…OR I will refer to records as “vinyl CDs” like I did last time.
You have been warned.
Don’t test me; I will do it!
Current games I have on my sights are:
The original Deus Ex
Ib
Infinity Nikki
Remnant II
Silent Hill II (through emulation)
Dragon’s Dogma II
Slay the Princess
ELEX and ELEX 2
Dread Delusion
Daggerfall
Morrowind
Hylics 1 and 2
RuneScape 3 (not RuneScape Classic… I know, I know, don’t hurt me!)
Currently playing:
Elden Ring (finishing it)
OMORI (slowly taking my time in finishing it)
Fallout 76 (much better than what it was at launch; if anyone wants to play with me, they may ask me)
Recently finished:
Disco Elysium
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (y’all should play both Pathfinder CRPG games)
Love:
CRPGs
MMORPGs (yes, even now)
Open-world games (…yes, even with the over-saturation)
Decision-making
Stealth games
Pacifist runs
Minor horror elements? Eh, idk, nothing, like, over-bearing, ig
Macabre horror (basically, horror that isn’t horror; just has the aesthetic)
3D platformers (like Super fucking Mario; you know, the Italian-American voiced by Chris Pratt)
Mods, mods, mods
Not too fucking long; let me finish a game when I want to easily (so, basically, not, like, Persona 5-levels of long, idk)
Anything like Majora’s Mask
“Nautical games” (Wind Waker, Dredge, etc.)
“Classic games” (basically, games through emulation)
VR games, oddly enough
“Cozy games”
“girl games” shovel-ware (basically, the precursor to “cozy games”; the type of shit you found on the Nintendo Wii)
Interactivity outside of the actual game (I don’t know much about Pokemon Go… but what I do know is Pokemon Go to the polls)
Dungeon crawlers (think: King’s Field)
Music with lyrics, idk (I don’t know much about Quavo… but what I do know is Quavo go to the polls)
Good music. Banger music, even.
No loading screens; seriously, let me start up a game and just play. I feel like starting up a game nowadays is sometimes a whole process.
Non-Western games (…Eh, tbh, I don’t really have a bias, I’m just sort-of interested in how they’re developing and what they have to bring… SO think: Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, Indian, African, Latin American, etc.)
Nintendo games…
…or anything LIKE a Nintendo game (with wacky gameplay, idk)
Autistic games… Okay, so far, I think OMORI is, like, the only “Autistic game” out there, but surprise me.
LGBTQIA+ games
BIPOC character games
… okay, that’s all, you don’t even have to follow these requirements at all; hell, be a little creative and use your own insight.
Okay… now…
…SHOOT!
(No, wait, put the gun away!)
Have you heard of Vaporum? It’s a neat little dungeon crawler in the vein of Legend of Grimrock but steampunk.
Darkest Dungeon probably doesn’t count since it’s more of a rogue-like than a crawler, plus pretty much everyone’s played it or heard of it.
I suppose since you’ve played Pathfinder you must have played Pillars of Eternity too. If not, I highly recommend it, it’s one of the best modern CRPGs imo, very much in the vein of the classics like Baldur’s Gate 2.
Divinity: Original Sin was good as well. And of course there’s Dragon Age: Origins which is great, but sadly the rest of that series is fairly mediocre. I’m not a big Bioware fan.
Have you played Little Nightmares? There’s also a couple of creepy Point and Click adventures that i really liked such as Fran Bow and Little Misfortune.
This isn’t a genre i’m very familiar with but I’ve heard Sunless Sea is quite good if you’re into that sort of game, and it’s got a bit of a Lovecraft-y aesthetic/lore. Haven’t played it myself though.
This is a long shot since these games are so old by now that probably most people interested in open world RPGs have played them (or haven’t given them a try because the graphics/controls are too outdated) but Gothic 1 and 2 are some of my favorite open world games of all time.
That’s about it for what I can recommend in the genres you mentioned. I’m more into strategy games myself (mainly turn-based but also some RTS and city builders), i can recommend a bunch of those if you want but my experience with other genres is a bit more limited.
Yeah, definitely heard of Vaporum and I may play it myself.
Also, RIP Piranha Bytes…