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For me: Easily Portal 2.

A deeply rich story, funny dialogue, and great puzzles that will truly make your brain think. The story is very rich and spans across several different eras of Aperture history, going as far back as the 50s. The dialogue is funny and some of the lines are the most memorable in all of gaming (like the Cave Johnson lemon rant). And last but not least, the puzzles are great. They start off pretty simple, but as you progress further in the story, they get more and more complicated, especially when you get the repulsion gel and proposion gel. I feel like Portal 2 is the Gold Standard for puzzle games that every game that comes after it will be judged on.

Also, if you don’t own Portal 2 yet, now is a fantastic time to get it - it’s on sale for $1 on Steam, same with Portal 1. And if you want both games, the bundle containing both games is $1.50. Do not miss out on this offer, it’s so worth it.

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8 points

If you already have beaten Portal 2 you should check out Portal Revolution. Free mod with voice acting and a lot of new puzzles.

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8 points

Oh man, Portal 1 was amazing. Amazing offer!

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Okay you do some good advertising I’m considering the purchase

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8 points

Don’t consider, act, that game fucks and it fucks hard.

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My favorite moment of Portal 2 is easily Cave Johnson’s lemon rant. Easily one of the best quotes in all of video game history.

“All right, I’ve been thinking. When life gives you lemons? Don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day! It thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s going to burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m going to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down! [COUGHING]”

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4 points

Go in cold! And definitely play Portal first. It’s really short.

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I just bought it two weeks ago for 10$. Excellent game though. Well worth 2 coffees!

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55 points

Stardew Valley.

Its revolver has continuously released huge updates for free and has commuted to never charging for dlc.

The games mechanics are pretty great and nothing in the game requires too much grinding to get.

Even when you “finish” the game, there are still things to do and starting a new files is always fun.

The characters are all great and have unique personalities. It really makes you feel like you are part of the town.

My wife and I have over 400 hours on a single file. It’s also enjoyable starting a new file. I like to challenge myself to see how quickly I can do certain objectives in the game.

It’s also decently cheap and has a huge community behind it.

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To anyone who hasn’t played this yet, if you buy it on console or mobile, the huge 1.6 patch is set to release November 4th.

From what I have seen, if you can play it on PC, do it, as you can get all kinds of mods and stuff that aren’t available on console. I played it on Switch years ago and then would see youtube videos of people playing the PC version and it looked like a different game altogether.

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4 points

The game is just perfect. Many farms were made and many hours spent.

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5 points

My only complaint is that there isn’t more of the game 😂

Luckily mods solve this.

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2 points

I bought it some time ago but I kind not got into it, and it saddens me because I only hear good things about it.

Any advice?

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Well not every game is for everybody. This just might not be for you.

Without knowing you better, I’d advise things like.

  • take it slow, there is no rush to do anything.

  • it’s ok to sleep early if you can think of something to do.

  • you can really lose in this game.

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Thank you

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51 points

factorio

the dedication of the dev is perceptible, almost unlimited replay value and the will release a major extension in 9 days that looks wonderful.

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11 points

What? I thought the space DLC was months away!

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I came here to say this. I’ve been gaming since the early 80s. Factorio is top 5 for me.

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Could you explain the appeal to someone who hasnever played anything similar? I played RCT3, but I don’t know how comparable that is.

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I haven’t played RCT so not sure how I compares.

But Factorio is first of, a sandbox game. You can build however you want in your own tempo. Not sure what you mean by finicky?

But I don’t think it’s tedious micromanagement at all. it feels super good when you build something new and it works. And there is so many technologies and it’s jus fun exploring how everything works together and coming up with new designs!

There is also enemies, but can be turned off if you just want to focus on building a Factory. I mostly play with them, building up defences and killboxes and making automated train supply that comes with ammo, wall, etc.

It has a demo you can try out. It’s scenarios so you try out different base mechanics in the game. But the actual game is a sandbox game.

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Outer Wilds.

If you like space games and puzzle games (in the sense that you need to piece together the situation you’re in), this is a great choice.

Highly recommend not looking anything up before you play.

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Just did the dlc for outer wilds recently. It was refreshing how it added to the story without detracting from the main game but It was pretty damn scary for me, a person who doesn’t play horror games. I still think it’s worth it. Somewhat odd choice for the dlc when the main game was mainly an archaeological space puzzle but they made it work.

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The coolest thing when you start the DLC is that you realize that this whole thing has just been out there the entire time you’ve been playing and you didn’t know it. Then you finally get there and you can play the entire DLC while the rest of the game keeps going without you.

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I love puzzle games and was so excited to play it, especially after friends that I value the opinion about games claimed it was the best game they’ve ever played.

I’ve tried, but it didn’t grip me and I gave up after 2 days of trying to get into it.

Maybe one day when the universe thinks it’s the right time for me.

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Subnautica

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