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What are your favorite single player games to go back to?

What are your favorite single player games to go back to often?

  • Minecraft
  • Furi
  • Mario 64
  • Super Mario World
  • GTA SA and Vice City

It’s kinda rare for me to go back to a single player game and replay it, but there are some games that are nostalgic in the same way place or smell can be nostalgic.

I know them so well that I can’t help but want to go back and visit and I never really get disappointment by the experience. Sure, I don’t get as immersed as the first time, but I definitely still enjoy the games.

spartanatreyu ,
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Single player nostalgia list:

  • FPS:
    • Halo series (Reach, 1, 2, ODST, 3, 4)
  • Strategic:
    • Homeworld
    • Supreme Commander
  • Racing:
    • Trackmania Stadium
  • Roguelike
    • FLT
  • Survival:
    • Minecraft
    • Factorio
  • Tactical:
    • Advance Wars 2
    • Battle for Wesnoth
  • Other:
    • Thumper
    • Space Engine

Multiplayer nostalgia list:

  • FPS:
    • Halo series (again, 90% of the time the custom game browser already has a game running that I want to join, and it’s still getting updates)
    • PUBG (how is this 6 years old already?)
  • Party games:
    • Golf with Friends
    • Tabletop Simulator
    • Ultimate Chicken Horse
limeaide OP ,

Advance Wars is such a good series. I wish they would come out with another one

Minnels ,

There is Wargroove. And it’s sequel is coming soon (or already released?).

Zirconium ,

Starbound. They’ve had a couple of big story changes over it’s development and it’s not as big as terraria. But I enjoy the soundtrack and having a spaceship and just enjoying space travel (at the expense of stealing fuel from a ghost).

Rozz ,

I haven’t played in a while, but I know I’ll go back and give it a try again.

Rozz ,

Minecraft (modded and unmodded)

Creeper world games

Mindustry

Sonotsugipaa ,
@Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar
  • Halo 2, I know most cutscene quotes by memory
  • X3: Terran Conlict, huge time waster, janky, infuriating and I love it
  • Chromehounds (not really, I lost the CD and my X360 is dead (Armored Core ain’t got shit on Chromehounds, fight me))
  • Crysis 2, better looking graphics than all the AAA games I have seen in the past 3 years
  • Terraria, it’s Terraria
  • Starbound, it’s Terraria but in space
  • Valheim, it’s Terraria but you’re a 3D lowres viking (it’s low resolution textures exhalt my love for normal mapping)
Manteam111 ,
@Manteam111@lemmy.world avatar
  • Super Mario Sunshine
  • Halo CE
  • Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Sonotsugipaa ,
@Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

If you have a legal copy of OoT you might want to check out Ship Of Harkinian or similar projects, especially SoH’s randomizer

learningduck ,

Into The Breaxh, Sekiro, Psychonaut 1&2.

They are so satisfying and not too long. Factorio is a bit too demanding.

LucyLastic ,

I’ve read the whole thread and nobody has said Spintires/Mudrunner/Snowrunner … it’s basically the same game, it just keeps evolving and it’s impossible to really complete because by the time you do there’s more levels released.

For me, driving big trucks through mud is repeatedly appealing.

limeaide OP ,

I’m kinda the same way with American Truck Simulator. Its a great background game so I play it once every two weeks at least

LucyLastic ,

Mmm, whereas to me the on-road truck simulators feel like drudgery, lol

WhoRoger ,
@WhoRoger@lemmy.world avatar

GTA IV, I don’t even like it that much, yet keep going back to it.

limeaide OP ,

Some things are just appealing bc of how familiar they are. I enjoy the Polar Express movie, but it’s not my favorite, yet I’ve watched it more than any other movie lol

thewitchslayer ,
  • Minecraft
  • Astroneer
  • Skyrim
  • Ratchet & Clank 2,3, or ToD

I can’t really describe what it is about R&C that I am just enamored by. I’ve played them on and off since the first game when I was 7+.

Zak8022 ,

Couldn’t agree more on Ratchet & Clank. It’s just so much fun. Progression and upgrades are good, reasonable wit/comedy without being too on the nose or campy. Always has different and interesting guns to smash enemies.

UnPassive ,

Yes for Ratchet and Clank! Super glad they ported a rift apart to PC, been enjoying it

limeaide OP ,

Do you recommend Astroneer as a multiplayer game? I’ve been wanting to play it with a friend

thewitchslayer ,

I haven’t played multiplayer in years so I’m not sure how it is but as far as I can tell it should be fine. If you haven’t ever played, there are some really frustrating bugs that will most likely never get fixed (things like items and vehicles falling through the terrain) but overall it is pretty fun and relaxing

ricecooker ,
Tetris GB

This game has occupied so many hours of my life. I play a ROMHack called “Rosy Retrospective,” where modern features have been added, like pressing up to drop and being able to save pieces. Probably don’t need to explain this game :D

Super Punch-Out!

Nostalgic pick because the SNES was my favorite system. I’m not really into boxing games, but this adds a puzzle element to it where you memorize patterns of ridiciulous over-the-top fighters (one of them kicks, so the boxing is loose here). I can easily pick this game up and play the time-attack mode to refight a boxer that I’ve defeated before. There is a lot of satisfaction completely owning a boxer. However, there are still boxers in this game that I can’t beat.

NYT Crosswords

Love doing a crossword with friends. I highly recommend their app screenshared to your TV; NYT has done a fantastic job optimizing the experience for screens. The grid and the clues are very visible, as if everyone was crowded around you on a table looking at the print version. NYT has quietly done a great job diversifying their games business. Spelling Bee and Werdle I don’t play as much, but I know a bunch of people who do. If you don’t have a sub, you can play on Downforacross with friends, the Google sheets of crosswords.

Solebon Solitaire (iOS)

An app that has many variants of single-player card games on there. My favorites include Klondike, Golf, Monte Carlo, Yukon, and La Belle Lucie, but FAR and away the game I play the most is FreeCell. There is a randomness to Solitare where some deals just aren’t winnable. However, with FreeCell, with the ability to have 4 reserve spaces to move cards around, the game is more forgiving and every deal is winnable.

868-HACK

A hacking roguelike on iOS. Love the graphics and concept. You play on a randomly generated grid of tiles and walls that you can hack. Hacking results in enemies appearing on the grid. You have to plan your way to the level exit, while also maximizing the rewards (abilities) you get from hacking.

Enyo (iOS)

A tactical roguelike on iOS. Grid based. You have to dispatch the enemies on the grid with your sword, hook, and shield. Enemies progressively have better abilities and become more numerous, so you really have to plan your route through the grid-based terrain. You can use your weapons in interesting ways, especially the hook and shield. The hook pulls most enemies toward you, so you can sometimes dispatch by pulling them into water. Other times you can swap places with them so you deploy your shield to push them.

Donkey Kong GB

Wonderful puzzle platformer originally released on the GameBoy. Nostalgic pick that I can easily pick up and play for a couple of minutes or a longer session if needed. Mario runs, jumps, and uses hammers to get through 50+ themed levels. Simple and very replayable. Very easy for kids to learn to play.

Hades

For longer sessions, Hades is my go-to roguelite. An isometric dungeon crawler that seemingly has almost endless replayability with your choices of random Greek god-powers and paths through the Underworld. All the things you dislike about roguelites are smartly dealt with. There is an actual storyline between deaths. I have never heard a single line of dialogue repeated. Ever. The game will give you options to make it easier if it notices you are dying a lot. So anybody can make it through this game and progress the story.

Bloodborne

The first FromSoftware game that clicked for me and forced me to ‘git gud.’ Something about the gothic horror environment and the weapon fighting is so satisfying to me. You can go through this game with different weapons and builds and have a completely different game experience (a staple of FromSsoftware games). I have this whole game memorized and have beaten it multiple times and yet, I can still get my ass kicked by a random enemy if I am not careful. Every March, a bunch of gamers on Reddit replay the game in celebration of it’s launch, but I like to play it around Halloween. Sounds like that is coming up soon!

GrayBackgroundMusic ,

How does hades give you options if you die a lot? I’ve just started playing.

ricecooker ,

God mode. You can turn it on and every time you die, you get a little stronger. I remember the game asking me if I wanted to turn it on.

GrayBackgroundMusic ,

That’s pretty neat!

funkless_eck ,

when you get good at crosswords join the dark side with the Guardian Cryptic XW

www.theguardian.com/crosswords/series/cryptic

ricecooker ,

Haha, how good? On my own, I can probably solve a Tuesday, maybe if lucky a Wednesday on my own with no cheating. The proper nouns get me all the time.

funkless_eck , (edited )

They’re cryptic crosswords, so there’s more of a puzzle to the clue. e.g. with a proper noun

1D: Confused ham set London flower? (6)

Answer: Thames. (Confused Ham set = “this is an anagram of ham set, which is Thames”; London flower = a thing that flows in London = Thames)

e.g. without a proper noun

5A) Perhaps hawk’s attempt to catch rook (4)

Answer: bird. “Perhaps hawk” is a bird; another word for attempt is “bid”, if “bid” captures the rook - for rook in chess notation you’d write “r” - so bid capturing r is bi + r + d = bird.

BurntPunk ,

Skyrim,
Fallout NV
Fallout 4
Witcher 3
Ghost of Tsushima
Mass Effect (full trilogy)
BioShock (mostly 1, but sometimes 2 and 3 as well)
Borderlands (1 and 2, never really got into 3 or the Tales games)
Red Dead Redemption (both)
Assassins Creed Black Flag
Mad Max
Cyberpunk 2077
Dying Light (the original. Haven’t played 2 yet)

As far as single-player goes, the ones above all have several hundred hours each (a couple of them well over 1000 lol), across countless play throughs lol

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

Fucking Fallout NV! Sploosh!

Idk if I’ll replay CP2077, the ending was really disappointing.

BurntPunk ,

Really?

I mean, I’m not a big fan of “Five different endings” (technically 6) that literally just exist as “select which ending you would like” in a dialogue choice to choose the last mission, I’ll give you that. That being said though, I really do feel like all of them represent different attitudes and/or takes on the story preceding, and really feel like they could be a legitimate close to the story each in their own way.

Just curious if it’s a similar feeling for you, or if you actually don’t like the endings themselves

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

The endings were interesting, but despite being distinct, they also kinda felt samey. Like Mass Effect 3, just a little less so.
It was like after having run around NC for so long, and doing so much, there just wasn’t a feeling of fulfillment for me with any of the endings.

BurntPunk ,

That’s fair, I can see where you’re coming from there for sure.

To be honest, I ran through all the different endings once, and then settled on one that I personally prefer every time after that for a bit, but lately I actually just play all the way through, finish every gig, mission, and scanner hustle up to that final point of no return, and that’s where I quit. Then start over from scratch lol. I’ve ended my last 3 playthroughs that way.

SturgiesYrFase ,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

Sometimes I hop back in and do some missions, or drive around and kill a bunch of gangers. But having done all the endings I just don’t feel like it’s really interesting. It’s just GTA in the future.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Lords of the Realm 2

It’s not a challenge at all anymore, but I just love everything about it.

potatoforyourthoughts ,

I loved that game.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

I’ve actually been working on a remake off and on. Maybe I’ll finish it someday.

potatoforyourthoughts ,

That’s awesome. LotR3 just didn’t do it for me. If you manage to finish it, let me know!

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Oh yeah, I really didn’t like it. I think I played for a couple hours and just noped out.

But yeah, I’ll probably post it somewhere on lemmy, and there’s a good chance I’ll make it open source.

Poop ,

I’ll second a request for a remake of this legendary game. Thanks for your efforts, I would love to see this happen! I spent so long playing this as a kid.

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Now I kinda feel obligated to work on it. We have a holiday this weekend (Labor Day in the US), so I might just spend some time working on it. :)

Poop ,

Oh damn, you rock!!

Mr_Dr_Oink , (edited )

Icewind dale

Baldurs gate 2

Baldurs gate

Starwars kotor

Starwars kotor 2

Starwars jedi knight

Starwars jedi knight 2

Mario 64

Goldeneye

The first 5 of those i have installed on my phone and i play them during lunch breaks and when i have time at home the last 4 i have on switch and are just great games to revisit from time to time. Im probably on my 7th play through of icewind dale since i originally played it all those yesrs ago.

hydrospanner ,

Based on that list, you would love Neverwinter Nights too.

Mr_Dr_Oink ,

I did but i tried going back to it recently and it feels so clunky. But it was annold favourite. Nwn2 was a big improvement imo

limeaide OP ,

You just opened up a rabbit hole for me lol. I didn’t know there were so many full scale games on mobile. I had seen a couple before, but I didn’t know how deep they went. How are the controls on Baldur’s Gate I and II?

Mr_Dr_Oink , (edited )

Controls are great. Those games controls translate so well to touch screen. Them being point and click games tapping is very natural. And instead of the arrow keys you just drag the screen around. Pinch zoom for more accurate tapping of small things or to zoom out for a better view of battles.

Its like they were made for touchscreens.

I think they are a little more playable on a tablet sized screen or a foldable phone but i played alot of bg1 on my old nexus 6 phone which had a 6 inch screen.

Kotor 1 and 2 play better with a controller like a playstation/switch/xbox control or better still a control like the gamesir that holds your phone and makes it look like a switch.

I need to correct my original post. Its kotor that inhave on my phone and jedi knight on the switch

Nalivai ,

Rimworld. It’s not a game for me at this point, it’s a drug that I have to take from time to time, and it takes all of your free time like a good drug would.
There are others with that effect for me, like modded Minecraft, or Factorio, or Satisfactory, or Hitman, or Skyrim, but nothing is that severe.

mortalic ,

Same, I actively put myself offline because at this point, I’ve got so many hours into the drug that it’s embarrassing to me. Like a drug addiction.

eclipse ,

Minecraft Sons of the Forest Rimworld

limeaide OP ,

I’m barely getting through the forest with a friend and we’re looking to buy son’s of the forest probably next steam sale if we like the story of this one

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