• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    As far as labors of love go, Stardew Valley is probably the most current example. People paid for this thing years ago, but Concerned Ape keeps adding new features anyway. The retro graphics give this thing a timeless quality out of the box, so it already looks “dated” - this hasn’t stopped the robust player community around it. We’ll probably see this game stay relevant for a long time.

    • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
      21·
      3 months ago

      A lot of folks are listing their favorite games but this is the one that truly fits.

      • Unusually long development time by a studio known for DnD-simmiliar RPG games getting the next installation for the series that defined the genre.

      • Cast voice actors for several years, ones that are still playing their characters on a variety of platforms.

      • Just chock filled references to DnD lore, cute in-jokes, and faithful updates on old characters.

      Everyone involved clearly loved it!

      • Soup@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        The real question is what is Larian’s equivalent to Peter Jackson’s “Meet the Feebles”?

    • Aspharr@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 months ago

      Just a side note I wouldn’t necessarily put Witcher 1 on the same pedestal as witcher 2 and 3. You could enjoy it, thematically and story wise it’s spot on Witcher, but it’s pretty klunky mechanically speaking and really shows its age. 2 and 3 are Fantastic in every way though. I hear they’re potentially remaking 1 and I’m all for it if it’s in a style similar to 2 or 3.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      man i tried so many times and couldn’t get into outer wilds. it’s so fucking boring to get started that when things start getting even remotely interesting I’m already checked out. the game’s all “here’s a bunch of threads, which one do you want to pull” and I’m like “I don’t care”

      • shneancy@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        Outer Wilds is best started on rainy evenings around late summer, it took me a couple of tries to get into it as well, i bounced off at least 2 times. but the 3rd time it grabbed me and now it’s my all time favourite game.

        basically, don’t stress it :) it’s a brilliant game and honestly after you finish it one day you’ll long for the time when it was still ahead of you as you can only play it once for the first time

        • billhead@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 months ago

          I love Outer Wilds. I’ll never forgot the moment of resignation when the all too familiar music starts playing only to realize, Oh no, it’s quite different this time.

          The DLC though… not for me. It’s like a completely different game, different genre, with the only thing in common being the looping. I started feeling like such a chore that I just installed some mods to blaze through it and at least see the conclusion.

  • astrsk@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    The Persona series comes to mind. But probably more than anything Witcher 3, Skyrim, Disco Elysium, Stardew Valley, No Man’s Sky, Nier Replicant/Automata, Metal Gear Solid 3, there’s actually quite a few imo.

    Edit: oh and dwarf fortress!

    • plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 months ago

      No Man’s Sky

      Isn’t this the one that crashed and burned on launch, but the devs owned their mistakes and put a ton of work into patching and upgrading? What a fuckin redemption arc for it to end up on this list unironically.

        • InputZero@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          It’s a fantastic game and it keeps getting better. They don’t even put it behind a DLC paywall. Buy the game and that’s it. It’s refreshing to see a developer stick to their principles.

          • Kaput@lemmy.world
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            3 months ago

            Do you need to be involved much in multiplayer to enjoy the game or is it possible to just mind your own business without much interaction

            • Kernal64@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Every single thing, even the few missions that recommend playing in multiplayer, can be done solo.