# Recommend some video games
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903 "2018-11-02T19:31:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/21 "2018-11-07T00:37:13Z")
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> I think Assassin’s Creed is strictly multiplayer, and Mass Effect has some multiplayer, but it’s not storyline stuff.
No one else has responded to this, but lest the OP be unnecessarily put off by Assassin’s Creed games, I think you meant to say that they’re strictly _single player_. Because while some of the games in the series have included multiplayer modes, it’s definitely not strictly multiplayer.
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### Author:  [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/22 "2018-11-07T14:06:37Z")
I’m contractually obligated by my own obsession to say the Mass Effect Trilogy
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/23 "2018-11-07T14:46:25Z")
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> Oh, I forgot a good one and it’s free, [Warframe](https://www.warframe.com). Be a space ninja. It’s a weird game but the shooting and melee action is frantic and awesome IMO.
Warframe is fun and though technically an MMO it’s only multiplayer if you choose to look for a team when starting a mission. I’ve played for months 99% solo (the couple of times I did multiplayer were by accident).
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/24 "2019-03-19T03:50:01Z")
Bumped.
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> Most every game out there has single and multiplayer these days, with the exception of the relatively few multiplayer-only games like Overwatch or Fortnite…
And Fortnite isn’t for everybody: [Carlos Santana smashed a TV in Phillies’ clubhouse because teammates were playing ‘Fortnite’: Report - cleveland.com](https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2019/03/carlos-santana-smashed-a-tv-in-phillies-clubhouse-because-teammates-were-playing-fortnite-report.html)
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/25 "2019-03-19T11:37:48Z")
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> I do have to ask- why no multiplayer? Some of the best games are multiplayer like “Dead by Daylight” or “Left 4 Dead” or “Tom Clancy’s The Division”.
Personally, I don’t like multiplayer games because playing online adds the possibility of annoying lag for not much benefit. The single-player campaign for “The Division” was okay, but the idea of playing the same few missions again and again for slightly better gear doesn’t really grab me.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/26 "2019-03-19T13:52:19Z")
Max Payne 3 is a relatively enjoyable cinematic-style shooting romp. It’s a console port, so it’s set up in a way that cutscenes are used as loading screens so you can’t skip them, and they occur pretty much every time you enter a new room, which can get annoying as it really breaks up the gameplay, but the actual shooting is fun as hell. I’m mentioning it because while it’s not a _great_ game, it’s very entertaining for what you will pay for it (still $20 full price, but routinely goes on sale for $5 or less).
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/27 "2019-03-19T14:24:11Z")
_Call of Juarez: Gunslinger_ is a pretty good FPS with highly stylized graphics in a Western-type setting.
The _Sniper Elite_ games from V2 forward are all great 3rd-person stealth sniper games. Sneak around, blow someone’s head off from great distance, gather intel, shoot some poor sucker in the testicles, sneak around some more, repeat. I never get tired of these games.
If you’re looking for more of a story in your FPS’s, the _Metro_ games are all excellent, as are the _Bioshock_ games. _Wolfenstein: The New Order_ and its prequel (?) _The Old Blood_ were both pretty fun.
If you’re looking for something less violent and more brainy, the _Portal_ games are both outstanding, as is _The Witness_.
_Wasteland 2_ is an excellent isometric RPG, although in my last playthrough in the Director’s Cut version I encountered several game-breaking glitches.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/28 "2019-03-19T15:23:11Z")
Everyone who has a PC and wants games on it should have FTL: Faster Than Light. Take ten minutes to learn and months to master. Utterly addictive.
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### Author:  [@road\_lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/road_lobo)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/29 "2019-03-20T09:44:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Bumped.
> And Fortnite isn’t for everybody: [Carlos Santana smashed a TV in Phillies’ clubhouse because teammates were playing ‘Fortnite’: Report - cleveland.com](https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2019/03/carlos-santana-smashed-a-tv-in-phillies-clubhouse-because-teammates-were-playing-fortnite-report.html)
This “news story” warrants a bump of a thread about recommending video games?
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### Author:  [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/30 "2019-03-27T16:18:09Z")
Prey, Far Cry 3+4 (don’t bother with 5), Borderlands trilogy, latest Doom, Wolfensteins in order: Old Order, New Blood, II. Hitman. Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor. Batman: Arkham Asylum (followups tend to degrade compared to the classic original). Bioshock, Bioshock: Infinite. Dishonoured series (sneakathon). Styx games (fantasy sneakathon). Watchdog I+2 (hack and sneak).
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-video-games/823903/31 "2019-03-28T01:38:35Z")
> [@Smid](#):
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> Batman: Arkham Asylum (followups tend to degrade compared to the classic original).
Disagree. Skip the original. The combat was practically broken in it; they hadn’t quite figured it out yet. Fighting involved pressing a button and attacking a random enemy (usually not the one you wanted). It was awful. By the second game they’d refined it enough that combat was no longer random frustration you suffer through to get to the rest of the game.
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