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Zenbane's avatar
Zenbane
MVP
4 years ago

Pancake games worth playing Thread

VR Gaming renewed my interest in standard gaming. Before I received my Rift CV1 back in 2016, I was out of gaming for many years. I had a long gaming career with titles such as: 

  • WarCraft II
  • Myst, Riven
  • Stonekeep
  • Diablo, Diablo 2
  • StarCraft
  • The Thief series
  • Dark Age of Camelot (MMORPG)
  • Sacrifice
  • Battlefield 1942

And a plethora of other titles that would take me forever to list. 

 

It was shortly after I retired form playing MMORPG's that my gaming enthusiasm started to dwindle. Anytime I would load up a game, I was more interested in DOTA: League of Legends. But even with that I was very casual.

 

Eventually I just stopped gaming altogether for nearly a decade. 


But then the Rift hits the shelves and just like that... I'm a gamer again.

 

After about 4 years of VR gaming (2016-2020), I started to realize that I have played through most of the compelling titles available. I have never been one to "game for the sake of gaming." I always need to find and enjoy cult classics, hidden gems, and the "best of the best."

 

I eventually returned to standard pancake gaming; and thanks to many suggestions from members of this community, I was able to enjoy titles that I had missed during my near 10-year gaming hiatus.

 

Titles such as The Metro and Xcom series'.

 

So with all that in mind, I figure it may be worthwhile starting a thread to see what other titles people may recommend.

 

I will start with the titles that I am playing right now:

  • Manifold Garden (unique puzzler)
  • The Pillar's of Earth (adventure story/narrative game)
  • Hades (one of the best Rogue-style games I've ever played)

 

 

 

3 Replies

  • temich008's avatar
    temich008
    Explorer
    3 years ago

    I've been into shooters for a long time, and I can tell you that I still play them, just not that often, they're not as entertaining as they used to be.

  • RoastPork's avatar
    RoastPork
    Retired Support
    3 years ago

    I was a biiiiig PC gamer in high school and fell off of it for a while during college (Twitter has kinda filled that void lol) but what's really gotten me back in it is retro gaming and collecting. The classics hold up!

  • mmogold's avatar
    mmogold
    Honored Guest
    3 years ago

    I love Diablo II. I haven't been too interested in video games lately, but when I picked this one up, it revitalized my love of gaming. I'm only doing the offline mode right now. moment, that's probably why I didn't have as many problems as the others. Offline tbh is still a lot of fun and they've added new features like a shared stash so I'm planning on making a speed sorc with a ton of magic finds to get a bunch of cool Diablo items and then start making several versions off line.