What single player games are y'all into now?

[Hoyt]

Just happened to think that lately I've gotten back into an Xbox game called "Lost Odyssey" that I first completed over fifteen years ago.  It is a JRPG that was exclusive to the Xbox 360 at the time.  It is a very deep RPG that has numerous strange mechanics that suck me in so that I can actually win the random encounters without using all of my resources.  I've got scads of other games on my accounts (and quite a few discs - I still love the ability to play offline) but something like this old gem can grab my attention better than anything I've seen lately.  I did pick up Baldur's Gate 3 but I'm getting the impression it is geared towards smart folk, which ain't me.

 

What titles have y'all gladly sunk many hours of playtime in?

[simpsonj]

Loved Lost Odyssey, except the disc was damaged so I couldn't fight the last boss! I did the little minuete storise were better tahn the main story, but really good game.

 

If you haven't checked out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 I would highly recommend it!

[Hoyt]

1 hour ago, simpsonj said:

If you haven't checked out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 I would highly recommend it!

 

I've heard that is a great game.  I'm torn between getting it on PC or console.  Except for FPS games I find myself playing on console more these days.  That being said sometimes the mods available for PC games can really add life to them.

[machy]

Fallout Series (Apocalypse RPG), put many hundreds of hours into the series and i think its mostly on gamepass too. 

If you want to try it, Start with 4(has mods on console), then 3, then NV, 

76 is good if you fancy a multiplayer but also signleable game

1,2,Tatics are turnbased isometric games, and we don't mention the other game 

 

Starfield (has mods on console), (Space RPG) if you ignore the people who get pleasure out of hating the game, its actually pretty good, although i'd wait until DLC 2 comes out soon ish

 

Elder Scrolls (Dragon and Swords RPG), 

I have only played Skyrim and the Oblivion remaster, but loved both

 

Now for none Bethesda stuff

 

Cloudpunk (Cyberpunk Taxi Driver), only about a 10 hour game, but it was the first game i'd completed in a long time

 

Stardew Valley, Coral Island, Wydle Flowers, Gravekeeper, Farming Sim - 'Farming' / Life sims, you will either play for hours or 10 minutes and give up

 

Acecombat if you enjoy flying games

 

 

 

Hardship Shipbreaker - Spaceship scraping Sim

 

 

[drutt]

I'll play pretty much anything that isn't a racing or sports game.

 

Recently I've been replaying Tyranny on an anarchist run but tonight I'll be getting stuck in to Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, which will probably consume my whole weekend.

 

After that will probably be Dying Light: The Beast. Looking forward to:

• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
• Kingmakers
• Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
• Battlefield 6
• Honeycomb: The World Beyond
• Trails from Beyond the Horizon

This on top of playing Final Fantasy XIV (gotta earn those relic weapons, the aetherwell grind is more relaxing and consistent than the demiatma grind) all the while trying to resist the urge to resub and level a mage in WoW.

[NegativeKillDeath]

Games I enjoy and frequently jump back in to. All PC

 

• Raft
• No Mans Sky
• Enshrouded
• Cyberpunk 2077 especially with Dogtown expansion
• Fallout 4
• Pacific Drive
• Firewatch
• Sunless Seas

 

[synaesthesia]

Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead 2 have had most of my time over the last couple of years - probably around 1000 hours combined. Occasionally dive into Fallout4, and looking forward to Outer Worlds 2 as quite enjoyed the first. Of course I've ran through Doom and Eternal but they don't hold much replayability for me. Yet to try the new Doom.

[Rob_D]

A lot of Lonely Mountain Downhill and some Lonely Mountain Snow Riders at the moment. (is it still single player when I'm doing the global leader board challenges?)

Looking forward to Silent Hill f and (tentatively) Bloodlines 2, and just found out there's a sequel to Strange Horticulture.

[DeGrimmy]

Just finished up the story of Horizon: Forbidden West on PC. It's the second in the series and while the story itself may not be as memorable as Horizon: Zero Dawn, it's still very good and it's a really cool open world to explore with good gameplay additions from the first game. I've got the Burning Shores DLC to complete now, although Jump Space early access is out today and my mates and I are going to dive into that.

[hailst0rm]

Working my way through Death Stranding at the moment. Just picked up the new Dying Light game last night. Can't wait to get into that as I loved the first one.

[ovenchips]

Got an infinitely long backlog as I collect retro games, but at the minute I'm finally putting the time in to get through Red Dead Redemption 2 as I just upgraded the PC - couldn't get on with it on PS4 back when it released as the super physical gameplay + 30fps cap made it feel like every action took an eternity, then bounced off it once or twice over lockdown when it came out on PC.

 

Other than that, another playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077, my yearly Deus Ex playthrough and possibly the new Silent Hill game are on the radar for the next few weeks. Death Stranding 2 is sitting in the PS5 but might be another case of waiting for the PC release instead!

[Hoyt]

Thanks y'all it's hard to believe how many of those I've already played and how many y'all mentioned that I have backlogged.

 

VTM Bloodlines was the first RPG I really got into despite my advanced age at the time.  If anyone hasn't tried it yet definitely get the unofficial patch.  It was WAY ahead of its time.

 

I think Fallout 3 GOY edition was the first Fallout game I tried (360) and really liked it.  Then the New Vegas GOY edition on PC, then Fallout 4 which still has little segments I haven't completed yet.  I liked that you could use your tablet for a Pip Boy, that was awesome.  I've got 76 on Xbox (free code) but haven't tried it yet.

 

My Son and I played Skyrim a lot when it came out.  Before that I had played Oblivion but for some reason got ground down and never finished it (PC).

 

I have enjoyed The Witcher games (PC and Xbox) and The Outer Worlds (Spacer's Choice) on PS5.  Tried Death Stranding but it just didn't grab me.  Liked RDR for a bit but never got through it.  I've got Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox but didn't get far into it.  Now that it's patched up I might try it again.  I have played FFXIV on PC and PS5 but I keep falling away from it.

 

I started playing Counter Strike in 99 or 00 when it was a mod for Half Life and gravitate back to it from time to time.  I fooled with Destiny for many years but they got so far off the rails like so many game studios with their political agenda that I gave it up.

 

I think one of my problems is I've dabbled in a little bit of everything over the years so I haven't stuck with one thing for very long.  I do still seem to enjoy a good RPG every few years, so I'm thankful for that.

[Hoyt]

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Loved Lost Odyssey, except the disc was damaged so I couldn't fight the last boss!

 

Forgot to mention you can buy it on the current Xboxes (Xbox store) and it runs great.  Visuals are a little cleaned up and no more disc swapping.  Load times are much faster as well.

[ICT-Joe]

I've just dug out the PS2, so right now, I'm playing the Tony Hawks Underground games as well as GTA Liberty City Stories. I can't think of anything modern that I would play at the moment other than WWE 2K25.

[machy]

16 minutes ago, ICT-Joe said:

I've just dug out the PS2, so right now, I'm playing the Tony Hawks Underground games as well as GTA Liberty City Stories. I can't think of anything modern that I would play at the moment other than WWE 2K25.

you can get that on Humble Bundle (choice) for £12 at the moment + a few other games, but is PC Steam

[LeMarchand]

Only ever play single player as I don't have the time to sink into multiplayer. If I had the time, I'd love to play through the Witcher Trilogy (I wanna end up with Tris), the Mass Effect Trilogy (bought the remasters) and Detroit:Become Human. Currently playing Submerged on SteamDeck and Forgotton Anne on PS4. Neither are must-plays but they're both fun.

[ZeroHour]

I have been playing a bit of Borderlands 4 (got it from CDKeys) as usually like it for a drop in/drop out game.

[Hoyt]

Oh man forgot about the older consoles.  Got a pile of PS2s in various states of modification in the basement.  One even has an SSD with the games on them.  One thing I will say about PS2 games is the PC emulator is out of this world.  You can play your discs straight from the DVD drive or use ImgBurn to rip them as ISOs on your hard drive.  It allows your modern video card to clean up the graphics with AA and AF to where they look modern.

 

I also have a few original Xboxes modded with large hard drives in them.  Xbox Media Center is still a great thing to have piped into your TV.

 

Played all three Mass Effects back on 360 but haven't spent much time on the remasters.  The Mafia trilogy seems to be pretty good as well.  Played 2 on PC and am now on the first one remastered on the Xbox.  I really dug the second one for the soundtracks.

[FN-GM]

8 hours ago, ICT-Joe said:

I've just dug out the PS2, so right now, I'm playing the Tony Hawks Underground games as well as GTA Liberty City Stories. I can't think of anything modern that I would play at the moment other than WWE 2K25.

 

I got a cheap PS2 on Facebook ($20). Used Free MacBoot and able to use my wireless PS4 controller. Great fun. It actually cost me more money for the AV to HDMI adapter to connect to the TV!

[Hoyt]

On 19/09/2025 at 18:29, FN-GM said:

I got a cheap PS2 on Facebook ($20). Used Free MacBoot and able to use my wireless PS4 controller. Great fun. It actually cost me more money for the AV to HDMI adapter to connect to the TV!

 

For some reason the PS2 connection to HDMI is one of the weirdest to get a good color pallet on.  I tried a couple of PS2 to HDMI adapters but the image was just too dark.  I found that using a regular component PS2 cabled plugged into a component to HDMI converter box gave the best image.  I don't know if y'all use component connections over there though.

[Bromcom_John]

Currently spending time with Grounded 2 (arachnophobia warning, they are terrifying) and Timberborn (post apocalypse anthropomorphic Beavers city building).

[FN-GM]

On 22/09/2025 at 23:28, Hoyt said:

 

For some reason the PS2 connection to HDMI is one of the weirdest to get a good color pallet on.  I tried a couple of PS2 to HDMI adapters but the image was just too dark.  I found that using a regular component PS2 cabled plugged into a component to HDMI converter box gave the best image.  I don't know if y'all use component connections over there though.

 

I am using one these. It allows me to use the N64 as well.

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[Hoyt]

That looks pretty cool.  Looks like a slightly more advanced version of what I use.  The one that only has component input to HDMI output is less than $15 shipped, but older consoles that don't have component out wouldn't work with it.

[Slarty66]

Picked up a Nintendo Switch 2 last week so I've been playing Donkey Kong Bananza and the upgraded version of Breath of the wild.

Also started the Zelda The Wind Waker... and I forgot how bad the camera was on it ....

PS5 still playing Balders Gate 3.

[Hoyt]

I just finished The Outer Worlds Spacer's Choice edition on PS5 after 83 hours.  I also played the new RoboCop game on it.  The New Game+ was pretty wild with all the upgrades.

 

I'd really like to get into Baldur's Gate 3 some more.  I've got it on PC but I never played any D&D games so I keep getting overwhelmed.  I REALLY liked Outriders on PC.  The WorldSlayer DLC makes later playthoughs a blast (you can shuffle some weapons and gear between characters).

 

Got a petty good backlog on PC, PS, and Xbox.  I would catch sales on CDKEYS (now called Loaded) on Steam and GoG at times as well which extend that backlog.  One nice thing about Good Old Games is their games are DLC free.  You can download the installer and back it up for future use.  You can also use their Steam like front end if you want automatic updates.

 

My Son seems to really like Warframe after we got bored of Destiny 2.