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If you could only play 10 games for the rest of your life, which would you choose? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by BurntWits@sh.itjust.works to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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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.

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[–] Mucki@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Journey

GTA San Andreas

GTA V

OpenTTD / TTD

Minecraft / modded

Half Life 2

Interstate '76

Age of Empires II

Roller Coaster Tycoon

And probably Factorio for the very end

[–] donio@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am curious about Journey on the top. I haven't played the game, partly because I got the impression that it's a relatively short game with little replay value. Now I went to look again and I did find a few Steam reviews with hundreds of hours of playtime but they don't really elaborate on why they keep playing it. Here is what one review says:

"Albeit not a long game (typically 2h long), it has a great replay value, mostly because of its anonymous multiplayer."

I'd love to hear your take on why you'd want to keep replaying it. I am OK with spoilers if necessary.

[–] Mucki@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In short: it is like a playable fine art painting. You can just kind of let it play itself. There is even an animation to sit down and meditate. Same goes für GTA V btw: let the control sit and watch what horrors unfold around you. It's just like in real life. Think about the elder people looking out their windows in peace. Did I deliver the jist?

[–] donio@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks, I appreciate the answer, yes I think I see what you are getting at. I guess what I am missing is a sense of the sort of stuff I'd see when I look through that "window". I will probably have to try it myself to fully get it.