• Gregor@gregtech.eu
    12·
    3 天前

    Satisfactory. It’s so fun automatizing stuff for 4 hours that could have been done manually in 30 minutes. I like looking at all of my work in the game and thinking “how, this is impressive”.

    If you like building I guess Minecraft is an epic choice. I have sunk hundreds of hours into the game, easily

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
    32·
    4 天前

    I think everyone should play factorio for at least a few hours. It will be some of the most interesting 17 months of their lives.

    • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 天前

      I would personally recommend Satisfactory over Factorio. I think it’s a more casual experience while still scratching that factory building itch.

      • dustyData@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 天前

        Factorio is a casual game. You see a person with a massive base that makes a gazillion science packs a minute, don’t get intimidated. They have no clue what they’re doing either, and probably already forgot how a third of their factory is put together. They have just been in the game for longer.

        • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 天前

          I don’t mean less casual in that sense. I actually had 3 main points in mind that make satisfactory more casual.

          First are the aliens. The evolution and pollution doesn’t stop which means in a way you are fighting against time. If you don’t keep up with it the aliens will attack and destroy your base. I know they can be turned off but the game is designed with their attacks in mind and you’re skipping entire production lines if you turn them off.

          The second reason is factory building. I think the extra dimension in Satisfactory makes factory building much easier. If you run out of space horizontally, build up. In Factorio you better plan out how big your factory is going to be because if you run out of space you’re probably going to start spaghettifying your factory or you need to start tearing down parts of your factory to make more space. In my current satisfactory factory I just built a whole new level ontop of my old factory because I couldn’t be bothered to clean it up.

          And the last point goes together with the previous point. You have so many things you need to produce. The entire belt production thing for example. If you want express belts you need to build the fast belts which needs the basic belts. If you want express splitters you’re going to have to build the fast splitter, which needs the basic splitter which requires basic belts. Meanwhile in Satisfactory if you want a faster belt you just need the new material for the belt. Factorio production pipelines are like a deep well while Satisfactory production lines are more like a wide puddle (that only towards the very end can go deep, like ficsonium fuel rods). Satisfactory has overall a wider variety of things to produce (if we exclude the tiered items in Factorio), but they’re much less dependent on each other. For example if your industrial beam production isn’t at peak performance that not going to stop you from getting the higher tier belts because they need aluminum which are built from a completely different raw material. Solve aluminum production and you get new belts. Compare that to Factorio where, lets say you want to start using express belts but you’ve been kinda winging your belt production. Well first you need to fix your fast belt production, which then means you need to fix your basic belt production which means you need to fix your iron production which means you have to scale up your iron mining.

          The factory can grow over your head but Satisfactory still has easier production pipelines, easier factory planning and you can take however long you want to figure out how to build your factory. To me all of those things indicate that Satisfactory is a more casual experience.

  • pscamodio@feddit.it
    231·
    4 天前

    I would add Outer Wilds to the list.

    You can really only play it once in a lifetime but I think it’s the best video game experiences available.

    Honorable mention for Tunic and Cocoon for the same reason

    • Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 天前

      I’ve tried to play it twice and barely make it 30 minutes in. Been meaning to try it again though because I keep hearing it’s amazing.

  • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.orgEnglish
    4·
    3 天前

    So many tedious recommendations when the answer is obviously heaven’s vault.

    It’s dogshit in almost every way. Even moving around the world feels like pouring salt into your eyes. I hate almost every single thing, the protagonist, the pace, the awful vehicle sections to travel. But it’s something you should play, or perhaps experience.

    It’s an archeological translation game and there are multiple moments of “Ok so maybe that actually means font of life not mother goddess, but that would mean this means artificial god which would mean that the extinction event was actually transcendence and holy shit…”

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
      3·
      3 天前

      I still kick myself for not grabbing that game off a buddy for $100… I did get to play it, though, but never finished.

  • Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    122·
    3 天前

    I agree with the guy that said Outer Wilds, even though I can’t finish it because of my thalassophobia.

    Personally, the two games that had a really profound effect on me are Disco Elysium and Hi-Fi Rush.

    Disco is an incredible political game that really is damn powerful. It’s definitely not for people who just want action.

    Hi-Fi Rush is a rhythm action game so I wouldn’t recommend it to people who hate rhythm games or people who hate action. But it’s so fun, so charming and really uplifting.

    • Redredme@lemmy.world
      16·
      3 天前

      Disco is terrible, lazy writing. It’s just endless word vomit.

      I like literature, smart word play. but this ain’t that. This is just throwing everything including piss, vomit, semen and feces on the wall and see what sticks. And in a lot of early game scenes it’s this quite literally.

      Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that Disco is not for everyone. You love it or it makes you nauseous. There is nothing in between. And you only know which one is you when you try it.

  • HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.mlOP
    1021·
    5 天前

    For me: Easily Portal 2.

    A deeply rich story, funny dialogue, and great puzzles that will truly make your brain think. The story is very rich and spans across several different eras of Aperture history, going as far back as the 50s. The dialogue is funny and some of the lines are the most memorable in all of gaming (like the Cave Johnson lemon rant). And last but not least, the puzzles are great. They start off pretty simple, but as you progress further in the story, they get more and more complicated, especially when you get the repulsion gel and proposion gel. I feel like Portal 2 is the Gold Standard for puzzle games that every game that comes after it will be judged on.

    Also, if you don’t own Portal 2 yet, now is a fantastic time to get it - it’s on sale for $1 on Steam, same with Portal 1. And if you want both games, the bundle containing both games is $1.50. Do not miss out on this offer, it’s so worth it.

    • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10·
      5 天前

      I did not play Portal 1, but directly went with the second part. Easily the best game. I’ve also played the precursor to the Portal series, called the Narbacular Drop. Also a nice toy project.

        • HotWheelsVroom@lemmy.mlOP
          8·
          5 天前

          My favorite moment of Portal 2 is easily Cave Johnson’s lemon rant. Easily one of the best quotes in all of video game history.

          “All right, I’ve been thinking. When life gives you lemons? Don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day! It thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s going to burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m going to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down! [COUGHING]”

    • RonnieB@lemmy.world
      8·
      5 天前

      If you already have beaten Portal 2 you should check out Portal Revolution. Free mod with voice acting and a lot of new puzzles.

    • TBi@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 天前

      I just bought it two weeks ago for 10$. Excellent game though. Well worth 2 coffees!

  • UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    191·
    4 天前

    Don’t hate me, but I like Cyberpunk 2077. It may have had its problems at launch, and I heard people were promised all kinds of stuff that was not delived, or was delivered only much later, but I never listen to hype anyway. I’ve played this for many hours. There are great mods for that game that make it even better, and it has such cool characters, such a fascinating world, good music, great design, the combat is fun… I love it.

    • Backlog3231@reddthat.comEnglish
      3·
      4 天前

      I played the game at launch and didn’t enjoy it. Got a Steam Deck, learned how to use gyro aiming in a different game and came back to CP2077 a few months ago and… holy shit this game is fantastic. Some of the writing can be a bit jank, and its still a little buggy, but overall, really enjoyable game.

    • TriflingToad@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 天前

      on one side, yeah it’s pretty af

      on the other, driving in circles is funner than actually playing. Its so smoothing 🥹

      for me it was definitely worth the $35 I spent on it.

      • Backlog3231@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        18 小时前

        Interesting! The driving is the worst part of the game for me. I prefer to hoof it or take Jackie’s Arch if its too far to run. The driving feels like captaining a boat, it never reacts how I want it to. Maybe using a controller is part of that,I dunno. The whole entire rest of the game is fine though.

  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 天前

    Currently playing Fallout New Vegas and it’s probably the best “Bethesda” game I’ve ever played.

    Except for Morrowind, of course.

  • potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.idEnglish
    4·
    3 天前

    I only play a certain part of games, I don’t care for rpgs or top-down games as much as I like first person shooters, racing games, or simulation games.

    With that being said, here’s my list.

    • Red Dead Redemption 2: The best game I have ever played, hands-down. It’s story and gameplay are both perfection.
    • Trepang2: A less heard of game, but a really fun first-person shooter which is like a mix of Crysis and Doom.
    • Mafia 1 and 2: A great series with solid stories and gameplay, these are very enjoyable to play. Just don’t buy Mafia 3. It’s like if Ubisoft made a Mafia game.
    • Arma III: A classic military simulation game which I spent hours on hours in. I love exploring the maps while engaging in realistic shootouts, especially with mods like ACE which make it even more realistic and immersive.
    • Twitchy1@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      3 天前

      I will second your recommendation of Red Dead Redemption:2.

      After hundreds of hours I know there are many things I have not encountered, it’s amazing.

      My wife, who does not game, watched me playing for the storyline only(like a movie/soap opera) and only complained about staring at a horses rear end occasionally.

  • M600@lemmy.world
    561·
    5 天前

    Stardew Valley.

    Its revolver has continuously released huge updates for free and has commuted to never charging for dlc.

    The games mechanics are pretty great and nothing in the game requires too much grinding to get.

    Even when you “finish” the game, there are still things to do and starting a new files is always fun.

    The characters are all great and have unique personalities. It really makes you feel like you are part of the town.

    My wife and I have over 400 hours on a single file. It’s also enjoyable starting a new file. I like to challenge myself to see how quickly I can do certain objectives in the game.

    It’s also decently cheap and has a huge community behind it.

    • FuzzyRedPanda@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      3 天前

      To anyone who hasn’t played this yet, if you buy it on console or mobile, the huge 1.6 patch is set to release November 4th.

      From what I have seen, if you can play it on PC, do it, as you can get all kinds of mods and stuff that aren’t available on console. I played it on Switch years ago and then would see youtube videos of people playing the PC version and it looked like a different game altogether.

    • UprisingVoltage@feddit.it
      2·
      3 天前

      I bought it some time ago but I kind not got into it, and it saddens me because I only hear good things about it.

      Any advice?

      • M600@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 天前

        Well not every game is for everybody. This just might not be for you.

        Without knowing you better, I’d advise things like.

        • take it slow, there is no rush to do anything.

        • it’s ok to sleep early if you can think of something to do.

        • you can really lose in this game.

      • M600@lemmy.world
        5·
        4 天前

        My only complaint is that there isn’t more of the game 😂

        Luckily mods solve this.

    • TheRecruiter@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 天前

      Seconded, Ive replayed that game like 3 times already. The first one had an amazing story imo, even though the puzzles could be a little difficult, especially the hidden ones. I’ve sadly only played a few hours of the second one, due to the game engine change (from Source to Unreal I think?) movement feels too different and the story didnt get me hooked right away like the first one did. Still going to finish it at some point though

  • yogsototh@programming.dev
    51·
    5 天前

    factorio

    the dedication of the dev is perceptible, almost unlimited replay value and the will release a major extension in 9 days that looks wonderful.

    • LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      4 天前

      Could you explain the appeal to someone who hasnever played anything similar? I played RCT3, but I don’t know how comparable that is. It just seems like a really finnicky and tedious game of micromanagement.

      • Drigo@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        3 天前

        I haven’t played RCT so not sure how I compares.

        But Factorio is first of, a sandbox game. You can build however you want in your own tempo. Not sure what you mean by finicky?

        But I don’t think it’s tedious micromanagement at all. it feels super good when you build something new and it works. And there is so many technologies and it’s jus fun exploring how everything works together and coming up with new designs!

        There is also enemies, but can be turned off if you just want to focus on building a Factory. I mostly play with them, building up defences and killboxes and making automated train supply that comes with ammo, wall, etc.

        It has a demo you can try out. It’s scenarios so you try out different base mechanics in the game. But the actual game is a sandbox game.