Hey all, things are still rough for me and I tried playing some of my favorite older games to no avail. I used to like gaming a lot more and I think if I could get a bit of a backlog going that I was actually enthused about then it could occupy and help a little.
I believe 2018 was about the time I quit keeping up with many new releases so I’d like game recs from after that point. I may be missing some games I actually played on the list if I forgot their release date but any recs in general are fine.
Please make sure the game is available on Switch or PC before rec’ing. My PS4 is broken and I don’t have any other modern consoles. Also, my PC is a decade old but if you recommend newer PC games I can put them on a list for when I upgrade.
General taste:
Non negotiable on single-player focused games, minimal or no MTX.
Preference for games 50 hours or less and not 100+h games. 20 hours campaign is a sweet spot for me. If I like the game I will probably replay it beyond that. Exception for good life sim games.
Preference for hard games but often not Souls level difficulty. For me DKCTF is the perfect difficulty level. I would rather have something too hard than too easy though.
Don’t prefer games where most of the length is in cutscenes or cutscenes played out in walking segments, but if the story or characters are actually good I’m willing to try or at least watch it.
Not big on most RPGs or open worlds, aside from that please don’t recommend other Pokemon games as I already decided I’m not interested in them.
Outstanding art direction will often supercede things I don’t like, wandering in that can just be nice yk.
Avoid recommending remakes and upscaled ports, I probably played the originals or am aware of the remake (example: Persona 4, I still haven’t played 5 but I’ll only get it once it’s cheap so that’s super far away)
^ a lot of the games i marked as interested in contradict these but they stand as exceptions. Once again recs in general are appreciated anyway.
Thanks for checking.
Played:
Interested:
Kirby stands as an exception because I just don’t want it at full price. For me that looks like a $30 game but games rarely go on sale here and tbh I’m never gonna find it at that price unless I buy preowned so I’m just waiting until it at least has a better sale. Kinda same for Pikmin and I feel like it’ll keep getting put aside shrug
It took me until this year to realise 2020 was honestly a banger lol
I believe 2018 was about the time I quit keeping up with many new releases so I’d like game recs from after that point. I may be missing some games I actually played on the list if I forgot their release date but any recs in general are fine.
Please make sure the game is available on Switch or PC before rec’ing. My PS4 is broken and I don’t have any other modern consoles. Also, my PC is a decade old but if you recommend newer PC games I can put them on a list for when I upgrade.
General taste:
Non negotiable on single-player focused games, minimal or no MTX.
Preference for games 50 hours or less and not 100+h games. 20 hours campaign is a sweet spot for me. If I like the game I will probably replay it beyond that. Exception for good life sim games.
Preference for hard games but often not Souls level difficulty. For me DKCTF is the perfect difficulty level. I would rather have something too hard than too easy though.
Don’t prefer games where most of the length is in cutscenes or cutscenes played out in walking segments, but if the story or characters are actually good I’m willing to try or at least watch it.
Not big on most RPGs or open worlds, aside from that please don’t recommend other Pokemon games as I already decided I’m not interested in them.
Outstanding art direction will often supercede things I don’t like, wandering in that can just be nice yk.
Avoid recommending remakes and upscaled ports, I probably played the originals or am aware of the remake (example: Persona 4, I still haven’t played 5 but I’ll only get it once it’s cheap so that’s super far away)
^ a lot of the games i marked as interested in contradict these but they stand as exceptions. Once again recs in general are appreciated anyway.
Thanks for checking.
Played:
- Lethal League Blaze (2018)
- CTR: Nitro-Fueled (2019)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (2019)
- PMD DX (2020)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
- Streets of Rage 4 (2020)
- Crash Bandicoot 4 (2020)
- Hades (2020)
- Bowser’s Fury (2021)
- Guilty Gear Strive (2021)
- Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021)
- Inscryption (2021)
- Toree 3D (2021)
- Pokémon Legends Arceus (2022)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022)
- Pizza Tower (2023)
Interested:
- Red Dead II (2018)
- Spider-Man (2018)
- Celeste (2018)
- Disco Elysium (2019)
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 (2019) - i own this, just unplayed
- DOOM Eternal (2020)
- Ultrakill (2020)
- Yakuza 7 (2020)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)
- No More Heroes 3 (2021)
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (2021)
- SMTV (2021) - i own this, just unplayed
- Metroid Dread (2021) - i own this, just unplayed
- Cozy Grove (2021)
- Elden Ring (2022)
- Kirby & The Forgotten Land (2022)
- Neon White (2022)
- Psychonauts 2 (2022) - love the original, just havent even gotten to buying this
- Bayonetta 3 (2022) - will lend from bf later
- Hi-Fi Rush (2023)
- Street Fighter 6 (2023)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (2023)
- Pikmin 4 (2023)
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (2023)
- Sea of Stars (2023)
- Super Mario Wonder (upcoming 2023)
- Sonic Superstars (upcoming 2023)
- Zera: Myths Awaken (TBA / unreleased)
- Hades II (TBA / unreleased)
- Metroid Prime 4 (TBA / unreleased)
Kirby stands as an exception because I just don’t want it at full price. For me that looks like a $30 game but games rarely go on sale here and tbh I’m never gonna find it at that price unless I buy preowned so I’m just waiting until it at least has a better sale. Kinda same for Pikmin and I feel like it’ll keep getting put aside shrug
It took me until this year to realise 2020 was honestly a banger lol
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