Hello my fellow peeps!

What do you play when you're bored? What's your "pick-up whenever" game and continue playing?

Earlier, when I get bored or just want to relax, I would fire up the trusty Euro Truck Simulator 2 and play that, but now I'm stuck on what to play without thinking where I left off.

Thanks for the input =)

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Path of Exile or Warframe

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I used to play Path of Exile but rather got bored real quick. Do they still add new things to it?

5 years ago
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New 3-month league starting in less than 24 hours :D
Played a whole lot, I think I'll stop now due to work.

5 years ago
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As Schnapser29 said, they rebalance and add new things constantly.

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I can confirm that. They keep working on the game, adding content and introducing new leagues.
That I stopped playing it was not because it's boring, but because on second playthrough it got very hard and unforgiving.
I probably shouldn't try to play it as a single-player game all the time :)

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They got rid of the second playthrough a couple years ago (patch 3.0 I think), now there's 10 acts. The campaign is pretty easy, at least so long as you don't stand in boss attacks.

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I've played before they added the "new" act system, yes.
But I also was refering to the acts, meaning the 2nd act with "playthrough". Sorry if that was unclear.
While I liked how they reworked the quests to make the 2nd run different from the first, it felt significantly harder and I couldn't deal with many of the things the game would throw at me. Like the one mermaid scene where water floods from all directions and kills you? No plan whatsoever >.<

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Well you're not supposed to stand in the water 😁

Your problem might have been not capping your fire/cold/lightning resistances, that's pretty important starting in act 6. Brine King deals a lot of lightning damage but he's super easy if you have good resists and don't stand in obvious attacks.

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Eurotruck 2, or Fallout 4. They seem like the 2 games I end up playing when I'm just trying to relax and not get into something new or complicated

edit: Also Banished. Once you figure out the learning curve of balancing town growth with resources, it gets really relaxing too

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Have you tried Northgard?

5 years ago
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No, but I've heard a lot of good things about it. Reviews and pics I saw looked pretty good too

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i've got many =P
lots of puzzle games, picross.. games like tetris.. quiz games.. music games! songpop on my phone =P
plus, definitely, tactical games like fire emblem, final fantasy tactics, lord of the rings the 3rd age and so on.. infinite replayability!
there are so many awesome games that you can play just for ten minutes and I still do this after 20 years =P
I often pick them up on kongregate (I'm about to reach level 67 there!) or on emulators since I've got them all physically (and legally, most of them bought used on ebay especially for what concerns gba titles) but my nintendo ds broke years ago =P

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Oh man, you play a lot of things. I have a couple of ROMs I play on the phone from time to time and a whole library on my laptop but I get bored real fast.. I'm trying to play the Zelda games for the DS currently, have you finished them?

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this is something that really gets me in trouble 100% of the times..
I was born in the '80s and I grew up with JRPGs apart from lots of other games, puzzles, fighting games, platformers..
and I tried every Zelda game I could afford or see..
but the truth is that I have never managed to like even just a single title of Zelda on any kind of platform =\ I love RPGs, I also like action rpgs if they're good, but the Zelda games, since the NES/SNES era.. just.. bores me to death after 10 minutes, I tried half a dozen of Zelda games or maybe more, and I couldn't go beyond the first hour.. so I can't recommend them, although I know they're praised by everyone as the best games ever made xD
fortunately the DS has lots of awesome rpgs too, especially if you add also GBA roms =P final fantasy games, riviera, the mario games, pokemon, chrono trigger rebooted, fire emblem, golden sun.. there are so many awesome games.. but zelda.. no thanks for me xD

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the only Zelda I could get into was the first one. the others just don't do it for me. Like you, I get bored too quickly. The closest I ever got was Okami, which I probably got about three-quarter, before giving up

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Since you are rather familiar with JRPG games, you might already know the two, but just in case you don't:

  • Lufia 2 - Rise of the Sinistrals
  • Tales of Phantasia

Both have some decent puzzles in them.
I don't remember if Secret of Mana 2 / Seiken Densetsu 3 had any puzzles. Probably not. The biggest asset of the game is the complex story with the many different factions, endings and character class changes.

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I guess I haven't been bored in a while, since I had a hard time thinking of an answer.
Games, where you don't have to remember where you left off, would be the first choice, yes.
In earlier days I used to play games like World of Tanks or Crossout, because once you had figured the basics, you could just resume anytime. That was true for some time, but of course they kept adding and changing stuff until I felt like I didn't know much of it anymore.

"Death road to Canada" should work. Not too long - can be finished within about 2 hours and it's random enough to keep replay interesting. In theory same goes for "Faster than Light", but Death road to Canada feels more interactive.

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Death road to Canada looks crazy.. Have you tried Project Zomboid?

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No, must have slipped that one. Looks interesting though and it has great reviews.
Thanks for the advice. I'll keep it in mind :)

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Kerbal. Any time. So much fun.

~David.

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Tried it but I feel I would need to go and learn a bunch of stuff to even try it out properly.. Thanks for the input David!

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There's that. It's as complex as you let it be....but it doesn't have to be crazy either. Or you can just download other people's creations and be amazed.

Fez is awesome and timeless. If you're into rogue-likes, there's Rogue Legacy.

It's a good problem to have that there's just so many good games in the world.

~David.

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Just try to add moar boosters ;-)

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Binding of Isaac. Slightly sadistic.

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Is that the game where you keep dying over and over again until you finally beat the level and then rinse repeat?

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Sort of yeah. There's several floors to go through, and the more times you beat the game, the more unlockables you get, opens new floors and new bosses.

All kinds of items and trinkets, but it's full of death. It's a very fun game if you're into twin stick shooters and punishing gameplay.

Over both platforms (ps4+pc) I've probably logged over 1200 hours. And I'm still not done.

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+1 rebirth.

it id a great default game for when you dont know what to play

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One Finger Death Punch, it only needs attention and reaction and while you're playing you can perfectly brainstorm new ideas. ;)
I'm looking forward to the sequel which is about to launch soon.

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I didn't know about the sequel now i am so hyped for it.

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Shop Heroes. I wouldn't say I play this game (mainly on Facebook) when I'm bored, but I like to manage my shop while I'm watching videos on YouTube since crafting and fusing take some time to complete :)

I sometimes play the idle RPG, Merchant, as well

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You just made me remember a game I used to play. Do you know about Recettear An item Shops Tale or Shoppe Keep?

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No I don't, but I'll definitely be checking that out - thanks! :)

I've been trying to win a copy of Shoppe Keep on SG since like forever :P If the game pops up again in a future bundle, I'll definitely get it.

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Sadly it's Overwatch

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"Sadly" - that's how you recognize experienced Overwatch player, respect :)

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minecraft ⬛️

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+1
can always fall back on your incomplete project that will never be complete.

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Tried it multiple times, even bought it, but couldn't get really into it. My younger brother tho has spent a lot of time on that game.

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How about Creativerse then? I haven't played minecraft, but from what I know Creativerse should be less complex and easier to get into.
It's very relaxing. Maybe a bit on the easy side as well, unless you dig down to the lowest level and build your base in front of the strongest monsters.

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try again with modpacks (search FTB). tech mods, magic, agriculture, quests, it turns into a completely different game.
vanilla minecraft bores me after ~30 hours, with mods it can last months.

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Used to be Rocket League. I've been working on my backlog though, so never bored when it comes to gaming!

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Oh yeah, Rocket League was fun with friends, but I get bored rather quickly..

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Steamgifts

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yuup +1

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Final Fantasy XIV is my go to game.

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Here's a Starter Edition if someone wants to play or if you know someone that might be interested: R4WE E3NX 9SGH URM9 R7ES

Cheers

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Halo Online, been playing it for years and I'm as addicted to it as I was with H3 in its prime. I used to play Rocket League a ridiculous amount too but have been less and less interested in it lately...I'm still relatively decent stuck at champ 1 the last couple seasons but I can't find the motivation to keep up with anything anymore

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Wasn't Halo Online cancelled?

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No, well technically yes Halo Online was originally a cancelled Russian free-to-play game, but no not exactly. I'd definitely recommend giving it a shot if you're any kind of Halo fan, if you (discreetly) ask the right people it's very easy to get a safe download link as well as help getting it set up quick :)

The games devs have been asked officially on the record to halt development but the servers are P2P and aren't going anywhere, there's a guy who owns a server farm that keeps the official servers running for the heck of it and another hosting quality servers with its own rank system and website. Anybody can start a custom lobby themselves too if they want. Eldewrito (the community made mod) can still be downloaded from the main site, but MS23 (essentially the game itself with Microsoft's assets) can't be hosted without asking for trouble. It can still be torrented (with a VPN) or downloaded safely from a privately shared Google Drive link and such if you know somebody, either coincidentally on a forum or something or the Halo Online discord.

Wall of text with more detail on what happened: The Eldewrito devs had been working on and updating the game for years, the latest and last update was by far the biggest though. They spent countless hours of their free-time for well over a year adding a TON of features to the latest version like advanced forge / custom games, dual wielding, 'ranks', more server hosting options and more. Within the HO community itself it was talked about and hyped up heavily the whole time .6 was being worked on, and when the trailer for the .6 update was posted on Reddit it quickly hit the front page of nearly every gaming subreddit and made the headlines on a bunch of game journalism sites like Kotaku. Everybody was promoting the shit out of it and nobody thought Microsoft would actually do anything but it got such an overwhelming amount of exposure that Microsoft had to do something or they could lose their IP if they didn't protect it. There was never even a C&D though, the devs were told in private to halt development and this statement was released by 343, which started all the rumors that Microsoft killed Halo Online for good. It's not dead in the slightest, just severely stunted.

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Worms ;-)

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Good choice for a relaxing and very entertaining game. I only know the original worms, but the weapons and the amount of mayhem was impressive.
Holy Hand Grenade, Concrete Donkey, exploding carpets and envelopes... ah, good times.

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Left 4 Dead 1. Still enough people playing and a few nice modded servers.

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Used to be Rocket League for the past 2 years, but I have barely touched it this year so I don't think I have one currently.

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Arma 3: KOTH, BR, Bounty Hunter (Malden), BRSE, Pilgrimage, etc.

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I am wondering to which games those acronyms refer. P

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Ah, sorry. They are all mods or missions for Arma 3.
KOTH = Multiplayer mission King of the Hill
BR = the workshop mod Player Unknown's Battle Royale
the Singleplayer missions:
Bounty Hunter (Malden) is a workshop mission by grandelemental
B.R.S.E.= Battle Royale Singleplayer Experience, a Workshop mission by gtaboncer
Pilgrimage is a non-workshop singleplayer mission from Armaholics.

Did that help? I hope it did. i can also provide links if you would prefer that.

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Binding of Isaac and Shellshock live

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Dwarf Fortress

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The last couple of months it's been Stardew Valley.

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factorio. awesome game. addicting and always something to do.

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havent really found that kind of game for myself, just monitoring the web and listening to the music.

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Raft actually...

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