With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?

Personally i would go for advance wars 1 and 2 on the gba (there is no remake and never will be)

the artstyle, the music, the game-play is just simple, yet effective, a sublime experience of very fun times.

Whats yours?

  • Varlus@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    TES Oblivion and Sonic Adventure 2. SA2 was a childhood favorite I got very good at, and the extra mission, game modes, and pet sim aspects makes it fairly re-playable without having to start a new game file. Oblivion is just whacky and fun, and if you know how to exploit mechanics you can get up to some pretty crazy stuff in a matter a minutes after starting the game. While grinding skills could be seen as… Well a grind, it’s a grind I personally enjoy. Both games let me dive straight into what I’m feeling like doing, and reward mastery (even if one of them is cheese mastery).

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    2 years ago

    Unraveled (Unraveled 2 is great for 2 players, too), and Hue. Then there’s always Slayaway Camp. All good on Steam Deck as well.

    But those are for the times when I’m not addicted to RL.

  • MeowKittyWow@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    It has been a while, but there was a time when, if I was feeling really anxious and almost panicky, a quick playthrough of Enter the Gungeon would chill me right out.

  • emilygage@lemmy.ml
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    27 days ago

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    • Thrashy@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      For all the hate it gets, Inquisition was this for me as well, when I wanted a relatively simple primary plot where the problem of evil could be solved by hitting it with a sword. The musical interlude “The Dawn Will Come” that happens after the player’s party suffers their first big setback has stuck with me as well.

  • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Try not to have an overly rosy retrospection about this. There were plenty of crappy, cash-grabby games in decades past. We just don’t remember them because they were crappy, cash-grabby, and not worth remembering. They hadn’t invented microtransactions yet, but that’s just one more flavor of crappiness.

  • Wilshire@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Elite Dangerous in VR. I can really disconnect from the real world and just enjoy being a space-pirate bounty hunter.

  • Fleeing_snail@sopuli.xyz
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    2 years ago

    For me it’s No Mans Sky. I love flying around and checking different planets, it’s kind of calming for me.

  • Mandy@beehaw.orgOP
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    2 years ago

    Im barely on Reddit anyway but when I do replys always feel like they take ages

    So this is a pleasent surprise already here on the lemmyverse

  • G59@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Valheim is very chill and fun. Good playing solo, and good playing with friends casually.