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Most satisfying single player games of all times

delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081
edited December 2021 in The Pub at MMORPG.COM
In no specific order:

The Witcher 3
Fallout 4
Dragon Age Inquisition
Far Cry 3,4,5

Honorable mentions the Zelda series (long time ago)
XCom 4

I say this because, I've played them at least 3 times and never get sick of any of them (however have to rotate).

Infact nothing EVER CAME CLOSE now that I think about it. Reflecting back with many hours searching Steam with very few really grabbing my attention for very long. Games like Civilization 6 could hold me for maybe 5o hours, but like most never considered it a classic to go back too, and all others about the same.


What's most appealing about these games are Seamless open world with a life own, where the player can really get lost in another reality. I consider them sandbox games because of the side missions can take you off in a completely new direction and do what you want. 

What's your list ?
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  • shetlandslarsenshetlandslarsen Member UncommonPosts: 204
    This is me on a bad day but hear goes:

    Morrowind
    Fallout 4
    Fallout New vegas
    Fallout 3
    Daggerfall
    Arena
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  • delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081
    shetlandslarsen said:
    This is me on a bad day but hear goes:

    Morrowind
    Fallout 4
    Fallout New vegas
    Fallout 3
    Daggerfall
    Arena
    Morrowind reminds me of Skyrim, but I don't think it was one of my all time best.  It was good but the world was always dull and drab..... overall not great. 
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,056
    In the last 20 years most of my time has been spent on MMORPGS, but here's a few I found time to enjoy.

    Fallout 4 - 1400 hours
    Fallout New Vegas - 175 hours
    Fallout Tactics - at least 4 play throughs

    In the classic game era there is
    Half-Life 1, three play throughs
    Might and Magic Series, but especially 7 and 8
    Heroes of Might and Magic, all of them, including expansions, multiple play through for all




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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    Just putting up a few you have not mentioned, would not all make a top five but maybe a top twenty. Only looked at titles up to "d" so the list is very off balance.

    Alien Isolation
    Assassins Creed Black Flag
    The Banner Saga
    The Bard's tale 4
    Batman Arkhem Knight
    Bayonetta
    Bioshock
    Crusader Kings 2
    Dark Souls 2
    Darksiders
    Dead Space
    Deus Ex
    Dishonoured
    Divinity OS
    Dreamfall

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  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,052
    Arcanum
    Planescape Torment
    Wizardry 7
    Might & Magic 6
    Chrono Cross
    Final Fantasy 9 & 12
    Gothic 3
    Nier: Automata
    Bayonetta 1 / 2
    Persona 3
    Ninja Gaiden Black

    Lots of favourites missing but I went for 100% single player only so no Monster Hunter and the like.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    edited December 2021
    My list of most time spent, are the most difficult challenging games...

      So more satisfying for me to beat more challenging games

     Top 5 time in game ..

       X3
       Darkest Dungeon
       Dungeonmans
        Tales of Maj'eyal
        the Hunter
       Distant Worlds

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  • cameltosiscameltosis Member LegendaryPosts: 3,847
    So many years later and delete still doesn't understand what a sandbox is! Good work mate, that takes effort!


    To the actual question at hand, I struggle with these sorts of lists. For example, Age of Empires 2 remains large in my memory, I played the shit out of it and I consider it the best RTS of its time. But that time is past and I can't play it any more because I've become accustomed to better graphics and gameplay.

    So, does it deserve a place on the list? Or does the fact that there are many better games available today mean that it shouldn't be on the list?
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  • FuryVFuryV Member UncommonPosts: 515
     - Divinity Original Sin 2
     - Prey (The new one)
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  • etlaretlar Member UncommonPosts: 863
    Baldurs gate 1

    FF 7 (old original)

    the scene in ME1 where you become a spectre ;)
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  • DigDuggyDigDuggy Member RarePosts: 694
    I'm going to seriously date myself, but

    7 Cities of Gold
    M.U.L.E
    Sim City
    Ultima III
    Wizadry
    Bardstale

    and, all in one line
    Qbert, Joust, Missile Command, Asteroids, and...DigDug

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  • delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081
    cameltosis said:
    So many years later and delete still doesn't understand what a sandbox is! Good work mate, that takes effort!


    To the actual question at hand, I struggle with these sorts of lists. For example, Age of Empires 2 remains large in my memory, I played the shit out of it and I consider it the best RTS of its time. But that time is past and I can't play it any more because I've become accustomed to better graphics and gameplay.

    So, does it deserve a place on the list? Or does the fact that there are many better games available today mean that it shouldn't be on the list?
    Well, please don't take any offence but you peoples definition sucks.

    I define sandbox as do what you want when you want and lots of it. Even if it's lots of side quest. 



    For your definition it means a dead world, where you have to pick up a lot of lame ass rocks and stones and build a simple world out of the crap you pick up. 
    I don't like your made up definition.
     
    cameltosis
  • bcbullybcbully Member EpicPosts: 11,843
    Might & Magic
    Might and Magic II Gates to Another World dungeoncrawlersorg
    Wizardry
    Romhackingnet - Translations - Wizardry I-II-III Story of Llylgamyn

    Knights of Legend
    The CRPG Addict Knights of Legend Won
    Combat with the ability to choose where to attack (head, body, leg), how to attack  (slash, pierce, bludgeon). Each body part had HP and could be damaged causing impairment. This was truly ahead of it's time. 


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  • UngoodUngood Member LegendaryPosts: 7,534
    Games that really drew me in.

    Tipan!

    Ultima (I, II, III)

    Doom

    Warhammer

    Dawn of War

    Sim City

    The Sims



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  • Hawkaya399Hawkaya399 Member RarePosts: 620
    Just Cause 2 has a nice open world to explore. The missions are maybe not the most open, but the world itself is fun to explore. I think what delete is trying to get at is open world games that give you freedom in how you play or build your character us more sandboxxy than ones that don't. I know, I know, sandboxes are about building things, like buildings, but a looser definition should also include your character and like how you play.


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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,931
    For me they are games that I've either played for years or, while they aren't the type of game one plays for years, I keep going back to them.

    So in absolutely no order:

    Skyrim - see the mod - special edition version almost ready, just needs testing
    Morrowind
    Darkest Dungeon
    Dark Souls
    Baldur's Gate
    Dragon Age Inquisition
    Masters of Orion II
    Andromeda

    Honorable mention to

    Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
    Lord of the Rings Online
    Dragon's Dogma
    and Alien Isolation which I keep going back to but too much of a pussy to finish.
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  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    Sovrath said:
    For me they are games that I've either played for years or, while they aren't the type of game one plays for years, I keep going back to them.

    So in absolutely no order:

    Skyrim - see the mod - special edition version almost ready, just needs testing
    Morrowind
    Darkest Dungeon
    Dark Souls
    Baldur's Gate
    Dragon Age Inquisition
    Masters of Orion II
    Andromeda

    Honorable mention to

    Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
    Lord of the Rings Online
    Dragon's Dogma
    and Alien Isolation which I keep going back to but too much of a pussy to finish.
    I'm just curious, have you played Mass Effect original trilogy but Andromeda is your favourite? 
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,056
    edited December 2021
    So many games here that I've never had the chance of trying.

    Think I'll bookmark this thread to reference in case gaming gets over run in the future by a Crypto-NFT apocalypse so I'll have a good backlog to play.

    ;)


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  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    edited December 2021
    This is definitely a tough one and entirely mood based but (no particular order):

    Mass effect trilogy
    Persona 4
    FFX (for the blitzball mainly!)
    Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen
    Digimon Cyber Sleuth
    Star Ocean Till th end of time
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  • PoorOld_GamerGentPoorOld_GamerGent Member UncommonPosts: 25
    "of all times"
    Delete, you still like to cast a really wide net as I see... :)  it'd be an awfully long list, without a serious filtering.

    How about the games I still used to take out and replay frequently:

    Vice City
    TLJ and Dreamfall
    Deus Ex  (and occasionally System Shock)
    VtM: Bloodlines
    Monkey Island 1-2
    Planescape Torment
    Doom   (and occasionally Wolf3D)

    (not in particular order, just as they came to mind)

    What I don't replay regularly but I'd definitely take to a remote island / lockdown / lots of time at hand, for nostalgia reasons:

    rest of GTA
    Elder Scrolls up to Oblivion
    Ultima IV-V-VI
    M&M and the HoM&M series
    Fallout 1-2, New Vegas (maybe the rest of Fallouts too)
    Elite
    Mafia
    a Sid Meier collection
    etc.

    If it's about "all times", the list is near endless, there were a lot of great and satisfying games in the early years.
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  • delete5230delete5230 Member EpicPosts: 7,081
    If I were to go the next step down it would be:

    ELEX
    Gothic 3
    Love the way Piranha Bytes games starts off extremely hard and mellows out later in their games.  Most people would never give these gems a chance.

    Next would be Dragons Dogma.


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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,649
    Ultima 3

    Because back before MMORPGs, I used to play this in my friends basement and we would all crowd around the computer and take turns.  I still vividly remember the final fight and how the "grass" started attacking us and we were all like "HOLY CRAP!!!!"


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  • fineflufffinefluff Member RarePosts: 561
    bcbully said:
    ...
    Combat with the ability to choose where to attack (head, body, leg), how to attack  (slash, pierce, bludgeon). Each body part had HP and could be damaged causing impairment. This was truly ahead of it's time. 

    I think you will like Vagrant Story for the PS1 if you haven't played it already. It has that kind of system. Great story too.

    One of my favorite single player games I played these past few years is Hollow Knight. Very immersive and somewhat challenging. I loved exploring in it. Great music and atmosphere.


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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,931
    Sovrath said:
    For me they are games that I've either played for years or, while they aren't the type of game one plays for years, I keep going back to them.

    So in absolutely no order:

    Skyrim - see the mod - special edition version almost ready, just needs testing
    Morrowind
    Darkest Dungeon
    Dark Souls
    Baldur's Gate
    Dragon Age Inquisition
    Masters of Orion II
    Andromeda

    Honorable mention to

    Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
    Lord of the Rings Online
    Dragon's Dogma
    and Alien Isolation which I keep going back to but too much of a pussy to finish.
    I'm just curious, have you played Mass Effect original trilogy but Andromeda is your favourite? 
    Oops!

    Not Andromeda but "Alpha Centauri!"





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    Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547

    Try the "Special Edition." 'Cause it's "Special." https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/64878/?tab=description

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  • ConstantineMerusConstantineMerus Member EpicPosts: 3,338
    Sovrath said:
    Sovrath said:
    For me they are games that I've either played for years or, while they aren't the type of game one plays for years, I keep going back to them.

    So in absolutely no order:

    Skyrim - see the mod - special edition version almost ready, just needs testing
    Morrowind
    Darkest Dungeon
    Dark Souls
    Baldur's Gate
    Dragon Age Inquisition
    Masters of Orion II
    Andromeda

    Honorable mention to

    Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
    Lord of the Rings Online
    Dragon's Dogma
    and Alien Isolation which I keep going back to but too much of a pussy to finish.
    I'm just curious, have you played Mass Effect original trilogy but Andromeda is your favourite? 
    Oops!

    Not Andromeda but "Alpha Centauri!"





    Oh OK, thanks, my world makes sense again. 
    Sovrath
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  • MendelMendel Member LegendaryPosts: 5,609
    How could a thread about "Favorite games of all time" get to page 2 without mentioning X-Com?  We did it.



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