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Making peace with liking very few games? (piefed.social)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I love my favorite games and have been playing them for years, but I disliked about 99% of the games I played.

I don't think I have FoMO or anything; I just find it weird because my taste in music, film, or art/media in general is usually fairly broad. I guess I just wonder why my taste in games is aggressively limited.

It's not for the lack of trying new games; I've tried more or less anything I could find, sometimes because it's popular, other times because it looked interesting, but nothing really hits the mark like my favorite games.

I just don't like what most developers create, I guess?

I'm hoping, by posting this, maybe I can find others who are having a similar experience, and we can share thoughts.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There have been a few titles that I think reach that potential, but most of them are quite old now.

Don't leave us hanging! Quality endures the ages, well, mostly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Personally, I would say:

Thief 1, 2 & 3
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis
Mafia 1 (not the remake)
Gemini Rue
Deus Ex (Game Dungeon has a great video on why the story punches so high, link to relevant segment here)
Disco Elysium (even though I personally didn't really care for the game due to the setting, the writing is undeniably high quality)
A Mind Forever Voyaging

All of those games have, IMO, a tremendously good sync between gameplay and story, where everything lines up to the point where you can become fully absorbed into whatever experience the writer/designer crafted. I would say Thief accomplishes it the best, while Mafia's and Deus Ex's clunky gameplay hold them back, but I can see what they were trying to achieve, and overall are close enough to my ideal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a fun mix, Gemini Rue was a pleasant surprise to see!

You might also enjoy Primordia given that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oddly enough I actually pre-ordered a physical copy of Primordia, and got a ways into it before stopping for some reason. I should really go back and finish it!