We tell you about the most interesting projects of gaming studios that never bore users.
With the development of the gaming industry, more development teams began to appear and, as a result, the number of games released per year increased. These projects differ in genre, plot, concept, gameplay mechanics and other aspects. This diversity is certainly a positive factor for every user. Anyone, if desired, can find one or more of their favorite creations.
And when you go through a lot of new games, you get a big dose of emotions. But at the same time, every gamer has the idea that he wants to find his favorite virtual world – one where you can happily return at a convenient time. A personal cozy corner where you can always have an interesting and fun time. This task is by no means an easy one, because the majority of projects sooner or later get bored.
In this regard, HB has collected ten great singles games that users will never get bored with.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2
The classic party RPG made it to the list due to its variety of activities and its complex concept. During the first playthrough, which will take about 80 hours, the main core of interest is the plot.
The amazingly written fantasy narrative captivates and gives positive emotions until the very end. Moreover, the user is guaranteed to want to complete absolutely all secondary activities. They delight in variety and offer non-trivial scenarios.
Each quest has a separate exciting story, and conceptually missions are never repeated. And after the first playthrough of Divinity: Original Sin 2, players will immediately want to start the second, and then the third, and so on. This is because the Larian Studios project offers variability in leveling, choice of roles, character classes, and so on.
If you gradually master all the content, then Original Sin 2 will become that favorite entertainment for many years.
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The Binding of Isaac
When you first look at The Binding of Isaac, you might think that this is some kind of fake from the bowels of Steam, which appear there in the thousands.
However, do not judge by the clothes, because the project of Edmund McMillen has an excellent concept and addictive gameplay. He invites users to overcome dungeons, which are divided into floors, which include several rooms and a boss at the end. The player must complete all levels to reach the final. Sounds simple, but hold your thoughts.
The Binding of Isaac – is a thoroughbred ” bagel” in which death throws at the very beginning of the game. The levels in it are procedurally generated, that is, after each death, the dungeon is rebuilt. Thanks to this feature, the races in the project are always unique and inimitable.
Plus, during each attempt, the main character finds items that enhance him. It gives a sense of progress, which, along with addictive gameplay, philosophical overtones and a variety of obstacles, makes you return to The Binding of Isaac again and again.
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DOOM
Do you love cool shooting with many different opponents with their own strengths and weaknesses, a decent arsenal of guns, each of which has a use and well-designed arenas?
Then further explanation of why DOOM ended up on the current list is unnecessary. The id Software game gives you so much fun dismembering opponents that you can drown in it. Moreover, the project feels different on each of the difficulties. If at the intermediate level DOOM seems like an exciting walk, then at the maximum the shooter will make even the most experienced gamer sweat sweat.
Moreover, the game does not just make enemies stronger – it changes their patterns of behavior, forcing a person in front of the monitor to adapt. Thanks to this concept, DOOM can be played dozens of times, and after each ending, the user will want to repeat.
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Minecraft
Yes, Minecraft isn’t exactly a single player game. In it, you can have fun in co-op or with a group of other people on the server, but there is also the option to create your own world and not let anyone in there. Even so, Mojang Studios’ sandbox never gets boring.
The reason for this lies in the construction and the limitless possibilities for creativity. At first, any person in the game will be able to create only a primitive house, and even then by reading the necessary recipes on the Web. However, further on, the user will step by step develop their skills, learn information about materials and how to combine them and build real works of art.
And even if the process drags on for years, interest in Minecraft will not die out. You can always find an exciting activity in it and implement any ideas, including the craziest ones.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The cult ” woke up already?” in the introduction of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you can listen to it indefinitely, however, as well as watch the failed execution of the protagonist and the appearance of Alduin – a powerful dragon and the central villain of the game in combination.
The same can be said of the many aspects of Bethesda Game Studios’ great action RPG. It has a bunch of tasks with interesting stories, deep pumping and a huge open world, for a thorough study of which you will have to spend more than a dozen hours. When passing Skyrim, it seems that the content in the game does not dry out.
You are constantly faced with some kind of incidents or NPCs issuing the next quest. And after the first hundred hours, the world of the game becomes so familiar and close that you want to constantly return to it. Fortunately, there are plenty of reasons for this.
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Crusader kings 3
Crusader Kings 3 scares off many people with its unassuming graphics and dozens of gameplay mechanics.
Yes, the threshold for entering it is rather big, but when the player gets comfortable with this amazing role-playing strategy, he will no longer look towards other works. When passing the project, the user creates his own dynasty and elevates it to the throne of his native state.
And then a unique and exciting adventure begins, filled with a bunch of delightful stories. Intrigues, feuds between vassals, Crusades, military raids – all this is just a small part of Crusader Kings 3. The game allows you to turn into any of the possible personalities within the framework of the medieval entourage.
Want to seduce your enemy’s wife? No problem. Want to make cannibalism your own religion? Yes please. The creation of Paradox Interactive has an inexhaustible depth and is extremely interesting to explore.
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Dark souls iii
We put Dark Souls III on the list, but this is nothing more than a convention. Any FromSoftware creation can be placed here, from Demon’s Souls to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
They are all made according to more or less similar principles. The first ten hours of Japanese studio projects drive users to delirium tremens. They make you suffer and complain that opponents are too strong, there are few control points, traps are set at every step, and after death the accumulated experience and resources are taken away.
Then the stage of mastering and studying the basic principles begins with victories over the first bosses. And now a few dozen more hours pass as the same disgruntled player turns into an inveterate fan of Dark Souls III or any other FromSoftware action movie.
He goes through the game once, then the second, but already with the study of all the secrets, then the third, fourth and fifth for other characters and so on. The scope for experimentation in these projects is simply endless.
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
TaleWorlds Entertainment is a unique sandbox game that has almost no analogues. At the beginning of the passage, the user creates his character, chooses a conditional class and characteristics for him.
Then he hires his own squad of fighters and settles in a world of almost limitless possibilities. All subsequent actions and decisions depend solely on the player. He is free to continue to engage in military affairs: earn money as a mercenary, hire skilled soldiers, go into the service of some aristocrat and try to climb the career ladder to the position of the head of the army in some state.
The scenario described is just one of many options. There is also trade, diplomacy, knightly duels, and so on. Mount & Blade II also captivates with real-time battles, where large squads participate, and the player controls only his hero. Fortress assaults, by the way, also take place in this format and are striking in scale.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
It is unlikely that in 2020 someone else needs to be explained what attracts The Witcher 3. Everyone already knows about the magnificent plot and additional quests, unique and colorful characters, a thick atmosphere based on Slavic folklore, and a detailed open world.
Actually, these factors do not allow you to get tired of the game during the first 150 hours. But then experiments are already beginning with participation in all optional activities, exploring the nooks and crannies at each of the available locations and “Gwent” – a separate card game in The Witcher 3, which turned out to be incredibly fun and thoughtful.
However, the main trump card of the action RPG from CD Projekt RED lies in the unique setting. Even when you study it up and down, all the same after a day or two there is a desire to return to this beloved virtual world.
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Red dead redemption 2
Conceptually, Red Dead Redemption 2 is similar to other open world games featured in the current rankings.
She also offers a bunch of different activities: completing storyline and side quests, setting up a camp, participating in robberies and battles, hunting and fishing trips, collecting equipment, and so on. However, the Rockstar game earned the top spot for a different reason.
The developers have incorporated an incredible amount of small details into their creation. You can spend tens or even hundreds of hours looking for and studying them. This is the first thing that sets Red Dead Redemption 2 apart from similar games. And the second important factor is random events. The project constantly generates them, thanks to which the passage can be stretched at least indefinitely.
And we are not talking about banal tasks with cleaning caves, as in Skyrim. Random events in RDR 2 sometimes allow you to participate in very interesting stories.