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What game do you play to just chill? (discuss.online)

submitted 11 months ago by DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Nowadays I find a lot of games feel like too much work and/or anxiety when I just want to relax for like, 30 minutes to an hour after a long day. On the other hand, the games specifically designed to help you unwind just feel boring imo.

In the past I've felt like Outer Wilds scratched this itch, cause the whole experience was engaging but generally relaxed. There was a mystery that kept me hooked and the exploration and movement was fun in and of itself. I also felt like Subnautica filled this role since it was very much at my own pace, with anxiety producing portions which could for the most part be avoided or minimized, and also there was a clear objective to fulfill, get off the planet.

So what games do you play when you just wanna relax?

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[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

Burnout Paradise

There are few games where winning and losing are equally fun, but Burnout Paradise pulls it off flawlessly.

You hit that turn with the perfect drift? Hell yeah. Oh shit, there was a car waiting for you at that intersection and now you have to watch your car and their car get smashed, crumpled, and tossed like a bag of moldy tangerines in slow motion? Hell yeah.

[-] Alfaa@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

+1 Burnout Paradise is such a great game for just mindlessly driving around. I think I have that entire map memorized in my brain now.

[-] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 4 points 11 months ago

Your description alone is getting this put on my Steam wishlist

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I got this game a week or 2 after it came out in 2008. There’s literally a whole open city to explore but I remember the first 30-45 minutes I played were spent literally driving up and down the same quarter mile road because I found a split ramp built for barrel rolls but I just wanted to see all the ways I could squish the top of my car with a failed barrel roll and still drive away lol.

15.5 years later it’s still just as satisfying

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