You've had a long crazy day/week and want to turn off your brain: What game do you play?
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so many people choosing PvP games, that just raises my stress level haha. For me it would be a game with a big world I can zone out and explore. Something like AC Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, or Mario Odyssey
FTL, crank the music as loud as humanly possible.
I've been playing the game sporadically for years and still have never beat it, but I just keep coming back
I've been playing the game sporadically for years and still have never beat it, but I just keep coming back
Smash bros. I can just play for one game or 20 online, and I can just do my flow chart troll Mii or projectile characters in elite online while people jump off the level and rage quit.
Playing a healer and getting gold damage and eliminations on Overwatch is another chill way to pass the time. The forced queue for roles was such an obviously bad idea on that game.
Most single player games require me to engage my brain, but I do tend to play difficult games or on the hardest difficulty which can be mentally draining.
Playing a healer and getting gold damage and eliminations on Overwatch is another chill way to pass the time. The forced queue for roles was such an obviously bad idea on that game.
Most single player games require me to engage my brain, but I do tend to play difficult games or on the hardest difficulty which can be mentally draining.
That's one thing I very rarely remember to do when I play... listen to music. Probably because I tend to focus on games that have some type of narrative I want to pay attention to, but maybe with games for this topic I need to also add that in. I've got a good Spotify playlist, maybe need to add a shortcut to remind myself to actually USE it, haha.
This is 100% the best way to consume that RDR2, and it rewards that approach in spades. Story missions are like these grand cinematic breaks in my epic open world adventure. I'd do my own thing for 2-10+ hours and then a handful of main missions. Sure, one could rush through the story in 40-50 hours, but even with 100 hours out exploring, you wouldn't, couldn't see everything. The game manages to surprise to this day.
It used to be Starcraft 2 but I'd get super stressed out about losing so I stopped recently. Looking for a game to fill that void now. Typically just been using that time to tackle my backlog
Really really started getting into Minecraft with my family who are across the US. We have a shared world of sorts that various family members join onto play at any given time. Just a very relaxing way to catch up with folks.
If I am super stressed I'll play through Sayonara Wild Hearts on arcade mode which is one single run through without pausing.
Destiny 2 used to be, but the changes in the last year just make it stressful with the billion quests I now have.
If I am super stressed I'll play through Sayonara Wild Hearts on arcade mode which is one single run through without pausing.
Destiny 2 used to be, but the changes in the last year just make it stressful with the billion quests I now have.
I really like this idea. I have some family who like to play this game a lot, I might reach out to them and see if they'd be up for doing something like this. Never thought about it but does it require anything to make a persistent world just for those you allow to join and can jump into 24/7? I assume some type of paid realm is needed?
I honestly can't think of any, other than going over to a friend's house to play about fifty matches of X-Men vs Street Fighter. It's not a "chill" game by any stretch of the imagination, but it helps me unwind. My friend on the other hand tends to have the opposite reaction, so that's usually the reason we stop playing.
Otherwise, if I've had a crazy week, I usually don't turn to video games, because I'm already hard to please in that regard as it is, and having a stressful week normally just leads to a sense of ennui. Games that I'll go back to frequently whenever I honestly can't find anything new to play? Typically it was Diablo 3, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma and the Mass Effect trilogy. If I wasn't replaying the random 16-bit RPG anyway. I don't really have any simple, pick up and play casually kind of games. When it comes to just wanting to shut off the voice in my head, and go into potato mode, I'll usually just watch a TV show or movie instead.
Otherwise, if I've had a crazy week, I usually don't turn to video games, because I'm already hard to please in that regard as it is, and having a stressful week normally just leads to a sense of ennui. Games that I'll go back to frequently whenever I honestly can't find anything new to play? Typically it was Diablo 3, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma and the Mass Effect trilogy. If I wasn't replaying the random 16-bit RPG anyway. I don't really have any simple, pick up and play casually kind of games. When it comes to just wanting to shut off the voice in my head, and go into potato mode, I'll usually just watch a TV show or movie instead.
I THINK you can set up a persistent/server thing, but we just have a family chat and randomly people will type "Minecraft?" and who ever is available will hop on. One person is is usually the most available is the one that "holds" the world so to speak to boot up.
You can set up a server and leave your console on, but Im not quite sure how that works. We havent looked too deep into it.
Ah, so when you play together, do each of you basically have a copy of the game stored locally so whoever wants to play can then load that up and others jump in? That makes sense.
There is probably a better way to do it. But regardless of how you do it, everyone working in the same world is great. Sometimes its five people, sometimes its 2. Its neat popping in and seeing new things.
As long as you're not in the middle of an active story quest (where you can't save), is there ever the potential for something to no longer happen because you spent too much time off exploring? I think that's one aspect where I'm concerned I might come back to my camp and something will have changed because I didn't donate enough for a few hours, etc.
Apex Legends.
It's so fast and all I can think of while playing is battlefield position, my team's inventory, keeping the high ground, etc etc. Very flow state.
It's so fast and all I can think of while playing is battlefield position, my team's inventory, keeping the high ground, etc etc. Very flow state.
Put something on Youtube and play Tetris.
If I'm slightly more coherent than that, boot up Age of Empires II, one of the big campaign-sized scenarios (Battles of the Forgotten, or some of the custom-made maps), set speed to Slow, and just watch as your base expands, your army grows and eventually your blob just overruns whatever the AI has all over the map.
If I'm slightly more coherent than that, boot up Age of Empires II, one of the big campaign-sized scenarios (Battles of the Forgotten, or some of the custom-made maps), set speed to Slow, and just watch as your base expands, your army grows and eventually your blob just overruns whatever the AI has all over the map.
Just to clarify:
Only one person has the world, we are usually joining into a multiplayer game with at least that person. This is the "easiest" solution, but require that the one person is available to play. We have done stuff where if they are they will just boot up the game and then leave for other to play in the world.
There are definitely ways to set up a server and make a more "persistent world"....no idea how to do that.
EDIT: I also recommend playing on "Survival" if you have a group. Makes it much more fun to dole out jobs to different folks rather than just having everything available immediately. Feels like the world is really "yours" when you are done.
It's very relaxing just chilling in wooded areas or by a slow river. The soindscape they've built up is astounding.
Animal Crossing is always my go-to chill game, though the RNG for fishing and bugs drives me nuts sometimes. It often makes a simple Nook Miles+ mission a big pain in the butt and harshes my mellow.
Great, this sounds like a really fun way to meet up and play with some family. Always find ways to play with gaming friends but never thought about a cool family game to also enjoy when they're not as into gaming like my friends and I are.
Definitely.
Remastered is a god send it's so good and all the extra challenges give you something to work towards if you want a carrot on a stick.
It might be the first thing I download when I get the PS5 even.
StarCraft 2 Coop. I know this game can be mentally taxing but coop is very repetitive and easy. Just fun to build a big army and crush things.
Surprisingly, I go to Rocket League to wind down.
The game is super competitive but it's also almost muscle memory for me at this point, and the matches are short so it's nice.
The game is super competitive but it's also almost muscle memory for me at this point, and the matches are short so it's nice.
I include the camp in "doing your own thing". It's good idea to stick around as long as things are actively happening, talk to everyone, and return regularly to keep the stories & interactions there flowing. But it's not like a Pathologic 2 where everything is always running on a real-time timer.
Most of it is tied to story progression, so the easiest way to miss that stuff is to burn through the story without spending enough time there. Same goes for a number of camp/character/side missions that are only available up to a certain point in the current chapter, or a until a later chapter.