r/AskReddit • u/Ok-Job-5885 • 2h ago
What's a game that everyone should experience atleast once?
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u/DevilMonkeyJon 2h ago
Journey, not too long and really beautiful
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u/Bolorinthegrey 2h ago
I've always been disappointed about TGC turning into an insanely monetized mobile developer instead of continuing with their unique genre of games.
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u/DevilMonkeyJon 1h ago
I only know Flow , Flower, Journey, Sky cotl, what mobile games are you referring to?
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u/Elegant-Manner-5697 3m ago
Journey proves a game doesn't need endless hours to leave a lasting mark. That ending stayed with me far longer than I expected.
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u/DON_T_PANIC_ 1h ago
I played it half a year ago, and I realised that it was a "multiplayer" game in the last chapter, because that was the first time I saw another player. The servers are empty and thus the main experience is long gone. Nice artwork though.
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u/LeaAnimal 2h ago
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u/SandBasket 27m ago
Hell yeah I used to play a lot of hide and seek tag with my friends back in high school and it was super fun!
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u/Alko- 2h ago
Chrono Trigger
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u/HoboWithANerfGun 53m ago
Is that a game that gets better the deeper you play or is mostly a nostalgia thing? I never played it back in the day but I picked it up recently on mobile. Played through the first boss and mostly thought , meh this is fine and never really continued with it.
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u/BigDelfin 34m ago
Can't relate to you. Got me hooked from the very start with the trial scene.
If you are interested in the JRPG genre it's one of those games you must play just for how important it was.
And what's even better is that everyone of the people that worked there delivered. The art, the music and the story all of them are top notch and can even compete with the games that are being made today.
As a plus, it's new game+ is really well though and without getting into spoilers it gains a lot of replayability.
I'm not a big fan of the ATB mode, but it can be turned of and it is really a pet peeve of mine, but yeah I would very much recommend you to play it
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u/dyogenys 51m ago
Where is chrono trigger? I just baught a nintendo for the first time, I heard it was so good, along with Zelda BotW, and it isn't there on the Classics emulator section or in the gamestore. And not on my ps5 either. Please, Square enix, i don't want to sit on my computer in my spare time too, please, wake up, cash in on the work you already done, it's compassionate and business logical at the same time.
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u/dilapidated_tilapia 2h ago
Outer Wilds
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u/youngdibs82 2h ago
Outer wilds comes up so much in this sub, I love to see it. But I hope it comes up enough for people to try it. It's such and amazing experience.
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u/Adept_Reception_2788 2h ago
To anyone reading this if you decide to play it, do not look up a single thing about it. Go in 100% blind Trust me you only get to play it for the first time once
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u/Cloud_Fish 2h ago
As a counterpoint to this, I ended up so lost and confused I ended up just dropping it and eventually watching someone do a play through.
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u/OldCardigan 2h ago
In my group of friends(all really geek/gamers), 7 different people played it. 4 finished and loved it, 3 didn't. I think it's a game I'd expect a lot of people to just drop, really
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u/Sman67 4m ago
I never got to finish it because I got really busy while I was doing a playthrough so I had to take a break... but now it's been long enough that I've forgotten most of the story and characters and I can't find the motivation to start up the game again because I'd need to sit in the ship for 40+ mins to read everything and try to figure out where I left off.
I was thinking of restarting but I remember most of the puzzles just not the story, so finding the motivation to replay the game from scratch seems even harder...
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u/desmayer 1h ago
I dropped it quite fast due to the time loop and being very very confused. It is a game I want to play again though as I love space.
Planning on giving it another later this year...
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u/Javier93 1h ago
Use the computer on your ship to keep track of your leads and clues and where to go next, and don't worry about the time loop, you can make progress in a million places early on. You start not knowing anything, embrace being confused, the entire game is about slowly making sense of it all.
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u/jmalex 1h ago
Yeah, same thing happened to me. I wish I had SOME guidance as to what type of game it was and a general idea of what a player is supposed to be aiming for.
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u/Javier93 1h ago
The computer in your ship provides plenty of guidance. Literally tells you how everything you find connects and where you still have stuff to find.
You literally just have to go anywhere you want and start prodding at stuff for it to show on the computer. Everything else is slowly going through everything and making sense of how it all fits together. There's not one linear path through the game, you can explore at your own pace.
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u/OldCardigan 2h ago
Nah. I don't think that many people are just curious enough.
I wasn't. But it was cool watching people play.3
u/Parish87 2h ago
I tried it and I’m just not curious enough. It was however really fun watching someone play through it on my second monitor while I played a game I enjoyed more. It’s weird how the mind works.
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u/ShyguyFlyguy 2h ago
The orange box was probably the best value game bundle that has ever existed
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u/PotatoFruitcake 1h ago
Grand Theft Auto 2: Episode 2, Fortnite 2 AND Outer Wilds in a single box! Insane value
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u/NovarisLight 2h ago
Final Fantasy VI.
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u/54yroldHOTMOM 1h ago
US FF3 was indeed my favorite.
I remember borrowing it from the videostore but a week was way too short. Eventually bought the US converter and US game itself for my European Super Nintendo•
u/NovarisLight 58m ago
So many good memories. I replay it about once a year. The music alone is chef's kiss. Awesome characters and story too.
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u/54yroldHOTMOM 55m ago
I’m humming the opera thing now haha. Also spent months trying to play Terra’s theme on piano.
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u/NovarisLight 52m ago
I did some FFVI music covers years ago and sometimes go back to them. Nobuo is the man.
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u/alien005 37m ago
My game was broken and didn’t save the game. I played the first hour a million times. Never beat it
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u/Secret4gentMan 2h ago
Sleeping Dogs is pretty good. Not sure how well it has aged, though.
It's been a while.
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u/matlynar 1h ago
Currently playing it for the first time after reading so much about it on Reddit.
It has aged pretty well. It's a nice blend of GTA and Yakuza but without 30 minute missions from the former and 30 minute cutscenes from the latter, which I'm thankful for as a 37 year old gamer.
So yeah, absolutely recommend it.
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u/Corbeau99 2h ago
The Talos Principle.
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u/Yo-3 44m ago
I've only played it like 1 hour but I find it very tedious. The puzzles are so easy and predictable. Does it get any better?
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u/Corbeau99 24m ago
Yes.
The puzzles where you get sigils aren't really complicated (unless it's about recording yourself, then it can get messy), but the stars are definitely trickier to obtain. And the Road to Gehenna DLC is really big on using the base game mechanics in really strange, non-intuitive ways.
Also, the puzzles are only half of the fun.
The other half being discovering what, where and why you are, through listening (a little), reading (a lot) and debating what's a human with a library assistant program.
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u/yell_nada 2h ago
Slay the Princess. It has some things to say about the nature of different kinds of love, turns of relationships, and realisation of the self.
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u/Crab__Juice 3m ago
It's unfortunate that of the 4 people I recommended it too, 3 of them thought it was a weird recommendation and never even tried it. 4th person LOVED it.
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u/FloraPetalz 2h ago
Outer Wilds. Go in completely blind and thank everyone later. It's one of those games you wish you could experience for the first time twice.
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u/Moinmahlzeitservus 1h ago
Never played it and never looked into it, but I’ve seen the recommendation countless times. I bought it and modded it for VR.. heading in later.
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u/CloneNova 1h ago
I feel like I should warn you if you don't have your VR legs yet. I almost made my friend vomit when I let him try it. But other than that, it's really a special experience in VR. Especially the DLC.
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u/Moinmahlzeitservus 14m ago
Thanks for the warning. I’ve been playing VR since 2017 and never had any issues.
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u/DON_T_PANIC_ 1h ago
"The Stanley Parable" and it's Demo (yes it has a free demo and it is a must play beforehand)
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u/Patty___G 2h ago
Elden Ring
Not because its a great game (even though it is)
It teaches you humility
And makes you want to smash your Pc/Console into thousands of pieces and go play outside. Wich is also a good thing
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u/pulsificationII 57m ago
I'll add to that: Elden Ring, but blind adventuring, i.e. no walkthroughs, no "get OP fast" guides, etc.
It's the best experience I've ever had in 25 years of videogaming.
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u/orangesuave 2h ago
Black and white
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u/liberal_texan 1h ago
I loved that game. I also loved that if you had a common name and were playing late into the night it would whisper your name. Scared the shit out of me the first time it happened.
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u/maths001karim 2h ago
Chess
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u/Wooden_Permit3234 1h ago
I’ll agree but suggest the threshold for “experiencing chess” means you have to learn very basic strategic principles and the basic tactical motifs, and spend a few hours between puzzles and games.
If you don’t have any sense of those things you’re really missing out on pretty much the entirety of chess even if you played a bunch of games with your friends and family or whatever.
Without that understanding you’re pretty much just hoping your opponent lets you freely take their pieces and mate them and blindly seeking plans. Chess quickly becomes more than that with just the basic understanding of what to be looking for.
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u/TCCannon 2h ago
PAC-man. Arcade fun. Fast and simple and quick to learn. I know it’s several generations ago, yet it has appeal.
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u/OldCardigan 2h ago
Spiritfarer is very niche, but I think it is about things everybody can kinda relate too, and it's an easy game to connect...
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u/T1melessGuy 2h ago
Conceptually speaking: a large scale MMO. Doesn't need to be a specific one so WoW, Guild Wars etc would all work.
There is one thing those games have that's unique to them and that is the cooperative social aspect that brings people together in a way no other really does in a persistent way. Its an experience that sticks with you for your entire gaming career i'd say, the people you meet and relationships you have.
How strong those relationships are exists in direct parallel to how fragile they are. You can play for years with someone and not even know their real name, or even to the point if you do know it their actual name doesn't even sound right to call them by it, and their screen name somehow feels more natural.
And the one day you can log in and they just, don't? Weeks, months and even years might pass and the Last Online gets longer and longer until you eventually quit yourself when your guild chat is quiet and friends list is dark. You'll probably never know why they vanished but the memories will carry on.
MMOs occupy a special place in gaming culture I reckon. People got married because of those games and they got divorced too. There is children out there that exist because of those games even!
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u/Truand2labiffle 1h ago
How many variations of this karma milking question are we going to get here ?
And why the Fuck people would still answer the same shit over and over
Dead internet
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u/_whats-going-on 1h ago
Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Duck Tales, This War of Mine, Time Splitters 2 & 3, Golden Eye, Perfect Dark
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u/Alternative_Pool8055 2h ago
The only game I’ve played seriously (and all the way through) is Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I stopped playing video games after that, but it’s a classic. So I’d recommend it.
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u/Ok_Temperature_7374 2h ago
Papers, Please — a great example of mechanics making an ethical argument without stopping for a speech.
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u/Sockerkatt 2h ago
Not a single comment about Mass effect…
The story is so amazing and needs to be experienced.
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u/Geadalu 1h ago
Board game: Terraforming Mars. It's just too good. Not extremely complex, but still makes an afternoon.
Videogame: The Red String's Club. Beautiful story, beautiful characters. Short and perfect.
Card game: I honestly love the Spanish game Mus so much. Addicting, hard to play (as it involves gambling on other's cards) and very social. I find it to be a much more interesting alternative to classic poker.
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u/Insanitysreddit 1h ago
For everyone, Last of Us. Specifically for gamers, elden ring and rdr2 are very close.
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u/582Ivyy-Wane 1h ago
Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of those games that feels more like living a story than just playing one.
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u/Trexton1 1h ago
Persona 5 royal.
It is 100+ hours long but the story, gameplay, soundtrack and visuals are fantastic.
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u/JayCarlinMusic 47m ago
The Stanley Parable was one of the more unique games I've ever played. It's fun to put people in front of it and just see what they do. Then digging in deeper can get pretty weird.
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u/-Jesus-Of-Nazareth- 37m ago
If you want to show somebody that video games can make you cry, make them play Spiritfarer
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u/Jamesworkshop 21m ago
Prey 2017 - not enought ppl played it
[PROTOTYPE] stupid open world fun
Ocarina of time - strong showing of how to almost flawlessly convert to 3D
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u/sunbearimon 2h ago
Portal & Portal 2