What's a game that you think everyone should play at least once in their life?

Either Stray or Spiritfarer. Both of those had some intense stories that really made me feel a lot of emotions. I cried during both.

Portal.

Nier Automata, the way it plays with being a game.

outer wilds completely changed how i see exploration

Chants of Sennar

My first thought was the last of us. The connection between Joel and Ellie building through the entire game is something I really like

Well, my favorite video game is Bully by Rockstar Games, so that.

Age of Empires 2.

Red Dead Redemption 2

Half-Life

Harvest Moon :D

hmm, portal. It's like 3 hours, the humor holds up, and that final boss fight with Still Alive playing is permanently etched into my brain. Plus it teaches you to think differently without ever feeling like homework. Honorable mention to Outer Wilds though - that

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Undertale. Its short but sweet and has some real gut punches. And some very nice surprises if you meta game

Half life and stray seem good.

for me, it’s definitely “The Last Guardian.” it hits you right in the feels and makes you rethink companionship in such a unique way.

For some reason I sometimes imagine myself in the scenario of having to convince someone that games can be considered a form of art, and Hollow Knight is the first game that comes to mind for me. I'm sure there are even better examples out there, but it's the one I choose. Yeah, it's visually beautiful and has great music, but the dedication that was put into perfecting the actual gameplay mechanics also came from a place of passion and love for the activity of gaming.

KOTOR

Outer Wilds for me. The whole thing runs on curiosity alone, no levels, no XP, just you and a solar system full of questions. As someone learning to code I found it wild that the entire game is basically one big physics simulation underneath. Finished it during exam season and could not stop thinking about the ending for weeks.

Psychonauts 😅 feel like no one's heard of it but its probably my favorite game

Day of the tentacles.

What Remains of Edith Finch, so memorable

Honestly? Minecraft. For the reason that it's a good litmus test for how you like to have fun. (Creating your own fun vs needing a goal laid out for you)

Minecraft to show player freedom, and The Stanley Parable to show the lack of it.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

I'd say Outer Wilds for me—I went in completely blind and there's this moment where the whole universe just \*clicks\* and you realize what's actually happening, and I couldn't stop thinking about the implications for like a month. Journey's similar in that way where it's short but emotionally dense, so I get why that stuck with you. Do games like that hit different for you now, or did Journey just happen to catch you at the right time?

Celeste

Fart Dragon: A tale of two cheeks.

Return of Obra dinn and Inscryption

Tomb Raider

I like a lot of these answers. Outer Wilds, and Portal are my favorites from what was listed. Personally I would add Shadow of the Colossus. The way it has you explore empty lands, and fight only a handful of bosses. Nothing else, yet it's filled to the brim.

Pizza Tower. the system is fun but also the ost is godly underrated.

Night in the Woods for an introspective type game FFXII for funsies

Shadow of the Colossus

Gris

Romance of the Three Kingdoms X.

Ocarina of Time

Super Mario Bros (galaxy, odyssey) are fantastic. Legend of Zelda Links Awakening

okami - just a beautiful game, beautiful story, awesome gameplay

Doom, so you can appreciate where it all started.

ummm Skyrim of course

Persona 3 reborn... I... yeah you've gotta play it (or ig watch someone play it at the very least) TuT

Skyrim

Tetris of course

Cave Story

Karma farming bot. Watch this account start posting political shit in a few months time. Sigh.

Cairn. And also Firewatch.

DISCO ELYSIUM

super mario bros: it redefined how games are designed and implemented. it is still studied today. warcraft 3/ starcraft. redefined the entire RTS genre. defined it so much it basically killed every other competition. world of warcraft. when people say mmorpg they say that. for good reason. it is byfar the most popular mmo. and most of the other newer mmo draws inspiration from it street fighter 3rd strike. probably the most iconic fighter in history. still played and highly competitive. dota or lol. both are popular moba that catapulted esports. Counter strike. the titan of tac shooters who still dominates to this day. personal recommendations at this point mass effect 1-3. great story, middling game play but serviceable xcom enemy unknown/enemy within and xcom 2. single handedly brought turn based tactical games into the modern era. unfortunately it has been a long time since xcom 2 and no word of xcom 3. i believe Phoenix point is better game if u want a harder and deeper version. Titanfall 2. protect the pilot. great story and game play. cant say more otherwise it will spoil it. it is definitely a game that u play blind. precursor to apex legends. i could go on but i don't have the time

oh man, def have to say *inside*… idk it just stuck w me, super weird but also kinda beautiful, u know?

life is strange

dark souls 1