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Any kind of game

EDIT: changed from suggested to mentioned and made the title more clear

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Labyrinth!

Each turn you first move one column or row of the gameboard over by one, then move as far as you like along any unobstructed path as you race against other players to collect magiffins in the ever-changing maze.

It's a game that rewards both creative thinking and sabotage. It helps develop strategy and spatial reasoning. It's simple enough for a kindergartner to learn but engaging enough for adults to enjoy even after dozens of games.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Reminds me ever so slightly of the Genesis game Fatal Labyrinth. It's a terrible video game, but if you're curious...

https://archive.org/details/Fatal_Labyrinth_JU_o1

[–] Famko@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Board game: Sheriff of Nottingham, i just love social deception games.

Video game: BETON BRUTAL, 3D platformer with similar parkour like Minecraft, but more polished. Overall pretty chill to sink some time into.

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Jade cocoon 2 for the PS2.

A brilliant mix of tactics and Pokemon. You have a box composed of 8 slots surrounding you, 4 edges of different coolers, and 4 corners that combine 2 colors, you get to pick of 6 monsters to fill those 8 slots, each edge is a different style of move, red is attack, blue is defend, green is heal, yellow is cast, some monsters only have 1 color affiliated with them, some have 3, you select which side/color of box you want to attack your opponent with, if you don't have a monster in the middle of that color they can attach your hit point pool directly.

I rarely see it mentioned, and I think that's a shame, it was very creative for being in a very popular genre

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Cogmind! I found that game after I bought Caves Of Qud. Technically it wasn't recommended to me by anyone directly (just found it one day scrolling through Steam). Its an excellent RPG where you play as a self-assembling robot trying to escape from a massive robot colony thing. Haven't gotten super far into the game yet but I absolutely love the gameplay and sound design. Check it out!

Also, NES Open; the greatest golf game ever made in my opinion. I've had it since I was a kid and have never heard anyone talk about it online. Simple gameplay, high skill ceiling. Exactly what a golf game needs to be!

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Sorry if you know this game, but I've met plenty of people who haven't and I've never seen it mentioned online until I searched for it today: Contact!

[–] essell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Airborne Kingdom

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Bounty Bob on the C64 was goood.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Action Quake 2 - AQ2

An online 90s FPS

--//--

Innovation

Card game - Simplicity and depth, exceptional gameplay. Best at 2P.

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[–] Daze@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Two gamecube games that I never see discussed anywhere, and no equal sequel has ever released for:

Cubivore & Frolf

I am still so sad to not be an owner of either in a physical capacity :’(

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

inserts ID card:

Bunny ears, Jar, Pill, Heart.

Door Opens

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Does making a list of all games not on any list count as a game? Also, what happens since that game is now on a list making the original list incorrect?

My actual answer would probably be the old SSI games on Amiga specifically for Death Knights of Krynn or similar, though I don't think they hold up super well (it's 1st ed D&D specifically in Dragonlance and adapted to PCs of the time).

The boardgame Heat is one of my all time favorites. Thunder Road Vendetta is right up there too, and I am waiting to put them together for an all road race/rage saturday with my boardgame peeps.

[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Snake. There are many good versions of it, but I'd say my favourite is the one from coolmathgames.com .

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ok, any game that I've ever seen mentioned by someone online in my almost 30 years on the internet is going to strike most titles and leave only the ones that are really old, obscure, or both. So, here are a few that I like but can't recall seeing mentioned online other than when specifically looking them up:

  • Stunt Island. Airplane sim-like game by Disney studios. Early 90's
  • Rocking Cats. Awesome NES platformer that has a really fun take on the genre
  • Armadillo Run. Physics puzzle that a friend of mine recommended in the mid 2000s.
  • Sacrifice. Weird (the good kind of weird) first person strategy game I pirated once after finding it on an FTP. Fucking amazing game from somewhere in the early 2000s
  • A.r.s.e.n.a.l. An RTS from the late 90s. Don't send an attack without fuel trucks!
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[–] ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Herzog Zwei on the Sega Genesis was one of my favorites back in the day!

Double Dare the videogame for the Nintendo Entertainment System

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thinking about it, reducing my entire game library to not suggested titles anywhere decreases its size drastically. It easily knocks like 20 games I would list normally.

With that said, Last Command was a nice bullet hell game. Would reccomend

[–] Balrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I came across Blade Runner on GOG. I don’t remember when but I think it was on sale. I didn’t touch it for at least a year or two until two days ago. It is so amazing. It has the old school 90’s point and click vibe while being an amazing detective story (one I could imagine even being made into a movie itself).

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I've got that but have never played it. Must get it running one day!

[–] Balrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Enjoy! Only advice I’ll give for the game is to check every nook and cranny for clues.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Especially because certain aspects of the storyline are random on each playthrough. Who is and isn't a replicant is not always the same, nor is how certain characters will react to the same dialog questions on subsequent runs. Depending on how the cards fall, this arguably also includes you.

Yes, I still have this on all four original CD's.

[–] gaiussabinus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fragile allegiance. Desperately needs a redo with a first person mode and better ui

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Favorite is a tough one to pick. There are many games that have genuinely shaped my life, some that I still play consistently, others that hold a dear place in my heart but I'll likely never pick back up for various reasons.

Games that I play all the time and get the most value out of are not necessarily my favorite games. I've been playing the crap out of satisfactory since it's 1.0 release, and it's definitely up there, but it doesn't evoke the same feelings I had when I played Skyrim for the first time, nor do I think it will create formative memories like the Halo, Sly Cooper, or Ratchet and Clank series did for me.

Well shit. I guess I don't have an answer. Sorry.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

ICO never gets mentioned and is legitimately my #1 all time with Another World a close 2nd that also never gets mentioned

Dark Souls 1. The only game I bothered getting all achievements for.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Favorites come and go with the seasons, but objectively, the one game that we have played more than anything in my house is Silver.

We've bought all the expansions and created our own variation of playing with ALL the cards.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Edit: I accidentally hit the post comment button, so I might as well add something:

I think I might've mentioned this once before, but The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] stood out to me for its stylized graphics and animation. Or if you're in the mood for a puzzle game, Temple of Snek might be good to try.

[–] myopic_menace@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

I really enjoyed Doom 3. Has more of a horror vibe compared to the hack and slash nature of the rest of the series, but I feel its very enjoyable and doesn't feel as old as it is.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So... A game that actually isn't my favorite, just the favorite amongst things that I've never seen mentioned anywhere?

Shit... Even the most obscure games I know about, I know about because someone else mentioned them.

I guess I'll have to go with Fightin' Herds? It's one of the few games I have that I bought entirely on the screenshots from the store page and I've never seen anyone mentioned it ever. In the simplest explanation: It's a 2D side scrolling fighting game with animal characters designed by Lauren Faust (the creator of MLP: Friendship is Magic). It's not a very good game. It's extremely cheap and unfair, like way more than any other fighting game I've played. The adventure mode is also kinda shit because it takes the already bad fighting mechanics and makes you do platforming and Smash Bros style horde fights against multiple opponents and the controls just aren't really designed for that shit (up is jump and it doesn't like you trying to jump forward so making what looks like an easy jump is harder than it has to be). I haven't even gotten 25% through the story mode :(

Actually... Matt Muscle should be told about this pile of dogshit for his Worst Fighting Game Ever series... 🤔

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I don't know what you're on but the game is widely considered to be very solid and surprisingly great despite the whole MLP connection. There was also a lot of praise for the story mode and disappointment that it never got finished. It has high execution combos and some deeper mechanics.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

tbf my favorite games ever are the management Kairosoft games. They are simple, no graphics but can be pretty challenging. It has a pretty loyal followers (like me) lol. Not every game is the best but it's an amazing little game to have on your phone

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

7 stud. Hold-em kids can't keep track of the muck.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Always liked Power Pete, and if you don’t have vertigo, the Descent series.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tf2 maybe ? Honorable mentions: Tetris, Dwarf Fortress, stormworks, bg3

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (6 children)

You have never seen anyone recommend Baldurs Gate 3 or Dwarf Fortress?

Your original question reads like it's limited to this thread, not games you've seen recommended anywhere and everywhere

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