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Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
I only finished it for the first time this year, after about 20 years of giving it a go, getting part way through, then forgetting about it. ADHD is evil. Still, it was fun, there were no long boring parts, nothing was grinding or luck based, and it felt really tight as an experience. Very well thought out, honestly I would consider it a masterpiece.
Have you played any other loz games? They are all amazing like that
I have played a bunch of them, Twilight Princess was an absolute no for me for some reason, but I liked Ocarina and Majora when I was younger. I plan to play a decompilation of both of those soon, native resolution and performance etc. I enjoyed Link's Awakening as well, finished that on my original Gameboy back in the 90s, and Windwaker looks fun though I have only recently gotten onto a computer able to render it nicely, so that is on my play list.
Alright not every game was 100. Twilight Princess was meh. Windwaker was pretty fun
Yeah, I think I will get Windwaker going soon and beat it. I love the cell shading look and the world is interesting.
Titanfall 2 is a great shooter and story game. Don't bother with Titanfall 1 if you are only in for singleplayer as it is multiplayer only.
Factorio
I haven't seen the Lego games mentioned here. (Lego Indian Jones, Lego Batman, etc.)
They tend to be story driven, and have excellent amounts of play-testing, resulting in an enjoyable playthrough that I've always been able to finish.
(Except Lego Dimensions, which was developed separately, and not to the same play-testing standards.)
Lego games are great for just putting on and playing. So very little intro tutorials and learning. They just are fun.
I'm in the same boat where I don't want anything that takes too long to get into. I don't have the time to learn complex mechanics anymore.
I discovered Prey (2017) a few years back. It is so my shit.
It's probably the worst named game of all time. It's essentially a sequel to System Shock 2 and Bioshock. Should have been called Xenoshock or something because it's generic name is nothing like the really original game underneath.
You are fully in the driver's seat, with a crazy amount of freedom in how you want to get from one section of the space station to the next.
The opening scene, once I discovered the reality behind the scenes, I was hooked.
It pissed me off when I went through the intro cutscene, and after jumping into the helicopter blades, it started the whole cutscene again.
The Wolf Among Us, and I imagine other Telltale games (but that’s the only one I played so far). It felt a lot like Life is Strange in gameplay and storytelling, even though it’s also a lot different.
In a similar vein, point and click adventure games like The Whispered World, The Book of Unwritten Tales, or Syberia. The modern ones usually don’t have a failure state (as opposed to the infamous Sierra games), but unlike LiS you may get stuck on a puzzle.
I may have missed it, but Dave the Diver deserves a mention here.
Boss battles are very rare, and slow paced enough that I have not run into the dreaded "I understand the pattern but I lack the dexterity". (I often have this problem with other games.)
I second this, although some of the bosses can be quite a challenge.
Fahrenheit (2005)
Super Mario Bros Wonder. Probably all the Mario platformer games. Those games are mostly just pure gameplay. Sure there is fluff in the beginning to setup the story and setting but than it gets out of your way
Any of the Naughty Dog games fulfill this criteria, especially the Uncharted games. They are mostly linear, all about exploration and combat, and very little fluff.
Indiana Jones & The Great Circle is pretty good too. You don't unlock skills or abilities through experience but rather through finding books throughout the maps. The maps themselves are not too large and worth exploring.
Have you tried sandbox-like games, or just games that basically have no story line? Or is the more "adventuring" type of gameplay the one you enjoy the most? Personally I seem to find most games kinda boring outside puzzlegames and sandbox-things, since the typical stuff always has at least some form of grinding and I don't really like fighting either.
I couldn't bring myself to finishing it because "the timer" stressed me so much :( I loved everything else about it so much.
It sounds like you've found some games you like but are turned off of by some difficulty bottlenecks. If that's the case, considerWeMod. It's a trainer for a ton of games that allow you to "cheat" in singleplayer games(god mode, speed hacks, etc.)
I still love playing games but as I get older, my tremors get worse, making it impossible for me to get through one on my own. WeMod allows me to explore all of the game world without being stopped by something as simple as clicking on something quickly.
I love WeMod, been using it since it was created
A neat feature in the new Death Stranding game is a "Pretend I Won" button on the death screen for bosses. It's nice when games recognize that skill checks can be a problem, and what makes some games fun for some users isn't being challenged.
It does, however, have a ton of fluff and filler.
Portal I and II.
Psychonauts I and II, with the caveat that there used to be a HUGE skill spike in the penultimate chapter of #1. I gather they've softened it, but don't know how much.
Slightly old by now, but Portal and Portal 2 remain two of the best games I've ever played. Gameplay is intuitive and linear, and doesn't require grinding or building up resources. I thought the difficulty increased appropriately as well.
I enjoyed the Star Wars Jedi games.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 could be what you're looking for. The main story areas are significantly easier than all the side content.
You'll want to do the side quests because how can you not play that game with cool sunglasses and a baguette on your back?
But you can easily get through the game without doing any side quests. And if you are afraid of being overpowered when you do play the side stuff, they recently added some nice controls to bump up the difficulty.
I’ll be honest I was a bit hesitant because of the hype. F the hype this is amazing. Turn based but active with parry/dodge/crit. Story makes me want to cry.
Dredge is a pretty unique one that I had a lot of fun with. Firewatch is good but short
I don't understand fluff in this context, what does it mean? I searched in dictionary but I'm still not sure.
Anyway:
Obviously I'm not OP, but I took them to mean content that might be considered superfluous or otherwise not as meaningful to the overarching narrative in and of itself
mass effect, cyberpunk, clair obscur, baldur's gate 3 all super fun and have difficulty options. Doom is pretty fun too. I've just been ripping through game pass single-player campaigns and RPGs.
If you haven't already tried Oblivion Remastered, that's a no brainier.
Avowed was pretty straight forward with a decent story. It's more linear than Skyrim, and sometimes I had to reload a save because I walked into a situation I wasn't ready for, but all in all, I made quick consistent progress.
I played both on Gamepass.
Also, there's no shame in turning that difficulty bar down when it's available. I'm in the same boat as you. I don't want to master the game, I just want to enjoy it.