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What is your comfort game? The game that is your happy place?

For me it would probably be Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. I can turn on the game and just wander around and enjoy the scenery. Or I can go fight monsters if the mood strikes.

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Nice! I love trolling Guardians in BOTW. :rommie:
 
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the first Mass Effect. I know it's not as advanced or epic as ME2, but i still find it fun and if there is nothing else to play, I'll often start a new playthrough.

Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2 Sigma are others

Uncharted 2 as well. There is a game where I actually enjoy and look forward to the cut scenes as they are entertaining mini-movies that keep your attention and are often the perfect length and not bloated (looking at YOU Metal Gear!!!!)
 
the first Mass Effect. I know it's not as advanced or epic as ME2, but i still find it fun and if there is nothing else to play, I'll often start a new playthrough.


IMHO, it's still the best one. The first one is a distinct RPG, while the sequels leaned more into being cover shooters with RPG elements. It's why I actually enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda, because it actually tried to be an RPG again. I get that people weren't happy with it, but damn if it didn't offer up a feeling of exploring a frontier.
 
IMHO, it's still the best one. The first one is a distinct RPG, while the sequels leaned more into being cover shooters with RPG elements. It's why I actually enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda, because it actually tried to be an RPG again. I get that people weren't happy with it, but damn if it didn't offer up a feeling of exploring a frontier.

ME Andromeda was good. But the writers didn't deliver with that lame ending
 
ME Andromeda was good. But the writers didn't deliver with that lame ending

You could tell they were positioning it for a sequel where the new aliens were the new big bad of the galaxy. I thought the game had a lot of good ideas, and I think many people were unfairly negative to it. They were trying to give it a bit of a different focus with the colonization, and it was a game that actually encouraged exploration. Of all the games, this one had the most exploration in it. But for whatever reason, players just didn't connect with it. I will say though, that running animation made it look like the character was clumsily tripping while running down stairs.
 
You could tell they were positioning it for a sequel where the new aliens were the new big bad of the galaxy. I thought the game had a lot of good ideas, and I think many people were unfairly negative to it. They were trying to give it a bit of a different focus with the colonization, and it was a game that actually encouraged exploration. Of all the games, this one had the most exploration in it. But for whatever reason, players just didn't connect with it. I will say though, that running animation made it look like the character was clumsily tripping while running down stairs.

I will admit besides ME 3 this was the other Mass Effect game I did have the most fun with despite the story
 
Mario 64, Super Mario World, Ocarina of Time, and A Link to the Past would be knee-jerk answers--games I can just pick up and effortlessly fall back into.

However, I'm playing through Subnautica for probably the third time, and I'm loving it far, far more than I was expecting to!
 
the first Mass Effect. I know it's not as advanced or epic as ME2, but i still find it fun and if there is nothing else to play, I'll often start a new playthrough.
Absolutely, don't know how many playthroughs I've done now.

Dragon Age is another. If I'm in for a slightly more serious mood, Origins. If for just a quick runaround, despite some people not liking it, then the second one.

In the case of Andromeda and Inquisition, they're the two I've played the least - but I enjoy them (Andromeda has the edge for me)

I haven't played Veilguard yet (Tech more than anything else)
 
it used to be when i wanted to play a game but didn't really want to do something involved i would play Gundam: Fed vs Zeon
 
Sid Meyer's Civilization Beyond Earth is a comforting old game to play for me.
 
I've never played any of the civilization games. How do they play out?

Like do you start at a base level and progress from there?
 
I've never played any of the civilization games. How do they play out?

Like do you start at a base level and progress from there?

They're turn based strategy games. Like all old civ games, you start out with a city and collect resources so you can build more cities or go conquer other's cities. There's a tech tree for advancements. Or you can select Peace mode in the setup and there's no war so it turns into a trade and science thing.
 
They're turn based strategy games. Like all old civ games, you start out with a city and collect resources so you can build more cities or go conquer other's cities. There's a tech tree for advancements. Or you can select Peace mode in the setup and there's no war so it turns into a trade and science thing.
OK this sounds interesting. I am going to try Beyond Earth if that's available, and if it has a peace mode.
 
Absolutely, don't know how many playthroughs I've done now.

Dragon Age is another. If I'm in for a slightly more serious mood, Origins. If for just a quick runaround, despite some people not liking it, then the second one.

In the case of Andromeda and Inquisition, they're the two I've played the least - but I enjoy them (Andromeda has the edge for me)

I haven't played Veilguard yet (Tech more than anything else)
Veilguard was a major disappointment, it's not Dragon Age: Inquitision by any means, it's an action game that is far more shallow in comparison...(button mashing). I played about 2 hrs of it and when I realized it was nothing like Inquisition, I lost interest immediately and pivoted to Baldur's Gate...

One game I wish that someone would remake is the SNES version of Shadowrun (maybe Larian Studios?)

I absolutely Love that game and STILL play it on an emulator, oh hell, a LOT of those SNES games are just plain fun to play even today...FF, Contra, Zelda, Castlevania, Super Metroid....
 
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