I’m playing World of Goo, a physics game from 2008 that I bought in a Humble Bundle forever ago.
I tried it again on a lark and it holds up, I got sucked in. Classic physics game. One level takes me less than 15 minutes to complete, but it varies significantly.
There are interesting conflicting pressures in the game: you want to build with as little as possible, because the building material are your little dudes you’re trying to get to safety. Gravity exists, and weight distribution matters: sometimes you must harness this fact to win.
Some levels are about building methodically, carefully choosing where to use the corpse of a sacrificed little dudes, because it is an immutable choice.
Other levels are about dynamics and timing, and you can get tantalizingly close to saving your entire team in these levels.
Its old, its cheap, it should run on most things1. Strong recommend.
1: not android: NetFlix did one of their closed market acquisitions making “free” games here
I’m taking this to mean games that stand out in or define their genre, are widely considered to be excellent, are timeless, and there’s very little if any fat to trim.
Super Mario Brothers - NES
Super Mario 64
Dark Souls - maybe Elden Ring takes over?
Return of the Obra Dinn
Half Life 2 - honorable mention: Left 4 Dead 2
Diablo 2
Doom
Tetris
Chrono Trigger
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Portal 2
Little Nightmares - honorable mention: INSIDE
GTA SA
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
These aren’t necessarily my favorite games, but games I think are well respected. I probably missed a bunch.
I’m shocked to see Donut County mentioned. But you’re right, it’s a perfect pleasant game similar to the perfection of the first Portal. In fact, it’s my son’s favorite video game, by far.
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