dragonlance and adapted to PCs of the time).

[–] Daze@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Two gamecube games that I never see discussed anywhere, and no equal sequel has ever released for:

Cubivore & Frolf

I am still so sad to not be an owner of either in a physical capacity :’(

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Action Quake 2 - AQ2

An online 90s FPS

--//--

Innovation

Card game - Simplicity and depth, exceptional gameplay. Best at 2P.

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[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Cogmind! I found that game after I bought Caves Of Qud. Technically it wasn't recommended to me by anyone directly (just found it one day scrolling through Steam). Its an excellent RPG where you play as a self-assembling robot trying to escape from a massive robot colony thing. Haven't gotten super far into the game yet but I absolutely love the gameplay and sound design. Check it out!

Also, NES Open; the greatest golf game ever made in my opinion. I've had it since I was a kid and have never heard anyone talk about it online. Simple gameplay, high skill ceiling. Exactly what a golf game needs to be!

[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Powder by Jeff lait. I think you can get it at a website called zincland or something?

It's an old school roguelike that absolutely slaps, though its gotten significantly harder to play since the wiki stopped being hosted

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