Related to a post I made last year, but a little different because (1) you get to choose 10 now instead of 5, and (2) other games don’t get deleted, you just aren’t able to play them, so you don’t need to think about the good of humanity or anything, purely just selfish picks because it only impacts you.
A couple notes:
- Any equipment necessary to play the games, you’re obviously allowed to have
- You can play any DLC for the games you choose
- You’re not allowed to make any games for you to play. If you make video games, either as a career or hobby, only other people are allowed to play them
- Mods are allowed, but you’re not allowed to make any for you to play. You can try to commission someone else to make them for you, though
- If there was historically a trilogy, for example, that now is sold on a major storefront (Steam, Xbox, PlayStation) as a single game (such as Mass Effect or Hitman) that counts as one game now. Game bundles, though, do not count. Basically, if it’s in one entry in your steam/xbox/ps library, it’s one game
I’m interested to see what this community chooses, and hopefully it’s different enough from my old post to warrant some good discussion here.
For me, I’d probably have to go with:
- Skyrim - my most played game of all time, and nearly endlessly moddable
- Elden Ring - probably my favourite game, if you twisted my arm and forced me to choose
- Hitman: World of Assassination - my second most played game of all time, and tons of content there. Way more replayable than a lot of people realize
- Dishonored - the best linear stealth game of all time imo
- Pokémon SoulSilver - I’ll get in occasional Pokémon moods and this is my favourite one
- Forza Motorsport 6 - maybe a weird choice, but I play this game every Christmas with my dad, and I wouldn’t want to throw that tradition away
- Halo: Master Chief Collection - CE was my first ever video game, and I played the hell out of Reach back in the day, so this is mostly a nostalgia pick, but seriously who’s gonna argue against some Halo
- Batman: Arkham City - I have such strong nostalgia for this game for some reason, way more than lots of other games I’ve played. Not too sure why, but it definitely draws me back every now and then
- NHL24 - I guess it could be any NHL game since they’re all basically the same just with updated rosters and occasionally a new feature, but 24 is the most recent I own so I’ll stick with that one. Anyway, I love hockey and this is a great game to pull out when friends come over
- GTA V - when my wife and I first got a place together, we used to play this game together (pass the controller back and forth) after work every night. We still occasionally pull it out to play together, and I wouldn’t want to put a stop to that
GTA V - when my wife and I first got a place together, we used to play this game together (pass the controller back and forth) after work every night. We still occasionally pull it out to play together, and I wouldn’t want to put a stop to that
You inspired me to see if my partner would want to share playing GTA 6 in this way. That sounds fun! Thanks :)
There’s lots of fun stupid stuff you can do, at least in 5. Obviously I can’t comment on 6.
- Set a countdown timer and you have to switch right at the timer, then right before the timer goes off drive off a cliff or jump out of a helicopter and the other person has to try and survive. Basically death swap
- Try to steal a tank or fighter jet from a military base and switch after every death
- One person exclusively controls the left half of the controller, one person exclusively controls the right half of the controller, try to complete a mission or a custom objective
- Start a timer and see who can get a five star wanted level the fastest
Basically do stupid shit and don’t take it seriously. Extra points if you both suck at the game.
No simracers here, I see.
- Assetto Corsa - wheel, pedals, tripples. Could finish the list here
- Creeper World III
- Planetside 2
- Dirt Rally 2
- Dead cells
- Deadzone rogue
- Portal
- Minecraft Java 1.8.0
- Back4blood
- F.E.A.R
Off the top of my head…
If Planetside 2 had offline bots, I would never touch any other shooters. I have yet to find other ones with the same type of recoil patterns and gun stats system where every different carbines and smg have personalities and traits making them something to master, besides CS which I can’t enjoy.
Out of all the reasons I love Planetside 2, it basically ruined shooters for me.
- Factorio with all mods like A&Bs
- Manor Lords and I have all the source code to mod it
- One of the total war games, maybe Warhammer because dinosaurs and jungles, ditto with source code for mods
- Dark Souls
- Elden Ring
- Ocarina of Time
- Minecraft with all mods
- Dwarf Fortress
Final Fantasy XWorld of Warcraft all expansions with plenty of players to guild, sorry FFX but I’ll drop like 100x more time in WoW- Age of Empires 2
Ocarina of Time
I am incredibly excited for the Switch 2 remake. My kiddo can experience it around the same age I did originally!
Have you played FFXIV? The story is amazing, and I’ve seen more people going from WoW to FFXIV than vice versa.
I have not… but I’m intrigued
WoW is more about my personal nostalgia than any particularly compelling game loop. I’ve got really fond memories of playing at different seasons of my life.
I’ll check out FFXIV though, I’m sure it’s a banger
You mean the source code to the full game? How’d you get it?
I assumed wishes were a part of the package of getting whatever game you wanted
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For number 10, I know that exists for Crystal so I don’t see why not for Emerald. Hacked Crystal is the only way I play Gen 2 these days.
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Upon looking into it, it seems like Emerald Final is another ROM hack that seems more in depth, so I might give that one a shot at some point. I may try both though just to see what’s up.
- Galaga
- Burnout Paradise
- Mahjong
- Grim Dawn
- Just Cause 3
- Destiny 2
- Unreal Tournament (1999)
- Dwarf Fortress
- Star Craft 2
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (I’m assuming that community campaign mods will continue for many years to come)
EDIT: Dead Cells, the Hollow Knights, the Hades games, and a solid deck builder like Slay The Spire would complete my lifetime list.
Skyrim
Civilization 5
Tears of the Kingdom
Red Dead Redemption 2
Stardew Valley
Factorio
Balatro
Ocarina of Time
Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver
Super Mario Odyssey
Doom
World of Warcraft
Animal Crossing
No Man’s Sky
Minecraft
Just Cause 3
Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening
Legend of Zelda Minish Cap
Super Mario Maker
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This is a great list. I think I could switch mine to yours and still be happy lol
Since online games are a thing, honestly 10 games is a huge list for me personally:
- FFXIV (I could probably live with just this one)
- Slay the Spire 2
- Europa Universalis 4
- Elden Ring
- Dyson Sphere Program
- DCS:World (idk if this will have the longevity once I finally learn every plane)
- Guild Wars 2
- Terraria
- Victoria 3
- Baldur’s Gate 3
Oof tough because Sts1 I think is the better game, but both games are great
STS1 is better right now, STS2 will be better once they finish early access.
- Factorio
- Kerbal Space Program
- Minecraft
…don’t care about the rest of the list
- Civ 5
- Star Wars Battlefront (old and new)
- Smash Brothers Melee
- Need for Speed Underground 2
- Star Wars Racers Revenge
- Super Monkey Ball
- Battlefield 1
- Spyro
- Mario Kart Double Dash
- Katamari
I couldn’t find a solid 10 but…
- Minecraft for sure; the mod packs are insane and just GTNH could last me months.
- rimworld - I suck at it but… I have time to learn
- Oxygen not included - i have to be in the mood for this but it can hook me for hours
- fallout 3 - ive never actually finished this because I’ve always got distracted by mods
- Car mechanic simulator 21- I love the car mechanic games, I have hours in each even though ive basically finished them
- Mass effect trilogy(I’ve never finished the series and the fact they all interweave means its defo on my bucket list)
- If multiplayer is allowed: Ark survival evolved or ascended.
- elden ring with randomizers.
I so agree on oxygen. I have to be in the mood for it, but when i am, that game destroys my social life for weeks.
Ironically I’m probably not going to choose my favourite games because those are usually just very simple story based games, and can be just as enjoyable to read as a book instead.
The games which instead give the most fun-value and replayability:
- Balatro (my go-to “I’m bored and don’t know what to do with myself” game.)
- Stardew Valley. Super good, something is so satisfying in the art, animations and little gameplay loops. I replayed it to death earlier this year and now I’ll try not to think about it again until that time next year.
- “The Sims Medieval” is one I keep on coming back to, so I’ll definitely add that.
- Shattered Pixel Dungeon (don’t think this counts as a mod.) Super good replayability, I’ve been playing it intermittently for about 11 years now.
- Anno 117. Gotta have some strategy games - I’m kind of boring in that I only do anno and not more complicated stuff like city skylines.
- Fields of Mistria is a new farming sim that I have high hopes for.
- Pentiment has a lot of replayability despite only being a linear story game.
That gives me enough time to add 8. Minecraft, which I don’t play anymore but it’s a great boredom buster, and 9. Life and Suffering of Sir Brante and 10. Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian - afforementioned visual novel stories which are also fine to enjoy in book form.
Jarvis, generate a list of games with the most replay value.
- DotA 2
- Dwarf Fortress
- Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup
- The Sims 4 or something
hmmm, I’ll want some classic RPGs
- TES V: Skyrim
- Fallout New Vegas
- Red Dead II
better throw some MMOs in there
- WoW
- Runescape
one more… I guess
- Minecraft
Oooh sims 4 is a really good take.
- Diablo 2
- Grim Dawn
- Path of exile 2
- Celeste
- trackmania
- Valheim (itd be enshrouded if it had mod support)
- hollow knight
- silksong
CyberpunkOxygen is not Included!- Skyrim (only because of mods, otherwise id pick morrowind)
Edit: I cant believe i forgot oxygen is not included! Sorry cyberpunk.
-secret of mana -time crisis -super mario world -thps2 -morrowind -baldurs gate -gran turismo 3 or 4 -final fantasy 4 -bionic commando -duck tales
I would put Duck Tails 2, but still- why are they so dang replayable??
