Whats the best video game you’ve ever played and why ?

There are better games than this, but I don't think anything will ever capture the magic of Pokemon Red/Blue and challenging your friends via link cable. Everything was so new and fresh. Lots of good memories.

wow classis back then was a one in a lifetime experience, singleplayer game i would choose hollow knight, nintendo game i would choose super mario galaxy, ps2 i would choose DQVIII (sry i can not choose only one xD)

Chrono Trigger has to get a mention. Playing it on the SNES when I was younger was simply the best and it truly is a timeless masterpiece.

Skyrim got lost for hours, forgot the main quest existed, and somehow that made it even better.

Baldur’s Gate 3 if I’m excluding MMORPG’s only game I’ve put 1000 hours into that isn’t something like Old School RuneScape

Halo 3. Halo 3 on xbox live was so special. That game came out when I was in 8th grade and I just have so many great memories associated with it. Spending all day with my friends that summer, and then immediately hoping on the game when we got home and staying up till 4am playing. What a time

Bloodborne. It’s the Soulsborne formula but gothic and lovecraftian, faster-paced, with more interesting weapons that have larger movesets, and overall better combat than Dark Souls while still keeping RPG mechanics unlike Sekiro.

Bloodborne, Mario Odyssey, FFVII, but most recently Clair Obscur

Half Life 2 in 2005 I don't think I even need to explain why =) I just wish there was a way to bring back that feeling.

Goldeneye It’s just a classic that I fell in love with when it first came out and I’ll still play today

Runescape, simple and relaxing on the surface but such a deep and consuming game to get into. There’s something in it for everyone, lovely music and environment too

Old - Original SNES Mario Kart. The original blueprint for fun driving games Modern - RDR2. Absolutely stunning with great characters

For me it was WoW in the early days. I think the size of the world and all the players in it. It was different for the time.

Starting a new World of Warcraft expansion after not playing for a while hits like literal heroine to me. Just so much to do, so much to explore, a hundred "deep" systems you can spend hours and hours doing. Fishing, gathering, crafting, leveling, dungeons, delves, prey (new), world quests, gearing up, pvp, achievement hunting, mount hunting, pet battles, guild stuff, etc. Multiply that by however many alts you want to run. I started playing in legion for the first time and it caused weeks (if not months) of all-nighters every single weekend. Had to quit for my own health. I just picked it back up the day this new expansion dropped and I've been playing 12-14 hours/day while working from home. Its so addictive and unhealthy, but so incredible at the same time.

Halo 3 and CoD Modern warefare 2. The memories were one of the bests in my life. If only I can go back to those good old days 🥲

Splinter Cell. Nothing else even comes close, for me.

Subnautica achieved a peak aesthetic. Achieving a level of immersion I’ve never had again.

Far cry 4, I really feel in love with the setting and world as a kid, and Pagan Min is the coolest villain in a game ever, unless I'm blinded by nostalgia.

Probably Mass Effect 2. Put in time assembling a team, earning loyalty, all ending in Suicide Mission.

Half-Life was pretty amazing for me when it released. WoW at launch in 2004 thru Burning Crusade was something else entirely. Breath of the Wild really hit me in the right spot in a nostalgia mixed with fun exploration/ try it out gameplay.

Half Life 2. Nothing else felt like it, at the time. Nothing has topped that first strider battle, for me.

Witcher 3. I have never before been so immersed into a world and characters like that game had me, and I had no previous experience with its source material. For weeks on end I was happily drunk on walking around the northern kingdoms and skellige, and that was before discovering Touissant. I wouldn't say it had the most amazing gameplay I've ever experienced, but in terms of story, characters, environment, and emotion it sits second to none. My previous favorite game was Majoras Mask.

Portal 2. It's the perfect game. It's incredibly well written and acted by the voice actors. The game-play is simple and easy to understand and doesn't outstay it's welcome. It leaves you wanting more.

Diablo 2 lod. Unreal gameplay, emersion, crafting, social networking, and epic pvp. It was the best

Crash bandicoot

hard to pick just one, but for me it’s got to be The Last of Us – the story, characters, and atmosphere are just top-tier. it hits you right in the feels fr.

Outer Wilds. No game has ever capture the same sort of wonder and desire to explore… nor has any other game made me feel so good for solving the mystery. The themes it deals with, and its take on them, are revolutionary, and to some folks, myself included, could be described as life changing.

Super Mario Bros 3, because i learned this from my mom who I bonded with over this game, and I'm currently teaching my children this masterpiece. Timeless!

Icewind Dale for sure.

River city ransom was awesome. Why? I don’t know I was 8,…. And 12… and 15. And 2….

Best Singleplayer - Cyberpunk 2077. Story telling, Charakters, Graphics, voice acting and so much more are Just top notch. Best competitve Game - DotA 2 Every Game IS different even If you Pick the exakt Same Heroes, amount of skills needed IS from easy to learn til hard ro master, Graphics still Up to Date. Great to Play with Friends. Best mmo - Lineage 2 Best Open world PvP i have ever Had. Best crafting system. And actually Castle Sieges what nowdaS IS rare. The Game was 2002/2003 way ahead of ITS time and at some Point Had a bigger playerbase than wow!

Wizard101 from a nostalgic view. Lost my childhood to it and still hop on every now and then

Super Mario odyssey.

Witcher 3. Raised the bar for all RPGs that came after. Phenomenal gameplay, phenomenal story, phenomenal characters, phenomenal artwork, voice acting, amazing open world. It's simply a mastahpiece 🤌🏻. 

Disco Elysium. I can't even really explain it. The people that get it, get it. The people that don't, probably can't be convinced. I wouldn't even say it's my favourite game (I have a weakness for Factorio) but I do think it's the best.

Half life 2. Portal 2. Red dead redemption 2. Cyberpunk 2077 They are all top tier

Tony Hawk Pro Skater. I was the only skateboarder in my class and hung out with the roller bladers. Tony Hawk got almost all of them into skateboarding. A rare case of a video game actually impacting IRL. 

Chrono Trigger on the SNES. Greatest game ever made.

Outer Wilds

Final Fantasy VI.

RDR2 and it's not even close.

Genshin Impact. Close to 6 years playing daily and the game keeps giving.

Ocarina of time. It's such a beautifully simple but powerful story. The gameplay set the blueprint for more 3D rpgs to come. It was very complex and filled with detail, unique areas and bosses. One of the most amazing game soundtracks of all time. Of course it's going to age like any game that's decades old. And of course it has contenders but it still holds up and I still enjoy going back to play it.

Garrysmod, learned programming there

Journey. because it's super chill with great music

Metal gear solid to ps1. The world felt alive, you could do stuff besides just shooting. The other games had to many cutscenes and too many gadgets that didnt do anything.

For my personal taste, Monster Hunter World. It is both chill, and high intensity depending on what you want to do. It's gorgeous, and tickles my intrigue in biology.

I spent more time playing Civ 1 then anything else, tho Civ 2 probably was a close second.

Terraria. C****, multiple free massive updates, means to allow you to be creative, engaging combat, etc etc.

Nothing can quite compare to the revelation Metal Gear Solid was at the time. It was fun, cinematic, and just on another level from games we'd played before. The experience of being in a room with my friends as the story unfolded is one of my major video game memories.

As much as I wish I could say WoW, it's gotta be both of the new God of Wars. Ragnarok was a little more polished, but I wasn't prepared for how hard I fell in love with the 2018 reboot. I might be bias since I'm a huge fan of Christopher Judge from SG1, but I thought the acting was top tier for a video game. It's definitely a game that I wish I could forget and play again.

Elevator Action around 4/5 yo. BFBC2. PUBG for dou squad and Lone Wolf for solo gaming.

For me personally its definitely The Witcher 3. The story the setting the music and arcs and the character writing are all elite.

NHL Hitz 2003 3 on 3 hockey and being able to hit the goalie and score was unmatched as a young boy. There's hits and then there's.....HITS

On console: Zelda Majora’s Mask. On PC: Old School Runescape (mostly pre-EOC)

Baldur’s Gate 2 great story, great system, fun to play, max replay value, also hit me at just the right age where i had enough money to afford a nice computer to play it but before i had any real responsibility in life :) probably better games since (and the new BG3 is insane, came out decades later), but BG2 stands out in my history

Mario 64 /thread

Myth 2 on PC I've never seen another game like it. Story was awesome Characters were memorable

Gonna give Axiom Verge some love here.

Portal. And then Portal 2. Never had an experience like the first game… I laughed, I was terrified, I was challenged and completely immersed. Then the second one came along and did it all again as a co-op. 10/10

World of Warcraft, when it first came out. The feeling is unexplainable, it truly felt like entering into a new world that existed outside the realm of our reality. It was so unique and incredibly fun, especially when my local friends got into it. My other top contenders: Chronotrigger - 10/10 legendary RPG Until Then - fking incredible 10/10 Witcher 3 - such deep lore, great story 10/10 Legend of Zelda: OOT - open world for its time 10/10 Final Fantasy X - amazing gameplay, scenes, story, voice acting 10/10 RDR2 - down to the tiny details, they hit it out of the park, story and voice acting 10/10 Monkey Island 1,2,3 - Lucas Arts at its height. Cartoonish, humorous, best point and click! 10/10

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Super Mario 64. I learned all of the Super Mario games from my grandma and I spent the most time “mastering” Super Mario 64 (i.e. learning how to get all 120 stars easily). Big nostalgia hits any time I play it.

Persona 5 is the perfect game for any young adult who is confused with the role they are meant to play in this world.

Diddy kong racing

Prop cycle. Only played it once and I’ve been looking for it since. Very rare I’m guessing.

Super Mario 3D World. I played it with my wife and kids and it was fantastic because we did it together.

Persona 3 Reload. Phenomenal story, equally amazing characters, divine OST, and the game looks nice as well. Honorable mentions go to FFXV, Kingdom Hearts 3, and Persona 5 Royal. Most of which for the same reasons but in KH3’s case, add in fantastic combat.

Final Fantasy 7 The music, the gameplay and the story are all phenomenal and at the time the FMVs and alongside the battle graphics were like nothing else in its genre. Compare it to Wild Arms, of the same year (which I also loved) and it’s like night and day. It had a four year dev cycle, which was unheard of in the 90s when most games took about one year. Because of this the amount of content is staggering and each character feels fully fleshed out. You got to traverse on land, under the sea and in the air. This is all without going into the story, while the translation has its ups and downs it still easily conveys a tale full of heart which still gets me excited to play it again almost yearly. I could talk for hours about how great the story is but this is already getting long. I miss 90s Squaresoft

Pong

How has BOTW or TOTW not been mentioned? Grew up playing Nintendo and grew out of video games after N64 in college. Bought a switch during covid and bought BOTW and holy shit, it blew my mind how immersive and open world and fun that game was.

Overall: Ocarina of Time.. it just had it all

Divonity original sin 2 Golden Sun 2 Skyrim Total war Warhammer

Days Gone it Witcher 3. Just great games. I often like stories where you look for someone lost.

Pokemon heart gold

League of Legends, but it has timer on it. The best feeling is when you feel yourself getting better(the game has a lot of mechanics, nuance you need to learn and applying it successfully in-game feels great). This naturally leads to you winning more often. The level of addiction truly insane. It got so bad I used to dream about playing LOL. I would try to quit so many times but my resolve was completely gone the second I woke up the next day. It didn't matter how many times I lost the day before, I was so convinced today was gonna be different. Then, when you plateau, it starts to numb you out until you feel nothing inside and become a husk of a man. You just become a zombie, unable to quit this shitty game even though it stopped being fun a long time ago.

I've gamed since c64 days and honestly the most fun I've ever had in a game has probably been Split Fiction. It's one of the most well designed and creative game I've ever played .. it's so well optimized and just just fun all around. Runner ups - Battlefield 1 Multiplayer - To this day the game is still visually impressive, and immersion is unmatched. One of the best FPS I've ever played.

The first Gears of War. It was like living out a Predator movie and the cover shooter mechanic was truly revolutionary. Such peak coop memories playing online for the first time as well - I'd never had an experience like it. The first two absolutely slapped, Xbox 360 is proper nostalgia lol

F Zero (SNES) NBA Jam (SNES) Diablo 2 WoW classic back when released

Doom because Doom

Halo CE 1) It brought a TON of people together at my school. Every school had their cliques, but so many kids played Halo that it mixed the friends groups together. I went to so many LAN parties with so many different groups of people; it was such a great time in life. The best was when people set up a 1v1 tournament and I came out in 1st! (which meant diddly squat when I eventually found out there were FAR better people online in Halo 2-3) 2) Playing with my dad. He never really took an interest in things I liked (family of mechanics and car people whereas I was more into animation and gaming) but he loved Halo and played with me (and he eventually beat Halo on Legendary solo/ with me grabbing the controller and helping a couple of times). It's crazy that it's been 25ish years. We're all so much older and the world is so much different.

I don't know about the best, but Control has stuck with me.

Bioshock 1. Really redefined what games could do and be for me.

WOW classic. The first time upon release was the closest thing to crack, I still miss that feeling in gaming 20+ years later. Single player, maybe Half-life when it first came out? Honourable mention to Diablo/Diablo 2.

It was 2015, bloodborne just released. I was avoiding seeing any gameplay online and bought the game instantly without thinking. No doubt, it was the best experience of video games I ever had. Including games that released that year which adds up that the year 2015 was something special. Battlefield: Hardline, FIFA15, Witcher 3 etc

I am playing high on life at the moment, I find it pretty awesome because I'm never feeling playing it alone, I feel like there's someone always with me ( my talking guns).

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