Do you have any games you set aside for certain seasons (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring)?
Weirdly enough I always end up playing Resident Evil in the summer, probably why I'm posting about it. Been a thing since I first played it back in the day, it was summertime in I think 1996 and I remember having a wicked headache on the day I rented Resident Evil 1, oddly enough.
And it's kind of funny because I think the events of 1,2,3 take place in and around summer into fall.
So any game you set aside for a special season? Like Christmas Nights is the perfect winter game.
Metroid Prime in winter. When it came out I had a crappy job that was a 90 minute bus ride from my home (an unfinished basement with a TV, couch, and mattress on the floor), and it was a night shift, so the 2 hour return bus only got me a 30 minute walk away from home. Needless to say, it was unpleasant when temps got below -25°F.
There was a 7-Eleven two thirds of the way home to warm up in, and I bought a tray of nachos and
(CW: FOOD)
cheese sauce
every night. It was halfway frozen when I got home, but I heated it up in the microwave, chowed down, and played Metroid Prime until I passed out.
Resident Evil 1's majestic full-motion videos were filmed on an extremely muggy summer night so that tracks!!!
I try to replay Lost Planet Extreme Condition when the snow comes on, bit of a vibe game when it comes to environments. Also I played Shaun White Snowboarding long ago on PS3 as a kid, been wanting to try it again as well as a few other xtreeeem sports games. (Pro Skater 2X, Amped)
best Anthony Hawk Professional Skateboarder.
2 (and X is just a refined version with extras and better UI like the grind balance meter) is like the platonic ideal to me of a sequel improving on its predecessor in every way to me. The whole series was enjoyable to me through AW, but 2 is just so pure and I felt like it got a little too ungrounded after they introduced reverts in 3.
I have always had pretty mild winters where I live, but hearing the heater run and putting on more clothes to walk the dog puts me in the dour survival game mood lol.
You should try one of the Boku no Natsuyasumi (My Summer Vacation) games since there's some English patches now!
The many smells of fall bring memories, so I find myself playing nostalgic games more around that time. Just downloaded Jedi Outcast and I'm gonna mod it until it's unrecognizable. I remember being so excited for the sequel as a kid that I was actually happy to be suspended from school because even if I now couldn't play it, I could at least go home and read the manual a few hours earlier. Ah, manual reading. Kids these days don't know the joy of irritating your dad by reading your new video game manual/comic on the night drive home.
For a few years now I've picked up dominions when the winter blues hit and then play it until I'm sick of that shit in spring with the last of that season's games wrapping up in the summer.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King around Christmas, because my sister and I would do coop mode during our winter breaks growing up. It's not an every year thing but every few years I'll pull it out for that and play with my wife
Disco Elysium in late Feb early March to line up with the vibe of the game
I love little bits like this that people have. When I was younger I used to always play Morrowind in May/June around exam studying time. Was a tradition for a good 4-5 years through high school, and have a couple times since despite not writing an exam for idk how long. Still get the urge to play it around that time every year
Not on purpose exactly, but the week or two before christmas tends to have some of the laziest/comfiest vibes and I wind up breaking out the emulators for perennial favorites like Super Metroid.
I frequently want to replay Banjo-Kazooie around Christmas, at least up until Freezezy Peak but usually end up finishing the whole game over a weekend. Snowboard Kids 2 is another really comfy nostalgic winter game to play around the holidays.