What are some games that have the most mechanically fun gameplay?

I'm talking about a pure fun gameplay perspective , games that you just keep coming back to because the gameplay is so addictive and fun. Here's some of mine what is yours?

• Burnout 3: Takedown
• F.E.A.R.
• SSX Tricky, SSX3
• WWF no mercy and WWE SVR 06
• Max Payne 2
• GTA IV
• Sleeping Dogs
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
• Resident Evil 4

Probably MMO that you spend thousands of hours into like FFXIV. For offline/coop mine is Monster Hunter and Destiny

Road Rash and Rocket Knight Adventures and of course Super Mario Bros. Oh, and Nethack.

Civ 5, CS GO, Dota 2, FTL, Metal Slug 2-3, SFV... those are some of the games I always come back to that are pure gameplay fun.

My list would be long.

Don't really have any fun with shallow games focused on graphics, lootboxes, story, or dating systems. So everything I've ever mentioned in the forums with high regard is "mechanically satisfying".

I like games to be games. Anything else is simply not to my preference.

Most recently, Super Mario Odyssey & Astral Chain.

Ones that come to mind:

Most Mario games

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Most Spider-Man games

Overcooked 1 & 2 are fun multiplayer games

Most Mario and Zelda games. Platinum Games’ games like Bayonetta 1 and 2 and Vanquish. Ninja Gaiden Black. Devil May Cry 5. Those are a few off the top of my head.

I agree with F.E.A.R and some of the earlier fighting games too.

i have the most fun with non linear games that give me options to be creative through nuanced mechanics and accommodating environments. i always bang on about the dishonored games as good examples of this.

that's not to say the opposite can't be fun. something like doom 2016 is linear and not mechanically diverse, but its incredibly polished and great fun in short bursts

Max Payne 3

Doom

Far cry 5

Halo 5

Road Redemption and Rage 2 (not that actual game was good)

Not sure there is a limit to the amount of Monster Hunter I can play.

DOOM II, Final Fight, Streets of Rage 2.

Almost any Street Fighter, Virtual Fighter, Bloodborne, Pac-Man, Gran Turismo, just to name a few.

Almost any Street Fighter, Virtual Fighter, Bloodborne, Pac-Man, Gran Turismo, just to name a few.

Well, for me:

Dark Souls Trilogy

Dead Cells

Monster Hunter 4U/Generations/World

Smash Bros: Melee/Brawl

Metroid Prime Trilogy

Perfect Dark 64

Evil Within

Ni-Oh

Mad Max

Castlevania Symphony of the Night/Dawn of Sorrow

Star Wars: Rouge Squadron 3

......there's much more. Their names just slipped my mind....