Broaden my mind - recommend a game to me.

[The Code]

Dark Souls is a good one to try. It's more unforgiving than it is hard but you should still keep in mind that you will die. A LOT.

If you want to try new things, why not give a new genre a shot? I can personally recommend X3: Reunion and it's successor X3: Terran Conflict. X4 is coming out in November and it looks positively amazing. They're all open world space exploration games where you fly your own ship around the galaxy being awesome.

Sword of the Stars 1 and 2 are turn-based 4X games (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) with real-time combat between turns. The available factions are unique and interesting and the tech tree that you research is dynamic. Each race has their own signature technologies and different chances of having certain techs available for research. Try and get all of the expansions for them, as they add more technologies and functions that drastically improve and enrich the gameplay.

Warframe. Ninja Robots with guns in SPACE. 'nuff said.

Firefall is a fun MMOFPS that actually works pretty well. The world is colorful for a post-apocalyptic scenario, the enemies nicely varied, and the 'class system' is well-rounded and sound.

captcha: i'm only human

 

[Zakarath]

I feel like recommending NetHack for no reason. Have at it! http://www.nethack.org/

 

[klaynexas3]

Jak and Daxter and the Ratchet and Clank games, along with Spyro and Crash Bandicoot. Only buy the Insomniac and Naughty Dog developed games of those franchises. Try also the Legacy of Kain series, as that's a pretty good one also.

 

[Specter Von Baren]

I'd recommend Pandora's Tower, Ghost Trick, Shadow of the Colossus... ugh... so many games... kind of hard to recommend them when the criteria is so broad.

 

[cerebus23]

persona 3 and 4
monster hunter tri
tomb raider (the new reboot)
shadowrun returns
xenoblade chronicles (if you can find it)
far cry 3

 

[Arslan Aladeen]

PS3? If you haven't already, I say check out Valkyria Chronicles. A strategy RPG with great gameplay and story and it's got Aika and Vyse from Skies of Arcadia as characters you can use in your squad.

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

Because it is old you've likely played it, but you should see if you can find a copy of the DS version of ChronoTrigger. In addition to being the great classic game it has added animated cut scenes that I don't think they put in any of the other ports(for some odd reason)

 

[Berny Marcus]

Hey y'all! I've gotten kind of bored of video games these past few years. I'm stuck in a place where I only buy and play old games that I've played a million times before. Guess I'm too narrow minded to try out new crap.

Well, I'd like to change that. And I'll need your help in order to do it.
I'd like for you to recommend a game that you think I'd enjoy. Or something that you enjoy a great deal.

The games I play regularly are: Final Fantasy series, Harvest moon, Resident evil, Mario, Zelda, point and click games (a lot of them) and...hmm. Heroes of might and magic I suppose.

So surprise me! What should I play, that will get out of this pit of repetition I'm in? Doesn't have to be a newly released game.

I own a NDS, Wii, PS3 and everything beneath that generation of consoles.

Captcha: Narrow-minded.
How the hell...

Try Alan Wake, and Max Payne, Remedy makes the sweetest games.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Want a game that goes deeper than mere shallowness of guns?
Want a game that may or may not emotionally rock you?

I give you, The Cat Lady. http://www.gog.com/game/the_cat_lady

My personal GOTY from 2012. All praise to The Walking Dead for sure, but not even Clementine gave me this much emotional feelings. Sadness, happiness and horror beyond your imaginations!

Ehh.. lots of things jumping out of the dark at you and loud *jumpy* noises made me quit and uninstall in the first 10 minutes. I'd rather the shallowness of guns than the shallowness of as many scary things as possible crammed into a game.

Why not try a text-only game? If you haven't played one before it's a good way to break the tyranny of graphics-only games, a completely different experience and definitely will broaden your mind. I recommend A Mind Forever Voyaging, Bureaucracy or if you like horror, Anchorhead.

 

[Johnny Impact]

ICO / Shadow of the Colossus collection
Valkyria Chronicles
Ratchet & Clank
Jak & Daxter

I see I've been ninja'd on all of those....

 

[SuperSuperSuperGuy]

I'm tempted to recommend something really niche, since you asked to "broaden" your mind, so I will. If you really want to branch out, play Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory on your PS3. It's the third game in the series, though you don't really need to know anything about the other games in the series to understand what's going on. You might want to play the second game, Mk. 2, but you don't need to. Just don't bother with the first one. In any event, it's not great gameplay-wise, but it's a funny, charming JRPG that I found very enjoyable. Just don't take it seriously at all. It's actually the first series I played to start broadening my own horizons, though I started with the first game, which was charming but not good. It was pretty bad. (NOTE: Unskippable did a couple episodes of this game. If you want to see the opening cutscenes to help decide if you'd like it, go check them out. I thought they were hilarious.)

If you want an RPG with a little bit more of a retro flair, go with Etrian Odyssey. The first three games are for DS, and the latest 2 are for 3DS. I've only played #4 and the demo of the Etrian Odyssey: Untold, which are the 3DS ones. They're pretty difficult, and they have some cool dungeon crawler mechanics and some character customization skill-wise.

A couple other great RPGs are Persona 3, which you can get for PS2, PS3 and PSP, and Persona 4, which is on PS2 and Vita. Both of them are absolutely stellar, though I prefer Persona 4 because of the far improved gameplay mechanics, though I think Persona 3 has better atmosphere.

 

[Headsprouter]

Play horror! Trust me, I did a month ago, and it's a whole new experience. I've only played like, two legitimate horror titles, but it's garnered an interest in games like Outlast. Plenty of running, there will be. I got change of pace, mainly a faster one.

 

[Mr.Savage]

Hmm...I suppose I'll suggest a few games from each genre I enjoyed.



Point & Click:

1. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (As good/ better than the films)

2. Gemini Rue (Excellent cyberpunk noir)

3. Full Throttle (Just watch the trailer on youtube...Really does it justice)

4. Lost Horizon (Much like an updated Indy, amazing artwork, quite fun)


Platformers:

1. Another World (Stunningly original, immersive, cinematic side-scroller)

2. Treasure Adventure Game (A free, fun little metroidvania kinda game)

3. Rochard (Fun 80's styled Sci-fi sidescroller/puzzler with an awesome soundtrack)

4. Journey (An ethereal experience, very relaxing)

First Person Perspective:

1. Metro 2033, and sequel Last Light (Amazingly atmospheric, story driven Horror/Survival/FPS)

2. The Thief Trilogy (Basically invented the Stealth Genre as we know it. Graphically dated, but amazing gameplay and story)

3. Penumbra: Overture (Deeply unnerving and scary Survival Horror)

4. Realms of the Haunting (Original FPS combined with Point & Clickery, and actually GOOD FMV cut-scenes)


RPG's

1. The Witcher Series (Starts off slow, but becomes rather engrossing. Recommended to mod the combat)

2. Vagrant Story (a JRPG with an interesting combat mechanic, cool cut-scenes and story)

3. Jade Empire & Anachronox (Haven't played them, but look quite promising)

4. Deus Ex (But, Surely you've played this already...Right?!)

Flight Sim:

1. Pretty much the entire Wing Commander Series (Very fun WWII in space vibe, really benefits from a Joystick)

2. IL-2 Sturmovik (Check out Jefmajor's Let's Play of it, stunningly realistic WWII fighter pilot sim)

Open World:

1. Mafia (Splendid recreation of 1930's America, interesting characters and world)

2. Shenmue (Nothing like it before or since. takes 'open world' to a whole new level)

3. Sleeping Dogs (Haven't played much of it, but it seems pretty fun, and exploring China is very neat)


Stratagy:

1. Silent Storm S2 (Basically X-Com in WWII)

2. Jagged Alliance 2 (Turn based, squad tactical country liberating action!)

3. Rome: Total War (Massive real time ancient battles of a grand scale, very moddable!)

4. As others have said, Valkyria Chronicles


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Well, That's about all I can think of for now. Hopefully you'll enjoy something on that list.

 

[HalfTangible]

the Dawn of War series is still considered an awesome strategy game by many, if pc games are okay. (ftr, you're gonna want DoW1.) It came out early 2000s, so your PC should probably still be able to handle it.

Tales of Vesperia is still one of my favorite RPGs... actually, any of the Tales games are good.

 

[Soundwave]

If you want to try new things, why not give a new genre a shot? I can personally recommend X3: Reunion and it's successor X3: Terran Conflict. X4 is coming out in November and it looks positively amazing. They're all open world space exploration games where you fly your own ship around the galaxy being awesome.

On that note, the humble bundle weekly sale is the entire X series of games. I just picked them up today for like, six dollars.

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

I'm enjoying it, even if it has taken me hours to figure out the most basic ideas.

 

[Brian Tams]

If you like Square's Final Fantasy games, then I'd suggest another one of their JRPG's, The World Ends With You. Its definitely a different experience as far JRPG's go, although if you regularly fumble with the DS's touch screen, then it might not be for you.

 

[Fox12]

Hey y'all! I've gotten kind of bored of video games these past few years. I'm stuck in a place where I only buy and play old games that I've played a million times before. Guess I'm too narrow minded to try out new crap.

Well, I'd like to change that. And I'll need your help in order to do it.
I'd like for you to recommend a game that you think I'd enjoy. Or something that you enjoy a great deal.

The games I play regularly are: Final Fantasy series, Harvest moon, Resident evil, Mario, Zelda, point and click games (a lot of them) and...hmm. Heroes of might and magic I suppose.

So surprise me! What should I play, that will get out of this pit of repetition I'm in? Doesn't have to be a newly released game.

I own a NDS, Wii, PS3 and everything beneath that generation of consoles.

Captcha: Narrow-minded.
How the hell...

Well, try to branch away from the Japanese games (though, yes, the ones you listed are good). The obvious choices would be games like Fallout 3, The Last of Us, Mass Effect, and maybe Saints Row for a bit of humor. Scribblenauts seems like it would be right up your alley based on the listed games, though I'm trying to stick to games that are different.

There are a lot of non AAA titles out there as well, though, and plenty of older games. The Longest Journey, To The Moon, Deponia, Braid, and Fez are quite good, though you may have already played some of them, since many of them are point-and-click. Also, if you haven't played The Walking Dead, then go play The Walking Dead.

Double Fine is great at making quirky games, and Tim Schafer used to make adventure games for Lucas Arts. Psychonauts i brilliant, and Brutal Legend is interesting.

I think the best game I can recommend is Shadow of the Colossus and Aiko. Everyone's heard of Colossus, but I felt that Aiko is FAR superior. Great puzzles, interesting combat, gorgeous visuals, and several very warm, heart felt moments. If you like Zelda, you will like this game. Recently re-released in HD.

 

[The Ubermensch]

Can we call VNs games?

Whatever, fuck it, You want to follow the white rabbit down the hole into wonderland where your morality and perception of reality are questioned

Saya No Uta

Aside from that, Persona, Fallout 3/NV and XCOM EU and the soon XCOM EW... that's all I really recommend*.

I love the new XCOM

*That's not made by Nintendo. If you've overlooked Ocarina of Time, go get a 3ds and buy that man.

 

[thesilentman]

I'm just going to list some that I think you should play, because personal thoughts trump trying to outdo others and trying to suggest something different.

Dark Souls is a JRPG that apes Western fantasy, if I'm going to steal Yahtzee's words. Quite possibly my personal favorite due to the unforgiving nature, but I acknowledge it's not for everyone. Give it a go and see if it's your fancy.

Shadow of the Colossus appealed to my fascination with size and scope in a video game and by god damn does it do it well. I highly recommend grabbing this and Ico for PS3, even though I don't recommend Ico as it felt a bit boring to me.

Cave Story is a Metriodvania side scrolling shooter that is really damn good. It's one of the few games that you best go into blind, even though spoilers won't really deteriorate your experience with the game. It is called one of the greatest indie games of all time, so do give it a shot.

Journey is what happens when you take the Hero's Journey, adapt it to video game form in its purist state, and force you to be in awe the whole time. Highly highly recommended, even though the replay value isn't there. But trust me, that's not what you're playing it for.

Try those and see if you enjoy them. All except Cave Story are on the PS3, and Cave Story is on PC, Wii, and the 3DS. I highly recommend grabbing the + edition though, as it's a good price for the de facto game edition. It's five USD on Steam if I remember correctly.

 

[The Enquirer]

You'd probably like Sam & Max if you enjoy point and click adventure games. They're difficult so don't feel ashamed to pop open a guide but they have a fantastic sense of humor. Sadly they are on a Pc but you shouldn't need anything super high end to run them.

For consoles if you like shooters I may recommend an old classic, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. I liked this game to the point where I got it on ps3 then my pc recently.

I would also, quite possibly more than any other game ever recommend Timesplitters: Future Perfect. This has got to be my favorite game of all time (hence the profile picture). Even if you don't like shooters there will be something in this game to enjoy. Even my friend who doesn't like or play shooting games found it enjoyable (as there are non-shooting modes) and eventually started liking the shooting mechanics.

Behold its glory in one of my favorite reviews

I would also suggest the Batman: Arkham games. They're really great.