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Think of this like Comfort Food where you just need to play this game to relax, unwind, and play something fun and familiar. What games do you consider Comfort Gaming where you come back to it when you're stressed or just want to game but not play anything new or just want something familiar?
Chrono Trigger, Rune Factory, and Final Fantasy Tactics A2 are my largest comfort games.
My favorite game, which I haven't touched in years.
The Legend of Zelda
A Link to the Past
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario World
Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Marathon series
Zone of the enders 2nd runner
Tetrisphere and 16-bit Sonic 2
FF7, 8 and 9.
Other comfort games
-Guardians Crusade
-Worms Armageddon
-Rapid Racer
-Porsche Challenge
FFVIII
FFXIV
Just Cause 2
Xenosaga 1
Donkey Kong Country
Super Mario World
Sonic 2
Counter-Strike and TF2 are frequently played when I'm not sure what to play or just want to kill some time. Gran Turismo is fun to grab too and just enjoy some driving.
Final Fantasy IX, Girls Fashion Shoot (shut up), Dark Cloud 2
When I'm looking to just chill out and relax? Usually something along the lines of Halo/Destiny multiplayer with friends or Minecraft. I've a single player world on PC with the amplified settings enabled. I'm yet to get very far in it at all and desperately need to find some iron to make a bucket to stop myself from starving to death.
Saints Row 2. And these days probably SR4 as well. And I think Skyrim and Oblivion are great comfort games. Just wander around, explore. Do stuff. Nice relaxing and stress-free. There's probably others, but these are the ones that springs to mind most. Odd that the only ones I can think of are strictly from the previous generation lol
BattleTanx Global Assault
Evil Zone
Final Fantasy VII & VIII
Mario Kart 64
Metal Gear Solid
NBA Live 2001
Resident Evil
Several wrestling games
Secret of Mana and Mega Man 2. Others have mentioned my comfort games already!
Final Fantasy X is very relaxing to me because of the atmosphere and music, and is probably the comfort game I play most. Especially in the end game when just roaming around catching monsters or farming spheres. I boot up Flower once in a while when stressed but not as much. Dark Souls co-op is always a good laugh and because there's nothing at stake when helping other players it can be very relaxing and hilarious.
Spelunky~
Pretty much anything by Capcom.
It's like they make games for me, and only me. :jess:
I'll usually goof around with cheats on Deus Ex when I want some comfort gaming.
Anything on my Super Nintendo. Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Pilotwings, Contra III. Games that remind me of a simpler and happy time in my life.
FFVI, mostly, but recently, Pokemon Art Academy has the same effect on me :love:
Don't get me wrong, I love video games though for some reason I have an easy tendency to become frustrated with any game I play unless it's an RPG where the gameplay is relatively straightforward. Otherwise, all other games are rage inducing and wouldn't consider them comfort gaming. That being said, Destiny seems to be working quite well these days.
Football Manager and FreeCell.
Crash Bandicoot 2 and 3.
I haven't played Maniac Mansion in a long time, now that I think about it.
Digimon World, I've played through it so much File Island is like a second home. Although Senran Kagura Burst is a close second just on the count that I almost always have my 3DS on hand.