Ainem Enamas
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Drizzlehell
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BaldingAshCrimson
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For someone that doesn't like/care/never played video games: Journey.
For anyone else: Mirrors Edge 1, Viewtiful Joe and God Hand.
For anyone else: Mirrors Edge 1, Viewtiful Joe and God Hand.
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Praise God. Usually Mario 64 I guess.
Games of Today
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Medal of Honor: 2010
Far Cry 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
The Uncharted series of course.
Far Cry 2
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
The Uncharted series of course.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
What Remains of Edith Finch, mostly because it's not talked about much and I think it's one of the greatest games ever made.
kvltus lvlzvs
Banned
DUSK
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Fortnite.
It's free, it still dominates in terms of popularity, and it's the best representation of why gaming is such a unique and brilliant form of entertainment.
It's free, it still dominates in terms of popularity, and it's the best representation of why gaming is such a unique and brilliant form of entertainment.
Wildebeest
Member
If someone wasn't into games, I would probably just name something popular but vaguely cool, probably something I haven't played, because I don't really care. Maybe tell them how much they would like Bloodborne or Doom Eternal.
TerribleAtThisGame
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Returnal
I get it's not for everyone but it's in my Top 5 of all time. To me, that game does basically everything I want from video games at the highest level.
I get it's not for everyone but it's in my Top 5 of all time. To me, that game does basically everything I want from video games at the highest level.
crackajack
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Depends entirely on if I know anything about the other person's taste.
Super Meat Boy, Limbo, Inside, Portal, NOLF, CoD4, Fear, Condemned, RE4, Metroid Prime, Supreme Commander, Panzers Phase 1&2, Company of Heroes, Mirrors Edge, Psychonauts, The Witness, Talos Principle, Tetris Effect, Crysis, Hitman Blood Money, Team Fortress 2, Vampire Bloodlines, Mario Galaxy, Zelda OoT, Grim Fandango, Detroid Become Human, Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us, Life is Strange, Dirt Rally 2, Wipeout Omega, World of Goo, Braid, Bayonetta, Vanquish, Wave Race, Serious Sam
one of those. I'd even recommend games I personally don't like if I think it could fit.
Super Meat Boy, Limbo, Inside, Portal, NOLF, CoD4, Fear, Condemned, RE4, Metroid Prime, Supreme Commander, Panzers Phase 1&2, Company of Heroes, Mirrors Edge, Psychonauts, The Witness, Talos Principle, Tetris Effect, Crysis, Hitman Blood Money, Team Fortress 2, Vampire Bloodlines, Mario Galaxy, Zelda OoT, Grim Fandango, Detroid Become Human, Walking Dead, Wolf Among Us, Life is Strange, Dirt Rally 2, Wipeout Omega, World of Goo, Braid, Bayonetta, Vanquish, Wave Race, Serious Sam
one of those. I'd even recommend games I personally don't like if I think it could fit.
Jigsaah
Gold Member
Phantom Dust. Best game of all time. Duh.
I should actually take a moment to explain why Phantom Dust is the best game of all time.
It's single player is 100 mission tutorial that explains the sheer depth of the game. Each mission teaches you a new mechanic, new power or new story element. It's story is entrenched firmly in anime. It's basically "Interstellar" before that was even a thing, cept wrapped in an over the top post-apocalyptic anime blanket. So, like most anime, the story is unique and bone chilling as it makes you question what existence really means. The story is delivered in spurts, leaving the protagonist to piece together what's actually happening in this world where you've been awoken by some unknown force, in a world that time has destroyed and there nothing left but this "Dust" that somehow grants you these psychic powers.
Combat is deep not just in the hand to hand, blade to blade, or psychic beam to psychic beam exchange. The Arsenal (essentially your card deck) is a carefully planned strategy that makes every fight unique, thanks to the many many different types of attack, defense "erase", "Nature" and environmental skills you use to manipulate the fight. Each skill is designated to one of five "schools" An arsenal can have up to 3 schools within ones arsenal, which dictates how quickly you regain Aura (think Mana) to cast said skills. Skills range from CQB, medium range and longe range attacks...defenses that erase other skills or can reverse attacks back at the caster, erase skills that are arena wide that can delete other people's arsenals (think like a mill deck in MTG) Environmental skills that can change the rules of the game entirely long as the skill is allowed to exist in the battle.
I could go on for a very long time about the depth of this game. But safe to say, is that going into a battle is as much about your reflexes as it is about being able make reads on what your opponent(s) strategy is. Watching how quickly their aura regains can tell you how many schools they are using in their arsenal, while watching their defense tells you which school they're using. Once that's been determined, you then use your knowledge of the skills from those arsenals to make educated guesses on what attacks and defenses you're likely to see and then form a strategy using your own arsenal to try and counter that or use the environment to your advantage.
I won't make this a wall of text, but if you've never tried Phantom Dust, the remastered version is free on PC and Xbox. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
I should actually take a moment to explain why Phantom Dust is the best game of all time.
It's single player is 100 mission tutorial that explains the sheer depth of the game. Each mission teaches you a new mechanic, new power or new story element. It's story is entrenched firmly in anime. It's basically "Interstellar" before that was even a thing, cept wrapped in an over the top post-apocalyptic anime blanket. So, like most anime, the story is unique and bone chilling as it makes you question what existence really means. The story is delivered in spurts, leaving the protagonist to piece together what's actually happening in this world where you've been awoken by some unknown force, in a world that time has destroyed and there nothing left but this "Dust" that somehow grants you these psychic powers.
Combat is deep not just in the hand to hand, blade to blade, or psychic beam to psychic beam exchange. The Arsenal (essentially your card deck) is a carefully planned strategy that makes every fight unique, thanks to the many many different types of attack, defense "erase", "Nature" and environmental skills you use to manipulate the fight. Each skill is designated to one of five "schools" An arsenal can have up to 3 schools within ones arsenal, which dictates how quickly you regain Aura (think Mana) to cast said skills. Skills range from CQB, medium range and longe range attacks...defenses that erase other skills or can reverse attacks back at the caster, erase skills that are arena wide that can delete other people's arsenals (think like a mill deck in MTG) Environmental skills that can change the rules of the game entirely long as the skill is allowed to exist in the battle.
I could go on for a very long time about the depth of this game. But safe to say, is that going into a battle is as much about your reflexes as it is about being able make reads on what your opponent(s) strategy is. Watching how quickly their aura regains can tell you how many schools they are using in their arsenal, while watching their defense tells you which school they're using. Once that's been determined, you then use your knowledge of the skills from those arsenals to make educated guesses on what attacks and defenses you're likely to see and then form a strategy using your own arsenal to try and counter that or use the environment to your advantage.
I won't make this a wall of text, but if you've never tried Phantom Dust, the remastered version is free on PC and Xbox. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
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Kenneth Haight
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Krappadizzle
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Witcher 3, Breath of the Wild/TotK are pretty much my go-to games for questions like that. BotW/ToTk are some of the best pure-adventure games I've ever played.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
Walter Matthau
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Magic Carpet
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What Remains of Edith Finch.
Just about anyone can pick up and play and it's such an interesting and surprising experience.
Story and emotions, all in just an afternoon of gameplay.
Just about anyone can pick up and play and it's such an interesting and surprising experience.
Story and emotions, all in just an afternoon of gameplay.
I'm gonna have to say Baldur's Gate 3, if you're looking for a true RPG.
This game has been a trip for me, these past few weeks.
Don't remember the last time I smiled, laughed, cringed, and felt remorse for the choices and consequences I've experienced, from a game.
BG3 is a trip.
This game has been a trip for me, these past few weeks.
Don't remember the last time I smiled, laughed, cringed, and felt remorse for the choices and consequences I've experienced, from a game.
BG3 is a trip.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
goodbye volcano high
100% agree with this when it comes to people who are into video games. I felt like I was talking so much about it when it came out because it deserved more people to experience it than it got at launch.
The game I always list as one of my all time faves and try to convince my friends to give a chance is Pokemon Snap. Absolutely love that game and there's really nothing else like it.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
I went way down the rabbit hole. My story theories were even featured on some podcast that the devs ended up commenting on because I wrote a ton about it. I went wild...
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Someone isnt into games and you recommend them Bloodborne? Really?
"Itll click with you pretty quick. Really intuitive and easy to pick up for someone new to the hobby."
Interfectum
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ASTRO's Playroom
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ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
Counter Strike. It's like football or basketball to me; hearth of esports. Legend.
FunkMiller
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Bloodborne.
Atmosphere, world building, design creativity, gameplay loop, combat.
Absolutely unique in terms of tone, style and aesthetics. Probably the best FromSoft game in terms of design, difficulty and satisfaction.
Atmosphere, world building, design creativity, gameplay loop, combat.
Absolutely unique in terms of tone, style and aesthetics. Probably the best FromSoft game in terms of design, difficulty and satisfaction.
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Roxkis_ii
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If I was just shot gunning games for people to try.
(PC) Mertro City Police - twin stick, top down inde shooter. Great music and kinda old school hard (to me). If you use a controller, it's easier if your controller has a smaller area of movement for the analog sticks like with Stedia controller. Do not recommend playing with a Dualsense.
(PC, PS5) Returnal - God like rouge like, god like controller effects with Dualsense controller.
(Almost everything) No Man Sky - Awesome exploration, free updates. Basicly a gift to the gaming community at large
(Almost everything) NieR:Automata - great battle system, smooth combat, slow burn story with one of the best ending in gaming.
Your first two play throughs are only the mid point of the game. The second play though can be a bit boring, but worth it to get to the last ending.
I have lot more, but I'm to lazy to worte them out.
(PC) Mertro City Police - twin stick, top down inde shooter. Great music and kinda old school hard (to me). If you use a controller, it's easier if your controller has a smaller area of movement for the analog sticks like with Stedia controller. Do not recommend playing with a Dualsense.
(PC, PS5) Returnal - God like rouge like, god like controller effects with Dualsense controller.
(Almost everything) No Man Sky - Awesome exploration, free updates. Basicly a gift to the gaming community at large
(Almost everything) NieR:Automata - great battle system, smooth combat, slow burn story with one of the best ending in gaming.
Your first two play throughs are only the mid point of the game. The second play though can be a bit boring, but worth it to get to the last ending.
I have lot more, but I'm to lazy to worte them out.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Hades and Returnal are the two games I recommend often.
John Marston
GAF's very own treasure goblin
I would need someone to recommend it to so I'm out 
But back in the day I recommended Fallout 3 to a friend who already enjoyed RPGs and he quit early because he felt intimidated after reaching Megaton.
The pure freedom of just doing what you wanted just overwhelmed him.
But back in the day I recommended Fallout 3 to a friend who already enjoyed RPGs and he quit early because he felt intimidated after reaching Megaton.
The pure freedom of just doing what you wanted just overwhelmed him.
alucard0712_rus
Member
Dark Souls
Journey
Shadow of the Colossus
BOTW
Journey
Shadow of the Colossus
BOTW
Shifty1897
Member
Nier: Automata, probably
The Cockatrice
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Skill-based? Sekiro or Doom Eternal on Nightmare
Best atmosphere? Cyberpunk 2077
Best level design? Dishonored 2
Best modern-classic? Prey
Best story? Mass Effect Trilogy
I could prolly name 100 other best games but too lazy.
Best atmosphere? Cyberpunk 2077
Best level design? Dishonored 2
Best modern-classic? Prey
Best story? Mass Effect Trilogy
I could prolly name 100 other best games but too lazy.
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STARSBarry
Gold Member
I just want to point something out I always found hilarious about the series
the main series theme "My Glorious Days" makes me laugh out loud because all I can think of is the Berlin Wall.
I mean its literally just remixed the old East German national anthem.
Rance discussion over
my recommendation would always be
but only so long as your using the retranslation project
About the Project | Ar tonelico 2 Relocalization Project
at2.metalbat.com
Ar Tonelico 2 is a truly special game, its sad that not many people have played it and even sadder that the translation was full of aged memes and made up jokes that did not actually fit the real dialog in many scenes. But with the fan patch its something I would always recommend. a Great JRPG with the best soundtrack in gaming.
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Fbh
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As of late (and depending who I'm talking to) Outer Wilds.
Not because I think it's the best game but because most people with some interest in gaming have probably already heard or played stuff like The Witcher 3, Elden Ring or Bloodborne. But Outer Wilds was niche enough that a lot of people I've talked haven't even heard about it.
Not because I think it's the best game but because most people with some interest in gaming have probably already heard or played stuff like The Witcher 3, Elden Ring or Bloodborne. But Outer Wilds was niche enough that a lot of people I've talked haven't even heard about it.