Games really have to strike a chord with me to stick around in my memory. The last ones that truly left an impression were from when I first got into gaming. I can still vividly remember the impact of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, GTA 3, and Vice City and San Andreas—they consumed my thoughts entirely. The allure of uncovering hidden secrets, areas left unexplored, that's what really drew me in. Half-life 2 was a mind-blowing breakthrough with its physics and storytelling. But nowadays, that spark just seems to be missing. The closest I've come recently was with Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm. The thrill of snatching a victory against the odds, the sense of connection with total strangers—it was something special. It's the only game that still gets my heart racing these days. However, I've found myself drifting away from HotS more and more; it feels like the game is losing its luster (or maybe it's Blizzard who's letting it fade... or perhaps MOBAs in general are falling out of favor). As for recent gems that really struck a chord with me, I'd have to mention Hollow Knight, Control (seriously underrated in my opinion—easily one of the best metroidvanias out there, if not the best), and Baldur's Gate 3, which was unexpectedly captivating.
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World of warcraft. With season 4 coming out soon and spending time with guildies doing mount achievements, I'm getting hyped for new stuff to do
Right now, Death Stranding.
Edit: I went back to look at the reception of this game from at its release. It did great at the VGAs, but general consensus on Reddit and other forums negative. I also remember how much The Giant Beastcast shat on that game (I stopped listening to them pretty soon after that too, but for unrelated reason).
Crusader Kings 3
Tales of Berseria. I loved the 40 hours I spent with Velvet and friends, but that ending really upset me and I couldn't stop thinking about it after.
Stardew Valley
Doom Eternal
Monster hunter world. I bought it to have a replacement for genshin and it worked a little too well. It just feels different from any other game for how many things it does so well: from enemies to armor design to music to mechanics to weapon variety, everything is amazing.
Dayz currently. Before that, Rimworld. Before that, factorio.
Cross Code for me. Ended up putting like 60 hours into it in about 3 weeks while in university and working part time. I could not put it down.
Returnal. I went hard for a few weeks working those biomes.
I am currently going down the rabbit hole of sim racing. It's dangerous, and I'm trying my best not to drop tons of money into it.
Right now for me, that's Persona 3 Portable. These games have their issues, but the stories really make you care about the characters!
One sandbox that recently grabbed me was in Automation: The Car Tycoon game. You can make custom cars and engines and export them to BeamNG and I got pretty into that and made my first ever mod or two.
Postal Brain Damaged. If you like boomer shooters,
It's got charming art and level designs, satisfying weapons, and a whole lot of irreverence.
I'm out of the daydreaming phase because I've beaten it a few times, but it's still my comfort food game of choice.
Revs. (1985 ish)
Chucky Egg (around the same time).
Signalis. Which is weird, its over in 10 hours but I got hooked on the fandom crack until recently.
Desperados 3. I've put in close to 100 hours on it and I'm just 4 achievements away from completing all its challenges. I'm so bummed its developer had to close down a few months ago because their games are criminally underrated and are from a very niche genre.
The Finals has been my default game — if none of my friends are playing anything else — since it launched
SIFU, the "git gud" gameplay really makes me dream about being a kung fu master lol.
The gameplay is so damn fun that I actually don't mind getting my ass beaten... That much.
I really enjoyed Absolver and was looking forward to playing that but didn't get around to it until very recently. I did enjoy it, but it ended up making me want to go back to Absolver.
Modded Factorio and elden ring.
The factory must grow! Im over 1700h help me
There is no help. The factory is the only thing there is. I am not even on 1500 hours yet but sometimes i just need a mental break from the game and that period varies... Greatly. I always come back and longing so much for the expansion.
GTA 4 modded the new dxvk update made it run amazingly on PC
I got back on the Warframe wagon with the Whispers in the Walls update. After a long break, I'm impressed how much better it is, and it's hooks are firmly back in my brain. The new location and the throat chanting type soundtrack from the semi-hidden boss regularly flash into my brain at awkward times.