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What are your feel-good games? (lemmy.world)
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Like, games that you have played through multiple times, but you still like to replay them from time to time because you can just relax and have a good time without too much hassle.

For me some are Dark Souls 1&2 and Borderlands 1, I can play them without too much thoughts about what I'm doing, but still be focused enough so no bad thoughts appear.

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[–] 6 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

Retro games from my formative years:

  • Super Mario RPG
  • Forgotten Worlds
  • Any Sierra adventure game from the EGA/VGA era
  • Animal Crossing

Newer games:

  • Assassin's Creed Odyssey
  • Fallout 4
  • GTA5

I realize those are divisive entries in each of their franchises, but they're the ones that hit for me and just let me wander off and do whatever I feel like.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I just wanted to play Super Mario RPG, but my 8bitdo gamepad had problems, even after opening everything up and cleaning that shit. :(

    But I wanna know more about the Sierre adventures you like. I only watched Let's Plays of my favorite old-ish LPer that helped bring me those game closer(GronkhRetro)... I really love the "Leisure Suit Larry" series, anything else you recommend to watch? AND! also anything you'd like to recommend to some younger guys like me, who'd like to play those good old games? c: <3

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    In the late 80s/early 90s, my parents wouldn't let us have a game console, but somehow trying to bed hookers in Leisure Suit Larry was okay for their pre-teen. IDK.

    If it's the humor that made LSL good for you, the Space Quest series is an easy leap. Or Freddy Pharkas. Plus lots of Lucasarts games like Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Maniac Mansion...

    The Police Quest series is my favorite. PQ1 is easily in my top games of all time. Followed very closely by the first Gabriel Knight game. I went to New Orleans years back for work and the best thing I got to do was look out over Lafayette Park and St Louis Cathedral from the same vantage point as in the game. Maybe silly, but it was a really fulfilling moment.

    Oh, I always really liked the Quest for Glory games too, though I don't think I ever finished any of them. Maybe I should work on that this year.

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