for me mine are 1. Elden Ring, 2. RDR2 3. BOTW, all because they genuinely blew my mind when playing them for the first time and changed how I saw and played video games.

  • GrammarPolice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago
    1. MGS3
    2. Metal Gear 4: Peace Walker
    3. MGSV

    Honourable mentions: Metal gear, Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid, MGSV: Ground Zeroes and Sons of Liberty

  • Gerard's Guitar @retrolemmy.comEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    1. Minecraft - Was my absolute childhood and I met so many good friends and learnt a lot throughout my time playing the game.

    2. Skate 2 - The controls are perfect, the vibe is amazing, it’s just one of my overall favourites.

    3. GTA V - The first R rated game I played. Both this game and Fallout 3 were massive inspirations for me focusing on 3D environments as a Game Dev student.

    Honourable mention to Little Big Planet and Rollercoaster Tycoon Deluxe; both of which absolutely shaped my childhood

  • Daedskin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    In no particular order, and without adjusting for recency bias:

    Single player

    • Hollow Knight
    • Undertale
    • Outer Wilds

    Multiplayer

    • The Finals
    • Awesomenauts*
    • YOMI Hustle

    * Right now the game is in a weird state where the original company who owned it went backrupt, and the game is in the process of being revived by a different company. In the meantime, the already low player count got lower. On top of that, there’s two versions of the game: an old version that used Steam matchmaking (as the matchmaking server went down when the game original closed); and what had been the current patch, being accessible on a beta branch, which currently has issues making it hard to actaully play a match.

  • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    7 days ago

    Fallout 2/New Vegas

    Terraria

    Pillars of Eternity 1-2

    But please ask me in a hour and probably will give you 3 new favs.

    • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      Hell yeah PSO! My friends just got back into Phantasy Star Universe on the private Clemantine server. It’s glorious :D My top 3:

      • Mother 3
      • Outer Wilds
      • Stardew Valley
  • lemrondu556@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    Forever stuck in mid to late 90s JRPGs, if I had to pick 3

    Final Fantasy VI Final Fantasy Tactics Suikoden II

  • Ashen44@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    7 days ago

    Going by favourite as “Left the most lasting impression on me” it would have to be:

    1. Monster Hunter World

    2. Crosscode

    3. Outer Wilds

  • vga@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    I’ll cheat because picking just 3 is impossible.

    1. Nethack / Alundra (PS1) / Sim City 2000 / Transport Tycoon Deluxe / Prey / Doom 2016 / Elite / Dwarf Fortress / Rimworld / International Karate / Paradroid

    2. System Shock / Ultima 3-8 / Alpha Centauri / GTA5 / Titanfall 2 / Control / Eye of the Beholder / Sensible Soccer / Star Control 2 / Total Annihilation / Impossible Mission

    3. Undertale / Bioshock Infinite / S.O.M.A. / Nemesis the Warlock (entirely because of the title song) / Pirates! / Stardew Valley / Revenge of the Mutant Camels

    • GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      Alpha Centauri

      I still have no idea why they just let the IP drift into oblivion, and chose to keep milking Civ instead…

      • vga@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        It’s possible that its legendary status relies on that. A bit like Firefly.

  • fishsayhelo@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    In no particular order ( mostly cos i think ranking beyond a certain degree of precision hurts the art involved ):

    • NieR Automata
    • NieR Replicant (ver 1.22… , realistically)
    • The Talos Principle ( one of the most suprisingly brilliant games that too many people haven’t played)

    then i suppose one tier below, not consequent of any particular shortcomings, but rather just not being at the same “transendent” level as the above:

    • Crosscode
    • Citizen sleeper
    • What Remains Of Edith Finch
    • Portal & 2

    NieR automata literally changed my life, so it kinda deserves it’s own top spot, but placed as is in spirit of the question.

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Minecraft Borderlands 2 Bioshock

    honourable mention for Zelda on N64

    but the top 3 are based on replayability and just how easy it is to spend time playing them