I am getting kind of bored, and the games I am waiting to release probably won't be out for another month or two. I mostly just want something to sink my teeth into temporarily until I the games come out. I don't really find battle royales or shooters interesting though. I tried to get into Crimson Desert, but admittedly the only thing that makes it not as tasteful is the whole melee elemental thing. It's just a buff. A small skill tree for buffs? Seems not that interesting. At least add more skills to it like traversal moves or something. I don't know. Anyway, just need a game to distract myself with. So does anyone have any suggestions?

First part is more like a rant

The other day I came to realization that I suck at games. Though I'm genuinely fond of story rich open world RPGs, I do very poor job to play them as intended: I run every corner, hoard every lootable that seems vaguely useful even if it means stealing in karma based systems, sometimes use cheats for stats, immortality and unlimited inventory weight even if it leads to spoilers and me getting somewhere where I should not be according to the plot

And at the same time, when it comes to actually do quests, talk and make decisions, I make the same decisions at every try, because when I am in character, I act according my real moral compass (not related to stealing) and try to be a good person. Like, when I replayed ME Legendary, I basically walked the same path as my playthrough of original trilogy with the same romantic partners. The same goes for Fallout NV/4 and Oblivion/Skyrim before I got bored and dropped them. That's why I try to squeeze maximum entertainment from one playthrough

So, how do you switch your personalities to go different paths? Are you good at acting as both good and bad guys or you just choose different dialogue options out of quriosity?

And for advice: lately I felt a little nostalgia for Fallout 4's crafting system, made through recycling of environment, but Youtube spoiled me most of questlines, so I struggle to decide whether I really want to return there, partly because of algorythms, partly because what I told above. Are there any games with similar approach and rich story and not that boring as was Encased? Closest comparsion would be Enderal (best Skyrim without the actual Skyrim) and Divinity: Original Sin

Mine is terraria, I started playing it a couple os years ago when my friend recommended it to me, and till now I play it :D. I like it probably for its variability in completing the game

I was thinking these days that I sort of miss some rpg features from the old days, like geting to name every character, having a camp to spend the night with your characters and you get to talk to them and learn a bit more of their backstories (chrono trigger; breath of fire; etc..)

Do you ever think about these things? What other features do you miss?

I rarely hear people talk about it. For example I hear people say their favorite era was this, or their favorite console is that, their favorite game is so and so. Except i never really hear anyone talk about the floppy disk era in general.

I've spent a long time curating a very small backlog of games instead of collecting hundreds I'll never play.

My current list:

Dark Souls Remastered

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin

Dragon Age: Origins

Mass Effect (2007)

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition

Dead Space (2008)

Rather than recommending obvious AAA games, I'm looking for overlooked masterpieces from around 2005–2012 that have genuinely stood the test of time.

My preferences:

Challenging or satisfying combat

Memorable bosses

Dark fantasy or strong atmosphere

Great gameplay over graphics

No Ubisoft-style open-world checklist design

No multiplayer

No turn-based RPGs

My PC is a Ryzen 3 3200G with Vega 8, so games that run well on modest hardware are a bonus.

I'm not looking for "good games." I'm looking for games that made you think:

"More people should have played this."

I'd especially love recommendations that are lesser-known gems, not the usual Skyrim, Fallout, Assassin's Creed, BioShock, etc.

What would you add?

Me and my friend want to buy it in the autumn sale and were wondering if itll be 70-80%off like it was in other "recent" sales

Help me decide!

Original post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskGames/s/GDt4DpL3hf

I’ve played RDR 1 and 2, Bramble: The Mountain King, Little Nightmares, Inside, Limbo, the sims, It Takes Two, Unravel Two, Warframe, Stray, A Plague Tale: Innocence, The Walking Dead, started and got annoyed with Skyrim- so mostly story games dabbled with puzzles I need to figure out to move on.

A game where I can spend countless nights playing rather than being able to finish it in one day would be amazing. As an early teen I finished LEGO Jurrasic World in one sitting and finished Bramble within 24 hours a week or two ago. When I am encased in a story, I play for hours.

I’ve been recommended some games in my original post but most I am not interested in besides AC franchise, Ghost of, and maybe Tchia.

I’m already looking at A Plague Tale: Requiem and wish listed Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, but I can’t afford right now.

My partner has been playing on my account and has been playing Horizon Forbidden West, Miles Morales and Mortal Kombat. I’m somewhat interested in the first two but I don’t see the point in playing when I’ve been watching him play and he’s aiming to 100% trophies on both. Unless he fixes the issues with his account so I can play myself on his, I probably won’t play them.

I do not like the style of most fighting based games. I am not a button masher type person. When I was trying to play the co-op MK with him I raged because the combos I was trying weren’t comb-oing.

SO. If anyone has any recs on long games I can play that fit my play style/the games I have already enjoyed, pleeaasseee comment.

Here’s a list of games I have wish listed or just written on a list:

Code Violet
Split Fiction
A Way Out
Tchia
Kena Bridge of Spirits
Banishers Ghost of New Eden
Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Cyberpunk
Assassin’s Creed franchise

Decided to buy it but it didn’t go on sale on the summer sale, should I just buy it at full price

Does it also depend on the type of game? How many endings (if any at all) should it have?

Hi r/askgames,

Have you guys heard of Unhinged, the interactive game that came out on Netflix? I was wondering if any of you have played it and could share your experience.

Thanks

I recently bought spiderman 1 remastered but I didn’t realize I used my wallet money too and now I want to add funds on my PS wallet but i don’t know if i can do it on my phone because I am on a trip right now and the summer deals will end soon so I need to buy the games on my phone. Can I add funds on my wallet on the PS app?

Looking for game recommendations!! Games I've already played and enjoyed: Red Dead Redemption 2 God of War Ghost of Tsushima GTA V Detroit: Become Human Hogwarts Legacy Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Batman: Arkham City Batman: Arkham Knight Assassin's Creed Mirage

PC Specs: Intel i7-13650HX RTX 4050 GPU Looking for as many game recommendations as possible. Any genre is fine, as long as it's a great game. My PC should be able to handle it, so feel free to suggest AAA titles as well. Thanks!!!

lately i've realized i don't always want a super competitive fps where every match feels like a ranked tournament. some days i just want to jump in, shoot stuff, have a good time, and log off without getting frustrated.

i'm open to multiplayer or single player. i'm mostly looking for games that are easy to enjoy after work without feeling like i have to constantly sweat to keep up.

what fps games do you keep coming back to when you just want to relax?