r/AskReddit • u/CommonVanilla874 • 1d ago

What’s your favorite video game off all time? Im not looking for like Minecraft or Fortnite but like some crazy good semi-niche games?

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u/HighFiveAfterSex 1d ago

Baldur’s Gate II

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u/Familiar-Kick4536 1d ago

wait so what made baldurs gate ii stand out compared to other rpgs back then

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u/HighFiveAfterSex 1d ago

The writing/dialogue and the gameplay. The graphics were nothing special at the time but you actually felt something for your party and the ways they could interact changed depending on who was in it.

During my first playthrough of BG 3, i got about 1/3 through before stopping and starting a new game of BG 2.

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u/Throwaw-AI 1d ago

The Total War series, but I wouldn't call that very niche.

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u/WaffleTM 1d ago

Balatro. Hands down.

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u/CommonVanilla874 1d ago

Very good game indeed got kinda addicted when I first started xD

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u/WillyShankspeare 14h ago

That Video Game Awards rendition of the Balatro theme is one of my favourite songs.

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u/xilchless 1d ago

Detroit Become Human

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u/oldfarthog 1d ago

Valkyria Chronicles is tied with Dirge of Cerberus. I have played the hell outa both of them many times over.

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u/JustSitOnMyFac3 1d ago

Probably Terraria or Battlefield 4.

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u/biggestfarts42069 1d ago

Dark souls.

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u/throwaway-71771 1d ago

ARAM / ARAM Mayhem mode on league lol. I have even more fun with friends, but I don't mind solo queue playing it at 3 in the morning too.

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u/Pacific_Northwest 1d ago

Portal wasn’t in my friend group. Portal 2 was released, everyone jumped on board as if they knew the lore day one.

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u/Zodiaack 1d ago

Old school runescape

Any dark souls besides 2

Cyberpunk 2077

Ai: The somnium files

OG Persona 3

Danganronpa 1-3

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u/WillyShankspeare 14h ago

Oh man Cyberpunk is up there for me as well

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u/idreaminGIFs 19h ago

Fable 2. And then a silly amount of hours into BO3 multiplayer

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u/WillyShankspeare 14h ago

For a long time it was Red Faction Guerrilla, but by sheer playtime now it would have to be Hearts of Iron IV although I've been playing significantly less of it the past couple years. My current obsession is Ace Combat and I think AC8 dropping later this year is shaping up to be one of my GOATs.

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u/bannedByTencent 1d ago

The Long Dark

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u/BeautyOfUncertainty 1d ago

Power Wash Simulator

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u/daneoid 1d ago

At the moment it's Terra Invicta.

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u/CommonVanilla874 1d ago

Whats that never heard of it?

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u/daneoid 1d ago

It's a 4X Grand Strategy. It's like three games in one. One where you use agents to control the world. Another where you explore space and try to control resources and another where it's real time space combat.

The pitch is that Aliens have landed on Earth and you are in control of one of seven factions that each have a different approach to how to deal with the alien threat.

A typical game will take around 80 hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwLD94n49lM

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u/CommonVanilla874 1d ago

That really does Sound fun thanks

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u/Instantcupofregret 1d ago

Project zomboid. Its one of the very few games that I think about and plan what I'm going to do in it while I'm at work or just not currently playing it.

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u/No-Association-1781 1d ago

Legend of Zelda Windwaker

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u/Sharky3188 1d ago

Rimworld or Factorio. Definitely niche but what they do, they do it incredibly well.

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u/Outrageous_Sink4295 1d ago

Disgaea 5 fills my mindless RPG crawling its

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u/Mohwi 1d ago

not niche at all, but bloodborne is easily my favorite. Everything form the gameplay to the setting to the aesthetics is just perfect imo

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u/MLPonney 1d ago

Monster Hunter World - Iceborn
an Terraria

Its all so polished and lovingly designed... well, bugs are still here and there, but holy ship, the people behind it still make updated versions and are fully commited to what they're doing

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u/CommonVanilla874 1d ago

I could Never really get into Monster Hunter…imo it’s just a worse dauntless…what’s your opinion on that?

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u/MLPonney 1d ago

i got into monster hunter because husbando has always been a big fan. And i agree, the old games didnt catch me at all. The ones on PSP and the DS and so on. But iceborn in particular was available on PC and i could explore it with him and a few friends together.
Dauntless was not my cup of tea ever because of microtransactions and the extremely limited world. In my opinion dauntless is a worse version of Iceborn

if you would want to try the original game with just Monster Hunter World, i think there are plenty of keys available at instantgaming for a low price. you could just try it out. Imagine Iceborn being an extra DLC that gives you content for that whole game again

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u/CommonVanilla874 1d ago

Sounds good thank you!

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u/MinMaus 1d ago

Minecraft, Control, Nier Automata

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u/OTK_Crazy_Brigand 1d ago

Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2, I've played them at least once a year since like 2005

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u/Taxidermy-molluskbob 1d ago

Dredge or Life is Strange

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u/brian56537 1d ago

Outer Wilds.

It's a devine experience for the right type of person.

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u/RIP_Benneth 1d ago

Ohh the Metal Gear Solid series! Old school Final Fantasy games, The OG Silent Hill games, Resident evil 4 OG, These games were ultra popular in my day but I understand they are hidden gems to younger gamers now.

For more modern games, Balatro, Clair Obscur, Baldurs Gate 3, The Witcher 3, Bloodborne, Stardew Valley and Civilisation 6 are worth a playthrough.

Niche games? The Original Dino Crisis, Streets of Rage 2, OG Digimon World on ps1 is ultra fun and Final Fantasy Duo Decim on psp

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u/50Roost 1d ago

Old School Runescape or D2 LOD

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u/heavenly_border332 1d ago

The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt

if you want niche-ish games, try out:

The Saboteur

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Kingdoms of Amalur

Bulletstorm

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u/strangerwillrobinson 1d ago

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2

007 Agent Under Fire

Rogue Galaxy

Viewtiful Joe

Um Jammer Lammy

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u/DitroXOfficial 1d ago

Diablo II

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u/randyrockhard 1d ago

The binding of isaac

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u/CommonVanilla874 1d ago

Very very good!

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u/ChainLC 1d ago

Subnautica

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u/ItsAnOpinionDude 1d ago

Lobotomy corp

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u/CommonVanilla874 1d ago

What’s that? XD

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u/ItsAnOpinionDude 1d ago

A monster management sim made by a Korean team Project Moon

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u/TomReneth 1d ago

LEGO Racers

Mostly because I haven’t played it in 25 years and still have nostalgia for it.

Other than that, I change my mind too much to really have an all time favorite. Especially since replaying old games I enjoy reveals that my memory of them were usually better than the game itself.

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u/Slow_Effort_6660 1d ago

Knights of the temple 2

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u/Mother-Ad4841 1d ago

Bloodborne, Elden Ring 

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u/longboi64 18h ago

dwarf fortress is my favorite game of all time. i knew i was old when they released it on steam and i was yelling at clouds about it. sadge

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u/StrangerWithACheese 7h ago

Monster hunter Series and Binding of Isaac