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The kind of game you daydream about while at school or work because you can’t wait to come home and play some more.

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[-] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 35 points 7 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3, four playthroughs back to back, two of em multiplayer. I still play it every now and then when I want to continue my honor run.

Besides that, Rimworld. Nearly 4k hours.

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 14 points 7 months ago

Ah Rimworld. What are other games except brief distractions from more Rimworld?

[-] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

It's honestly a neverending stream of new stories. There's new, quality mods nearly every day.

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[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I am utterly shellshocked by how much I'm enjoying Helldivers 2. It's been a very long time since I've daydreamed about going home to play but I just can't wait to blast some bugs with friends most days. It's like I'm 10 again

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago

I just want to let people with lower spec hardware know about "Earth defense force 5". It's better than hell divers in my opinion. Bigger scale, more aliens, more destruction but lower graphics to compensate.

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[-] TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works 28 points 7 months ago

Ive been playing a lot of read dead redemption lately.

[-] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 14 points 7 months ago

Came here to say this (specifically RDR2). I found the story really slow in the beginning but it got me addicted.

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[-] Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 24 points 7 months ago

I'm still playing Starfield. I'm 120% the targeted audience. It helped me go through depression.

I'm a 45 years old dude, and I started creating a comic with my character in Starfield, by taking screenshots and adding speech bubbles with Figma. I didn't know I had it in me.

As far as I'm concerned, Starfield is self-care.

[-] Based_and_Cool@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 months ago

That's deep rock Galactic and star trek for me, whenever I'm bringing those 2 then times are tough.

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[-] Pyro@programming.dev 22 points 7 months ago

Deep Rock Galactic

Just gotta finish one last assignment...

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[-] all-knight-party@kbin.run 16 points 7 months ago

Helldivers 2, currently. I'm hooked on the progression and acquisition of all of the unlockables, but it's the moment to moment gameplay that keeps me wanting to hunt all the loadout options I probably won't use anyway.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

Be sure to subscribe to !helldivers2@lemmy.ca if you aren't already!

[-] all-knight-party@kbin.run 6 points 7 months ago

Good looking out, I hadn't gone there yet, subbed!

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[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 15 points 7 months ago

Got hooked on Factorio back in 2016. Still am.

[-] OnU@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

Friend gifted me this game just a few weeks ago. It gained more prominence in my dreams than i am willing to admit

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[-] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Currently on my 2nd attempt at a Space Exploration run. Part of me wishes I'd just started heroin, it would have been less addictive.

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 14 points 7 months ago

Baldur's Gate 3. I just can't get enough. When I'm too tired to play myself I'm watching streams of other people playing. Sometimes I get fed up for a few days but so far it has always pulled me back in.

The "worst" for me was in 2006 with the release of Gothic 3. I had saved up for a powerful new PC and taken two or three weeks off work to play. I played deep into the night. Then deep into the morning. Then deep into the day. Then deep into the evening. Until my sleep schedule was aligned with my regular schedule again at the end of my holidays.

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[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 13 points 7 months ago

Completely hooked on would be Dark Souls 3. Right now I'm playing The Witcher 3, and while it's good, it makes me want to boot up DS3 - less talking more fighting

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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 7 months ago

You'll laugh.

Bus simulator: Ultimate
Android game that will toast your phone, but it's pretty nice. It has a multiplayer too and a 2nd hand market where people bid on used buses. Naturally this means it's best to attempt to put a bus for auction in specific hours, and bid in others.

Some of the longer routes take well over an hour in real world.
One effect on me, which is also true for trains and busses in real life, is that it makes me sleepy pretty quickly.
Low frequency sound of the engine, trees moving past, road lanes quickly zipping past, you're just staring in front while doing minor adjustments and falling asleep.
I should not drive in real life.

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[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 7 months ago

If by "were" you mean "are", then Balatro.

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[-] Zeko9381@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago
[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

A wonderful game, still need to go back and do the dlc at some point.

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[-] achille225@jlai.lu 11 points 7 months ago

I gotta go with Cyberpunk : i waited until very recently to start playing (didn't have a beefy enough computer before) and man am I hooked. The universe feels complete, and the characters feel real to me : truly a fantastic game

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[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Probably WoW tbh. I don't play anymore and don't recommend it, but WoW with friends/guildies at its peak is unparalleled. You can't wait to log on and reconnect with everyone.

[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

satisfactory on my 8th full playthrough and the game is not even 1.0 yet

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

~~Fac~~Cracktorio

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

Currently hooked on Factorio.

Before that, Baldur's Gate 3.

Before that, Factorio.

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[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago

Few games have captured my attention like XCom2, and it's last expansion.

I often find myself playing something new while also wishing it was XCOM 2...

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[-] sunbunman@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Dragons Dogma 2

  • story: garbage
  • storytelling: garbage
  • performance: garbage
  • CAPCOM: garbage

But I tell you what, the world, exploration and gameplay they've put together, it's all A+.

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[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 9 points 7 months ago

Descent, over 20 years ago

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[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Baldur's Gate 3. Before that, I dunno. Outer Worlds, I guess.

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[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Currently Horizon: Forbidden West. So glad the PC port only took 2 years this time around rather than 5 for the first one (or however long it was)

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 months ago

My own work in progress game, an arcade style deckbuilding game with meta-progression.

The current release doesn't include the last part but the next update will introduce it.

It's so fun to try to get a high score, and the randomness gives me the "just one more go" feeling.

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[-] mub@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

To the moon. Played it a few years ago. Cried.

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[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Crusader kings 3, aka Sims for psychopaths.

[-] los_chill@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago

No Mans Sky. Off and on for like 4 years now. But I keep coming back with each new update and I get completely hooked again.

[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

Spellcaster University.

It's not the most complex game, but you're given control to build your own set of universities, trying to accomplish the goals given to you. You have a limited amount of time before the Great Evil comes and you have to start over.

Each location has its pros and cons, different graduation classes can give benefits that persist through the run, and all the building is done through picking one of 3 cards themed around what they focus on(Gold for general improvement and random magic things, Mana of particular types for rooms/items focused on that school of magic).

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[-] burgersc12@mander.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

Horizon Forbidden West just released on PC, been hooked on it since then.

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[-] jg1i@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I totally binged Alan Wake 1 in like 2 days. Then spent a while enveloped by Alan Wake 2! Part 2 really got the AAA treatment. It was funny, spooky, actiony. Lots of stuff to explore, the characters play differently.

I also didn't realize Control was part of the story, so now I gotta go play that!

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[-] Skua@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Noita! I've stopped playing it now as I more or less achieved everything I wanted to with it, but it really got a hold of me with how much it rewards creative approaches to problems

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

Kenshi. Just the sheer dynamic ant-farm nature of it made the grind somehow all the more the worth. Even if you cheat and max out all your stats, you can still invent your own narrative in your head for what you think is happening.

[-] Muckelchen@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago

Finally played Half-Life 2 recently. Best shooter I have ever played.

[-] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

It has a special place for me because a long time ago, when I was younger, I had R&C Size Matters as the only game on my PSP and that's because I bought the PSP in a bundle

And that was the only R&C game I played until Rift Apart and that shit hit me like that scene in the end of Ratatouille mfer

[-] Stormygeddon@startrek.website 6 points 7 months ago

Completely hooked on: Baldur's Gate 3.

Completely hooked on in the past tense and stopped playing: Overwatch.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

Elden Ring (again) I go back and forth between many games

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[-] atotayo@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago

Monster hunter world. I bought it to have a replacement for genshin and it worked a little too well. It just feels different from any other game for how many things it does so well: from enemies to armor design to music to mechanics to weapon variety, everything is amazing.

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[-] brokenlcd@feddit.it 6 points 7 months ago

Yesterday i started playing custom doom wads at night because i wanted to see what new mods where available and lo and behold; i saw the sun rise.

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[-] Lizardom@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Noita - for the longest time the addiction was something along the lines of not letting this 'simple' game beat me, and damn does it beat you...

Then I finally had my first God run breaking the reroll machines and oh my fuck it's like crack. I've been chasing that dragon ever since.

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