General Game Discussion thread for April 2026

[Zed Clampet]

Making a top 10 of a category that is as broad as video games makes no sense to begin with. But this list is really a top 10 of first- and third-person action-adventure/RPG games with Resident Evil 4 as a bit of an odd one out.

I'd personally add Fallout: New Vegas and one of the Assassin's Creed games in there myself and based off of ratings it seems Black Myth: Wukong might deserve a spot as well, but it's not a terrible list if you restrict it to that category.

I think Resident Evil 4 and The Witcher 3 both definitely belong in that list. RE4 was not just fantastic fun, it influenced a whole genre. The Witcher 3 was just insanely well done and the writing was at a level that you rarely find in a AAA game. Graphics were the top of its era. It is easily one of the most beloved games of all time.

Personally, another game I would add to that list is Portal 2. Even though I like Satisfactory better, I think Factorio belongs here. It was a founding member of the now huge automation/factory genre. Minecraft? It's completely nuts to leave that off the list.

 

[Zed Clampet]

But as I think about it more. a Top 10 list doesn't do the industry justice. There have been so many foundational, amazing games. Maybe we should just focus on "the most amazing PC games in history"

 

[Zloth]

• Top 10 most fun games when they came out.
• Top 10 most fun games two years after they came out and got patched up.
• Top 10 most fun games you can play right now.
• Top 10 most fun games you can play right now, mods allowed.
• Repeat above lists for each "type" of gamer (explorer, creator, whatever else people come up with)
• Top 10 most innovative games for their time.
• Top 10 most innovative games for their time but with everything invented before Y2K taken as 'given' - because, if we don't, games from the 1970's and earlier dominate the list for having features like "graphics instead of text" and "ability to save your game."
• Top 10 most fun games for you.
• Top 10 most fun games for you in the past 5 years, so we can keep the rose-tinted glasses effect to a minimum.

Take your pick!

 

[Colif]

In case you want to try to win it - link

Almost right, I want a fully functioning air fryer on one side and PC on other.

 

[neogunhero]

In case you want to try to win it - link

Almost right, I want a fully functioning air fryer on one side and PC on other.

Reminds me of the KFConsole:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73SqN-ueP7g

 

[neogunhero]

I've been playing too much Crimson Desert lately so I've finally decided to break up the routine a bit. I wanted to find a new game to play that would be quite different and give me a fresh experience. I settled on this game:

Save 25% on BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER 3: I OPENED A PORTAL TO HELL IN THE FAVELA TRYING TO REVIVE MIT AIA I NEED TO CLOSE IT on Steam

A BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!

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A few minutes in my ears and eyes began to bleed, but in such a glorious fashion that I had to keep playing. My headphones felt like they were about to blow out but the demons in the favela needed to be expunged. I had to save Brazil.

The level design is amongst the funniest thing I've experienced in any game before. I've made better maps than this on Garry's Mod 15 years ago, but that is the beauty of it. It's hard to decipher if the terrible geometry of these levels were intentional, unintentional, or just straight out of the mind of a complete lunatic. I love this game.

 

[Zed Clampet]

I realize times have changed, and I'm good with it, but should my stock person be changing gender every time they go to the stock room? Seems like maybe a cry for help.

 

[Pifanjr]

I realize times have changed, and I'm good with it, but should my stock person be changing gender every time they go to the stock room? Seems like maybe a cry for help.

That's just called being genderfluid.

 

[Zed Clampet]

That's just called being genderfluid.

The game is Megastore Simulator. I was so confused because there is a big difference in abilities and salary from one person to the next, and for some reason my morning stock person changes appearance every time they come out.

 

[Colif]

Sounds like the sim city problem with agents. Workers would just go to any house after work, not their own. Its an agent problem, game clearly recreates them when they exit rooms as opposed to tracking stats,

Clearly a bug. Not helpful in a game with different salary levels.