If I list some of my favourite games would you guys be kind enough to drop me some recommendations? I'm mostly looking for older, lesser known CRPG's at this point but I'll take anything, I've got a long weekend. I'm generally not a fan of meta commentary in games and I like them to have a more serious tone. For example I think Borderlands 1 is much better than the others because the characters are dumb motherfuckers but don't acknowledge it. As soon as someone stops the flow of the narrative to comment on cliches or tropes or make referential jokes I check out, looking at you post-Cataclysm WoW.
And also feel free to make fun of my shit taste
Neverwinter Nights 1+2
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Divinity 1+2
Torchlight 2
Final Fantasy 1,3,4,5,6,9 and 12
Pathfinder: Kingmaker (And Wrath to a lesser extent)
Wasteland 2, 3
Shadowrun Dragonfall/Hong Kong
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (Early 00's goth/urban punk is peak aesthetic)
Deus Ex
XCOM(All of them)
Marathon 1,2
Halo 1, 2, 3, Reach
Sins of a Solar Empire
Odd one out: Sonic 3+Knuckles (I love floating islands, sprawling ruins of forgotten civilisations and crystal lined caves prease understandu)