A bit of a weird title, but basically what’s a game that’s more than a year old but still considered “modern” that you love? There’s no real strict definition for modern, I’d just like to see some discussion around great games that aren’t quite classics yet (but probably will be one day).
The nature of this community typically attracts discussion around decade-old games (which is what I mostly play too), but I’d like to see some newer (but not too new) games on this post.
Subnautica
I have just gotten into baldurs gate 3 and holy shit it has consumed my soul.
… Which is kinda fitting considering the themes of the game
Kerbal Space Program
Trying not to pick titles with sequels/franchises
Slay the Spire
Returnal
Stardew Valley
Elden Ring
Death Stranding
Honorable mention : Overwatch 2 (I honestly can’t see it as a true sequel, just an update)
Hades is absolutely the culmination of so much experience in modern rogue-lite games and game development.
It’s sequel comes out soon and I’m not going to be patient about jumping head first into it.
I hated roguelikes until I played Hades, decided to give roguelikes a try again. Realized It’s just Hades that I like.
Definitely a legit take, there are very few people I wouldn’t recommend Hades to, if only for enough playthroughs to get to the “end” of the story. Though there is so much past that
Available in early access now with plenty of content already, just no ending
Deep Rock Galactic. I love the progression, the community and the humor.
Rock and stone, brother!
Rock and Stone! To the Bone!
If you don’t rock and stone, you ain’t goin’ home.
Recently got Mad Max from GOG. It’s pretty great for Open World car combat and Arkham style brawling. It also runs great. Too bad it didn’t get more attention.
Disco Elysium
I have this one sitting on my digital shelf, should probably play it!
I know it is cliche to say but it took me the longest time to really knuckle down and play it, but boy once I did - I basically started up another playthrough right after to see what I missed and the shift in perspective when I played a different type of character was interesting to say the least.
So started as a skeptical intellectual who had to pull themselves from a sorry cop to a regular cop and approached things logically with a touch of eccentricity and pangs of regret and then compared to a wishy-washy communist with fascist leanings (which characters called the character out on) psychic superstar cop with an alias he truly believed was his name and I enjoyed and saw a completely different side of the game which was unexpected.
Titanfall 2. I could keep playing that all evening. Its just a shame its not as popular as it was in its heyday.
It’s a shame that it wasn’t 4-8 times longer! I could have kept going for a very long time
The Witcher 3. It’s not far from being 10, but got a very nice graphics update for free and has 2 DLC. The game and the DLC and the free graphics update and a very recent mod kit, all for around 10-15 USD right now on GOG . it’s a steal! I highly recommend it. It became my favorite game of all time, very fast. And it will offer around 100h, and it will also offer replayability. What is there not to like?
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Control
Cyberpunk 2077 (with phantom liberty)
Definitely second both of these. Cyberpunk 2077 post 2.0 is very solid, with an engaging, 100+ hour story. Similarly, control is a spectacular single player narrative, easily 20-30 hours of mindfuckery and atmospheric storytelling.
Minecraft believe it or not. Every few years I come back and install a mod pack and it’s like an entirely new game almost. Plus I love the factory and automation mods. The game just never seems to die.
Rimworld.
Every 2-3 years I’ll fire up Terraria again
Me too, thinking I’ll finally have some enlightenment as to how to kill the first night or twos zombies without getting killed and rage quitting.
I’ve even watched “beginner tutorials” on that game game, and conveniently they ended the first video just after nightfall of the first night, and started the second video during the second day, but that’s not how it friggin works, you need to murder the enemies lest they murder you, and in 5 different starts of the game, across 3 different devices, I’ve yet to kill the first or second nights horde without them breaking down my doors and wrecking my shit.
That game is one of my biggest regrets, I bought the 4 pack when it first came out thinking my friends and I would all have a great time, it makes me feel like I’m old and disconnected that I can’t enjoy that stupid (supposedly fantastic) game.
If you dig a 2x3 pit immediately adjacent to your door outside the zombies can’t break in
Superliminal, very well done puzzler with a good narrator.
LOOOOOVED that game. Had such a fun time playing it. 100% with you on that.