Games to lose yourself in - please suggest

[heywey]

I need a distraction, something big that I can sink hundreds of hours into. Preferably singleplayer for social anxiety reasons but I'm open. I just finished my living dex in pokemon at the same time as 100%ing another monster hunter game and I'm feeling lost.

 

[astr4]

i love the bioware games, mass effect and dragon age. bg3 is another good one. cyberpunk was fun to 100%, so were dishonoured 1 and 2 and deathloop. outer wilds.

idk about specifically monster hunter games though, @Dr Iron Arc might have some suggestions.

 

[Xielian]

Persona 5 and Fire Emblem Three Houses are good .I played them during lockdown, and they really helped distract me from life

 

[MeSauce]

lol this thread just reminded me of this meme video
**NSFW vid ig**

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I'm not a Monster Hunter guy but for Pokémon you could always try shiny hunting. It's a little monotonous in Z-A but it's actually super easy just fly to the same spot over and over.

 

[Tiny Little Tree]

Lose yourself in grinding or story as well? I was nuts about Final Fantasy as a kid and found them very engrossing. First one was 7 but made it through 1 to 12 at some point (not 3 because wasn't released in the west for a while or 11 which was MMO). Still replay some every now and then.

 

[perishsong]

I'm not a Monster Hunter guy but for Pokémon you could always try shiny hunting. It's a little monotonous in Z-A but it's actually super easy just fly to the same spot over and over.

Shiny hunting in Z-A is a little easier since shinies don't despawn, and there are already methods specific to areas

I sank 300 hours in Moon alone, and there's always something to do postgame, be it shiny hunting, Nuzlockes, or basically anything you find challenging and enjoyable.

 

[asaṅkhata]

Falllout: New Vegas

 

[Cosmophobic]

The obvious answer here is Stardew Valley assuming you haven't played it already.

 

[MissAbyss]

What about Kingdom Come: Deliverance & Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an action role-playing video game set in an open-world environment and played from a first-person perspective. It utilises a classless role-playing system, allowing the player to customise their skills to take on roles such as warrior, bard, thief, or a hybrid of these. Abilities and stats grow depending on what the player does and says through branched dialogue trees. During conversations, the time a player takes to make a decision is limited and has an effect on their relationships with others. Reputation is based on player choices and therefore can bring consequences.

 

[Greyhawk]

Soulsborne games are pretty enjoyable. Doing challenge those games on them are very fun after you have completed them.

 

[Sadocan]

Baldurs gate 3

 

[cait_sith]

I'm currently playing ghost of yotei and it's very good, definitely very long game, if you have a PS5 I recommend it.

 

[whybother2002]

Shenmue 1 + 2, Deadly Premonition, Dragon Quest 5, Persona 4, Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts, Boku no natsuyasumi, Akiba's Trip, Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation -The Endless Seven-Day Journey, Disaster Report and Raw Danger, Dragon's Dogma 1+2. Not all of these are long RPGs, but they are very atmospheric and you can lose yourself easily.