What are your favorite games you can't stop revisiting?

[DefDC]

I'm knee deep in at least 5 AAA games which I love dearly. Great Kickstarters like Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity are some of the best new games of the decade as far as I'm concerned. I'm also 3/4 the way through The Stick of Truth. I like just about all generas of games, but prefer western RPGs.

I just needed a break, something I could play in short spurts, and needed guns. Lots of guns.

I started up Far Cry 4 again. Zoiks, the needle is in my arm again. I'll end up playing the whole campaign, Escape from Durgesh, and finally start Valley of Yetis. I'm never so happy as when I'm in a gyrocopter raining death from above onto Pagan's Wrath!

It's not perfect, but it's so much fun! FC 3 and 4 are definitely old shoes that I love to slip on. It's also much easier starting with a few Signature weapons.

I also can't stop restarting Fallout 3 and NV. I love starting with new character types and play styles. I guess I'm that way with any Bethesda open-world game. I love the Elder Scrolls just as much.

Dammit, that reminds me that I'm only halfway or so through Dishonored. I need to pick that up again now that I've refreshed my hardware. And Diablo 3. I probably made it 1/3 of the way through that...

I used to be a completionist, at least to where I'd finish a game before I started a new one. Now i'm always too curious to fire up a new game and "just check it out" first. I have, at least, stopped buying new games at all until I complete a large chunk of AAA games I'm already halfway through.

So many great games, so little time!

 

[Sulaco]

Generally games that simply have no parallel.

So...Paradox grand strategy games. There's simply little to nothing else like them in scope, scale, and depth. So when you feel like conquering the world, in a particular time period, nothing comes close. So Hearts of Iron, Europa Universalis, and Victoria are always on my HDD.

Along the same lines: ArmA (II and III). Simply nothing else like it, even close, on the market. So if I want some great co-op in a realistic military environment, ArmA never gets old. Throw in a huge, super active modding community and you have almost literally endless possibilities and scenarios to play through.

 

[xantub]

Definitely Paradox grand strategy games. Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis 4 and Victoria 2 are permanent residents in my hard drive.

 

[D DoUrden]

Metro 2033
All the Mass Effects
RAGE
Dragon Age: Origins
Oblivion

 

[imaheadcase]

I just needed a break, something I could play in short spurts, and needed guns. Lots of guns.

You just described Borderlands 2 without knowing it.

 

[darkewaffle]

NWN and FFXI. Though at this point NWN doesn't really have many places left to visit

Bloodline Champions as well.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Its less I keep revisiting it and more the game developer does, but count me in as someone who has really enjoyed every Counter Strike reboot. I really enjoy GO, it's better than Source. Some of the maps really take me back. GO nailed Aztec or Train. About the only old CS map I miss anymore is 747 and we all know why that is never coming back.

The gaming experience I would love to relive is deathmatching on a map like Unreal Tournament's DM-Morpheus on a more modern game that has other players. Rocket jumping from building to building was a blast.

 

[ControlD]

- Dungeons of Dredmor
- Tales of Maj'Eyal
- XCOM (the original)
- Terraria

Basically, games that offer something new on every play. I don't do multiplayer, so I tend to like games that have a large random element.

 

[clok1966]

I am sure i have played Red Alert II and expansion pack 10-15 times, before that i used to play DUNE II over and over (now the clunky interface is just to annoying). I have played SKYRIM through with a TANK, MAGE, Thief, and a do all class and some just general screw around times. Somebody mentioned Fallouts, I have played them several time (both) also. Open world Explore games might be my favorites, or creation type games (Minecraft, Towns, banished, Settlers II (have played Settlers II 10-20 times too).

I have the most hours in LFD2 of all my games , 1000 + I really enjoy TEAM games, but there are so few TEAM players out there (play any of the COD/BF games and you can see that).

 

[BlueWeasel]

Quake
Farcry 3
Farcry 2
DE: Human Revolution
Day of Defeat Source (still play this almost daily)

 

[thehotsung8701A]

Fallout games but it a dam shame they don't have trainer so the game always crashes. Same with Oblivion. No Wyre Bash for those games.

 

[DeathReborn]

Saints Row 2
Civilization 2 Ultimate Classic Edition
Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now
Overlord & Overlord: Raising Hell
Master of Orion 1 & 2
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind w/ Expansions

I do tend to play prior games in a series before a new one is released even to the point of putting off other titles to do so.

 

[Harrod]

X-com Ufo Defense, TFTD
Transport Tycoon.

 

[werepossum]

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas (heavily modded) plus CounterStrike GO. Occasionally Far Cry 2 (I'm one of very few who prefer it to Far Cry 3.)

 

[thehotsung8701A]

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas (heavily modded) plus CounterStrike GO. Occasionally Far Cry 2 (I'm one of very few who prefer it to Far Cry 3.)

Getting mod to work with this game is the biggest pain ever, even worst than Skyrim. I'm so jealous of those that know what they are doing.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Counter-Strike. I've been playing it for nearly 16 years now, and I still play it regularly. Unlike poofy, I hate GO; if everyone stops playing Source, I may well stop playing CS for good.

Beyond that, I can't think of too many games that I keep coming back to years down the road. I always load up Crysis and Crysis Warhead when I upgrade my machine, just to see how they run now; given that my 980ti will be arriving next week, looks like I'll be doing that again in short order. I'll probably end up playing thought both campaigns too, because why not?

 

[natto fire]

OpenTTD
Terraria
SC4
Solar 2

 

[DigDog]

... minecraft ...

 

[BlueWeasel]

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas (heavily modded) plus CounterStrike GO. Occasionally Far Cry 2 (I'm one of very few who prefer it to Far Cry 3.)

I really enjoyed FC2 as well, although not as much as FC3. While, some of the mechanics are negative (no fast travel, respawning enemies) I don't really understand the hate it receives.

 

[linthat22]

Ultima VII & Pt.2
Borderlands 2

 

[skipsneeky2]

BF2,UT3 and Bioshock are all games i tend to enjoy still.

BF2 i had the complete collection on disc but oddly enough the disc ended up not working anymore and not sure why.The demo is the only way to enjoy it but i hope to find a disc copy again soon.I know multiplayer is dead but it's the game i first played on pc.No bs drm keeping even a offline computer from playing this.

UT3 disc got scratched ages ago,the demo is another way to enjoy this till i grab a disc copy.Same as BF2 with zero bs drm if you got a disc copy.Stuck with bots like BF2 sure but it was hours of fun.I sucked in multiplayer back then so the bots made it more fun.

Bioshock well i ended up never finishing,sold my disc copy years ago like in 2009 then recently bought it back on Steam.Still haven't finished it.:awe: Think its due to my buddy who finished it and just about spoiled the end for me.:| Good game still.

 

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[Tohtori]

I did it once again... I did try to resist but it was futile... I reinstalled the original Deus ex tonight

 

[Zenoth]

There's many... some of which I always keep installed:

- DOOM II on Doomsday Engine (with as few mods as possible, keep enemies as sprites)
- Duke Nukem 3D (either on Steam or my GoG version)
- Dawn of War 40K: Dark Crusade / Soulstorm (with community fixes and A.I. mods for skirmishes)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (because it's freakin' Battlefront II)
- Star Wars: Empire at War (with mods, because space battles)
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (combine Age of Empires II with Star Wars, someone out there sent by God thought about it and it made my life better)
- TES V: Skyrim (moderately modded)
- Fallout 3 (moderately modded)
- Mass Effect (original), also like to start ME2 and stop by and just walk around Omega from time to time (seriously love what they've done with that place) and Mass Effect 3's multiplayer (does multiplayer count? I suppose, but yeah I just love it)
- Dragon Age: Origins (with a few mods as well)
- Unreal Tournament 2004 (especially Invasion) and UT3 (especially Assault, and... yes, I like UT3, sue me)
- Team Fortress 2 (trying to get one or two matches per week, it's not much but I like to just play it every now and then)
- Left 4 Dead (first one, loved the characters, voice acting, maps and atmosphere, I'm still playing the No Mercy campaign whenever I can, still fun even alone even though the A.I. is pretty darn stupid)
- Painkiller (Gold Edition, on Steam, just can't go wrong with Painkiller)

And many... many others (on PC that is, otherwise I would continue on with console games too).

 

[shortylickens]