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I need a joyful game to play!
- Thread starter Lunchbox
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I guess that depends on how you define it. Mario Odyssey would be my pick for Switch. It's basically pure distilled joy through and through. The colors, the music, everything.
Journey comes to mind for PS4, but it's also a little melancholic in its expression of joy.
Journey comes to mind for PS4, but it's also a little melancholic in its expression of joy.
Tetris Effect brings me lots of joy. However a more typical game would be Mario Odyssey, Yoshi Story, Kirby.
Forza Horizon 4. Absolute joy and happiness every time I play it. Just plain fun, visuals are incredible.
You don't even have to be a racing fan to have fun in it. Just rip around the map and do whatever the flip you want, and just listen to some tunes on the radio station of your choice.
Any team I need to really unwind, I play FH4.
You don't even have to be a racing fan to have fun in it. Just rip around the map and do whatever the flip you want, and just listen to some tunes on the radio station of your choice.
Any team I need to really unwind, I play FH4.
+1 for Wandersong! It's not without its darker beats, but it's an "optimism despite everything" kind of thing.
I actually went back into the new release of House in Fata Morgana pretty soon after wrapping up a Wandersong replay earlier this year so I had a bit of the reverse whiplash, lol. But definitely return to FM.
I came into this thread to mention Wandersong, so add another +1 from me!
If you have or can get ahold of a Wii
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Just listen to this green green's rendition
Also on 3DS right?
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freezie
So many good vibes (even if you wanna smash your joy cons).
So many good vibes (even if you wanna smash your joy cons).
So glad to see the Wandersong love in this thread. Wandersong is pretty charming and uplifting and it was one of my favorite games of 2018 so another +1 for Wandersong.
Also some other games with the same charm and feel are Yoku Island Express and Dragon Quest Builders 2(which is one of my GOTY of 2019).
Heads up that Wandersong is on Game Pass in case you already have a sub.
I don't, thanks for the heads up tho; I was thinking of just buying it on PSN but I've been thinking about playing Wattam for so long anyway :P
Yoku's Island is getting a lot of love too.
I have DQ Builders 2 so I've be dabbling in that I like the soundtrack it's making me feel good.
UPS ruined my weekend by not delivering Kakarot on Friday or Today.. I have to wait until Monday because Best Buy cheaped out on me 😡
This might say more about me but I just took a break from more serious games to play Shakedown Hawaii.
love the real life scams it points out and overall humor of it, even if it's a gta 1/2 kinda game.
love the real life scams it points out and overall humor of it, even if it's a gta 1/2 kinda game.
Tearaway!
All of the papercraft is so friggin adorable and the soundtrack is jaunty. Plus, narrators with calming British accents.
All of the papercraft is so friggin adorable and the soundtrack is jaunty. Plus, narrators with calming British accents.
I vote this one, definitely gave me the most joyfeels & cuteness overload of anything this gen.
Sonic Mania, Stardew Valley, Spyro and Mario Odyssey aren't bad in this way either. More than Dragon Quest 11, Dragon Quest Builders 2 gives even more joys (even though it has darkness too).