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What's the game you play when nothing else sounds good? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Do you have a game you play over and over, when nothing else fits your mood? That game that is infinitely re-playable, somewhat the same every time and somewhat new and interesting?

For me it's the games in the Orcs Must Die series. But mostly OMD 3. I play the mode called Scramble, where you have to beat 5 rounds of orcs, and they get harder and harder as you progress. There are random things to make it harder (nerfs) and you can choose 1 thing per round to make it easier (buffs). I've probably played that something like 300 times now since I beat the main game + DLCs a long while ago. I go into a special mental state while playing, since I know it all so well, and just zone out for about an hour each time.

Patient gamers, what's your "I will keep playing this game for the rest of my life" fallback?

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[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mass Effect. Always new choices waiting for you

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Oh! I just started the Legendary edition this week for the first time.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was about to buy it on steam until I saw:

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

Could buy it on EA Origin then instead. (I know that's not your point btw, I'm being tongue-in-cheek. For real though, the games are amazing, don't rob yourself of an awesome experience because of a dumb launcher)

[–] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You’re in for a treat! The Legendary edition was a great release, and the perfect excuse for me to replay the whole trilogy a couple years back for like, the fourth time. So good.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried the first game long long after they were all out for a while and it felt really rough and clunky. Did the legendary edition make things any smoother in the first game?

[–] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, they smoothed things out, improved the graphics, and squashed a lot of bugs. I think Legendary is probably the best way to play them, especially the first, which had the most fixed.

Here’s a breakdown of the differences and improvements.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Nice! Thanks!

[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

I'd love to be a fly on the wall <3