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And it's now been cut to £3.49. Luckily I ummed and ahhed. Yoinking at that price.

That was timely. So, whatcha think of it?

Not tried it yet, filling out a deposit dispute form against my old landlord. Will hopefully try later.

WoW should get a look in here I'd think, especially with the 'free to Level 20' option.

Questing really isn't challenging these days (so no BEDTIME RAGE), and it all looks and sounds lovely, with magnificent music, interesting storylines, fun mechanics to play around with, intriguing characters, and a really massive world to explore from many different angles (races, factions, classes).

Plus you can play as a Tauren (a sort of 'cow people') and call yourself 'Hasselhoof'.

Runs nicely on very modest PCs too.

Not sure Binding of Isaac is a world I particularly want to lose myself in though. It's an unsettling place at the best of times.

Have edited the first post with all titles suggested so far, for my own reference as much as anything.

What else have you played over the last few years that you really enjoyed ?

In Broken Sword the characters keep a diary of what the hell they're up to, so when you restart you get a little 'catch-up' of what the immediate plot was to keep you up to speed if you stop playing for a while.

I started playing Witcher 3 while I was off over Christmas, I like that you can dictate the pace of it, and the fact that quests have a suggested level so you can just mooch about wandering between the little question marks on the map or pick up a couple of quests off the notice boards in the villages or go through the main story. I like dipping in and out of games like that, sometimes you find with open world/quest based games that the main story dominates too much and can be a difficult path to get off once you start on it. I keep looking at Far Cry thinking I might quite like that, too.

Shadow of Mordor became too samey for me after a little while. The world isn't huge and there's nothing much outside the main story, other than various ways to kill orcs within different time limits. Fallout is great, I love those games. Although not so much Fallout 4... It got a bit tiresome and I had no desire to keep going back to it, unlike Fallout 3 and New Vegas. But that could be because Fallout 3 was the first open world RPG I'd played so it was a totally new game play experience to me in a totally new setting. I played probably 100 hours on both of those.

thank you! I was worried that might be the case for Mordor.

May dust off the 360 to try some Fallout 3. When it comes down in price, your summary above persuaded me Witcher 3 is definitely something I'll be picking up.

But first I think Far Cry 4 will be my quarry, it's been mentioned enough times.

I'd say that Far Cry 3 was more enjoyable than Far Cry 4, I bet it's dirt cheap now too.

TBH the only games I recall being truly engrossed by are Xcom, Far Cry 3, Tomb Raider.

XCom2 is downloaded, but too stressful a place to be.

Far Cry 4 it is!

arse, I already did do done Far Cry 3. Enjoyed it enormously.

I think I'll give that a go then! We're definitely finishing the house this year...definitely... so hopefully I'll have some time to sit in front of the TV at some point.

Far Cry 4 is still great, I just Vaas.

He is pleasingly demented.

I found myself enraged in the first 5 minutes of FC4 by the try-hardness of the purple-suited antagonist.

What's the name of the survival game NervousPete has been writing about? That could fit this bill nicely.

The Long Dark. But I think he described that as the tensest thing he'd ever done.

Admittedly, grimy rooms of piss and money might not be for everyone. *tweets the suggestion to Trump instead*

That's it. You're right, may not be what I need.

Has anyone played that Mad Max game? Looks like it could be fun bezzing around in a beat up motor.

I heard it was pap.

Shame really, as it would be a game world I'd love to play in.

Come to Bradford!

That's not Mad Max that's Last of the Summer Wine!

I loved mad Max, reckon it will fit your criteria pretty well too. I say, don't miss it out, it's cheap as chips now.

Thanks! I thought there was someone here who had enjoyed it. It's £11 squids on PSN at the moment, so might have a dangle.

Reader, I chose Far Cry 4.

And what an excellent choice it is too (and free, because I already owned it).

Definitely the tonic I needed. I'm loving just diving in, bezzing around on a quad bike to do a bit of hunting, liberate some signal towers, pick up whatever mission I stumble across.

Ubisoft still needs to stop letting hyperactive teenagers write their Far Cry scripts, because the relentless effing and blinding grates quickly. But I can live with it.

Hoping my grappling hook gets some sort of mechanised upgrade at some point, because it feels cumbersome and un-fun at the moment - while everything else in the game seems to be geared at fun. Being able to launch off from your starting hub from a choice of zip lines, hang gliders and quads is pleasingly generous.

So we talked you into playing a game you had?

Yay, I was the winner, and in less than sixty seconds, too!

What did I win?

A kiss.

From?

A rose.

Where?

On the botty.

BRACE YOURSELF!

/wipes

Yep! Though it was languishing at the bottom of my to-play pile. Thank you for rearranging my piles!

Ti- nah.

Oooh, rimshot.

Who's Tinah?

I also started Undertale, playing it on my diddy laptop on my commute.

I'm enjoying it a lot. Papyrus and sans are very endearing. I do get the impression there's not a huge amount to do - I of course click on everything I see because the descriptions are well written and entertaining, but very little seems to have any actual impact on whats happening in the game, they don't provide clues or help you progress. I don't get any more powerful (unless I have a fight), I don't find any different ways to approaching problems.

Still early doors though and I am enjoying it.

Play on, playa. It'll get reet under your skin eventually.

Exciting update!

Far Cry 4 continues to be a joy. This may be because i haven't touched the campaign at all, and I'm just having a jolly time wandering the mountains, hunting for skins, freeing hostages, taking bell towers, overrunning outposts. It's great. I've heard Primal has a greater focus on hunting and base building, so that has jumped from being a game I couldn't give a hoot about to a must-buy at some point in the future.

Undertale: I've faltered on this. I've been playing in bursts on the train, but the simple logistics of playing on a laptop on an often packed train has inhibited my progress. I will finish it though.

Broken Sword 5: thanks to Mr Russell for this recommendation. Got it cheap in the PSN sale and am playing on the Vita. Gorgeous visuals and sound. It's a lovely world to escape to on the train.

They don't seem to age either if you want to go back and play the earlier ones.

I enjoyed BS1 & 2 but stopped when I played 3 on the Xbox. Felt like a misstep, like when Monkey Island went 3D (was that the Telltale version?)

Incidentally, best Monkey Island? Having just looked through the Monkey Island wikipedia page, I think I enjoyed Curse of the most. Certainly the most lovely, visually.

Yep, loved Curse, and remember playing it when I went to university.

Monkey Island 2 has always been my favourite.

OG MI for me

Yeah, 2.

I always liked the first one. MI2 was a bit sprawling

Dougray Scott was a shit villain, too.

And just over a quarter of a year later, I've finished Far Cry 4 (well, I killed the baddie).

There are other endings but I can't be bothered seeking those out. I will likely mop up the few remaining outposts using my new strategy of finding a high vantage point about 100m away from the outpost, sniping the alarms and then sniping every fucker inside. Though the acquisition of the Buzzsaw after I liberated every bell tower means I could just traipse in there and mow them down with 3 miles of ammunition threading through my hot wrought iron weaponry.

I've clocked Longines' (great) and Reggie & Yogi's (frankly sh1t) missions, and I can't be doing with the Shangri La missions which are a pain in the arse. So after the outposts, I'll leave Kyrat, having largely thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I loved the way the landscape became more barren and desolate the closer you get to Pagan Min. As previously referenced, the druggy bits were a bit tedious, though they were visually arresting, it must be said.

In 6-12 months time I think I will try Far Cry Primal, which does sound appealing in terms of shaking things up just enough to make being in the FC open world a joy, without being too tired of the mechanics.

In the meantime, I have Witcher 3, XCom 2 or No Man's Sky to get going on. And Doom. Gah.

I quite liked the Shangri-La and dodgy hippy missions. But that's just me