Do you have a game you play over and over, when nothing else fits your mood? That game that is infinitely re-playable, somewhat the same every time and somewhat new and interesting?
For me it’s the games in the Orcs Must Die series. But mostly OMD 3. I play the mode called Scramble, where you have to beat 5 rounds of orcs, and they get harder and harder as you progress. There are random things to make it harder (nerfs) and you can choose 1 thing per round to make it easier (buffs). I’ve probably played that something like 300 times now since I beat the main game + DLCs a long while ago. I go into a special mental state while playing, since I know it all so well, and just zone out for about an hour each time.
Patient gamers, what’s your “I will keep playing this game for the rest of my life” fallback?
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Rimworld
I just keep coming back.
I picked up Stranded: Alien Dawn on Humble Bundle a few months back and it scratches the same itch. I know I’m going back to Rimworld soon, but S:AD has prettier graphics and similar gameplay. You can also build multi-story buildings. It’s been a good change of pace for me.
Wz2100 and zero-k. Let’s blow stuff up.
I’m late but: Fights In Tight Spaces. I thoroughly enjoy their daily challenges, and save my replays when I have a spectacular run with no damage.
Dark Souls. If there’s nothing else I want to play, I’m always up for another run through Lordran with a build I’ve never tried before.
The run up to the gargoyles in ds1 is very good and sometimes that’s what I do. After that the pacing has some hiccups, but that first part is A+
I’ll often go through O&S, and then lose steam during one of the Lord Souls afterward.
For me this is the most unhinged option. But then DS is like putting hot needles in my eyes to me.
HL2, Portal 2, Far Cry (1), Commander Keen, Supreme Commander, Raptor: Call of the Shadows. Halo MCC but particularly 2.
Oh sweet I can get Raptor for 84¢ right now, haven’t played that since the '90s
Crawl: Stone Soup. Classic rogue like. You can play it in the browser so it’s very fast to get going. Minotaur Berserker is a nice semi brainless flow.
I’m partial to Gargoyle Fighter, slam maces into everything
Gargoyle Fighter Gang! My first and only escape (3 rune) was a gargoyle fighter dedicated to The Shining One. I relied completely on shield for defense and apparently that was weird as I got a lot of shocked comments on my lack of evade
It’s been a minute since I was last plugged into the dcss community, but that seems very standard for me. My best run was also a TSO fighter gargoyle, but something like 8 or 9 runes which was neat. Golden dragon armour, kite shield, and the awesome blessed whip courtesy of TSO is my end game objective
Yeah Gargoyles! My first ascension was Gargoyle Earth Elementist, but I think EE has been nerfed since that ascension.
I never really clicked with EE, when I felt like magic I was usually doing something like Deep elf conjurer, or sometime High Elve (rip them) and go for a sword and sorcery style I really enjoyed
this is a smartass answer but if no video game is catching your attention, don’t play a video game. do anything else. pick up a new hobby or revisit an old one.
I started reading casually, currently Harry Potter to see what the fuss was about.
And I guess TV shows and anime too for years, but I usually only watch these while eating.
Yup. I like reading and working on coding projects.
That said, sometimes I get a hankering to play a game, but none of the dozens I have installed look interesting, so I’ll go play one of my favorites (EU4, C:S, Mount & Blade, etc).
I got a laugh from my Steam recap because I couldn’t find anything to play this summer so I got really into ice cream making. Then Satisfactory came out.
This is what I also do. I have plenty of old favourites, but if I’m really not in the mood, I don’t try to push it.
I’ve been chipping away at that deep rock galactic reverse bullet hell game for a while now. Don’t have the patience to play anything for more than half an hour these days.
Deep Rock Galactic is good even in singleplayer.
Rock and stone, to the bone!
Galaxy’s Finest! 🪨⛏️💎
I have no idea why, but Wurm Online always manages to draw me back. Guess it’s a Zen and the Art of Imping addiction.
Guild Wars 2 and Dear Esther
How does Dear Esther work for you as a go to title? I played it years ago and was under the impression that the game was beaten in a few hours with no replay value whatsoever.
What did I miss?
It’s just a really relaxing and immersive experience. I’m not quite sure why, but it feels calming and beautiful just taking my time walking through it time and time again.
I’m probably on my tenth playthrough by now.
Ys Seven for the PSP. I have Ys VII and Ys: MoC for the Vita and Ys IX for the Switch, but there’s something about Seven that keeps me coming back.
I just picked up Ys 8 recently and fell in love, now I’m on to 9… biggest issue with the game is not enough time to play.
8 is so good. And the music is great. I haven’t finished 9 yet, same issue as you with the lack of time. But I’m hopeful I’ll get back to it soon.
I’ll play a multiplayer shooter or civilization 6
When I’m too tired or depressed to dive deep into something it’s always something really simple like Ring of Pain, Vampire Survivors, or other slow paced stuff.
Civilization V.
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