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[GrotesqueBeauty]

Duck Tales is my go to palette cleanser. I'll beat it just to kill 15 minutes before catching a bus.

 

[Shmuppers]

Dark Souls 2. Gives me the opportunity to exhale, put on a podcast and help people with bosses for a couple hours.

 

[Pakoe]

GTA IV with some random mods, will always be fun.
Plus i prefer the way the cars get damaged/drive in 4, didn't like how they changed it in 5.

 

[PhantomZone]

Spoiler

Superman: Shadow of Apokolips

Should have picked it considering the avatar and all.... Have to say it was a really fun game, it actually dropped in price not long after it came out over here. In Australia if a game drops from RRP $89.95 to under under $50 it's usually the sign of a really bad game... I picked it up for $24.

It took me a while to get the hang of it, but I wound up loving it and thought the money that I spent on it, the game was brilliant considering the price.

 

[SJRB]

GTAV, casually driving around and enjoying the scenery. There's something surreal about going to my house, get Chop, drive to the beach and watch the sunset.

 

[Dragon1893]

Journey and Flower are the best imo.

 

[HelloMeow]

Alien: Isolation the last few days. It can be very relaxing.

 

[ReBurn]

Fighting games. After a stressful day it sometimes feels good to let loose and beat up fictional video game characters.

 

[mcz117chief]

Ace Combat, Killing Floor or Ninja Gaiden games

 

[wanderjahr]

Destiny was relaxing, got a bit bored of it though

Destiny has no soul. It is proficient, but not alive. No passion bursts forth its seams. It is pretty and not much else.

 

[FriedConsole]

Peggle. Still play it on my PSP.

 

[Great-God]

I have done counless RE4 Pro mode runs, and it's a catharsis to me. Each ladder-knife stroke brings me closer to Nirvana.
I also do MGS 3 FoxHound runs, but that's more of a test to my abilities. (Still got my mojo)

 

[SerTapTap]

Plants vs. Zombies on Vita

In general easier Tower Defense games can be great (or ones with good checkpoint/rewind features like Defense Grid).

 

[m00h]

Brings me down, since my childhood.

 

[old]

Call of Duty and Titanfall.

The chaos is comforting.

 

[Wenger'sBakedBaguettes]

Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario World

Kula World when PSX was still alive.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

100% Orange Juice. Just throw some dices and have some fun.

You have to be joking lol. The AI in that game is ridiculous.

Recently for me, Fantasy Life.

 

[Marceles]

Maybe I'm weird, but I go in training mode in Ultra Street Fighter.

 

[iconoclast]

Story driven games, because they never take much skill or effort. Visual novels, RPGs, cinematic experiences, etc.

 

[inm8num2]

Honestly, I just play chess. It's familiar, it's leisurely paced.

Oddly enough I used to relax by playing Quake Live. Short bursts of entertainment that satiate whatever I'm feeling.

 

[Anustart]

Super Hexagon usually, or Skyrim

 

[Munkyspace]

You have to be joking lol. The AI in that game is ridiculous.

Recently for me, Fantasy Life.

Same for me the past two days. Fantasy Life. Otherwise, it's been Hot Shots Golf.

 

[jinxthejiv]

Grand Theft Auto Series
Elder Scrolls Series
Soul Calibur 5
Deadly Premonition
Dc Universe Online
Shadow Of Mordor
Tekken Series

 

[NeoFaff]

Diablo 2 using Necromancer.
CS:GO

Spoiler

Casual

 

[tryagainlater]

Running around in Assassin's Creed grinding through the collectathon while listening to a podcast is super chill.

 

[Damerman]

Chivalry.

 

[GuiltyBystander]

Tekken 2 & 3
Flower
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 & 3
Super Mario Bros
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

 

[QisTopTier]

BlazBlue
Guilty Gear
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
Smash Bros
Smite
Ninja Gaiden
Darksiders 1/2

Video games in general

 

[Wenger'sBakedBaguettes]

I find Fantasy Life very relaxing. And there's so much to do, impassible to get bored.

I forgot the name of the game your avatar is from but yeah...I played that game on DS and liked it quite a bit. Another game I'd play when I wanted to relax.

 

[dreamfall]

Red Dead Redemption and Flower.

 

[renjworks]

SOTN with that crazy craessigrimm

 

[woopWOOP]

Animal Crossing: New Leaf for me.

Until I suddenly find a new house on my pathway.

 

[Beboh13]

Forza Horizon 2
World of Warcraft
Minecraft

 

[industrian]

A match three game on my smartphone.

 

[TouchTiltGames]

In the last few months it's been: Child of Light, Valiant Hearts and now Chariott with my son.

 

[Easton Dark]

Starcraft 1. The space platform maps are very calming for some raisin.

 

[Gaiaknight]

still to this day i pop in my copy of endless ocean 2 and go for a dive That being said where is my HD endless ocean nintendo >.<

 

[HGStormy]

Minecraft, Forza Horizon 2.

Spoiler

Can't really relax much at all anymore though.

 

[badnewsbeers]

Minecraft ps4 with my buddies. Formerly x360 version. Between the music and the colors and the social setting it's perfect

 

[SummitAve]

Hohokum.

 

[Mulgrok]

Marvel Heroes 2015

because squirrels, squirrels everywhere! <3

 

[dracula_x]

Wipeout HD - Zone mode

 

[TheAssist]

Driver San Francisco with my own music in the backround.

Its one of those games where driving is just fun. You dont need as much conentration as for example in Burnout Paradise and its also more forgiving compared to a simulator.
Also the driving mechanics are really satisfying once you the hang of it.

Wish they'd make a sequel one day (a good one again plzzzz)

 

[Syph Medwes]

Forza 4 was the single reason I kept playing my 360 for as long as I did after switching over to PS3. Very relaxing. My biggest regret for buying a PS4 over the One.

 

[gngf123]

Super Hexagon usually, or Skyrim

Good to know I'm not the only person crazy enough to find Super Hexagon relaxing.

Truck Simulator 2 and Pokemon are the others for me. Fez was for a while as well.

 

[Krucks]

Lately, although it might seem counterintuitive, I've been relaxing while playing Pix the Cat

 

[castaction]

sim city 4

 

[Panthers]

Destiny Single Player (not PvP.thats rage inducing)

Hearthstone

WoW

SWTOR

Basically chill no thought games

 

[Disaster Nebraska]

Space Engine, though I'd barely qualify that as a "game" in traditional terms.

 

[names2hard4you]

Destiny does it for me. Fills the void between releases, and let's me listen to podcasts or music without doing too much thinking. I have repeated each stage so much that I don't need to pay too much attention to what I'm doing in the game.