42 sats \ 3 replies \ @astro_penguin OP 3 Apr \ parent \ on: What are your top three games? gaming
I've always enjoyed chess too! There were a few years that I got really into it and would study and play a lot, mostly online. I don't remember the number, but I got my ELO up into the low mid range for a while. I didn't have a mentor to help me pace myself though, and I got a bit burnt out. I've not had the desire to play competitively since then, but I still keep the board around for when friends and family come over!
I've heard good things about the new Zelda games, but I've never tried them. The wife has a Switch though, so I may need to buy one of them as a present for her! 😉
I've not played a lot of the 3d Nintendo games, I have mostly PC and PlayStation from that era onward. Super Smash Bros definitely looks like a fun one if you can get good at it!
And yeah I'm definitely to the point where I'm slowing my chess pace down a bit. Currently around 1250 at the moment, so I'm sticking to daily games so I can take my time and learn the theory. I feel like trying to absorb the concepts has value in day to day life, and in conversations and debates. "Just slowly develop your pieces" is something I say to myself in my head all the freaking time, haha
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Smash bros is a really great game because it's super fun to just play casually if you don't want to get super competitive. It can be entertaining and hilarious, or it can induce monopoly-level violence, haha.
Dude, Zelda Breath of the Wild and its sequel, Tears of the Kingdom, are both really beautiful games. Nintendo spent YEARS on each game, recklessly blowing past their announced release dates, lol. But in the end no one was mad - everyone just appreciated that they took their time to really get it right. And they did. Absolutely worth the buy. There's so much freedom to explore and play through the game however you want, the map is huge, and there's an endless amount of side quests/collectibles/objectives.
I'd start with BOTW, take your time with it/enjoy all the little things about it, and then go to TOTK, which is an even bigger game.
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Great, thanks for the recommendations! I'll have to see about possibly getting the first of those two Zelda games sometime and trying it out.
I've got some N64 games that I play via emulator, so I may try the first Smash game and see what I think of it!
I agree with you on the chess concepts, I noticed during that time period that I was thinking farther ahead in conversations as well as planning daily life out a bit more. Some of that has still stuck with me.
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