Recommend some games, I'm out of the loop again

[Reincarnate]

Sitting here in the apartment today, somewhat bored. Figure I may as well look into some new games -- anything worth checking out?

[MarioNintendo]

New games as in current gen, or new games as in "games you've never known about"? What have you played as of yet?

A new game I recommend is Mario Kart 8. It is truly the best Mario Kart I have ever played, and made me enjoy the series a lot, something that each previous iteration failed to do.
An older game I recommend is Atomic Runner on Sega Genesis. The music is phenomenal, and the gameplay is as good as it gets in my opinion. An underrated gem to this day, people refuse to see its blaring qualities. You might want to check it out to see for yourself!

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by MarioNintendo

New games as in current gen, or new games as in "games you've never known about"?

Either -- old or new is cool

[choof]

stepmania

still waiting for a rubix file

[balldoowell]

Custom Maid 3D

[MarioNintendo]

I don't have much new suggestions other than Fire Emblem Awakening, Link Between Worlds, Shin Megami Tensei 4, Mario Kart 8 and Project X Zone (if you're into that kind of thing).

But for old, here's a few you might enjoy, if you haven't already:

Atomic Runner (Genesis) - see post above
Herzog Zwei (Genesis) - Early RTS, easy to get into and pretty deep!
OutRun (Arcade)
Road Fighter (Arcade/Famicom) - Game is a short and simple overhead driving thing, but really addicting for some reason. Try to finish it on Level 2 difficulty.
Einhander (PS1)
R-Type III (SNES)
Dragon's Spirit (NES)
Recca (NES/3DS VC)
Dynamite Headdy (Genesis)
Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
Alien Soldier (Genesis)
Ikaruga (Gamecube/Steam)
X The Ball (Arcade) - Rare made some weird games
Elemental Master (Genesis)
Thunder Force III (Genesis)
Thunder Force IV (Genesis)
Rayforce (Arcade/Saturn/iOS)

That should kill some time.

[Zageron]

Any Anno title if you've never played them. They're very difficult on hard mode.

[Calcium Deposit]

The metro 2033/last light series, I've always enjoyed Metro's storylines and wouldn't mind reading the books the games are based off of.


FTL (faster than light), an indy game fairly recently made with probably the best video game music ever (chiptunesque). Sorta feels like youre playing battlestar galactica.


Geist, originally for the gamecube. You play as this guy that gets his soul ripped out of his body, who then gains the ability to possess things/people at will.


Wolfenstein, go punch nazis


Watchdogs, you basically get an opportunity to kill deadmau5


Limbo, one of the creepiest neoplatformers out there


Neverwinter, a just barely not generic f2p MMO based off of DnD. Its got some pretty tight visuals


Don't starve, youre trapped on an island and you need to collect stuff



warframe, be a space ninja

[AutotelicBrown]

It'd be easier to suggest something with some genre/platform reference but I'll mention Escape Goat 2 that is a good puzzle/platformer that came recently on steam.

Some other random I stuff I find enjoyable taking a quick glance on my steam:
Anodyne, La-Mulana, Shovel Knight, Rogue Legacy, Antichamber, Unholy Heights, Ys Origins, Type:Rider.

Originally Posted by balldoowell

Custom Maid 3D

That'd be actually a legit suggestion for people into that kind of thing.

[danny53x]

Tetris Online Poland!

Cultris!

Nullpomino!

[Arntonach]

Buy Castlevania HD and play with me plz it's fun.

[Spenner]

Play worms armageddon shopper, rope race, or warmer mode cuz its slick as hell and feels great to pull off B)

That video sucks though, and there's really nothing else good uploaded on YT but here's a site dedicated to the WA tricks and shit.

But yeah basically it puts you in spiderman's shoes and it feels pretty sweet to play, if you want something with a difficult learning curve.

[shenjoku]

If you're still looking for stuff you should try Alundra for PlayStation. It's like Zelda but with more story and much harder puzzles/enemies. Should be easy to find an ISO and emulator for it if you can't buy it somehow. It's an oldy but a not very well known one unfortunately.

[MrGiggles]

i don't remember what you're into but Transistor turned out to be a pretty dope game and it's 33% off

http://store.steampowered.com/app/237930/

also I've gotten back into a Dwarf Fortress kick, that game never fails to entertain. However, there's a substantial initial time investment required to learn the game

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

edit: also nidhogg

http://store.steampowered.com/app/94400/

[Coolboyrulez0]

Get the anything Ys on steam. (Ys 1/2 has bump combat which is outdated and maybe a bit rough for newbies but its still excellent)

[Reach]

What kind of games do you like?

I started playing a game on steam called Last Dream last week since I have a few weeks off. It is on sale right now for 3.99 too.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/266230/

I was highly skeptical of this at first given how it was made. However, it's an amazing homage to oldschool JRPGs (Final Fantasy 1-6) and Dragon Quest. It has pretty much all of the core elements of these games, executes them super well and delivers so much extra content and sidequests that you'll be busy having fun for a long time. It honestly surpasses most of the oldschool JRPGs made by big name companies in many ways and gives some life to a genre that has sadly died.

I've got about 24 hours in it already and I haven't finished and there is lots left to do. Tons of replay value, complex character building system with lots of depth but is also extremely intuitive, massive world, non linear story progression, sick music...etcetcetc.

A must buy if you're a fan of the oldschool JRPG. I'd also set it to Hard or Harder for first play if you're familiar with the genre (gonna replay it on legendary I think).

[AutotelicBrown]

Interesting to hear that about Last Dream, I was also really skeptical when I first heard about it to even consider trying it out. Might give it a go while I still have some free time.

[FoJaR]

i really liked tyrants fight through time for genesis. that game was fun

[MarioNintendo]

So uh... have you played any of the games we mentionned? Enjoyed it? Disliked it?

[_Zenith_]

It depends on what genre you'd like to play, I mean I prefer anything that uses logic primarily instead of skill (which I guess could coincide) and two of my favorite games are:

Vandal Hearts (Ps1)

Suikoden 2 (Ps1)

Both these games have more games, like Vandal Hearts has a second one available on XBLA. Suikoden has 5 in total for console and more for other systems, but if you were seriously interested in Suikoden, I'd recommend picking up the first three and that's it, and MAYBE.. maybe.. the fifth one.