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I have two. First is Portal2. I had so much fun in that game. The second is Half-Life: Alyx. That is the game that taught me how immersive a VR game could be. I particularly enjoyed one part where I was in a pitch black tunnel with only a narrow flashlight beam to try and spot the head-crab that I could hear somewhere nearby in the darkness. But the whole game was a fantastic experience.

RDR2

I never should have left Horseshoe Overlook.

Outer Wilds. Such a great game. I won't post any spoilers but there were moments I actually held my breath. I had feelings I havent had in any other video game. It was bittersweet to finish. I still haven't done the DLC - I've been saving it for a good time.

GTA IV

It was strange - I'm not much of a gamer anyway, but I'd never felt that way before after finishing a game. I really fell in love with NYC, even though it's not at all the kind of place I'd want to live in.

Still, I had this sad, melancholic feeling hanging around for probably a week after.

Skyrim. Yeah I know there's a ton to do and the real game is side quests and leveling up etc etc. But after I killed Alduin I kinda looked around and was like "wait is that the end of the main quest?" First game I ever had to google if I had beaten it.

Subnautica. There wasn't really anything left to do, story-wise, but I wasn't ready to go.

Control

A sequel is coming.

Edit to add: Days Gone - great story and game

Titanfall 2. Such a well-crafted and deftlessly-executed story that lasted just a few hours. I really wish they had poured effort into making it the exceptional single-player experience it could have been instead of just another arena game.

Tomb Raider (2013). You finally fully upgrade all of your gear and get to use for what feels like ten minutes before the game ends. I tried wandering around finding bandits to murder, but they rarely spawned... :( Such a fun game though.

Baldur's Gate III, takes a long time to get started.

Its towards the very end of act 2 when the game feels like you've finally finished the "tutorial" section and are ready to play for real.

They needed another 6 to 9 acts easy.

Prey 2017.

Such an underrated game on its own.

The ambient is so immersive to me, both indoors and outdoors, so many details, being able to interact with so many objects in so many ways, even the Looking Glass, I just wish it lasted much more... the ending was however quite disappointing in all aspects, especially from the story perspective and in the "I wanted more" perspective.

BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT (link)

If you love old early 3d boomer shooters, deep-fried memes, and brazil, you will thoroughly enjoy this one. Looks like a string of trippy community maps some rando would patch together, but it's actually well-made and executes the shitposting perfectly. It runs on quakespasm (source port for quake), and is pretty much a total conversion mod for quake.

Probably not the type of game you were expecting, but it's really short and there are very few things like it. It's cheap and can run on basically anything. Would recommend

Kingdom Come: Deliverance (and its sequel). The story is compelling, the world is historical, there isn't any magic or fantasy to it - you just get better at combat and that raises your societal status. Some of the characters are amazingly well written.

Last of Us, both Part 1 and 2, were incredibly bittersweet endings. Was happy to see the stories conclude, but loved the games so much I definitely wanted more.

Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3 probably fit the category too. Not bittersweet endings really, but the games were so much fun I didn't want them to end.

Weirdly enough : Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous. It's an absurdly long game, each run lasting for more than 75 hours, but it ends like half an hour after your unlock the last level for your characters and you basically never get to experience playing as a true late-game party. I never played the DLCs though, so maybe that's no longer true

BG3, The Witcher 3, Final Fantasy 3. Wait do I have a 3 problem?

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The first RDR.

To the point that I still haven't beaten the second one, intentionally. I'll do so whenever RDR3 is on the horizon.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

All the way through it felt like there was more coming until there wasn't, it just fizzled out.

Horizon: Forbidden West because the story,music, voice acting, and gameplay really pulled me in. I felt a lot of emotions that I hadn't felt in a long time because of this game. When it ended I felt like I was losing something dear to me lol

Baldurs Gate 3 left me wishing for more, but that is entirely because the third act was so damn rushed compared to the rest of the game.

superhot, i think, haven't played it in a while

Megaman legends. Yes it was a little kid game (although legends 2 had some seriously dark moments regarding triggers reboot and recalling the master) but it just such a fun little low poly world to run around in and dig under.

And then it’s just gone and nothing else out there is like it.

I wish Unpacking had gone longer, but I’d be afraid it would either mean Sadie breaking up with her partner or packing up for her after she died. It was bad enough unpacking her in that jerk’s apartment.

Mirror's Edge. The ending scene in the game with the helicopter, I thought I was only halfway through, until I saw the credits roll in. I was like "WTF? THAT'S IT? THAT'S HOW IT ENDS??"

Then I played Mirror's Edge Catalyst, which I think perfectly carries on from that horribly fumbled ending, but the gameplay just feels too overengineered to be enjoyable, they ruined the fighting mechanics, and the part that hurts me the most is that a majority of the original art direction was lost, it just feels like it was trying to blend in with all the Cyberpunk 2077 clones.

In both cases I'm sure it's because of EA

Both "Dishonored" games

You are supposed to finish them?

Esoteric Ebb 🥹🙆🏼‍♂️

edit: Oh! I completely forgot! Dispatch about broke my gawdamned heart it was so perfectly beautiful at every step. 😱🙇🏼‍♂️

Just beat Simon in Clair Obscur last night actually. It was an awesome fight the whole way through, but eventually I made it through. The sad part is there's truly nothing left, it was as hard a fight as it could possibly be. Now I need a new game.

Thief: Deadly Shadows

Bloodborne for sure. Everything about that game, minus the 30fps lock on PS4, is fantastic in my eyes.

Kingdom hearts 2. It was immersive and amazing from the start and idc how many times I replayed it I will never get that feeling back. The animation , the story and action was awesome back in the day.