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Friday Fun Thread for November 21, 2025

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Requesting help to decide how to spend the next 100 hours of my video game time. I just want a game that makes me feel something (anything, really: wonder at visual spectacle, curiosity for the world, some sort of emotional engagement with story or characters, satisfying movement mechanics, etc.). Preferably would like a game not requiring sweaty gamer skills, since I don't have the patience to replay a boss 20 times to move on. Current backlog leaders in no particular order: Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Metaphor Refantazio, Clair Obscur, Mass Effect Trilogy, Death Stranding 1&2, Spider-Man 1&2. Open to other suggestions as well.

Outer Wilds does a great job of curiosity/mystery, as well as some other feelings. I hesitate to describe more because the fewer spoilers you have going into it the better.

A lot less than 100 hours though, so it won't fill up all that space, but would slot nicely between other things.

I played through 98% of Outer Wilds. For some reason, I could not figure out how to make the very last stretch in time and just gave up and watched the end on youtube. Greatly enjoyed everything up to that point.

An alternate to Outer Wilds is The Forgotten City. Another game where you're better off knowing little going in.

I liked that one too. I am too picky about games and don't have friends who know my tastes well enough for me to blindly trust their judgement, so I never play any games completely blind. But just knowing the basic premise (of both of them) is probably fine. The first hour or so might be even better completely blind, but the majority of the gameplay is the same.

I found it nihilistic and depressing, and the time limit annoying given the realistically portrayed gravitational physics.

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