I wanted to share some PC games I enjoyed during the pandemic, not new games but fun. If you have any games to suggest please share, they do not have to be on the PC.
this 2 are investigation type games I got on sale and I was surprised that I liked but are not worth full price:
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments
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Murdered: Soul Suspect
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Battle Brothers - tactical RPG that I still play from time to time, fun and hard game
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Magrunner - Puzzle games similar to Portal but with cyberpunk + Cthulhu
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Tower of Time - is a crpg that I absolutely loved
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Enderal: Forgotten Stories - you need Skyrim to play but I doubt that is an issue. Great story
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Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem - I actually liked it but the end game needs work and to few talents. Not sure if it is better now, I would not recommend at full price.
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Binary Domain - old school full of action shooter where you kill robots left and right. I think this was famous but I never heard of it so adding it to the list.
I also played DMC5 and Doom but pointless to put on a list since everyone knows about those.
Any suggestions are welcomed.
EDIT: Keep them coming. Compiled list from comment section:
- Bug Fables. Which is literally Paper Mario 64 with more content.
- Hades. SuperGiant Games' (Bastion, Transistor) roguelike
- Total Warhammer 2
- Starsector - 4x strategy and space fleet sim
- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. - Very polished free roguelike
- Rive - Intense twin stick side scrolling shooter
- Bloodstained : Curse of the Moon 1 and 2 - Old school 8 bit Castlevania clone
- Children of Morta- great Diablo like, best in co-op mode
- Berserk: Band of the Hawk - Also called Berserk Musou
- Tales of Berseria - JRPG
- Ghost of Tsushima
- FFVII remake
- Hollow Knight
- Divinity Original Sin 2
- disco elysium
- soulreaver
- dota
- Metro series
- NDS - "Hotel Dusk" - investigation
- Scrap mechanic
- DCS is a great combat flight sim
- Insurgency and Insurgency Sandstorm are great FPSs
- Simcity 4 modders just released the 37th version of their traffic and network overhaul system called NAM
- Hunt Showdown - battle royal
- Vanquish - Story is a bit out there but it's basically gears of war with insane mobility
- Broforce
- Sniper Elite series
- Total War Rome II and Shogun II
- Doom & Destiny, a JRPG style that's a good time without being too serious
- Lisa, a very unique JRPG.
- Geneforge, a tactical RPG that's maybe 20 years old at this point
- 1001 Spikes, a precision platformer
- Hacknet, a hacking simulation/puzzle game
- Kingdom Come Deliverance if you want a 1st person western RPG
- Final Fantasy 12
- Rage 2
- Sengoku Rance - strategy game masquerading as a porn game
- Towerclimb - a superb platformer, and utterly brutal
- Return of the Obra Dinn - a puzzle/detective game set on a ghost ship
- Aquaria - Indie game and a terrific metroidvania
- Spelunky - Platforming roguelike game
- Intruder by Superboss games - Stealth game
- Trails in the Sky trilogy - JRPG
Two recent underrated gems of mine are:
Bug Fables. Which is literally Paper Mario 64 with more content.
And Hades. SuperGiant Games' (Bastion, Transistor) roguelike (? can never get the term right) game that's on the cusp of exiting Early Access. Apparently its only missing the actual story ending and a few extras, but the main game is finished.
Its extremely fun and fast paced, while having an unnecessary amount of voiced dialogue and story content for a game in its genre.
Also when its on sale (and only then because fuck those DLC prices) Total Warhammer 2 is a great time sink for the pandemic. I'm two months in and still enjoying new campaigns. SETTRA and Skaven always.
I checked some Hades gameplay and it rocks. Total Warhammer 2 is on my wish list. Not sure about bug fables but will give it a shot. Thank you.
Bug Fables is literally just Paper Mario, like 100%. If you played it, then you'll know.
If not, go play Paper Mario 64/Thousand Year Door instead because that are gems.
Wow Bug Fables looks amazing, I can't believe it flew under my radar.
Hades is a great game but I'm worried about it jumping the inclusivity shark, they give you the option of having Zag fuck his step brother and the latest patch turned Achilles pretty fucking gay. On the other hand the Hades speedrunning community is pretty Based and aside from GG is the community I spend the most time with.
I mean, they are ancient Greeks. Being pretty fucking gay isn't exactly a stretch.
Its a minor thing that if the reasons for are less than couth, I'll still stomach because they are still making amazing products regardless. If more "inclusivity" devs made strong products like that I'd be much more tolerant of their bullshit.
And yeah, Bug Fables flew under a lot of radars. I only know of it because I sometimes scroll through /v/ while pooping and they brought it up.
Haven't you been paying attention? The 'inclusivity' bullshit always pushes for more and more power until they get rid of everyone who isn't as woke as them then what was once a great company just shits the bed from then on.
Look at what happened Marvel, Disney, Naughty Dog and so many others. Don't give these people a single inch.
I've paid plenty attention. I don't believe this was a woke decision. I think it was a "holy fuck the Greeks were gay" thing that justified being a little more homo than normal in game.
I've got 3 great games from them (and Pyre was also there), if I'm wrong and they shit the bed then I abandon them to their fate.