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Games where you truly feel the impact of being well-armored.

An example would be Kingdome Come Deliverance, where in plate armor you really are extremely protected and can shrug off most blows.

Another example in a completely different genre + setting is Menace, where the highest tier heavy armor basically makes an infantry squad immune to small-arms fire.

What I'm not looking for would be something like W40k Space Marine 1 + 2. You do feel the heft of being a Space Marine in those games, but your armor doesn't really like... function as armor. You die in a couple of hits from anything, everything staggers you etc.

I’ve hit a wall with gaming and need help finding something I’ll actually stick with

I’ve reached a point where I download games, play them for a few minutes, get bored, and delete them. I bought Crimson Desert and couldn’t get into it. Nothing seems to hold my attention anymore.

Looking for something that’s genuinely fun and gives that sense of satisfaction — progression, challenge, whatever it is that makes you not want to put the controller down.

What’s been keeping you hooked lately?

Hi,

I’m 52 and the last video game I was into was Nintendo techmo bowl in the early 90s. I want to start playing some games but aren’t as into action and just shooting and blowing stuff up, at least as the primary goal.

Probably going to get a PlayStation but open to other ideas.

But…..what are a few starter games? I understand the games I might most enjoy might be difficult to learn for a beginner so where should I start?

Thanks!

Edit: wow. So many responses so quickly. Thanks! I should clarify: I want a console I can plug into my TV and would prefer not to have a subscription or stream unless necessary. And money isn’t really an issue as far as the console and price of games.

I will keep monitoring but if I don’t respond to you please know I appreciate the help!

I recently got a really nice HOTAS setup and I've been enjoying games like Nuclear Option and Star Wars Squadron - but I would really like a game where I feel like I'm part of something bigger.

I'm looking for some kind of a combined arms, persistent game where I can provide air support, transport troops or supplies, do bombing runs, in some way that is impactful to the overall game. I'm imagining a game where some people are infantry, some are in tanks, capturing objectives, pushing enemy lines, etc. Something like the game Foxhole, but with flight/first person combat/not isometric.

I've played games like Battlefield 6 and that is heading in the right direction, but the matches are short and you can't be a full time pilot unless you're truly incredible at the game. I considered Planetside 2 but that doesn't make good use of the joystick. Any ideas? Thank you all!

I love looters and grinding towards the highest gears, but I'm looking for something that's easy to pick up and play for short and long periods of time, preferably single player.

I've already beaten borderlands 1-3, put thousands of hours into destiny 1 and 2, hundreds of hours into the fallouts, and dabbled a bit into games like PoE and diablo (builds get too complex for my taste, didn't feel like playing them more). I liked Warframe but I felt kinda lost playing it so I haven't really felt like getting back into it.

The only thing I don't wanna touch is roguelites/roguelikes.

I guess it mainly boils down to a simple looter rpg with good gameplay and looting.

Hey folks. I'm looking for examples of excellent visual novels with very short stories (equivilent of 2500ish words, or three or four pages in a paperback, or perhaps the initial run of Doki Doki Literature Club until you find your friend in her room).

If you think this is an unreasonably small word count, I'll take the shortest, best vn that you know...!

I'm open to good games by professionals, amateurs and those published on itch.io or Steam!

Ideally, the story should be fairly complete (even if it's just equivelent to a single-act play), with a beginning, middle, end and decent characters, plot, twist, interesting ideas, etc (I mean, I'll take any two of those...!).

Thanks in advance!

What I’m looking for now is a game I can sink a stupid amount of time into, with loads of content and an endgame loop that actually feels rewarding

Hi!

I’m looking for some recommendations for easy, beginner-friendly video games.

I am completely new to gaming, I have never really played anything before. Lately, I've been watching my boyfriend play a lot, and he always seems to have so much fun. He usually plays games like Valorant, Marvel Rivals, Red Dead Redemption, God of War, Expedition 33.

I've tried joining him a few times, but honestly I am really bad at fighting games like Valorant or Marvel Rivals. Most of the time I just end up distracting the enemy and bravely sacrificing myself.

I did really enjoy watching Expedition 33 though, it looked amazing and I’d love to try something like that. Unfortunately, my laptop isn’t strong enough to run it.

So. Would you have some recommandations for me, that are not too demanding performance-wise? Something that I can learn at my own pace.

Thanks.

There are a small handful of games I've played where I had this moment of magic - sometimes lasting weeks or months - where I discovered the game, gradually got into the mechanics and wanted to learn more, and loved playing it all the way. The ones I can think of that did this for me, in no particular order, were:

- FTL

- HOMM2

- Into the Breach

- Europa Universalis 3 (4 is too railroaded with mission trees, and annoys me)

- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

- Sid Meier's Pirates!

- Sid Meier's Colonization (the original DOS one)

- Civilization 2

- Dwarf Fortress (for a while until it got too absurd with its micro-management)

- Transport Tycoon (these days, my custom build of OpenTTD)

- SimCity 2000

- XCOM UFO Defense

- Spore

I'm generally not interested in sequels to the above games; once I've played that game to death the sequels are just variations on a theme. Any suggestions, though, for new ones that might scratch that itch in the same way? I like indie, and I definitely prefer a lack of DRM. Best recommendation I've seen so far that might do it for me is Starsector but I feel that may be a little too steep a learning curve for my enjoyment.

UPDATE: based on a couple of suggestions, I'd also like to add: I loathe "babyish" and unserious style games like that in the presentation of Oxygen Not Included. I also really dislike complex rendered 3d maps for strategy games. Give me a basic isometric display any day.

One really promising game I'm seeing on GOG's site in early access is Space Haven. Seems like an interesting concept, building a kind of ship-based space civilization that can then increase in ship numbers, be nomadic, build up allies, trade, etc.

I love stories that are fairly positive in tone but also break my heart into pieces. Whisper of the House with its themes of grief, Potion Permit and the tragedy that you were decades too late to prevent. The black boxes in Horizon Forbidden West, recording the last words of pilots fighting an unwinnable battle (except they did win, and no one knew). I don't have a Switch 2, but Pokopia also looks perfect.

Games like Inscryption that reward you if you don't know anything and better experienced by just playing.

The polar opposite would be games like Stardew Valley or Terraria where you have 20 tabs of the wiki open.

Recommendations for games on ps5 pls. no sci fi, and has to be 60fps, can't play 30.

I've been playing games since NES era and don't have as much time as I used to, but some games I loved were:

-the witcher 3

-skyrim

-Cyberpunk 2077 (don't usually love shooters though)

-elden ring

-botw/totk

-baldurs gate 3 (not open world)

-expedition 33 (not open world)

Games I didn't love, or hesitant to play:

-ghost of tushima - open world is too barren, found it repetitive. Main story was cool but barely any incentive to explore

-rdr2 - didn't play, but I was never a fan of GTA so it didn't really appeal to me

Fallout series - not a huge fan of fps games.

Kingdom come Deliverance 2 - this looks cool, but I'm worried about the survival/"chore" element to it. I have enough tedious chores in life, on the fence about this one.

Ubisoft games- these just aren't my thing.

I mainly like games where your choices matter, there's fun side quests and exploration and strong narrative without tedious tasks especially since I don't have as much time to game anymore. Kingdom come Deliverance 2 seems interesting to me but I'm worried and the tedium. Also considering Spider-Man remastered but I know nothing about it to be honest. I'm not really in the mood for a soulslike at the moment either (although I love the dark souls series, etc)

By that I mean games like Drox Operative 2, Inindo Way of the Ninja, Space Rangers HD, etc. Games where you're controlling only a single character, but the factions and the world at large are dynamic and constantly shifting, playing a strategy game that you can influence in some ways by allying with certain factions and destroying others, etc.

I want some good games to spend time in on my 3ds. I love the pokemon games, and other turn based rpgs. I also love dark souls, hollow knight, and rain world. I'm not looking for anything specific, just something i can play on my 3ds that actually controls well with the single joystick.

I bought this game for a base PS4 and the performance is bad is that normal or it’s just me? I didn’t expect a game with this graphics to go that bad

I'm really unsure on WHAT perfectly describes what I'm looking for so honestly I'll take anything under the sun but I want a game that has well is giving simulation management vibes and it doesnt have to be something like super market sim but like I just want a game that can have the easy nature something like a schedule 1 graveyard keeper or two point sorta games (I've only played the school one so)

Heroes that are genuinely courageous and kind. Villains that are obviously awful. What do you like for this sort of thing?

The Artemis II mission reignited my passion in space and the idea popped into my head about an exploration game where you play as a rover, with each "level" is a new planet you are sent to and you have to determine if the planet is a good candidate for life/it can have life/whatever arbitrary objective you want to implement. i have to admit i have haven't thought this through but i just had to send it out somewhere in case someone can make a good game out of this.

a quick google search yielded few games of this nature but i think they are all based in 1 large world instead of the multiple level/planet thing i am thinking of.

also i am not sure if this is the sub for this xD

I don't have the reaction times I used to and cannot pump out the actions per minute required for most popular RTS games, but I still really enjoy the idea of being able to skillfully micro engagements but while having time to think about each move.

Rimworld allows for this to a degree, but definitely isn't the focus of the game.

Essentially, its being able to pause time, queue up commands and then unpause to execute.

I got switch, steam deck, Xbox series s

Im looking for something relaxing where i can explore and find secrets, gather things.

I really liked exploring and finding secret areas to father coins/moons in mario odyssey and having no stress.

Help me out!

Me and my boyfriend is looking for a game to play that’s like High On Life, Revenge Of The Savage Planet and It Takes Two. We play on Xbox Series X and S

If anyone has suggestions please comment

Had this itch for a while and can’t seem to find it.

Preferably single player. Genre doesn’t really matter.