[Franky Family]

Think back, and pinpoint the game that drew you in nearly 100% or close to it when you played. The game that you could say with confidence that you were extremely invested in and loved most if not every bit of it

My choice is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch. And to go back one game further, the game that impressed me as such was…my first completed playthrough of Resident Evil, the REmake HD version on Xbox 360

 

[bork]

Hmmm 100% of the time um maybe Yakuza 6

 

[64bitmodels]

Nowadays, it'd be yakuza 0
Before that, it was the new Deltarune chapter that released a couple months ago
Both of these games (especially yakuza) have been crafted so well with great gameplay, story and music (ooooh, the music in Deltarune chapter 2 was fucking phenomental) i couldn't stop playing once i got my hands on them.

 

[and 3 others]

Elden Ring. Although it did overstay it's welcome towards the end.

 

[Night Sky]

Operencia: the rising sun
Avon colony (one of the most chill games ever)

 

[HellforLeather]

Alien Isolation

RDR 1

TLOU

 

[HE1NZ]

Latest by release date: Ori 2, Astro's Playroom and Resident Evil 3 all were captivating until the very end.

 

[lock2k]

Probably Minecraft, even though I only play creative.

 

[Dr. Farnsgoth]

Probably Red Dead 2 I guess. I haven't quite finished Elden Ring yet but like Hebrew Frank said above it overstays its welcome a little bit.

 

[J-Roderton]

Gotta say Elden Ring. Not finished with it but I really got into it when I was playing it.

 

[bork]

Nowadays, it'd be yakuza 0
Before that, it was the new Deltarune chapter that released a couple months ago
Both of these games (especially yakuza) have been crafted so well with great gameplay, story and music (ooooh, the music in Deltarune chapter 2 was fucking phenomental) i couldn't stop playing once i got my hands on them.

Yakuza 0 one of the best games of the generation imo

 

[infinitys_7th]

Yakuza 0 bros

The latest would be Xenoblade.

 

[El Rey]

Think back, and pinpoint the game that drew you in nearly 100% or close to it when you played. The game that you could say with confidence that you were extremely invested in and loved most if not every bit of it

My choice is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch. And to go back one game further, the game that impressed me as such was…my first completed playthrough of Resident Evil, the REmake HD version on Xbox 360

The Zero Escape series 1-3 and Assassin's Creed Origins were my most recents. Loved every second with those games.

 

[regawdless]

Elden Ring was the last one. Just incredibly good. Before that, game that achieved it were:

Witcher 3
PUBG when it was new and fresh
RDR1
Dark Souls
Zelda OoT

Oh and playing Arizona Sunshine on room scale PC VR, it was INTENSE.

 

[Sean Mirrsen]

Completely captivated? Portal 2. Maybe Skyrim, to a lesser degree.

If you mean 'captivated' in the sense of 'caused mysterious loss of many tens of hours of free time', then Factorio.
Stormworks Build&Rescue also made a spirited attempt, but was foiled by my inadequate hardware.

 

[CAB_Life]

Elden Ring. Although it did overstay it's welcome towards the end.

This, exactly. First 100 hours or so were bliss. Subsequent playthroughs with no environmental, quest or mob changes (I'm very thorough on a playthrough) completely killed any staying power the title had.

 

[John Matrix]

Umm that's a good question. Probably Red Dead Redemption 2 & The Witcher 3. Honorable mention to Mass Effect 1&2, those two games captivated my imagination and my love for gaming big time.

 

[Joe T.]

The closest thing to it is probably Final Fantasy XI.

Red Dead Redemption 2 qualifies if I'm being a little more liberal. Those characters, that story and that world was so good that it was easy to ignore minor annoyances and plow through it.

 

[Explosive Zombie]

Elden Ring but Wasteland 3 is getting there

 

[bork]

The Zero Escape series 1-3 and Assassin's Creed Origins were my most recents. Loved every second with those games.

Of 3? Peepoweird. 1 is the best by far not even close

 

[Neil Young]

Elden Ring, Division 2, Ass Creed games, Psychonauts 2, It takes two.

 

[Dacon]

Elden Ring, and RDR2 as far as recent years go.

 

[kiNeMs]

Elden Ring.

Before that Nier Automata

 

[Eneru]

The last game that absolutely hooked me was "The Messenger". So entertaining.
Before that it was Blasphemous.

 

[Mickmrly]

The last game that captivated me all the way way Shenmue 1. I only played it about a year ago but that was a nice game that really drew me in with the 1980's Japan atmosphere. I would have said FIre Emblem Three Houses but I think after the third playthrough and the DLC I was getting a bit tired of the game while finishing up the support conversations.

 

[Franky Family]

Fire Emblem Three Houses

Gotta play this, everyone raves about the game and puts in hundreds of hours
Most lists I see have FE:3H like #7 on their greatest Switch games list

 

[Grinchy]

I'm sure there have been a bunch that are more recent, but the first one that came to mind was FF7. I had always loved videogames up to that point, but had never been so engrossed by one.

 

[Dreamlord]

Without too much reminiscing:

Morrowind
Elder Ring
The Witcher 3
Legend of Grimrock 2
Baldur's Gate 2
FF7
Might & Magic VI: Mandate of Heaven

Some drag a bit towards the end, but for the amount of hours of game they offer, it is excusable.

 

[HariSeldon]

Elden Ring here. Before that Mario Odyssey, Zelda BOTW, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Disco Elysium and KOTOR 1 & 2.

 

[Eneru]

Elden Ring here. Before that Mario Odyssey, Zelda BOTW, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Disco Elysium and KOTOR 1 & 2.

How much playtime is disco elysium? And did you play it on pc?

 

[Erdrick]

Most recently? Astalon for the PS4. It had such a solid mix of 8 bit visuals and sound but with level design, enemies and enough of a story and unlockables that I couldn't put it down during my free time.

Before that? Dragon Quest 11, easily.

 

[TaySan]

The Last of Us 2 and FF7 Remake

 

[555]

Elden Ring, Yakuza 0 and The Witcher 3

 

[HariSeldon]

How much playtime is disco elysium? And did you play it on pc?

I'm not at my pc so can't quite remember but I think it's something like 20-30 hours and yeah I played on pc.

 

[macapala]

I was absolutely loving Elden Ring. I couldn't stop playing it. My wife was starting to get pissed lol. I loved the sense of discovery.

But fuck the Fire Giant. Fuck that stupid cunt to hell.

 

[Eneru]

Most recently? Astalon for the PS4. It had such a solid mix of 8 bit visuals and sound but with level design, enemies and enough of a story and unlockables that I couldn't put it down during my free time.

Before that? Dragon Quest 11, easily.

I loved Astalon. Such a lovely game. It captured the oldschoolfeeling so good. And it played really well. Only thing that was bugging me a bit were the unlockable additional characters that you absolutely don't need. I would love it even more if they had a little bit more impact. Regret it though to not have bought a physical copy when it was on LRG.

They did a survey on Twitter awhile ago for astalon 2. Hope they gonna release it.

@HariSeldon thanks. Maybe I'll play it in the near future.

 

[Hinedorf]

For me to become completely captivated these days is a rarity, last 3 I can think of: Elden Ring, BotW, Skyrim

 

[and 3 others]

I lied, the last one was Hades.

 

[Soodanim]

Despite its problems, Elden Ring kept me there until the end without any thoughts of stopping to play something else. These days games rarely keep me for hundreds of hours without throwing any other game in at some point.

Before that it wid have been RE3Remake. Another flawed one, but it's a lot shorter.

Thank you for the reminder to pick up Yakuza 0 again Dpad, I only played the first hour.

 

[Hostile_18]

Recently probably Resi 8 and Elden Ring.

Lots of new game disappoints recently (Ghostwire, Dying Light 2).