With gaming often bringing me into a really depressive headspace sometimes with how the markets are developing, whats a game you can always go to and just be lost in, or just be happy with?

Personally i would go for advance wars 1 and 2 on the gba (there is no remake and never will be)

the artstyle, the music, the game-play is just simple, yet effective, a sublime experience of very fun times.

Whats yours?

  • Fox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    16·
    2 years ago

    It is still Guild Wars 2 for me.

    It is very chill to play and only explore and it also has more challenging content if i feel like it. Best MMO out there. At least for me personally.

    If anyone can show me the way to a guild wars 2 community here i would be grateful btw.

    • winterstillness@beehaw.org
      5·
      2 years ago

      I have the base game. I played for a couple hours but haven’t got the “hook”. It feels very… unfulfilling… “objective marker on map, done, next”. Maybe not for me or I’m playing it wrong?

      Honestly I still come back to old school RuneScape every now and then for that comfy nostalgia. Even as I type I get that pang to go questing.

      • Paradoxvoid@aussie.zone
        4·
        2 years ago

        To me, the best approach for base game, has always been to tackle it similar to Zelda BOTW/TOTK - you should just wander around until you find something interesting and then hang around and see what events might pop up. It’s not a very quest-driven experience similar to other MMOs and requires a bit of a different mindset.

      • Fox@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        2 years ago

        Yeah we do not quest like other mmos, except in the campaign maybe. Which i always found refreshing and way better. I dont like to run from one questgiver to the next and back and do fetch quests, just to access the rest of the game. Cannot play those games anymore.

        It is a theme park where you decide where to go. You could go to pvp from the start since stats are the same for everyone, or boost to 80 and start the expansions or wvw right away.

        Funny thing about the markers on the map is , that most of them got added after launch because people did not know where to go and many complained it felt to empty.

        They wanted to make it feel more real, so you have to get used to dynamic events and meta trains.

        No other game that i know of has those grand fights with hundred of people against giant bosses like guild wars. Or mounts that feel different to play and not just means to travel. Check youtube for griffon and rollerbeetle races. Amazing stuff.

        The combat seems to be simple sometimes but that is mostly in the open world and beginner zones.

        Depending on the class, endgame in group content can be quite difficult. But the nice thing is that almost everything is optional.

        Gotta set your own goals.

        The achievement panel is sometimes confusing but once you learn to navigate and stick them to your HUD they become your questlog and there are a lot of them.

        It also has no subscription so you can take all the time you need, which also helps socializing.

        The fee to get the whole game can maybe be steep and the starter story is a bit old fashioned, but at least you own everything and it is cheaper and has more things to do than most other games these days.

        It is understandable if you are not into it tho. We all play games for different reasons and like or dislike certain mechanics.

        Just wanted to give you a rundown why i like it so sorry for the wall of text. :)

        • winterstillness@beehaw.org
          1·
          2 years ago

          I appreciate it! It helps me understand what turned me off. I’ll look into giving it another shot when I want a break from Deep Rock Galactic.