The screenshot is from Morrowind (Running in OpenMW)

  • perfectduck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    I agree with so many here, but I have a new one.

    Dredge.

    It just seemed like a fishing simulator, but it got creepier as it went on. Definitely an ending I didn’t expect. That may have been me just getting too into finding every fish.

    Great gameplay loop and played on steam deck excellently.

    • tiramichu@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 minutes ago

      Honestly, I had completely the opposite experience with Dredge.

      The first few days in the game feel truly scary, with your terribly slow ship, and every strange light in the darkness is terrifying. Those initial quests with the pulsating wet package are creepy, and you wonder where that’s going to lead, and what storyline will come from that.

      But then, you get a few engine upgrades and there’s suddenly not a single danger in the game you can’t easily run from. You’re invincible and the whole ocean is your oyster. The pulsating package was just a bit of flavour and nothing comes of it at all - in fact the quests in the game are almost entirely plain fetch quests, totally shallow with very little real story. And while the ending gets interesting, it’s all too brief.

      Now don’t get me wrong - I loved Dredge, actually! But I loved it as a cosy collect-em-all fishing sim, bombing around the ocean in your fun and zoomy boat, rather than the narrative-driven Lovecraftian horror the trailers made it out to be, which ultimately I felt it wasn’t at all.

      Still fun, though!

  • Squigglez@leminal.spaceEnglish
    8·
    6 hours ago

    Outer Wilds. I never beat it, but I played through a lot of it. I went in completely blind, not knowing what it was, and my mind was blown away.

    I wish I could experience all of it brand new whenever I go back to finish it up.

    • SaraTonin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Yeah. If there’s one answer to the question of what game can you only play for the first time once, is Outer Wilds.

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 hours ago

    Project wingman. I was expecting a silly arcade flight sim with a passable plot. I did not expect the emotions. Soundtrack is peak. Also hella immersive in vr.

    Edit: I realized the comm after I posted. In that case I’d probably go with fallout 3. Just wandering around uncovering secrets with no guides was great. Plus being able to experience liberty prime football tossing nukes while spouting jingoistic one liners as if it was the first time would be amazing.

  • t_berium@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    Assassin’s Creed 2. Loved the characters, the story, the beautiful setting, the riddles… Yeah, the Parkour was frustrating sometimes, but man… what an awesome game. It’s one of those games I will never touch again, because I want to remember it the way I do.

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    Best horror: Dead Space Best story: Horizon Zero Dawn Best Multiplayer with Friends: Halo 3 Best Action: DOOM 2016

    Honestly I think why HZD sticks with me is because I work in tech and see how easily plausible that scenario is.