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Quest for Glory 1, VGA version

Layers of Fear. Limbo. Inside.

Super Metroid

Super Mario Bros.

Final Fantasy Tactics. I've been trying to recreate the feeling of beating Dorter for first time for YEARS.

Escape from Tarkov. The fear and the confusion was so overwhelming. I look back on it fondly :D

I would say RDR2 or TLOU, both left such an impact on me after I beat them. Prob is now I remember the story so it doesn’t have that surprise or shock factor. I really wish I could use the MiB memory wipe stick sometimes.

#TheWitness
#OuterWilds
#Tunic

All for the same reason: What you learn and discover as a player is part of the game. You can't start a new game from scratch unless you get amnesia.

Original Doom, DOS prompt and all

Definitely Demon's Souls.

I was so bored with games, and had been playing everything on the hardest setting trying to make games more fun. A friend of mine recommended Demon's Souls and it was instant joy!

Final Fantasy IX. Played it about 4 times in my life now, but I'd love to experience it again for the first time.

Either Paper Mario 2 or Terraria.

Rocket Jockey

I had never heard of it when a coworker introduced me to it 10+ years ago. I knew nothing going into it, and then I played it obsessively from beginning to end. It was nearly impossible to find even then.

FIFA 1998

Devil May Cry 3.

Half life and half life 2. The first time I ran through the storyline was like no other game I've played.

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Fallout 3, I spend good hours and hours escaping from real life me.

OneShot

Child of Light

Shadow of the Colossus.

Hollow Knight, easily. Most any Metroidvania would qualify, but HK is really something special in those regards.

Ultima VII
It was the first RPG where I felt you could really interact with the world. The story was great too.

Nier Automata

Pokemon and Skyrim

crono cross, period.

• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• The Outer Wilds
• Doki Doki Literature Club
• Death Loop
• Death Stranding