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I feel like you gotta know what kind of games appeal to you. I'm also not into a whole lot of modern games but I got completely absorbed with Outer Wilds and Subnautica. Freely exploring a world with interesting mechanics while you try and uncover what is going on. Love it.

I also found I really enjoy Oxygen Not Included and Frostpunk. Something about making sure all my people are surviving and hopefully thriving really keeps me invested. And the little narrative things in those games are nice icing on top too.

So for games you like, like the RE 4 remake, what were the things you liked about it? Once you know what kind of things you enjoy in games it makes it easier to find more of that.

hi-fi rush. just finished my 4th playthrough but it just doesnt get boring

Feel free to have a look at !patientgamers@sh.itjust.works, there was a thread yesterday with the same question and a lot of answers

Okay wait, how are Cyberpunk and Stardew both disappointments? If you'd mentioned Starfield I'd believe you but both those games are critically acclaimed and for good reason.

For my part, I've been playing No Man's Sky and I just restarted Tears of the Kingdom. I might dig into my retro library and start up Golden Sun though, it's been a while and I'm due for a replay.

Returning to the Elden Ring DLC today. I decided to not change my build. I will rather start collecting the Scadutree Fragments, which I completely ignored until I hit a brick wall mid DLC.

The Onion of Death will return. And it will fuck shit up.

Spyro 2 for the PS1. It's such a cozy game!

Nine sols! It's only on Steam at the moment though, if you're on console.

If you're a fan of sekiro's combat mechanic, this game is a must play for sure. Some people compare it to hollow knight, but I'm not sure I see the resemblance (coming from someone who cleared P5).

My only complaint with this game is that it's too short (~15 hours if you're moderately skilled).

EDIT: alternatively, you might wanna try Celeste. It's a challenging platformer that offers a judgement-free assist mode if you're struggling. I think it's the best handling of "easy mode" I've seen in any video game.

Both games are incredibly fair, and not once did I think "this is bullshit". Difficult enough to test your skills but not rage inducing for sure. Loading screens are also really fast (compared to the extremely frustrating fromsoftware loading screens), so honestly dying isn't any issue.

There's a humble bundle for Lego games. If you want some mindless fun that's a good option.

While I'm waiting on Factorios expansion and Zomboid build 42, I'm catching up on some other titles. I didn't learn until recently that War for the Overworld exists, so as an old timey dungeon keeper fan, I'm mostly playing that.

I'm replaying Where's My Water. Still one of the best Android games around, made when gamedevs did not yet know that mobile games are supposed to suck.

I'm playing For the King and No Man's Sky pretty much exclusivily for the last few weeks. I only get a couple hours a week so its not much. For the King is a fun game. Easy to learn very difficult to master. The game isn't really anything special but it does have it own spice that makes it fun to come back to. I'll either make a few attempts to play through a quest and then drop it for a year or something and then come back to it again for a few weeks. Maybe I will buy For the King 2 ....

No Man's Sky is probably one of my all time favorites. I don't really do any base building but I really just love the "get in my spaceship and go where I want!" type freedom. I have played the same save for hundreds of hours, just recently completed the latest Expedition. Its fun to play a game that lets you take your main character into a new game mode that shuffles up everything and then when your done you can go back to the regular world with a bunch of your new loot.

With 7 days to die finally released some friends and I are running a private server.

Nothing much, a little Trackmania here, a little RDR2 there (still haven't finished the story). Mostly small casual daily games at !dailygames@lemmy.zip

Warframe, started playing a couple of months ago and I absolutely love it, still play several hours every day and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

No Man's Sky, started the new expedition yesterday, still at the very beginning so haven't seen much of the new things from the World Part 1 update yet.

Dungeons of Hinterberg, really nice and chill game, love the music and art style.

Reus 2, Airport CEO, Sea of Thieves, Asetto Corsa Competizione, Hell Let Loose.

It all depends how moosh my brain is, how tired I am, and if friends want to play.

Playing Elden Ring but that’s pricey. Check humble bundle for cheap stuff. Or isthereanydeal.com.

Otherwise, Starcraft 2 is mostly free and still hands down the best RTS of all time, that shit will destroy your free time. Warframe is also quality and free, with a massive amount of content. Same goes for Path of Exile, and theyve got a sequel on the way that looks to be shaping up nicely.

Back on the RTS thing, Stormgate just opened to the public. Havent had time to try that yet but looks decent, and partially free.

you didn't hear it from me, but https://www.qbittorrent.org/download

search "fitgirl" and/or "GOG"

take your pick

find something you like, buy it next year

Pokemon Legends Arceus. Its sequel is coming soon and so I've been getting into the mindset.

I got sucked into Honkai: Star Rail pretty good. I'm in love with the gameplay. Right now it kinda feels similar to my past MMO experience, digging into every corner for loot.

Got back into Skyrim VR again since my deck's out of commission ATM. Forgot how addicting it was lol. Might actually finish this save once I get glasses inserts for my quest.

Pathos Nethack on Android. It's a version of Nethack that's optimized for mobile screens and interfaces. It still takes skill and knowledge to play well, but the RNG can screw with your character in amazing ways to make every game just a little different.

And most importantly, it doesn't require a network connection, so I can fire it up wherever I am.