Sure!

Valheim is fantastic, Kenshi is brutal and unforgiving but very fun, outward is similarly difficult and fun, also very unique.

Open world is kind of a huge genre, so I'd even say games like Subnautica, terraria, etc might be up your alley.

Edit: I can't believe I left out no man's sky and hyper light drifter! Highly recommend them both, no man's sky is such a good space life sim and hyper light drifter is kind of like a throwback to the first Zelda game, but obviously updated and with some different intentions to the gameplay/story. Happy gaming!

I mean there are good AAA games. From soft still puts out bangers, CD projekt red makes some good stuff (the cyberpunk launch was pretty rough though), larian is pretty good. Most AAA studios are dog shit, but you can still find a few diamonds in the rough.

Nah man, Elon husk will eventually colonize some other dog shit planet, and then we'll just be looking at the plot of Hyperion in 1000 years or so.

Yeah for sure, gamers get so fucking sweaty and cringey about people who like different shit. It's annoying. I'll take the heat and just say windwaker is my favorite Zelda game.

If you like platformers, I highly recommend spark the jester 3, it's like a good new sonic game. Also I guess Ghost runner is like a platformer/action game that's supposed to be good? Haven't played it yet but it looks cool.

Anyway I wish you luck in your search for good new games, and I hope you continue to be a chill ass viber

Fourth option: I filled the cart with groceries, it is now my home.

A game about a murderous pet rock that takes place in a quarry

I think the issue that people are responding to is that you're comparing it to Diablo, which is fundamentally a different game. Diablo is a hack and slash game with rpg elements and a god awful loot system. Bg3 is pretty much just playing DND on a computer without a dungeon master. They're just two completely different games. You can't even hack or slash in bg3, it's turn based and tactical.

That said, if you don't like the aesthetic of fantasy games, then clearly none of this will matter to you.

Frankly, it seems like you mostly care about the aesthetics of a game (no shade, just saying) so I'm kind of curious what your favorite game is?

Hey that's fair, cyberpunk is a very "safe" game in the rpg genre.

Honestly you might just not be into RPGs at all, and that's totally fine. Don't let other people tell you what to play ya know?

There are good games out there, but the big studios are not making them. Except maybe from soft and larian (imho)

What the fuck did you just call me?

This meme is giving "I have only played Ubisoft/ea/actizard titles for the past 4 years" and I mean do whatever you want but it seems silly to complain about games you continue to buy no?

I loved Pokemon, but it hasn't really changed in like 20 years. I'll play some romhacks, maybe I'll "try out" a newer pokemon game, but I haven't bought one since like omega ruby/alpha sapphire. The point I'm making is if we stop buying repetitive garbage, we can bring the small devs up and let them determine the course of game design moving forward.

Or I mean you can just.... Keep playing assassin's creed: (insert vague cultural name here) I guess

I use YouTube music because I watch a lot of YouTube and because it pays roughly 0$.08 per stream, which is higher than Spotify. I know tidal pays it's artists more, but I really like the way YouTube music is set up, and I love that I can find music videos and lyrics super easily in the app

Bought a 9 dollar cast iron from Walmart for a camping trip and I love it. I'm hoping it outlives me and it should with proper care. It's already been 4 years