when you can rebind movement keys (I’m an esdf player as opposed to wasd), but it does not rebind consistently. So a map is panned using wasd still, or menu browsing is, or even basic movement in a mini-game, or driving using a vehicle etc. It seems developers rarely really test anything but wasd…

Worst was cyberpunk, which always jettisoned me from the car in a super dramatic leap… on every right turn. XD

edit: also, when rebound keys are not represented correctly in tutorials or prompts… ugh.

Likely weird take, but Scorn?

More Gigerian and claustrophobic, but vaguely similar. I did not much like its gameplay though, the 3d made me nauseous.

• Left 4 Dead 2 - for the awesome vs teamplay
• The Last of Us (remake) 1+2 - stunningly gorgeous, emotional heavy hitter
• Disco Elysium - art, literature, as a game

edit: I forgot Guitar Hero / Clone Hero was a game not a ‘standard hobby’, I play e-drums on that daily still…

I really wanted to like Pentiment, but I gave up on it. Still happy I bought it to reward the cool concept.

Playing Left4Dead2 versus with 8 friends, running my own custom ‘Random’ mod. That game was so great to play matches in with the right people - and very fun to code sourcemod plugins for as well.

Left 4 Dead 2 (multiplayer)

CloneHero/GuitarHero

Quake 3 Arena (or 2, or DooM for nostalgia points)

Honourable mentions: Disco Elysium, Nethack, Portal.