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.
Deep Rock Galactic. I love the progression, the community and the humor.
Every 2-3 years I’ll fire up Terraria again
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.
I don’t know of it’s considered a classic or if it will ever be, but to me Crysis 2 generally looks way better than most of the stuff you see nowadays.
Otherwise, I think Halo Reach is the best looking Halo and it doesn’t show its age too much, if you look at the MCC/PC version.
Grim Dawn.
got death stranding when it was free for a day on epic a while ago, been playing it for the last few weeks pretty nonstop and just finished the story. i’ve always been a kojima fan for mgs but oh my god this is magnificent. an absolute masterpiece, imho. i get it’s not for everyone but i’ve had a blast and may immediately do a very hard offline second playthrough. definitely recommend, especially if you can grab it free or heavy discount.
How have the “interactive” features been now that there are fewer players? Is it a wasteland, or does the game still randomly place in user generated content from when the game first released?
I played it like a year ago and there were still a ton of active users showing up my list. I think it could surprise you.
No Man’s Sky dragged me back in again recently. There’s an expedition going on for another few weeks that was lots of fun. I’ve also started a permadeath save that I’m really enjoying.
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.
Available in early access now with plenty of content already, just no ending
Personally, my favorite games in the last few years were the talos principle (1 and 2), and Grow: song of the evertree. They aren’t really popular but I’ve replayed them a lot. Also have over 400 hours in core keeper.
Vampire Survivors isn’t that old yet, right?
It’s such a good Robotron clone.
Superliminal, very well done puzzler with a good narrator.
Rimworld.
Titanfall 2. I could keep playing that all evening. Its just a shame its not as popular as it was in its heyday.
Disco Elysium
I have this one sitting on my digital shelf, should probably play it!
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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