Mother’s Cake - I’m your President is one I can think of.

True, but I think that the microphone communication that Binary Domain offers is a unique feature that OP will appreciate.

“Binary Domain” is an option. You are almost all the time accompanied by 1-3 NPCs of your Team. The game also has a, more or less working, voice System to talk to your team through your microphone. That way you can give orders and have some small talk. The game is quite good, give it a try.

Doom 1 and, to some extent, 2. Honestly.

I know exactly what you are looking for and the classic Doom games are perfect for this, because they are simple, yet they still feel good to play.

Not too fast, not too slow. No jump scares, only some light puzzles if you want to hunt secrets. There is almost a rhythm to the combat, especially if you play with the shotgun. Try them.

There is also this fantastic live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcvloSlc4hs

If you are looking for something similar to HOMM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867210/Songs_of_Conquest/

“Cool, tell me about them. Sounds like an interesting life.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

Well, it is somewhat viable. The game just becomes very difficult if you do that.

Take a look at the Sniper Elite series. It’s third-person and plays a lot slower than a COD game, but it is full co-op and takes place in WW2. The newer entries also look pretty nice.

Really excited for this and the Broken Sword Remaster that comes out on the same day. Shadowgate was my gateway to learning English. I sat in front of my NES with a dictionary when I was like 10 or 11 years old. Even managed to beat the game that way.

You might want to fix your links.

Some good old Doom 1.

I played through 1 and 2 about two years ago, but I wanted to try the recent rerelease. Like last time, I play on Ultra Violence. This time with Pistol Start though, as I recently learned that the levels were balanced around that. It is challenging, but feels so right. The beginning of a level often plays like a little puzzle. Who to kill in what order to get to a decent weapon, before your 50 pistol shots run out. Can’t wait to play the new semi-official expansion they added with the rerelease.

Ordered that book two days ago. So excited for it and the upcoming remaster of BS1.

The right extremists are on the rise in my country. I would rather not have them knocking on my door in a few years to detain me for calling their leader a cunt on the internet.

Too bad, it was such a good fit.

Man, TotalBiscuit and iNcontroL would have loved this… :(

That would be Ultima Online, released in 1997.

I can tolerate the graphics, but the controls are really something else. Played it for 3 hours and had the urge to play some more, but never did.

Oh wow, I never heard of the skin archive. This is fantastic.

I still use Winamp 2.95, with a Pure Pwnage skin I downloaded back in the mid 2000s. Added it to the archive.

The Dustforce OST maybe? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBB4108C5CB4E1DD6