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Ask HN: What Video Games Did You Play In 2013?

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Blockee Story (QQ House) {Android} It's, uh, odd. But fun. Give it a go. I'd really like this on iPhone but think that's not likely.

Bejewelled {iPhone} low cost and best in class.

Animal Crossing New Leaf {3DS}

Need for Speed something or other {3DS} (A potentially great game ruined by forced cinematics during play)

A bunch of {DS} match 3 games (I like mindless short easy games to distract me from unpleasant aspects of my life.)

Simon Tatham's Puzzles {android / windows} this is a great collection.

Elements of destruction {DS} It's a weird, fun, game. Have a look!

Total Annihilation {pc} I keep coming back to it because it's so good. I make a few different all metal maps, set my resources low and the computer's high, and see how quick I can win.

Fallout 3 {Xbox} I enjoy just noodling around, finding the easter egg type stuff (chess using scaled down drink bottles?) and collecting teddy bears and wrenches.

PySolFC edition

MINECRAFT {pc}

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I really want:

1) REZ ported to 3DS. Because, come on.

2) Good car racing on 3DS.

2a) Good car racing on iPhone.

3) A better iPhone review site. iPhone games have some sub-optimal marketing strategies, and review sites should be pointing these out. I need to know if a game is playable without any in-app purchases, or if those are needed to play.

4) BlastCorps, but better and on 3ds or iPhone/android.

5) Old style PuyoPop. See, eg, the Sega DreamCast version.

An embarrassing amount of Civ 5. Part of it has to do with a fascination with watching a crude simulation of the human epic unfold. The other part has to do with the enjoyment derived from nuking my opponents. It's a pretty awkward mix.

A distant runner up is Starbound, followed next by a miscellaneous assortment of games such as Darwinia, Bastion, Game Dev Tycoon, and Minecraft in certain spurts.

You're not alone! Whenever I'm bored, mentally altered, and staying in for the night... There's nothing better to fire up than a good game of civ 5. You just have to go into it knowing you'll be playing for the next five hours.

I tried 2 Civs after Civilization 2, but they both seemed to miss some... magic. So I usually ended up playing Alpha Centauri again (I think most of the civ2 devs actually moved to make that, perhaps that's why the other civs seem lacking).

Would you say it's worth trying the last one, I would I likely feel the same as I did about 3?

In the last two months, I've played:

Project X Zone (3DS) - crazy SRPG/Fighting game hybrid

Killer Instinct (Xbox One) - I tried to resist getting an XB1 just for this, but I failed

Knack (PS4) - Very kid-friendly game

Quake 2 (PC) - Boss insisted. He's really good at it

Starcraft 2 (PC) - I'll always be coming back to this periodically

Terraria (PC) - Played this briefly at a LAN

DOTA 2 (PC) - Also played this at a LAN. I'm terrible at it

Some other highlights from the year:

Ni no Kuni (PS3) - Really good JRPG. If you liked JRPGs but haven't enjoyed the most recent Final Fantasy games, give this a try. Actually, play this if you like JRPGs.

Batman: Arkham Origins (PS3) - If you like the other Arkham games, you've probably played this too.

Street Fighter X Tekken (360) - played at a LAN. Good crowd pleaser

Injustice: Gods Among Us (360) - Can you tell I like fighting games yet?

Tomb Raider (PC) - Very good action game.

Knightmare Tower (Ouya) - My favorite Ouya game so far

Bootstrapped indie startup Arcen Games made a couple of awesome games this year: A Valley Without Wind 2 and Bionic Dues [1].

Also, Creeper World 3 [2].

And while it wasn't released in 2013, Spacechem [3] is very HN relevant and I did play it in 2013, so...

[1] http://arcengames.blogspot.com/2013/11/holiday-guide-for-arc...

[2] http://knucklecracker.com/

[3] http://www.spacechemthegame.com/

Very cool man. I hope one of these years I can make a similar comment!

Mac:

Minecraft - Been playing for years now, haven't played too much recently.

Starbound - Stopped playing Minecraft to play this and Terraria (practically a side-scrolling form of Minecraft)

League of Legends - Just started playing this a few days ago, it's addicting and the games take a lot longer than I'm used to.

Monaco - Lots of fun.

Castle Crashers - Great game I used to play in my Xbox 360 days.

PC:

Terraria - Stopped playing Minecraft for this. Probably prefer this one in fact.

3DS:

Pokemon X/Y - First time playing since Crystal version (second generation). Great return to the series, but everything is so much more advanced and complicated now.

We got into Feed The Beast, a curated collection of modpacks for Minecraft, this year. Played a whole lot of that.

I've been playing the Hearthstone beta with a few friends for a couple months now and it is absurdly fun. Also played a bunch of StarCraft II and Diablo III as usual.

Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas have held up well. Papers, Please was just fantastic. I had fun playing CounterStrike: GO with friends.

I played SimCity and liked it, though in the midst of the fallout and server issues, I found Tropico 4 and Anno 2070 to be fantastic alternatives.

On Black Friday I picked up a PS3 and have finally been getting into The Last of Us, which is stunning, and Red Dead Redemption, which I think will take longer to get into.

I want to lastly point out that we've had a lot of fun doing LANs with some classics that we've been playing for years now: CS: Source, Rise of Nations, Age of Empires II.

Pretty much League of Legends all the way, all of the adrenaline of an FPS, with the progression of an MMORPG but none of the grind. I'm not surprised it's the most played game in the world. Recently Hearthstone has been fun...

I recently started gaming after two years of being too focused on my business. I've been playing lots of Mark of the Ninja and Fez on my Mac with an xbox controller.

Other than that I've mostly be replaying 'older' games, though. Ninja Gaiden, Super Mario Galaxy, Yoshi's Story, Metroid Prime, Beyond Good and Evil, and a bit of Exile 3: Ruined World (excellent!)

Not as many as I was hoping I would...

League of legends - Been playing for years now, recommended.

Assassins creed black flag - Great game, think asscreed may be my favourite series.

Tomb raider - This was so much better than I was expecting, bought it in a sale while it was cheap. The story is good and its pretty intense in general, though the rope winch pulling down walls is pretty hilarious (also half price on steam)

I've recently started playing Dota 2 with a few friends. I'm really enjoying the medium length bursts of strategy.

As well as that I've kindled a love for Paradox' various grand strategy, my favourite of which is Crusader Kings 2. It's a logical progression from Civ V and really scratches the itches that it misses, especially in multiplayer.

The one that i liked the most: The Last of Us, for PS3.

Dominions 3/4, Freeciv and recently Kerbal Space Program, the latter of which I can fully recommend to anybody who enjoys blowing up rockets.

The one that stands out is Cookie Clicker. I don't know why that was so addicting.

iPad and Android: Kingdom Rush Frontiers, Deep Dungeons of Doom, Colossotron, Anomaly Warzone Earth, Game Dev Story

Mac: Bastion, Ultima 7 again, King's Bounty, C&C Zero:Hour (<3 the general's challenge) again

None.

Lots of GTA V, GT5, FIFA 13, Star Trek: Online, TF2, CS.

Too many of them.

Doom RL best rogue like I've played.

Freecell.

starcraft2, dota2

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