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.

  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksOPM
    18·
    13 hours ago

    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
    • velma@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      13 hours ago

      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 :)

      • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksOPM
        6·
        12 hours ago

        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.

      • ascend@lemmy.radio
        2·
        11 hours ago

        Yeah my wife enjoyed watching me play the GTA v campaign and we played a bit of online together for a while but the used GPU on her PC would always start to crash out