Any kind of game
EDIT: changed from suggested to mentioned and made the title more clear
Sid Meiers’ Pirets of the Carribean
Lode Runner
Loved Lode Runner! Broderbund Software, right? I think they also made Choplifter.
Yup broderbund, one of the first games available for our Mac classic
Tf2 maybe ? Honorable mentions: Tetris, Dwarf Fortress, stormworks, bg3
You have never seen anyone recommend Baldurs Gate 3 or Dwarf Fortress?
Your original question reads like it’s limited to this thread, not games you’ve seen recommended anywhere and everywhere
The way I interpreted your title was “has not already been mentioned in this thread”. Every game ever made has been recommended, idk how you expect people to answer this lol
I tried to make the title more clear
I dont think every person has seen every game being recommended. I havent heard anyone mention the game I Wanna Maker
New title is much more indicative of your intent.
From your original comment I thought you meant just not recommended at all (ie no ads, never seen a comment or video online, etc) and was like… how would I have played the game if it wasn’t somehow recommended, how would I have heard of it?
I think you’re looking for smaller games that aren’t constantly being recommended online, which is much less restrictive, haha
Not every person has seen every game being recommended or just mentioned on the internet. But they’ve likely seen every game, they played themselves, on the internet, except for pre-internet or analog games that they never looked up somehow.
If that’s what you’re looking for, that is an interesting question, but I’d assume that most answers here are just as incorrect as this one.
Looks like I miss understood the question.
A saw every one of them recommended. However I didn’t play them because of these recommendations.
I came across Blade Runner on GOG. I don’t remember when but I think it was on sale. I didn’t touch it for at least a year or two until two days ago. It is so amazing. It has the old school 90’s point and click vibe while being an amazing detective story (one I could imagine even being made into a movie itself).
I think I’ve got that but have never played it. Must get it running one day!
Enjoy! Only advice I’ll give for the game is to check every nook and cranny for clues.
Especially because certain aspects of the storyline are random on each playthrough. Who is and isn’t a replicant is not always the same, nor is how certain characters will react to the same dialog questions on subsequent runs. Depending on how the cards fall, this arguably also includes you.
Yes, I still have this on all four original CD’s.
All time biggest time sinks are probably Civilization 2 and Factorio.
Biggest time sink you’ve never heard of is Ancient Dungeons of Mystery, a one-man Roguelike dungeon delving passion project.
You have never seen Factorio being mentioned on the internet?
You never read comments you reply to till the end?
Do you play ADOM?
Civ II was peak of the series imho… Immersive gameplay trumps graphics
Castle of the winds.
I had this as a kid. From a shareware compilation CD.
For the Gen-Z kids in the audience, that’s like a little snapshot of the internet that you bought at a computer show or flea market for $2, and was worse than the internet because it didn’t have any boobies on it, except it was better than the internet because your parents wouldn’t gripe at you constantly for always tying up the house’s telephone line and you barely had to wait to play anything on it.
Where was I again?
Oh yeah. I got my ass kicked by that game. It was also cool that you could set any Windows .ico file as your player character, though. You could run around as Captain Notepad or Sir Calculator the Algebraic if you wanted to.
Hero’s Quest by Sierra (Later renamed to Quest for Glory)
So, you want to be a hero?
Probably my most replayed game, along with Betrayal at Krondor.
Have you checked out the excellent remake of QfG2?
I have NOT!!! I did not know this existed!!!
You’re in for a treat! I tend to still prefer the parser based EGA versions for nostalgia reasons but it’s very well done and faithful to the original.
I’m longing for another play-through thanks to you! Maybe I’ll go fighter then paladin instead of my usual magical thief.
I really like backgammon but no one ever wants to play with me
Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters
The original creators are doing a follow-up!
After the lackluster “sequels” (Star Control 3 and Star Control: Origins) that were made largely without the original developers input, I had pretty much given up the franchise for dead till now.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pistolshrimp/free-stars-children-of-infinity
For those of you not in the know, you can get Star Control 2 for free on Steam and see what the pinnacle of DOS adventure gaming was all about :D
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2645580/Free_Stars_The_UrQuan_Masters/
Yep, I backed the Kickstarter and hang out in their Discord. Wasn’t sure on the rules about promoting stuff like that so I didn’t mention it. :-)
Bounty Bob on the C64 was goood.
Labyrinth!
Each turn you first move one column or row of the gameboard over by one, then move as far as you like along any unobstructed path as you race against other players to collect magiffins in the ever-changing maze.
It’s a game that rewards both creative thinking and sabotage. It helps develop strategy and spatial reasoning. It’s simple enough for a kindergartner to learn but engaging enough for adults to enjoy even after dozens of games.
Reminds me ever so slightly of the Genesis game Fatal Labyrinth. It’s a terrible video game, but if you’re curious…
Action Quake 2 - AQ2
An online 90s FPS
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Card game - Simplicity and depth, exceptional gameplay. Best at 2P.
AQ2 I have played it.
Krunker is also fun.
Super dodgeball for the NES.
Deceptively simple, but much deeper than it seems on first glance. Each character has 2 different special abilities that change the way you throw. Especially if you can get a few buddies to huddle around the tv with you, will keep you all entertained for hours.
Dungeon Keeper
Def one of my all time favorites.
Me too! I do play KeeperFX though, which is an amazing remake.
I don’t know how to link the Dungeon Keeper community here on Lemmy but I made on lemmy.world for it.
Thinking about it, reducing my entire game library to not suggested titles anywhere decreases its size drastically. It easily knocks like 20 games I would list normally.
With that said, Last Command was a nice bullet hell game. Would reccomend
