Games that have stuck with you?
Have you played a game that stayed in your head long after you played it?
For me, Outer Wilds would be that game. I feel like I haven't stopped thinking about it since I beat it a couple years ago.
Have you played a game that stayed in your head long after you played it?
For me, Outer Wilds would be that game. I feel like I haven't stopped thinking about it since I beat it a couple years ago.
For me, that game would definitely be Disco Elysium. I've never connected with a game as much as with that one. I'm actually reticent of playing it again for fear of it not living up to the first experience; I felt like my first playthrough was perfect, even if technically speaking it wasn't.
Other than that, I also still think about Mass Effect a fair bit.
On a side note: if you liked the investigating and "detective-ing" of Outer Wilds, then you will probably also enjoy Return of the Obra Dinn, The Forgotten City, and The Case of the Golden Idol. I'd also add Disco Elysium to that list, but be aware it's a lot more text heavy.
Oh Disco Elysium all the way, it's possibly my favorite game. I have a notebook filled with lines in the game that stuck with me.
I want more of it, but it looks like that lightning won't strike twice.
fwiw I did play it through twice, and maybe enjoyed it even more the second time - caught more of the little details
Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.
The only way to load the dice is to keep on fighting.
Great recommendations there, each got under my skin. I feel the same about David Lynch films, they connect with something inside me, and lodge permanently in my brain.
I'd put What Remains of Edith Finch, Dear Esther, Talos Principle, Stanley Parable, Metroid Prime and maybe Portal 1+2 in there too - they share an authentically mysterious vibe.
Obra Dinn and Outer Wilds hit me hard, they nailed the atmosphere perfectly. Haven't actually played DE, was a bit put off by the sheer amount of dialogue, but I need to try it.
When I saw the OP's question, my immediate thougt was Outer Wilds and Disco Elysium. Nice to see both represented at the top!
Vampires, The Masquerade: Bloodlines. The whole vibe of the setting, the story, the locations, and then when I finally understood what the plot was really about. Masterpiece of a game, couldnt stop thinking about it.
Seconding Bloodlines, this game has stuck with me since I first played it as a child. I've been eagerly awaiting the sequel, but also dreading that it ends up being awful and ruins any chance of more games.
Portal 1.
Something about the ambiance mixed with the puzzles really stuck with me. I replay it almost once a year just to relive it.
Portal 2 is also up there with me. Just two spectacular atmospheric puzzle games. 10/10
If you like Portal 1 and 2 and want more, I'd recommend playing Portal Stories: Mel and Portal Reloaded, both are free on Steam if you own P2. The puzzles are pretty tricky though!
Reloaded made me want to smash my keyboard several times. 10/10 can't wait for the multiplayer update
The one that came out 5 days ago?
Last of Us part1 and part 2. Probably Ghost of Tsushima and also Shadow Tactics
Hades is so good. Waiting for Hades 2. Aaaaany day now.
I've tried to like Hades a few times over the years since it came out. I know I'm in the minority, it's generally a well liked game, but I just don't see the appeal. The gameplay loop is repetitive, difficult, and unrewarding, the main character is deliberately unlikable, the dialogue with the NPCs in the hub is repetitive and trying too hard to be funny. I didn't enjoy a single second playing that game, and its one I actually paid real money for, I bought it and genuinely wanted to like it. I suppose I'm not the target audience.
Man, that's actually so sad. But I guess most gamers will find that one game they want to like (because it's critically acclaimed, their friends are super into it, etc.), but it just won't work.
I had that experience with Valheim. On paper it looks like a fun viking-esque Minecraft with a bit more RPG elements. In practice I just found out cumbersome and the gameplay loop felt just plain boring/unsatisfying.
The STALKER series really stuck with me for some reason.It's probably the familiarity of the landscape/atmosphere. Post apoc eastern Europe isn't that much different from normal eastern Europe lol
Barotrauma also stuck with me because of the atmosphere. Amazing game to play solo and feel the weight of the setting, although the bots you play with are a bit iffy and the multiplayer doesn't carry the same feeling of dread and isolation
Yes to both! But especially Barotrauma! Really unique atmosphere to that game and such a rich selection of gameplay mechanics I'm always fighting off the desire to start another game!
I even get lost just building convoluted, overcomplicated and, as a result, buggy submarines in the editor.
Man, I love that game. It might be the greatest unsung game to come out in the last few years. My only problem is being a misanthrope, and scared of the general multiplaying public, I'm always intimidated by public games, but I'd love to convince enough buddies to play a campaign through. As you say, you lose some of the existential dread, but I'd love to explore some of the roleplaying aspects and more complicated gameplay loops, and the bots are a liability (although so much better than they were!).
I have 183 hours in Barotrauma, split between multiplayer and the sub editor (and a little bit of testing my sub alone). I have never played a public game or single player, it has basically all been the campaign with friends.
Most recently, I've been hosting occasional Barotrauma events with my inclusive gaming community, each one continuing the campaign we started early this year. The last event was just over the weekend. I don't know when the next Barotrauma event will be, yet, but anyone who can follow our Code of Conduct is welcome to join!
For me, it's bioshock infinite. The reveal at the end of the game changes how you perceive everything that you just went through. No spoilers, but it's absolutely wild and is one of the best stories I have ever seen in a game.
I loved that ending!
Another game that got me was Horizon: Zero Dawn. It left me with a lingering sadness and a feeling I will never find a game with a story like that again.
The final act of Disco Elysium fucked me up for a while
Disco Elysium, easily. I think about it daily, and it was just written so powerfully.
"See you tomorrow", such a casually delivered line that's so heartbreaking in context.
Horizon Zero Dawn. Need to play the second game at some point.
It's a little different but definitely fun. I'm not sure I like where the story goes, but I immensely enjoyed the ride.
I loved the story in that game. Will probably buy the next one at some point after it gets available for PC, assuming that will happen.
Who has obsession, me? No you have 🙃
Half Life 2. Specifically, the crossbow that shot rebar. That thing was AWESOME.
I love how the main half life games have never had a sniper rifle. There's not really a reason for them not to, there are even sniper enemies, it's just kind of a staple of the series at this point.
Black & White 1 and 2
yeah holy shit i loved black and white. i actually tried recently to get it to run on my pc again and was actually able to play although there were some issues.
Check out Deus Novum
I've seen it, waiting on Fata Deum too
Disco Elysium. There are so many good quotes, particularly out of the thought cabinet, that I remind myself of on like a weekly basis.
I was in a bad place the first time I played through it. The Precarious World and One More Door stick in the back of my mind constantly, and I cried like a baby the first time I read "In the dark times, should the stars also go out?" Never before has a game so emotionally resonated with me, this hope in the face of crushing despair, despite everything.
I never managed to finish Disco Elysium, but not out of lack of love. It's absolutely fantastic.
I really want to go back to it, but I'm almost afraid to. There's so much depth to all those characters, I'm worried by not having played it for so long I'd have forgotten all the useful context, but starting from scratch feels, IDK dishonest somehow? The playthrough I was on felt like the "authentic" one, and restarting, at least without completing that imperfect first playthrough, would be somehow missing the point.
My other fear is that, also finding myself in a bad place increasingly over the last few years, I'm afraid it might end in a way that's too bleak to bear. Your comments on finding hope in the ending, despite despair, might be the motivation I need though!
No, absolutely start from scratch, the game is meant to be replayed. It's one of the few games that implements 'fail forward' very successfully, and sometimes failure leads to better outcomes than success. It's also a good way of organically making the player explore different avenues, both to get experience to improve attributes to try white checks again, and for finding thoughts and items that can reopen them.
The game's incredibly warm, except perhaps to fascist routes, and despite the bleakness of Martinaise, there is something very comforting and wholesome about it all.
Add Jamais Vu and Volumetric Shit Compressor and I think you've got my favorites.
Also both very good.
A few that come to mind:
No game has ever occupied so much of my mind as NieR: Automata. I beat the game, thought "huh, that was pretty good", and then thought about it again the next day. and again. and again. again. again. again. again. again. I just could not stop thinking about what the game was trying to say or how it made me feel, and it's just become more and more important to me as time has gone on. Really incredible game
I echo those exact feelings. Amazing game, great story, but the touch of it still lingers. The story and the mechanics and how they echo eachother is just wow
Cyberpunk 2077. Say what you will about the state of the game, especially when it released. But there's something about the endings that keeps me thinking about the game and has me really excited about coming back after enough updates have passed.
Yeah, the story and side quest are really well made, and the soundtrack is so good, I can't wait for the expansion, apparently it will overhaul so many things that it will probably feels like a different game.
Shadow of the Colossus. The entire vibe of the world just got to me.
Undertale. The messages that game give you. Goddamn. That game also came to me at a point in my life where I needed it. The soundtrack saved me from contemplating a terrible decision. It saved my life. Wonderful game and an incredible experience.
Sounds like it filled you with determination.
Mass Effect -- particularly Mass Effect 2 -- left an impression, but The Last of Us is and will always be the game that has stuck with me the most/longest.
Spec Ops: The Line I thought it was just another military 3rd-person shooter. Boy was I wrong. That thing hit me hard!
Also Oni by bungie. I like the style and I remember that the climax was somewhat emotional for very jung me.
This war of mine I cannot play this game for long and I absolutely love it for that.
There are others too but the common thing is that they were emotional for me. Sure I remember great visuals or gameplay but at the end of the day the games that make me feel stuff stay with me.
Oni was fun. The gameplay was good, but the environments felt sparse, too big for the size and quantity of the characters, and very few furnishings that made the space feel empty and lifeless.
Neverwinter nights and it's expansion packs still sticks with me
Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2. My favorite game series of all time. Honorable mention to Red Dead 2 and God of War Ragnarok. I’m a slut for cinematic games.
To The Moon. Barely a game, the dialogue can be really cheesy in places. But dang, I've thought about the ending to that game probably monthly for over a decade. The sequels are an incredible continuation of the story as well.
Easily RimWorld for me. The stories that play out over time, and how to make productivity more efficient live in my head rent free.
Life is Strange Might have just been I played it at a point in my life that I could really relate to it but characters have stuck with me since playing it. Looking back, it could have been so much more then it was in terms of choices and such. But I still think overall it was great
Red alert 2 and counterstrike will be with me forever. I played those games so much growing up that I always find myself going back to them.
Nier:Automata
I still remember vividly how ending E broke me back then. Maybe because I have weight of the world in my playlist.
Might I recommend reading the novellas? Memory cage and and memory thorn are must-reads if you finished ending E. A much too silent sea was also cool.
https://theark.wiki/w/I_just_got_Ending_E
Great, I'll read it on my free time
You won't regret it
Thief. The first three, at least. (*)
Splinter Cell as well.
Basically, Splinter Cell got me into what became my favorite genre: stealth.
Then I went and played Thief because stealth, and just everything about those games furthered my love for not only stealth, but it was my gateway to immersive sims as well.
Also, the level "Robbing the Cradle" in Deadly Shadows will always stick with me. As someone who hates survival horror, that level was both fucking incredible and also a nightmare that I had to use a walkthrough to get through quickly.
KOTOR got me into RPGs, and New Vegas came around and has stuck with me ever since.
And Skyrim I guess, since I've played it way too many times.
Should probably add Prey (2017) as well. Incredible game. For that matter, Dishonored. Both have a permanent place in my mind. And when I say Dishonored, I mean the first two, although I also enjoyed Death of the Outsider.
(*) I actually enjoyed Thief 2014 for what it was. Not nearly on the level as the originals, but it was still okay, if a sadly forgettable entry which kind of put the nail in the coffin for future releases.
Night In The Woods deeply affected me first with the ending, and then again with the whole scenario that unraveled outside of the game. Few things make me feel melancholy like thinking of that game.
When I finished Life is Strange 1, it just felt I lost a friend and it lingered for weeks. Whenever I was hearing the soundtrack, I felt really sad because of stuff that happened in the game.
Not a fantastic game, but the first Walking Dead Telltale series really hit me in the feels and so has stayed with me. The Witcher 3 definitely affected me, but it's hard to seperate that feeling from the books.
I'd say Kerbal Space Program, Factorio and Rimworld because whenever I play those it's like coming home, but since I'm always playing at least one of them, it feels a bit like cheating.
The feeling of the Tribes games is always there in my mind. I occasionally go back but the freedom of movement in that game is just so liberating. I never know why they aren't more celebrated. (Titanfall 2 comes close, but still not quite the same).
Battlezone 2 is IMHO another unsung classic. I loved the mix of RTS and FPS. Another one from before the mechanics of FPS and the general feel of motion had standardised (to a fault) which I think helps it keep it's hooks in me.
So many people mentioning Outer Wilds, think I will have to revisit that. There are a lot of honorable mentions like HL2, SOMA and Ocarina of Time. But for me, the outstanding mention would have to be the original Elite on the Sinclair Spectrum. For such an early, technically simple game it had so much depth and gameplay, and challenge (took me weeks to master that damn docking procedure without crashing!).
Do it do it do it! Trust Lemmy 😄
Back in the days Guild Wars, not the sequel but the OG; present time I have spent way to many hours getting stuck in Snowrunner.
Half life Alex. I'm the only person I know IRL with a VR headset, so playing such an incredible and unique game feels like having an amazing dream that leaves you with intense euphoria , but knowing no one around you really cares as much about it as you.
I'm an early adopter of VR and there have been 2 memorable VR moments, the first time playing Elite Dangerous in VR with HOSAS and HL:A. But HL:A is the only VR game that I play through a couple of times a year.
The first time playing Elite with a headset was magical. Looking around my ship and while flying through space (or even just while sitting docked in the stations), and the spatial audio coupled with VR just put shivers down my spine. That engine whine chefs kiss
Horizon Zero Dawn (and sequel), Control, Mass Effect 2, Grim Fandango, Dreamfall.
In a very different way, Kerbal Space Program because it gives a good understanding of orbital mechanics.
Control has a special place in my heart. It could be better mechanically, but narratively.... I cannot wait for Control 2. The lore, the atmosphere, the charachters... Chefs kiss.
Firewatch, Hellblade, the Mass Effect trilogy, Cyberpunk 2077 to name a few. ME and CP77 are probably the ones that lodged themselves hardest in my mind by far.
You have good taste in games.
Have you played the "new" Deus Ex games, HR and MD? I'd slot them right in for my version of your list. Also Zero Dawn and Forbidden West.
Been thinking about trying the Deus Ex games but never got around to them. Might have to give them a shot some time!
The horizon games I'd really want to play but I've only got a Series X and a rather weak PC at the moment. :/
You should give Human Revolution a go, then. It's pretty old by now and the graphics can be turned down quite far. It should run on most things.
Yeah, the deus ex games are available on xbox so I shouldn't have a hard time playing those. Do they still hold up?
Human Revolution is fantastic, still. Mankind Divided is pretty much just upgraded more of it. The only downside is that Mankind Divided leaves the story unfinished, as it was the second entry in what was intended to become a trilogy. It failed financially due some BS mismanagement by Squenix.
But there's hope! Eidos Montreal was acquired by Embracer Group last year, who have done much better with the management of their studios. There have been whisperings of Adam Jensen's story being resumed at the studio.
Ah, I'll keep them on the backlog then!
About Embracer though.. you didn't see this? Not sure exactly how it'll pan out but it doesn't sound good: https://www.polygon.com/23759179/embracer-tomb-raider-lotr-restructure-studio-closures-lay-offs
Oh darn... Having looked at their portfolio though, it was not all golden geese. Hopefully they'll know what is worth the effort to keep.
Yeah I hope they won't have to axe too much!
Ar Tonelico. I was very into world building in high school. And this game hits the closest to my imagination at that time. I just can't forget that feeling years after. Regardless of the weird visual novel-y parts of it
Half-Life 2. I have so many playthroughs that I lost count. At the time of release, the gameplay and physics were mind-blowing. The atmosphere over time got even better when Valve released bloom lighting. The water and sky were breath taking. I still go back and visit to this day.
Journey. Just the best coop experience ever.
I’ll never forget loading Myst on my performance 5200 and getting lost
Interstate '76. I love the whole vibe of it.
Outer Wilds and Soma.
Both live pretty much rent free in my head since I played them.
Bioshock Infinite
Red Dead Redemption 2
Medievil
I keep reading about Outer Wilds. I think its about time this summer.
To answer the question: Risk of Rain 1&2
And maybe the leviathans of my childhood. Ocarina of Time, Majoras Mask..
N64 Zelda will always be stuck in my head.
Mass Effect trilogy gave me the harshest gaming hangover in my life back when I finished all of them back to back like 10 years ago
There's also Ichiban Kasuga living rent free in my head, yesterday's trailer made it worse
Your dog dying in fable (I think fable 2?) :( They make this lovable companion who is your best mate and he just... Dies, still messes me up
Sounds like fable 2. I remember at the end of the game getting three options for "make a wish", and immediately picking the dog. I don't even remember what the other options were. It doesn't matter.
I wonder what the breakdown was on how many people chose which option in the end.
Believe it or not, it was a flash game. You can't play it online anymore, though you can find it for download somewhere I'm sure.
It was called "Obliterate Everything 2" - it was just a small game about space battles, with fairly simple mechanics. But the amount of depth it got from that was so absurd. The difficulty curve was a bit wacky, and I remember talking at length to my friends about the various game design principles I'd learned from observing and judging it.
Xenoblade Chronicles. A world so alive and then that ending... I was 15 and it surely shaped the way I think about the world today
Red Dead Redemption. Probably stuck with me more than any other game Ive played. I still listen to the soundtrack on a regular basis.
Really hope it gets a rerelease
Well I would answer Outer Wilds (in particular, with the DLC), but since you already said it, ummm....
Probably Hollow Knight. I remember just loving the exploration in that game, and the difficulty made everything feel well earned. I haven't played Elden Ring yet, but it sounds like people had a similar reaction to that, but in 3D.
I've mentioned this game already in a few comments recently, but I think it really deserves more attention.
Prey (2017): I've loved it since the first moment, and I still think about the story and lore very often. It's almost impossible to find a similar game (Bioshock 1 and System Shock 2 have quite some things in common with Prey, but the latter has its own unique vibe).
Oh yeah, I loved prey. One of the biggest mindfucks of an opening. Mooncrash was also really interesting, kind of a prototype for deathloop.
For me it's still Anarchy Online after almost a decade since I played it last. The atmosphere in the game and community was amazing. After that I would say mass effect, rdr2 and the elder scrolls series
To be honest, for me it's got to be the ending to Nier Automata. That was...intense, thankfully I wasn't spoiled even after playing it so late.
its very short, but Trip World is a gameboy game I just cant stop thinking about, its one of the prettiest games on the system with a fun mechanic to it.
Celeste, even made me cry a bit towards the end, first from it being sad but then happy at the very end.
Final fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts games also are always stuck in my head even to this day
Ace Attorney. The first 3 and Edgeworth spinoffs are legit masterpieces.
I never did finish Outer Wilds and still think about it a lot! I need to go start it again because it is genuinely spectacular, but I struggle with my constraint of only being able to put short-ish play sessions into it.
Playing Ocarina of Time with my son was an epic journey I treasure. It completely captured his imagination, and I was along for that ride.
Grim Fandango was, and continues to be, a dream for me.
While I'm there, Full Throttle also executed its style so well that some of its moments still serve as cultural/stylistic landmarks in my mind.
Mass Effect 2 had several moments where the atmosphere and universe totally hit the mark (Going into the Afterlife Club... come on!).
Red Dead Redemption connected me to that setting in ways movies can't reach.
Edit: I forgot to mention Firewatch! That game established a mood unlike any other game I can think of.
Man, Firewatch. I don't know how they managed to make the player connect on an emotional level with a character that you don't even get to meet, but they did a fantastic job.
The Witcher 3 (mainly the DLCs), the story was so good, like it's the only game I can remember where I was waiting to play it every weekend just for the story.
Ocarina of Time - the music is so amazing, I can still remember all of it.
Runescape Classic (like 2002) for making me impervious to scams - you get scammed by some players once and that sticks with you.
The closest is Ghost Trick I guess? But frankly while being another masterpiece, it didn't stick THAT much more than the others, after a month or two even the 10/10 games come to mind only if I think of a related topic.
The most influencial would be Etrian Odyssey IV since it got me into giving JRPGs another go, after years of not being impressed by any of the classics (Final Fantasy 4-5, 6 kept my attention until the endgame, Golden Sun...), and now I basically beat them (mostly Atlus' so far) on a bimonthly basis. I guess EO in general sticks the best, but it's hard to label one game since I quickly went and started playing all of them.
The Last of Us (both parts). Just started a new play through of Part I. It truly is a masterpiece in storytelling
The big ones for me are the one where I made friends and very personal experiences:
Tibia, Eve Online & Warhammer Online
Which reminds me, I haven't messaged certain former guild leader in a while!
Ports of Call on the Commodore 64. One of the first video games I ever played. Set up a shipping company, buy a ship, buy low and sell high and get better ships. Occasionally you have to take control of the ship (incredibly rudimentary, but it was 1986, give them a break) to dock or leave port, avoid a collision or avoid reefs, but for whatever reason I keep coming back to it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085260/Ports_of_Call_Classic/
Does it still hold up today?
That's really hard to answer objectively. Some of the artwork is nice, I guess? The mechanics are incredibly simplistic, but I still go back and play it every so often. I suspect that is more for nostalgia value than anything else.
It is annoying getting the message that "during fighting, your ship has been shelled and insurance won't cover the damage in a war zone" just after delivering a lovely shipment of weapons to the port of Basrah.
The Witcher 3 is probably the greatest video game I've ever played.
The Last of Us 1 & 2 is probably the greatest video game story I've ever experienced.
These 3 games are something I think about in some capacity very often and are, in my mind, the benchmarks that every other game is held to.
Mass Effect and Dragon Age are my notable mentions.
I thought the mechanics in Witcher 3 were clunky, the fighting was a bit repetitive, and I don't really like fantasy... and that game is still one of my all time favorites.
Neon white was super fun, still working in 100% for the good ending.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. When I finished it I couldn't stop thinking about it for a couple of days. It was quite the experience, hearing the voices and learning to trust them. Factorio. The factory must grow.
Basically all Blizzard games between '95 and '04 (So Warcraft 2 up until World of Warcraft). I just loved them all. Great gameplay and awesome music. The soundtracks for the games of that era are just permanently recorded in my brain and they'll randomly start playing in my mind very often.
Diablo 1 was my first ARPG and I remember playing it online and not knowing what the hell people were talking about because I wasn't familiar with the lingo yet. I loved playing online with the overpowered duped items like the Godly Plate of the Whale and the Arch-Angel's Staff of Apocalypse. It was great.
Diablo 2 was even better than the first one. My favorite ARPG of all-time and in my opinion still the best one ever made. I've spent hundreds of hours on this game online and I still wish I could relive those days. One of the greatest games ever.
Warcraft 2 was also one of my favorite games, the soundtrack was especially great. I know every note of every piece of music in that game by heart. Sometimes a random piece of Warcraft 2 music will just pop in my head and start playing on repeat for hours on end.
World of Warcraft was the first MMORPG I got addicted to. I played others before, but WoW just had me hooked. I've played this game religiously up until the end of WotLK when the game lost its magic for me. I've played all the expansions that came after that but not much, usually just one or two characters to max level and then I get bored with it.
Oblivion has lived in my head since the moment I first played it back in 09. Finally started teaching myself how to make mods for it last year and now it takes up even more of my brain!
My record must be Photopia. 25 years later, I still feel half a tear forming by thinking too much about it.
Eastward is an indie game I got because I saw someone recommend it on Lemmy a couple years ago. The pixel art was amazing, and some of it had a very unique eerieness. The story was heartwarming at times and creepy at other times. The only real complaint I had was that so much of the story remained unexplained after the ending, I really wanted to see all the little pieces of plot tied together.
Bioshock Infinite. Love the aesthetics and world building in this game.
Definitely Outer Wilds as well.
Hell, looking into the soundtrack changed my daily playlist to something heavily Midwest Emo.
The Talos Principle - for me, the puzzles hit the sweet spot of being hard enough to be on my mind all day, but never feeling like the solution was out of reach. But even more than the puzzles, the philosophical elements made me reflect on life, civilization, and personhood in a way nothing else has. It was a peaceful, tranquil experience of just me, a serene soundtrack, and thought provoking text and puzzles.
I loved Talos Principle too, really excited for the second one.
SOMA. The ending still freaks me out until this day.
This. SOMA lives rent free in my head to this day.
Mass Effect series. Especially ME3 with the DLC's. I think it was the Citadel DLC that I enjoyed the most. The game was really emotional at times.
I played ME1 and ME2 through so many times. The story was fantastic. The cast is rememberable. Tali Zorah will forever be my first video game crush.
Starcraft, when the first one released and then the expansion, I always wondered what happen to Kerrigan/Jimmy and the Protoss templars. We don't have any official answers all the way until Starcraft 2 released. That "it's about time" trailer was about as hype as I can be for a very long time. And then it faded behind DOTA 2 and LoL.( I didn't even know when the 2nd one or 3rd campaign released. too busy with indie game/kickstarter boom and then Rocket Leauge. ^^; )
For me, it's Mirror's Edge, particularly Mirror's Edge Catalyst. I even go running IRL to the soundtrack.
Yeah, Mirror's Edge is a gem, beautiful soundtrack and aesthetics. I have Catalyst on Steam, I should play it.
Persona 5 Royal. I normally don’t like JRPGs but there is something special about this one game. The design, the music and the gameplay never failed to put a smile on my face
If you haven't already, definitely give 4 a try. The gameplay isn't as polished, but you can see where everything you loved about 5 came from. And the story/characters are arguably even better than 5.