The last game where you felt "it".

Kingdom Hearts. The concept of the game is so odd but the story somehow drew me in. It was one of the two games my brother and I played on the PS2 but we never beat it since our young minds couldn't figure it out how to get past one of the last worlds. I forgot about it until I heard about the third game coming out. So I finally decided to finish it, completely. I mostly didn't want to finish it because it had such a special spot in my heart but after about 70 hours I need to beat the other games (which I didn't do because of the story made me want to die). When I finished the game, I felt like I lost something. I really did love that game and it meant a lot to me.
 
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Will have to say Infinite Space for DS.
Story was pretty meh, but felt a sense of scale when running the game on my Nintendogs Blue DS.
Not really the last time it happened, but was definitely my most memorable instance.
Will also mention Strange Journey for DS too (and Redux for 3DS, for nostalgia), but for more gameplay reasons)
 
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I recently completed Ghost of Tsushima, and that game had "it" in spades. I was drawn in by the beauty of the world and the cultural/historical accuracy. It really was a mesmerizing game. The combat was visceral and demanding. Exploring the world was fun and engaging. They somehow made the Ubisoft towers meme actually fun and engaging by making each shrine a platforming puzzle. You can write haiku, which gives the player an opportunity to stop and take in the gorgeous landscapes. It's a game that takes itself seriously but not too seriously. It's not melodramatic. The drama feels real. The characters feel like real people with real issues. They're just trying to do their best in a seemingly impossible situation.
 
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Monster Hunter World. Getting carted repeatedly by a monster and gradually figuring out its moveset and learning how to counter is so satisfying. Going from getting carted 3 times straight by HR Rathalos to guard pointing its roar into an SAED to kill it in 5 minutes is the most fun I've had in a videogame in a long time. There's that feeling of "got you now, bitch", which is just great.
 
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DOOM eternal man I fucking the game won't forget when I reached mars core and BFG 10k kicked in also arc complex is my favorite and another game I would add would silent hill 1 and shattered memories especially shattered memories the games ending made me tear like a bitch when I first played it also would include just cause 1 the sheer size of the map blew me away as a kid and has one of the best first and last missions in a game too bad most people don't remember jc1
 
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What is it about machinarium you like? I've gotten half a dozen copies of that game in bundles and shit on both pc and Android, so I assumed it was one of those games that critics rave about because humble tells them to.
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The web swinging mechanics in Spider-Man 2 and Ultimate Spider-Man were and are the most satisfying thing(s) I've felt in gaming. The sense of momentum zipping around those open city environments just felt right.

Spider-Man PS4 got pretty close, but it wasn't quite there imo. But more recently I've been playing a VR game called Windlands 2 that just utterly nails it, it's been a real blast just flying around in the headset.
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You should check out the attack on titan games, they don't get it as good as windlands but they get closer than ps4 spider-man I reckon.
 
This feeling gets much rarer as I get older but my last one was probably when I played the original Diablo last year. I had never actually touched the game even once before despite being a big fan of the original Blizzard popularities. I even downloaded the game's limited soundtrack while I was still in High School, but actually playing the game just evaded me.

Despite the simple and often frustrating game mechanics, I was instantly immersed in the game's world. I read the manual front to back the night I downloaded the game, and the moment I loaded the game up and started out in Tristram I got chills. The game is repitive, often times blatantly unfair and I really hate the way ranged enemies will dance out of your reach when you try to close in on them, but damn if the game doesn't have style and personality. The dark, oppressive atmosphere coupled with the minimalist music and the hammy voice acting really brings life to something that could easily have been a generic slog.

I've actually put off playing the second one because I just can't imagine it capturing that same feeling of gloom and isolation. i'll probably get bored and play it eventually, but so far I've replayed the original twice just because I wanted to experience it again.
 
Yakuza Kiwami 2... i played the PS2 original version and the changes are... godlike.
Using Yakuza 0 as a base to retcon minor things but keeping the same violent phase is great work from Ryu Ga Gotoku studios (same thing applied with Kiwami, played too).
One of the best endings i saw and the credit song is memorable & sad (simbolic as shit if you ask).
I'm pretty sure there will be not other game like that.
 
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You should check out the attack on titan games, they don't get it as good as windlands but they get closer than ps4 spider-man I reckon.
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I haven't played the official ones but there was an old shitty unity fangame I remember very much enjoying.
 
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The best Mario game. They built upon everything great from previous games to make it perfect. Definitely in the top 5 Nintendo games. Pure fun.

Kingdom Hearts. The concept of the game is so odd but the story somehow drew me in. It was one of the two games my brother and I played on the PS2 but we never beat it since our young minds couldn't figure it out how to get past one of the last worlds. I forgot about it until I heard about the third game coming out. So I finally decided to finish it, completely. I mostly didn't want to finish it because it had such a special spot in my heart but after about 70 hours I need to beat the other games (which I didn't do because of the story made me want to die). When I finished the game, I felt like I lost something. I really did love that game and it meant a lot to me.
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The third game was a disappointment. Story is confusing anime shit at that point due to all the previous spinoffs being essential to play. Aside from making the worlds bigger they didn't do anything to enhance the gameplay.
 
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I just finished Ghost of Tsushima, it was the first game in a very long time that made me feel that. It was great.
 
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Spent today replaying Baldur's Gate 2. Dem Planasphere feels man. Fuck it, hook up with Aerie and chill.
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Baldur's gate 1 for PC. Played it when i got my first 'real" PC in March of 2000. The NPC party dialogue was so good at the time it was the first time I felt like I sitting around a table playing pen and paper DnD with a video game.

Also Fallout 4, since it took place in Boston and I'm from around there and been there a few times. When I went to Boston Common in game it felt familliar like I was there before, even though I knew it was and it was a smaller version of the Common. It felt like I'd been there.
 
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The year 2000 I played Spyro 3 and it was a game that always takes me back to those days. Sure the game was heavy on glitches due to being rushed but I loved it.

Coming home from school to play that crash 1-3 a bugs life, toy story 2, the watch the lost world and my collection of orange Nickelodeon VHS tapes... excuse me...I need to go lay down for a bit
 
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The best Mario game. They built upon everything great from previous games to make it perfect. Definitely in the top 5 Nintendo games. Pure fun.
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I feel like it's debatable if it's the best Mario overall, but it's without a doubt the best 3D Mario.

Does it top either Mario 3 or Super Mario World? I think it does to be honest, but I wouldn't blame anyone for picking either of those as the best Mario.

Still, Odyssey would be my pick.
 
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