Dragon age: origins: I got absolutely sucked into this game. The story is great (wtf dwarfs), combat was fun and challenging. One of the few games I’ve tried to 100%.
Football Manager: one of the most addicting games I’ve played, I must have put thousands of hours (over the different versions) into it at this point. I love building a team, tweaking my tactics, and leading my team to global dominance. My partner laughs at me because this game is basically my irl job (recruiter).
Banjo Kazooie/Tooie: showing my age here a bit, but one of the best 3d platformers imo. Levels are fun, music is great (pirate level music is always in my head), mechanics felt great and inventive, characters are super memorable
Red Orchestra: Ostfront: my favorite shooter of all time, but unfortunately the game is dead now. Nothing is more satisfying than killing a man in one shot at 700m and then manually cycling the bolt. The newer red Orchestras are good, but a bit too action-y and with pretty short engagement distances
ARMA 2/3: realistic military sandbox. I had so much fun playing this in my clan. It was almost like a FPS DND game, we had members create missions and then 100 people would play them out — some of my best gaming memories are from this. I miss you, Bourbon Warfare.
Dragon age: origins: I got absolutely sucked into this game. The story is great (wtf dwarfs), combat was fun and challenging. One of the few games I’ve tried to 100%.
Football Manager: one of the most addicting games I’ve played, I must have put thousands of hours (over the different versions) into it at this point. I love building a team, tweaking my tactics, and leading my team to global dominance. My partner laughs at me because this game is basically my irl job (recruiter).
Banjo Kazooie/Tooie: showing my age here a bit, but one of the best 3d platformers imo. Levels are fun, music is great (pirate level music is always in my head), mechanics felt great and inventive, characters are super memorable
Red Orchestra: Ostfront: my favorite shooter of all time, but unfortunately the game is dead now. Nothing is more satisfying than killing a man in one shot at 700m and then manually cycling the bolt. The newer red Orchestras are good, but a bit too action-y and with pretty short engagement distances
ARMA 2/3: realistic military sandbox. I had so much fun playing this in my clan. It was almost like a FPS DND game, we had members create missions and then 100 people would play them out — some of my best gaming memories are from this. I miss you, Bourbon Warfare.