Years / Decades:
70s , 80s , 90s , 00s , 10s , 2020
Genres:
2D Platformers, Bullet Hell / 2D Shooters, First Person Shooters, Flash, Horror, Indie, Metroidvania, Point and Click , Racing, Real Time Strategy, Roguelikes, RPGs (Turn Based), Simulation, Sports, Tabletop RPGs, Visual Novels
Welcome back. This part of the series will be primarily focusing on genres. So far I have [Action RPG, Board Game, Arcade Game, Third person shooter, Action, 4X (Civilization-like), 3D Platformer, Dungeon Crawler, Card Game, Text dungeon, Souls-like, Stealth, Rhythm, Survival, Sandbox, Shoot/beat 'em up, City Builder, Adventure, Puzzle, Fighting, MOBA, Turn Based Strategy, Real Time Tactics, Grand Strategy, Handheld, Walking simulator, Tower Defense, Miscellaneous, and Casual] as available genres. Let me know if I missed something, and I will try to get it added.
This is eventually all going to get compiled into one megathread for people who want gaming recommendations from Chapos specifically. Other consoles and genres will come in sporadic subsequent threads. Please contribute to previous threads if you missed them. This is meant to be an exhaustive list.
Expanding on your choice(s) is definitely a plus. Not everyone knows about or has played non-mainstream titles.
I know it’s the easy answer but World of Warcraft holds a special place in my heart.
Yea, the gameplay is great and the graphics are timeless. All the things that make it a great game have been written and re-iterated since its launch.
The thing that makes it great to me, however, is the fact that I’ve been able to watch people grow up, live life, have kids and even pass away. It trips me out that I’ve had a window into seemingly random people’s live over the 10-15 years I’ve known them and they have looked into a window into my life as well. I’ve shook a few of these people’s hands and had a drink with others. I’ve been a room mate with another.
This is all because we found each other and formed a team to take on the Lich King. We then spent our time together to thwart Deathwing. We’re now raiding Castle Nathria years later.
It’s all abstract and some would say that it’s pointless to put so much emotional effort into it. Fuck em. This is a part of what makes up my being.
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Wildstar had the best combat, dungeon and raid design tho
WoW and school were the only things I did for a good minute, so I feel this. I have since tried replaying it, and the magic is gone. Maybe it's the people leaving, maybe it's the combat and leveling system changing, IDK. All I know is that it isn't fun anymore.
Totally get what you mean about the magic being gone. I don't particularly play the game for the combat or anything like that. It's always been about playing with and for the crew the last few years.
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Definitely get what you mean about how the game is designed. Everything is so fast and even challenging depending on the content you’re running. Unfortunately there isn”t much room to breathe in between activities. There aren’t really those little moments that you described so well in your first paragraph.
I like to think I’m a somewhat socially functional guy but I’ve rarely have added people to my friends list beyond the initial core we’ve created nearly a decade ago. It’s a mix of being comfortable with each other and losing the social interaction magic. It’s beyond being a compound issue at this point but I’ve more or less accepted how things turned out.
Love reading people’s stories in this game, thanks for sharing :)