With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?

Personally i would go for advance wars 1 and 2 on the gba (there is no remake and never will be)

the artstyle, the music, the game-play is just simple, yet effective, a sublime experience of very fun times.

Whats yours?

    • citrixscu@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      Second this. Outer Wilds is amazing. If you do play, try not to look up anything as the satisfaction of exploring and figuring things out is so cool. The sound track is very good as is the DLC.

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      1 year ago

      How would you sell that game to someone? I keep hearing about it but know nothing about it? What makes you love it?

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        The outer wilds is an exploration game of the highest pedigree. You’re in an intricate solar system with lots to discover and puzzle out to solve the central mystery of the game. The atmosphere is quite fun and calming. The music is pretty catchy too. I appreciate the big revelations, the moments where you immediately feel big brained by putting 2 and 2 together. It’s genuinely a really good time if you want game about the wonder of discovery.

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        There’s a reason you keep hearing how good the game is but still don’t know much about it. The community is great in letting everyone experience it themselves.

        It’s best if you know nothing about Outer Wilds before playing it, trust me. I know this is a cliché way of recommending stuff, but in this case it can’t be overstated. Just give it a honest try for at least 1-2 hours.

        It’s a game that gives you “2”, “plus”, and “two” separately, instead of telling you the answer is 4. Some people don’t like it and prefer handholding. Half of the game is done in your head when you’re not playing it.

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          1 year ago

          So basically a game that’s heavy on exploration and puzzles? It’s not open world is it?

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            Not in the way BOTW is, it’s closer to Myst in that there’s a world (solar system) to explore with lots clues and lore but not a lot of irrelevant fluff.

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              Gotcha, I prefer a bit of structure (BOTW being one of few exception) so that works out for me.

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            It’s not a AAA open world game where you glue yourself to your minimap.

            You’ll spend your time solving in-world puzzles, platforming, and trying to trigger specific series of circumstances in order to get into new areas using your knowledge from previous time loops. New areas expose more lore through “journals” or conversations about what is happening in-world, which points you at new places to explore or hints on content that is difficult to find without out-of-sequence knowledge. That’s the basic game loop.

            E.g. you might see an event which blocks off an area partway through the timeline, then next loop you make a beeline to the area and explore it before it gets blocked off.