These could be games that left a lasting impression on you, games that had stellar gameplay mechanics, characters that captivated you, games that you played tons of hours on, etc.

  • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago
    • Transport Tycoon - I recently found a notebook of mine in which I wrote detailed lists of routes and vehicles. This is maybe the first game I fully embraced and played for hours.
    • Dune 2 - The first RTS game I played although I had no idea what it was all about (hadn’t seen the movie yet read the book at that time).
    • Red Alert - The OST is still great, the FMV hasn’t aged well, but gameplay is still great. The remaster is very good (alternatively use OpenRA).
    • Anno 1602 (1602 A.D.) - I played the demo for hours carefully avoiding upgrading my citizens as this would end the demo. Maybe the first game I bought myself and I still have the box.
    • Dungeon Keeper 2 - My first hype game. I upgraded my system for this (it was worth it).
    • Gothic 2 - Maybe the first Action RPG I played and it still holds up to current titles. In some aspects it even is better than Witcher 3 which released years later.
    • World of Warcraft - I played the open beta and was immediately hooked. I played until the second expansion came out.
    • Banished - Still my goto game for cold winter nights. It is incredible difficult and hard to find the perfect balance. You have to force yourself to play slowly which is wonderful.
    • Oxygen not included - I can play this for hours and hours. It has the same need for balance as Banished but a unique art style and endless mods on the workshop.
    • TheRecruiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      Transport Tycoon Deluxe was amazing, as a kid it took me so long to understand how the game worked (being from a non-English speaking country it was mostly trial and error) but once i understood i spent hours on it every day. I still remember the excitement of completing my first campaign, and getting the pop-up message in 2050 that I won the game, such a wonderful feeling.

      There is an open source remake of it called OpenTTD available on steam, which is the same game with quality of life improvements, better graphics (as far as pixel style games go), and lots of customizability options that I still play to this day, it still is one of my favourite games of all time

      • EarMaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        OpenTTD is fantastic. But after playing Banished and ONI (among others) it is just too easy. There is no real challenge unfortunately…

        • TheRecruiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          I mean I personally prefer not too difficult of a challenge, as I don’t have all that much time to play games. But another really cool thing I like about OpenTTD is the fact that you can choose what kind of AI opponents to play against, from a big pool of community created AI’s, which can allow for really difficult challenges sometimes. Like if the AI builds fast, with all the different vehicles available and you don’t allow yourself to buy them out, it can get really difficult, and you can make the game as fun as you want it to be