Patient Gamers

Since setting up emulation on my steam deck, I've been playing way too much SSX tricky...

Skyrim, grab a few new mods and the game is practically new to be again!

Games without frequent changing updates:

4X:

Civilisation V, Civilisation VI

CMS: Anno 1602 (1998), Factorio

Open world RPG: Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 4

RPG: Drakensang: The Dark Eye

Tycoon: OpenTTD (FOSS)

Farming Simulator (2009, too bland), 2011, 2013, 2015

Games with changing updates:

Roguelike: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (FOSS)

Sandbox: Minecraft, Minetest

Braid - such a beautiful masterpiece of a game Portal 1 & 2, especially now that 1 has RTX re-release Half-life 2 and the episodes Factorio Rimworld

I generally go back to the nostalgia-filled retro titles from the nes-psx eras or for a more modern experience I'll lean into Mark of the Ninja, Guacamelee, or FTL. I've also put an embarrassing number of hours into the new Tomb Raider trilogy and Breath of the Wild. BotW counts as vintage these days, right?

• 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)

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).

For me, Minecraft is not single player, I mean, I always play it with other people , I know it's only for me 😁

My games are Zelda link to the past, s. Mario world and xcom apocalypse. I replay them at least every two years

Red Faction: Guerilla. Pure therapy.

Steamworld Dig 2

Have finished it 3 times already and there will be a 4th time for sure

Star Ocean 2

Illusion of Gaia

Diablo 2

Final Fantasy 8 (and the other ps1 era ones to a lesser degree)

Fallout 3, NV, & 4

Anything Borderlands really, except for the Tales of the Borderlands adventure games.

I'm currently playing BL1 on the Deck.

Farming simulator!

• Spyro series
• Mass Effect series
• FFX
• Metal Saga (PS2)

For me it’s San Andreas and Final Fantasy X

The ones that I find myself going back to the most in the last decade are indie classics. Hyper Light Drifter, Kerbal Space Program, FTL: Faster Than Light (I just realized all these titles sound similar, but they're a 2D character action game, a spaceflight simulator/shipbuilder, and a very unique strategy game, respectively, and they're all among the best in their genres). Also, as a horror game fan and a Resident Evil fan in particular, I keep replaying the Resident Evil 2 remake from 4 years ago; easily one of the best horror games ever made.

• Kingdom hearts 2
• Kingdom heart 358/2 days
• Minecraft
• Halo campaigns
• Far cry 3

Metal Gear Solid 3.

So hype for the rerelease and the remake

Minecraft Sons of the Forest Rimworld