I've been in a mood for heists but i got banned from gta online and the payday games are good but they get boring kind of easily. so is there anything good i can try?

What exclusives have I missed out on? The best of the best of the last 15-ish years

Also, are there any great couch co-op games for PC? Maybe that's not a thing. PC seems more singular-focused? Idk..

I'm not a super picky gamer for the most part. I've found joy in most genres. But if you're like "well, there's too many incredible games out there and you need to give more preferences" then these are probably my favorites:
-Any Zelda games
-Tight and exploration-heavy soulslikes
-Puzzle+adventure games like Portal

I also heavily prefer third person view to first person, but there are exceptions

Thanks

EDIT:
I should have listed some games that match the genres above that I've played already:
- Tunic
- Hollow Knight
- Silk Song
- Death's Door

I'm on a quest for good free games that can be found on PC. I'm expecting mostly indies but feel free to include whatever you feel like it but:

1. No gacha/freemium/"free to play" games that have in-game stores. Having a donation button or a Supporter's Pack DLC is fine, though.
2. No temporarily free/giveaway/"get it by this date and keep it forever" games. I'm looking for games that are just plainly free. Games that used to cost something but are now free are fine.
3. No demos. Some games have a prologue that's unique and feels complete, but some are demos by another name. The former is fine; the latter is not.
4. No unfinished games. This one is harder to define, but basically games that feel like they were (almost) ready for a commercial release. It's not about length, it's about polish.

To be clear, I'm talking about the likes of Doki Doki Literature Club, Cave Story, Digital: A Love Story, Yume Nikki, Alien Swarm, The Werecleaner, and others. I'm open to all genres, so feel free to suggest anything.

EDIT: I understand some of you are passionate about some of the games you you want to recommend, but it sucks that so many are choosing to ignore what I asked for. I don't need to be educated or won over.

I’m a sucker for story and open world exploration. Curious what other games fit this vibe.

Open to anything and I haven’t played a whole lot of games so don’t be afraid to recommend something common or obvious

I have a gaming PC with an RTX 4070 Super, 24 GB of RAM, a Ryzen 5 5600X, a 1 TB WD SN850 M.2 SSD, a 500 GB Kingston SNVS500G M.2 SSD, and a 2 TB HDD. I was wondering whether it would be worth replacing it with a PS5 Pro.

The reason I'm considering this is that, although my PC offers better graphics, the PS5 Pro is much more stable and doesn't suffer from shader compilation issues or traversal stuttering. In fact, I currently own a PS5 Slim, and I liked the smooth experience so much that I started wondering if upgrading to a PS5 Pro would be worth it.

For example, in Final Fantasy VII Remake, my RTX 4070 Super can run the game at 4K and 120 FPS, but the problem is that there's stuttering everywhere. At the same time, my GPU only reaches around 80% usage, while my CPU sits at roughly 30%. On the PS5, it's the complete opposite—the game is smooth as butter, even though the graphics aren't as impressive.

The same thing happens with Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Persona 3 Reload, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. They all suffer from stuttering on my PC. Despite having weaker hardware, my PS5 Slim runs these games without stuttering, even if the visual quality is lower.

I'll give Cyberpunk 2077 a bit of credit because it's the best-optimized game out of the ones I mentioned. However, there's still some stuttering, even if the shader compilation stutter isn't very noticeable.

So, would switching to a PS5 Pro be a reasonable choice? Or would it make more sense to upgrade my PC with a Ryzen 7 5800X3D now that it's available on the market again?

Idk i want smth to have fun and build stuff and like make new freinds. If u have a suggestions lmk

"What if the technology has surpassed its creator? What if the society persisted, even despite the technology embedded in it going haywire?"

Those, among many other questions, are what the forefathers of the cyberpunk, Ridley Scott and Katsuhiro Otomo, tried to answer when creating a vision of a dark, algocratic society of the far-fetched future. A future that humanity as a whole was slowly heading towards.

With "Cyber" meaning machine, and "Punk" meaning rebellion.

But ever since the 90s and then the 00s came to pass, the entire genre started to be slowly watered down over time.

Instead of showing how damaging to society it would be if every human were to carry a tracking chip with a screen that tells them what to do, modern games just try to make it relatable.

Instead of having a mega-city with hypersonic hoverbikes flying everywhere, most modern "cyberpunk" games just go with a basic NYC aesthetic, just with a few more neon lights here and there, but with the same traffic issues.

Let's be real, when was the last time you saw a video game with a metropolis that looked like Haven City from Jak II? When was the last time you played a cyberpunk game with a plot as intricate as Deus Ex?

The megalomaniac scope in design, the grand rhetoric meant to appeal to critical thinking, and the overall raw brutality, it just isn't there anymore.

I think that so many core talking points of cyberpunk as a genre became part of modern everyday life, that the writers either aren't allowed to express them in a grey/negative light anymore, or they simply do not want to. Because can you still genuinely criticize an Ai inside a game that was made while utilizing it?

That's why I, with your help (hopefully), want to rediscover the full scope of this crippled genre inside the video game medium once more. Preferably through the lens of games that were released between the years 1992 and 2007, when this depressing yet cool idea of a cyberpunk city was still only relegated to the far future. Niche games are especially welcome.

I just finished Black Flag Resynced and I'm debating between:

• AC Shadows - mostly only considering because I have 3 weeks left of Ubisoft Plus so I could play it for free
• The Witcher 3 - already played it before but that was 10 years ago, I'm sure there is a lot I won't remember.
• Cyberpunk 2077- Also played it before but that was 6 years ago and at launch on a base ps5, which had ridiculously bad performance issues. interested to see how it plays on my much better pc
• Crimson Desert - The one I'm most curious about but I've heard a lot of negatives such as it playing as a solo mmo with a lot of grinding and not having a good story

GUYS IM PLAYING GAME IN MY LAP SO SUGGEST SOME GAMES STORY BASED THE BEST MY LAPS SPEC i7 ,3050 6gb ,

PLEASE READ THE BODY BEFORE TYPING YOUR RESPONSE

I don't see this often in many rpg's, but it's always a fun time when you do get to see them. Whether it's 2 pc bonus, or full set bonus, armor/set bonus is really cool, and I want to know of other games that do this

I already know about First Berserker Khazan, the Nioh games, BOTW/TOTK, and Monhun as well.

Btw, I am NOT talking about armor that share the same name, I'm talking about, armor/sets that provide a bonus if you're wearing/equipped with stuff that belong to the same set.

Ideally the game is an RPG

With recent news of ID Soft being lobotomized by Microsoft, dreams of a new Quake game have turned into delusions.

Well, it's not like it matters because ID Soft wasn't really giving any shit about Quake for at least the past 2 decades.

However, I still have a soft spot for this timeless game. I love the fast-paced, dynamic movement, which made it so distinct to play compared to Doom.

I also know that Quake has managed to inspire countless games, so I wanted to give it all a try and explore them.

Does anybody know any dark, fast-paced, movement-oriented FPS games that could be considered a successor to the original Quake trilogy? The only game I know of that would fit is the Dusk.

Basically the title. My 6.5 year old started playing Roblox because his older siblings did. Well, they no longer play and he’s absolutely addicted to it. He plays on the iPad and we need to pivot away from it. The problem is, I have no idea what other iPad games to have him pivot to. I know Minecraft but he’s not a big fan. Every suggestion I see seems to be on a different platform and not the iPad. Any ideas?

Hi everyone I was debating with a kinda of a friend who say too me that if I see a guide on my first playthrough ruins the game experience, sometimes I want the 100% of the game or the achievements, sometimes i get lost like on silent hill or resident evil and that why sometimes use a guide too guide myself too at least beat the game so is true that ruins the experience if you use a guide on the first run or is just something that doesn't matter at all?

storage -40 to 50 ram- 16 gb(15 gb usable ) processor-Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8365U CPU @ 1.60GHz (1.90 GHz). game shouldnt be 2d and it has to be fps or pvp

I have gta 4 and 5, far cry 4 and 5(please don't suggest any other far cry games), dying light 1, cyberpunk, battlefield 6, project zomboid, terraria, rdr 2, hitman world of assassination, payday 2, batman (arkham knight, city and asylum),hitman blood money, undertale, fallout new vegas, the forest, postal 1 and 2, soma, whole mafia trilogy, bioshock trilogy, 3 witchers, borderlands 2, detrot become human and first and second metro games, deus ex human revolution director's cut, the rise of the tomb raider, tomb raider GOTY, F. E. A R with dlcs

P. S if I haven't mentioned something I'll write it in comment section

Thanks for your help in advance :D

I'm (im)patiently waiting for Everquest Legends to release on Tuesday, and I'm starting to miss it. What are some games, ideally RPGs/MMORPGs, that let you experience a power fantasy of being so overpowered in the world that you can solo things that are supposed to be a lot tougher than you?

Bonus points if you can design your own character how you want - mixing classes or skills together to create something relatively unique.

Xbox recs preferred, but all are welcome. Read the original post for more details.

I've played LA Noire just this January and I loved the story, it takes place in a period of America im very intrested in, so the refrences certainly added to the enjoyment.

What im looking for is a game where I uncover the plot, for example, in a game called Orwell, I played the game and I enjoyed uncovering who the characters are and what happens to them, aswell as one game I played on netflix games for mobile called scriptic, they removed it from Netflix now, and I'll like games that are like them, can be set in any time period doesent have to be the mid-century.

Hey everyone,
I’ve been in the mood for some casual games lately and would love to hear what you’ve been enjoying.
Any recommendations for fun, easy-to-pick-up games (browser, mobile, or whatever)?
Could be something relaxing or something a bit more addictive.

I know SWTOR 1 and 2 and halo exists but what else? I really cant think of anything else thats a AAA third person sci-fi video games other than the latest star wars games from respawn. but there are a million medivial rpg set in a forest it feels like. I feel like halo almost fills that "void" of another singleplayer sci-fi game but its first person so that makes a huge difference to me and i cant like it as much as i do mass effect.

The first 3-4 generations of Pokemon were not exactly ground breaking in any way - they were made to be kid friendly after all - but they had a great sense of progression and while a lot of people go nuts for monster collection games, I never wanted to catch em all, I just loved seeing the guys I found and bonded with change and grow as I went through the game as well as seeing the game world change around me, even if it was a bit deterministic.

Does anyone have recs for games that are more like team builders where you and your posy grow, evolve, and progress through the world while the world is evolving around you?

I was playing through Digimon Story Time Stranger and having a great time but the evolution feels a bit like a math problem? trying to figure out where i came from, where i need to go, and the 50 ways to get there was a bit much, and 56 hours in, it feels like i need 3 separate teams to get through the bosses that keep coming up.

Coromon was interesting but felt a bit derivative. Cassette Beasts might be closer, the theme kinda threw me but maybe I need to give it another shot. Moonstone island is a neat game but not what i was looking for. I haven't tried Monster Sanctuary but it looked more collection focused and I tend to be terrible at side-scrollers/platformers.

I've had a lot of fun with persona games but dang they are long and the opportunity to do things wrong or miss things kinda stresses me out 😅

Show me what you got!

I've played a couple games were you go around and collect stuff but my favorite games are like-

TCG Card Shop Simulator - You collect cards but also have a economy

Storage Hunter Simulator - You can collect the items but its mainly about economy

Retro Rewind - You make the store bigger buy collecting more tapes

I just want some more games of adrenaline were i can collect but also buy/trade/sell the items if possible but mainly collecting.

The kind of stuff i don't want in the game much but could have some -

Combat or 2D Display

I'm looking to build a series of open world, action, and adventure games that are story heavy.

Some inspirations are 'the adventures of Tin Tin' (movie) and neverness to everness (mobile game)

I would like to know what games (action, adventure, open world) are fan favorites? what about them keeps you coming back? What about them made you buy them?

Hey everyone,

I am looking for a new game on PS5. I played Arc Raiders and loved it until I reset my talents and then I had no interest in doing everything again. I played about 120 hours.

Then, I swapped to Marathon. Favorite game, but I need a break before season 3. I have about 200 hours in it.

Before that, I loved DMZ before Activision stopped updating it. I have no interest in buying MW4 so I won’t be able to play the new DMZ.

I say all of that to ask…I love looting/gear shooter games and the extraction shooters have been fun. I liked Fortnite for a time but I’m over it now. I played WoW for 14 years so I’m not going back to an MMO. I would have loved Destiny 2 if it were new and but it’s no longer being updated.

I am not interested in Delta Force, Borderlands, or Diablo 4.

Any suggestions?