• Starcraft reboot with Brood War era story and units, and Company of Heroes 1 macro and pacing
• Isometric ARPG with modern graphics, a well-integrated story, no gearcheck bosses, and high SSF droprates
• Online/offline CCG with MTG-level mechanical depth and art style but no F2P business tactics
• Star Wars lightsaber combat with deep fighting mechanics and modern graphics
• Star Wars space combat with coordinated squad-based dogfighting

Warframe had a very pay-it-forward culture when I played (Fortuna-Old Blood expansions). I got advice on meta starter weapons (Hek/Atomos) and Warframes (Rhino) and where to farm them. I got taxis to locked (for me) planets and direct help for some of the bosses. Other noobs were also helpful for the mutual revives. I even got some free trash mods from a clan member when they saw I was new.

For spontaneous conversations I’d join clan parties or simple missions with lots of downtime (i.e., escort, wave survival). Endgame farms with specific roles and/or time gating like Eidolon hunts were very sweaty.

Halo CE has some real bangers (Devils…Monsters, On A Pale Horse, Covenant Dance, Under Cover of Night). Blow Me Away from Halo 2 has some amazing guitar riffs. The Starcraft: Mass Recall mod adds a lot of great music from other games/artists to its cutscenes. Starcraft Terran 1 goes METAL is probably my favorite out of those.