The last game where you felt "it".

The first Witcher game.

I liked that it was essentially a spaghetti western in a fantasy world, and that the world was neither a generic WoW clone nor the Burger King Kids Club.
 
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It was just so different from what I expected
 
Nier Automata is definitely heading towards "it" for me. One of those games I've been meaning to play since new, and can see why so many people love it.
 
Probably Breath of the Wild. I get why some people hate that it wasn't a "real Zelda" and it could have used some real dungeons sure. But the changes it made were really needed as I had been bored with Zelda since Majoras Mask. It filled me with a sense of exploration and adventure I hadn't felt for a long time.

I'd also say Red Dead Redemption 2, I certainly felt something for Arthur and the characters in it. But I'll be honest, Rockstars strict adherence to overly complicated controls and animations make repeat playthroughs and absolute CHORE.
 
Doom 64.

Missed it back in my N64 playing hay day and the recent PC and console ports had me tempted. Picked it up for PC and found myself glued to it. A younger me would have shat bricks.
 
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Since there’s too many to name, I’m going to have to go predictable here and say either Super Mario Sunshine or Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

The former because of the music and Delfino Island
The latter because of the Hawaiian T-shirts and the soulful Scarface rip-off
 
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MotorStorm on PS3 comes to mind. I played demos of it on kiosks and was blown away with its graphics. Racing in a vast desert with ATVs and having mud kick up on the screen was a sight to behold. The controller felt MADE for offroading.
 
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Elden Ring for me, it filled me with a sense of wonder and possibility that awoke in me the realization that, no, I don't dislike videogames anymore -- the majority of them are just absolute shit.

It wore off a little as I got into the latter half of the game, but it was definitely strong through the first half.
 
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Forgive the necro:

MotorStorm on PS3 comes to mind. I played demos of it on kiosks and was blown away with its graphics. Racing in a vast desert with ATVs and having mud kick up on the screen was a sight to behold. The controller felt MADE for offroading.
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This and Nathan Drakes clothes getting wet and sticking to him in Uncharted blew me away at the time.

For me it was GTA San Andreas. The sheer amount of things to do and see when going in to it blind on release day. I must have spent hours cycling around on the BMX at the start of the game, I remember maxing out the cycling skill and trying to bunnyhop in to traffic lights before even starting the first mission.
 
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Mega Black said:
Elden Ring for me, it filled me with a sense of wonder and possibility that awoke in me the realization that, no, I don't dislike videogames anymore -- the majority of them are just absolute shit.

It wore off a little as I got into the latter half of the game, but it was definitely strong through the first half.
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I can second this. There were several moments in the game where I felt like I discovered something secret or new and I always wonder if someone else has online. I remember climbing the tower in Caelid and getting tense as hell because one wrong step and I'd fall and kill myself. Never had that feeling before in a long time unless you count jumping puzzles in an mmo.
 
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Halo 2 for sure. I mean, you could feel the winds changing with that one. I forgotten it ended on a cliffhanger simply because I was too busy having fun to give a solid fuck.

More recently, Fallout: New Vegas. Boy oh boy. I feel like I could write an entire series of Webster-tier books on my time spent.
 
I enjoyed Yakuza: Like a Dragon about as much as my favorite JRPGs I played when I was a child, which I thought would be impossible by now. I know it's a well-liked game, but I'm surprised more RPG fans don't regard it as able to stand among the greatest of all time, like Final Fantasy VI and Earthbound.
 
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Fallout New Vegas on the 360 was a thing of wonder. How the hell could they fit such a huge game on one disk? Never was a fan of the Elder Scrolls games but FNV ruled. Good to see the community keeps it alive with modding on PC too.
 
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