Anthony Wang
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Top 10
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Super Mario 64: Although this game was released in 1996, it's still a blast to play today. Yes, the camera is incredibly janky, and yes, the low-poly models can't compete with the graphics in modern games, but the excitement and joy of exploring an open-world sandbox is something that doesn't age. But what makes this game a 10/10 for me is how the community has kept it alive and thriving over all these years. The mindblowing fastest known speedrun of the game mixes computer science, physics, and parallel universes. You can explore the source code due to the meticulous work of reverse-engineers. There are more ROM hacks than you can play in a lifetime. And pannenkoek2012's amazing videos have made Super Mario 64 analysis more scientific than some real scientific fields!
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Antichamber: The level design is genius and simultaneously makes no sense at all. That's the point of the game and I love it.
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Baba Is You: This puzzle game broke my brain. OK, most of the levels are not difficult, but there are some real stumpers out there. What this game does so well is taking a single, simple concept, and turning it into a world of hundreds of levels that don't get old as you play through the game. Admittedly, many of the later levels are hard simply because there are so many different elements in the puzzle all interacting with each other that you can't keep track of them.
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AAAAXY: This the best puzzle platformer in existence, but you've probably never heard of it before. Think of it like an open-source Antichamber meets VVVVVV, except even better. I initally disliked the level design, since the game often tempts you to try brute-forcing with pure platformer skills, but that's actually the genius of the game. Almost always, there's a slicker solution hiding and plain sight, and all you have to do is step back and use your brain, which is often trickier than you think when you're fixated on grinding a tough jump (Except for the room "The Wide Gap", which is pure evil and took me over 100 tries). And the trolling! The game's website warns you to "beware of a minor amount of trolling", and yeah, that's obviously an understatement. I love this game's sense of humor. There are also some nice math references. My only complaint is that the slippery physics make the platforming too hard, while the puzzles are a bit on the easier side. The best thing about this game is definitely the name. Second best thing? The soundtrack.
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Minecraft: Yeah, Minecraft peaked in 2012 and gets worse with every new update. Minetest is allegedly pretty good but I haven't played around much with it yet.
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Kerbal Space Program: This game is a real blast! (Pun intended) It's really possible to have fun building rockets and learn a lot about physics and orbital dynamics at the same time! I learned more from playing this game during my high school Aerospace Engineering class than from the class itself. The physics could be more accurate though, such as using proper N-body simulations instead of the patched conic approximation, but it's a good compromise between accuracy and difficulty.
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SuperTuxKart: My appreciation for SuperTuxKart over time increases logarithmically. Seriously. For a game completely created by unpaid volunteers, it's absolutely stunning. Since it's free and open source, you can read the source code (it's nicely commented) and see for yourself if the AI is really cheating! SuperTuxKart is also incredibly friendly to modding and addons, and it's easy to contribute to its development. As for simply enjoying the game, it handles local, LAN, and online multiplayer extremely smoothly, so you can get together your friends and have loads of fun.
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Super Mario Maker 2: I built binary computers with this a long time ago.
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask: A game that's very scary yet not scary at the same time. (Play it and you'll know what I mean.) By the way, I'm not a Breath of the Wild fan, and don't provoke me to rant about it.
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Wii Sports: A really fun game that pretty much anyone can play. I have way too many memories playing this as a kid...
Recommended libre games
- SuperTuxKart
- SuperTux
- ExtremeTuxRacer
- 0AD
- Battle for Wesnoth
- Endless Sky
- ASCIIpOrtal
- Hedgewars
- Teeworlds
- BSD Games
- OpenTTD
- Mari0
- FlightGear
- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
- The Powder Toy
- Minetest
- Terasology
- Veloren
- Xonotic
- osu!
- Caph
- Widelands
- Oh My Git!
- AAAAXY
- Word War vi
- Liberation Circuit
- Principia
- 2048-py (shameless self-promotion)