Games that keep you engaged?

[PocketYoda]

I'm finding it harder and harder to find actual engaging games these days, most are just hardcore experiences for no reason at all or frankly meme games.. Not seeing many seriously fun games these days.

I go through the wish lists and games steam throws at me daily and 99% aren't even something i'd play if i was super bored..

Why is steam throwing trash at me instead of games worth playing, it literally has so much meta data jammed into steam at this point you'd think steam would be giving me games i love, but no its just literal meme trash.

I have to search outside of steam to actually find something in steam these days....

[Aachen]

WDYM by “hardcore experiences for no reason at all?”

[PocketYoda]

Escrito originalmente por Aachen:

WDYM by “hardcore experiences for no reason at all?”

Its become trendy to cater to the try hard gaming groups these days.. Those gamers that only care about how hard a game is to play, to big note themselves and flex their epeens..

Thats not the main issue though its mostly about nothing good being made and steam being inundated by meme trash...

I haven't seen or played a really good well made fun game in years.

[Aachen]

If you think that no good games have been produced literally for years your taste is most rarefied, indeed — or you are not investing enough effort in looking.

It’s difficult to make that determination, though, with such scant details about your past play.

[PocketYoda]

Escrito originalmente por Aachen:

If you think that no good games have been produced literally for years your taste is most rarefied, indeed — or you are not investing enough effort in looking.

Possibly i did enjoy Mechwarrior 5.. Can't think of much else lately, Hated Spiderman and most others were lackluster.

[sumolagann]

These are all good, not overly difficult, and engaging imo.

Disco Elysium
Inside
Nier Replicant + Automata
Katamari Damacy series
Death Stranding
Little Nightmares
FFXV
Momodora 4
Hollow Knight
Dark Dreams Don't Die
Dead Rising
Yakuza series
Hades
One Way Heroics
Mega Man X series
Castlevania series
Metal Gear series
Tcheco
Yuppie Psycho
Monster Hunter
The Good Life
Undertale
Bot Vice
Night in the Woods
Max: curse of brotherhood
Furi
Lisa
House
Ori and the Blind Forest
Jet Set Radio
A Hat In Time
Zeno Clash
Crazy Taxi

[( ( < < <🤖> > > ) )]

Grim Dawn was good for a bit of adventure that kept me going for a while...

and i tried path of exile to level 75 not a fan of the way you build in that game.. but it was ok..
and i might try a different build some time in the future...

at the moment i have a driving game as a staple.. it has weekly events
and lots of different vehicles... and i would say find a driving game
you can relate to.. if you havent already..

[PocketYoda]

Escrito originalmente por sumolagann:

These are all good, not overly difficult, and engaging imo.


Nier Replicant + Automata
Dead Rising
Yakuza series
Castlevania series
Metal Gear series
Monster Hunter

I own those already thanks, the rest i have no idea i googled some but not a huge fan on Anime stuff...

Yakuza, Castlevania and Monster hunter were far too hard for me combat wise.. Hated monster hunter.

Escrito originalmente por ragefifty50:

Grim Dawn was good for a bit of adventure that kept me going for a while...

and i tried path of exile to level 75 not a fan of the way you build in that game.. but it was ok..
and i might try a different build some time in the future...

at the moment i have a driving game as a staple.. it has weekly events
and lots of different vehicles... and i would say find a driving game
you can relate to.. if you havent already..

I liked Grim Dawn but didn't like how i had to play the hardcore levels to max out a character, also once i completed the story i kinda lost interest. Didn't like Path of Exile myself, not a fan of multiplayer games.

[failsafe]

I play different sorts of games. Mostly strategic / economy / management, but from time to time also FPS or some indies / roguelikes. Typically even if I engage into game - which doesn't happen often - my engagement drops after certain time. My mostly played games have around 200 hours of gameplay... most never reach 100 hours.

Games that I've found interesting enough to spend more time with:
Stellaris
Warhammer 40k Inquisitor Mortyr
Cities: Skylines
RimWorld (so far I have only like 60hours, but for sure this will be one of my tops)
Total War: Shogun 2 and Napoleon
Hearts of Iron 4

Some of these games are going to see me comming back after a while - Stellaris, Cities for sure. RimWorld seems to be a good treat for many years of playing as well.

Smaller games:
FTL
Vampire Survivors
Prison Architect
and maybe some other, dont remember.

Anyway: having too many games is always a good reason to jump from game to game. I envy people capable of spending 1000's hours in one game. It is out of reach for me.

[sumolagann]

Escrito originalmente por Pocket Yoda:

Escrito originalmente por sumolagann:

These are all good, not overly difficult, and engaging imo.


Nier Replicant + Automata
Dead Rising
Yakuza series
Castlevania series
Metal Gear series
Monster Hunter

I own those already thanks, the rest i have no idea i googled some but not a huge fan on Anime stuff...

Yakuza, Castlevania and Monster hunter were far too hard for me combat wise.. Hated monster hunter.

Escrito originalmente por ragefifty50:

Grim Dawn was good for a bit of adventure that kept me going for a while...

and i tried path of exile to level 75 not a fan of the way you build in that game.. but it was ok..
and i might try a different build some time in the future...

at the moment i have a driving game as a staple.. it has weekly events
and lots of different vehicles... and i would say find a driving game
you can relate to.. if you havent already..

I liked Grim Dawn but didn't like how i had to play the hardcore levels to max out a character, also once i completed the story i kinda lost interest. Didn't like Path of Exile myself, not a fan of multiplayer games.

Sorry, I didn't really mean to leave castlevania in there. With Yakuza you're pretty much wanting to do sidequests, you can make yourself quite overpowered, or stock up on health items if you just want to push through story earlier. Just mentioning.

I'll cut my list down low in that case though. FFXV isn't too anime and the difficulty is just fine. Death Stranding has a learning curve, but there are a lot of things to help get you through, I don't think you'd get stuck.

Disco Elysium
Inside
Death Stranding
FFXV
Lisa

EDIT: Other guy mentioned vampire survivors, also recommend it. Really fun, I avoided it because of the steam trailer originally.

[Crazy Tiger]

Most games that keep me engaged are digital card and board games. They're ideal as go to games and most I own I have been playing for years now. I've been playing Ascension daily/weekly since early 2014, for example.

Other than that I mostly play games with a "finished" state. RPGs (all kinds), Action-Adventures, Turn-Based strategy/tactics, Real-time strategy/tactics (campaigns), etc. Recently finished the campaigns of Tinytopia and Hard West, for example.

Then there are the games like 4x, grand strategy, farming simulators, management games (Motorsport Manager, for example) and skirmishes in games like Age of Empires 2. Nowadays I don't take the time to do that much, but they're games I always keep installed and tend to play every now and then.

Escrito originalmente por Pocket Yoda:

I go through the wish lists and games steam throws at me daily and 99% aren't even something i'd play if i was super bored..

What wishlists? Do you mean the discovery queue? Cause if you run that every day for a long enough period, it's not a surprise that there comes a point that it runs out of "good" games to show and has to scrape from the bottom of the barrel.

Escrito originalmente por Pocket Yoda:

you'd think steam would be giving me games i love

And what are the type of games, or better experiences, you love then? That way people can give suggestions.

Personally I have a hard time imagining someone not seeing good games in the past years when I've seen way too many. Though I don't limit myself to Steam.

[PocketYoda]

Escrito originalmente por Crazy Tiger:

Most games that keep me engaged are digital card and board games. They're ideal as go to games and most I own I have been playing for years now. I've been playing Ascension daily/weekly since early 2014, for example.

Other than that I mostly play games with a "finished" state. RPGs (all kinds), Action-Adventures, Turn-Based strategy/tactics, Real-time strategy/tactics (campaigns), etc. Recently finished the campaigns of Tinytopia and Hard West, for example.

Then there are the games like 4x, grand strategy, farming simulators, management games (Motorsport Manager, for example) and skirmishes in games like Age of Empires 2. Nowadays I don't take the time to do that much, but they're games I always keep installed and tend to play every now and then.

Escrito originalmente por Pocket Yoda:

I go through the wish lists and games steam throws at me daily and 99% aren't even something i'd play if i was super bored..

What wishlists? Do you mean the discovery queue? Cause if you run that every day for a long enough period, it's not a surprise that there comes a point that it runs out of "good" games to show and has to scrape from the bottom of the barrel.

Escrito originalmente por Pocket Yoda:

you'd think steam would be giving me games i love

And what are the type of games, or better experiences, you love then? That way people can give suggestions.

Personally I have a hard time imagining someone not seeing good games in the past years when I've seen way too many. Though I don't limit myself to Steam.

Yeah i did mean discovery queue.

Games like
Skyrim
Kingdoms of Amalur
Final Fantasy 7 & 8
Space Marine
Fallout
Dragon Age
Mass effect 1 & 2
Transformers War/Fall of Cybertron
Mechwarriors
Mechcommanders
My time at Portia
Horizon Zero Dawn
Marvel Heroes
Sacred Gold
Diablo 1 & 2
Torchlight 1 and 2
etc

They all kept my busy for hundreds or thousands of hours

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Escrito originalmente por Pocket Yoda:

Yakuza, Castlevania and Monster hunter were far too hard for me combat wise.. Hated monster hunter.

The so-called "classicvanias" are known for their stiff controls, but the "castletroids" are generally easier, with more flexible controls, no time limit, and the option to customize equipment and even grind for XP.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Also, if you're just not feeling it from gaming, it may be that you're feeling some degree of burnout.

This might have happened if you've been using gaming as a sort of thing where you expect too much or expect something it can't deliver (which might be as simple as a getaway from real life).

In this regard, it may be useful to just explore other hobbies for a while or just do random other things. And let gaming be until you feel a need for a certain game in your life. Like, until you feel "I really, really wanna play this one game".

[PocketYoda]

Escrito originalmente por Quint the Alligator Snapper:

Also, if you're just not feeling it from gaming, it may be that you're feeling some degree of burnout.

This might have happened if you've been using gaming as a sort of thing where you expect too much or expect something it can't deliver (which might be as simple as a getaway from real life).

In this regard, it may be useful to just explore other hobbies for a while or just do random other things. And let gaming be until you feel a need for a certain game in your life. Like, until you feel "I really, really wanna play this one game".

I collect Star Wars Lego and other things.

[Xedhadeaus]

I think games are still plenty engaging, it's just that everyone is so ready to move onto the next game that the value of playing the games has dropped because people became accustomed to not caring about what they won't play, or play again.

I feel that way, at least.