We all have that one game or genre that never gets old and we return to time and time again.
What is it for you and why is that the case?
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Civilization. There is nothing quite as cathartic as subjugating the world under my iron fist…
Under my Home made Religion you mean of course
Portal 1 followed immediately by 2 after I’ve completed the first. I own them on every console and also PC and I just love the feeling I get when I play them.
I’ll never forget finding the Orange Box in a bargain bin at BestBuy and how much fun I had playing Portal. GLaDOS being cheeky then becoming full on sadistic and homicidal was something I’ve never experienced in a game before. I laughed a lot and remember my heart beating so fast in the final stages - the thrill I felt when I finally beat her and then starting all over in order to get all of the achievements. It was the most fun I’ve ever had in a game.
Needless to say how excited I was when 2 was announced and I was not disappointed. They’ll never get old for me.
So far I have made two friends two play the entire Portal 2 campaign while I watched just so I can get a hit of the drug one more time
That’s awesome lol
Have you tried Portal Reloaded yet? It’s pretty good as well and as of the June 2023 “Cooperative Update” adds 20 new levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_Reloaded
I have it downloaded, but haven’t played it yet! Hopefully soon! :)
Minecraft. I go through phases of not playing it, but once or twice a year I’ll start up a new world and just mindlessly build and mine while listening to a podcast or an audiobook, and will play every night for several weeks. I’ve started so many minecraft worlds over the years that I really don’t need to think about what to do next
I feel like Minecraft is one of those games that will always be there as an old favourite.
I always play a game of Stellaris every few months. The combination of roleplay and grand strategy massages my brain just right to make the happy chemicals.
Factorio for me. There is always some old megafactory to pick up again or a new mod nightmare to try out.
A bit different from the question but
Outer Wilds.
I’ve spent a lot of time in it and have 100% it, so it’s hard to find a reason get back in, but even just booting to the title screen just completely transports me.
Why? Outer Wilds was just an incredible experience, and the OST is astounding and the music completely soaked up the experience and can bring it all back just by listening.
My teenage kids love Outer Wilds so much. They speed run it on the weekends when they’re bored.
I recently bough it at a steam sale but didn’t get into it at first. Maybe I’ll try again soon.
Dark Souls. Makes my own life feel not quite as hard 🤘
I go back to a few almost routinely.
- Mount and Blade: Warband (with and without mods)
- Rocket League
- Crash Bandicoot 2&3
- OpenTTD
- Pokemon (The mainline ones are all basically the same game lol)
For M&B and OpenTTD, being able to rely on my old knowledge of the game to succeed feels satisfying since they both have a steep learning curve.
For RL and Crash, muscle memory taking over the majority of play is relaxing.
For Pokemon I just have a crippling amount of nostalgia
For me, Mini Metro. I can just zone out on it. I get that with Tetris and similar games (rymdkapsul is another, Civilization to an extent but not in the same way) - there’s that thing of, ‘this will end at some point, but before it ends just focus on the now’ which puts the mind at ease. But Mini Metro has a more relaxing theme and art style for me than Tetris.
City builders seem to be my comfort food. I go back to Banished every now and then to get my fix. I’m currently playing Kingdom Two Crowns to fill it.
Couldn’t come up with an answer until this comment.
Still waiting for something to hit the same way that banished does.
I also find myself coming back to Software Inc every couple of months for its management gameplay
It’s too bad banished always turns into a hectic click management game once the community gets to a self supporting size. Migrants show up and you expand for them… And then you get to run through the same operations every season, setting fields for plant and harvest, prioritizing workers and resources. It gets repetitive and the reward for getting bigger is just more clicking and more management.
Slay The Spire, I’ve accumulated over 2000 hours over 3 different platforms since it launched, I’ve 100%ed it and I’ve even played some of the mods (which I never ever do for any game) and I never get sick of it, whenever I have an hour and can’t be bothered with doing something new I play a run.
Such an amazing game.
Binding of Isaac and Death Stranding. I just keep going back to these 2 even after I’ve 100% them.
Subnautica and Flight Simulator. They just have a way of immersing me into another world and keeping my attention the whole time.
Katamari.
I can pick it up, play 10 minutes, and put it down. I’ve played this game every few weeks for several years now because I just love rollin shit up.
