The screenshot is from Morrowind (Running in OpenMW)

  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months 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.

  • Strider@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    2 months ago

    None. Every game was a product of its time, hence bound to many external factors.

    Let it go… And take the chance to experience what you haven’t yet, there’s more to do, than can ever be done.

    (on a roll with 2 Disney references, apologies)

    • fishy@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      That’s not really in the spirit of the question though. The question boils down to “what game made you feel some kinda way that you’d like to replicate?” It’s entirely hypothetical. Theres too many amazing games that have been made in the last thirty years to ever finish them all. But that doesn’t take away from that moment in a game that was so new and impactful that it became seared into. I’ve had experiences so deep it literally changed how I felt about death and loss and it would be amazing to feel those feelings again.

      • Strider@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Apologies, thats just the way I understand it. 99% will understand it as intended, I’m with the 1% 😁 (neurodivergent).

        Basically, only a new game can achieve this was my point. Except for turning back time.

  • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 months 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.

  • Chee_Koala@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    I like your pick, Morrowind. I was very hyped to play it, and when I could finally own it, it was even better then I had hoped.

    I think my pick would be Inscryption. What a weird and delightful game :)

    • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Seconded. Morrowind is still to this day the game I think of when I think “open world RPG”. For the time, the world was mind-blowingly massive to the extent I drew a map of where all the silt striders and ferries went so I could get around more easily.

      One day, maybe the Skywind project will have it in playable form that looks good on modern computers, and then I’ll be experiencing it again for sure. :)

    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      Omg, I just bought GeForce 3 and it could do the water shader thing (ripples for rain and running through it).


      (This one was an official primo pic.)

      This was on non-GF3 GPUs:

      I don’t think I would erase it from memory tho, I like that it’s with me over the decades.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Likewise. Outer Wilds was an incredible experience but it’s one of those things that will inherently have zero replay value. Unless maybe you feel like doing a quick run-through as a comfort food nostalgia game, or something. It’s fairly unique in that your progression in it is based purely on your personal knowledge of what you’ve discovered in the solar system, and if you had foreknowledge there’s literally nothing stopping you from beating it on your very first launch without even doing a single time loop. There’s even an achievement for doing the same, no doubt intended to be earned once you already know everything.

    • fishy@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      My first thought too. Probably in my top three games, but you can only play it the best way once.

        • fishy@lemmy.todayEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I still keep it installed but I’m waiting a decade more before I replay it. Hopefully I forget enough to have a similar experience

          • kieron115@startrek.websiteEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            That game came out when I happened to be really into the PBS Space Time series and I was learning as much as my brain could comprehend about general vs special relativity; which is all I can say without spoiling the game lol. So even if I could forget all of the story I don’t think it would have quite the same impact. It would still be something magic though I’m sure. I still enjoy watching others experience the game for the first time too.

  • t_berium@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months 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.