Be it a video game, board game, card game, sport, etc.
I haven't played a Civ game since #3. I kind of miss it, might try it again
I haven't played a Civ game since #3. I kind of miss it, might try it again
Be it a video game, board game, card game, sport, etc.
I haven't played a Civ game since #3. I kind of miss it, might try it again
Oh, hard question. I was so stricken with Pillars of Eternity because I like storytelling in my games so much.
I know multiple people who worked on that, but I always forget to play it. I'm too distracted with Path of Exile now to start another RPG >.<
When I finished playing, I could not sleep whole night. The story just blew my mind so much.
I haven't played Pillars of Eternity, but if you like games with a great story I recommend The Last of Us. It's a really dark story, but the best story of any game I've ever played.
I've easily played 1000+ games of 500 and play a few different variants...so that probably goes down for something I can play anytime.
For video games, I'd put Super Mario 3 down as GOAT for me.
Board game, I'd choose Backgammon or Risk.
Boardgame: Axis and Allies
Video games: Hoi3 for strategy, Dota 2 for pvp, WoW before the major expansions for D&D and GTA vice city for random violence
Oh yeah, why did I put Risk above A&A? I played that game far more.
Also vanilla EverQuest > vanilla WoW!
The first Red Faction is my favorite FPS. I played that game online for at least 7 years.
I never played UO, but have played EQ off and on since 1999. I still jump on a vanilla server from time to time
RPG: Marvel Super Heroes (TSR) in the Original Basic edition. One of the very few games to be successful in capturing the super hero genre, and at the same time extremely fun, accessible and concise.
Vidya: Master of Orion 1. The one I keep coming back for, and the one that never gets old as the random factors (such as the forced gaps in the tech tree, or the swinging personalities of NPC races) make every game of it wildly different. The only thing - other than the dated graphics and sounds, and some UI clunkiness - that could really be improved are the diplomacy options (i.e. give a way to ask another race for befriending/allying with a 3rd race, and a way to directly declare war).
I haven't played Master of Orion. Were the later sequels as good as the original?
Some heretics claim that MoO2 was the better game than MoO1. (Personally I think that it was a good 4X game, but that it didn't reach the quality of the timeless original. You won't waste your time giving it a try, but I think MoO1 was the better one.)
The one thing every single MoO player can agree on is that MoO3 was an utter disaster full off unnecessary micromanagement, unnecessary removal of beloved races like the catty Mrrshan, and general awfulness. Do not even try it ironically to have ironic fun about how shitty it is.
There's a reason chess is the most played game of all time (or maybe it isn't, I don't know.) It's easy to learn but practically impossible for a human to master. Every move is a puzzle when you're playing against someone equally matched. One move can decide the game. When I see that move, or when my opponent makes that move, it's a better feeling than I get from any other game. A lot of games I've played are like works of art to me, especially some of the games I've lost.
I haven't played a game of chess in...years. My brother and I keep talking about getting a board and to do a slow-play game that goes over days/weeks since we are really not home or awake at the same times most weeks.
On a similar note, I love playing cards for a similar reason. No two games will ever be the same, you and your partner need to have an understanding, a shared sense of trust and a shared sense of risk in order to succeed...even if you have never played with that partner before. There are a lot of customs, etiquette, variants, etc. but you can play an amazing game with complete strangers if everyone has that basic understanding.
My only problem with cards is finding consistent groups of people who want to play regularly. I play with my brother every chance we get, but 2 player games are limited (cribbage, reverse cribbage, gin, double solitaire, backgammon when we don't want to play cards, etc). The rest of our family is 3000+ miles away, and the groups I used to play with out here all moved away.
You can play correspondence chess through an app with a configurable limit to how long a user can take for a move (up to two weeks on the chess.com app I believe). Lichess and others are similar. Both players play at their own pace. Sometimes I'll look at a game several times throughout the day before making my move.
I used to do a similar thing with a site + app called Warlight for Risk sort of games, but I don't know if I would like that for chess. For some reason, the physical pieces being there make the game feel kind of more special. I like chess a lot, similar to how I like cards a lot. I hate playing cards online. There's something about a physical presence that makes a difference.
I like golf, but Civ5 has been my first thought when I think of something I want to play here recently.