Hey everyone. Up for another crazy question?

I wouldn't be surprised if this question was already asked before (sorry if that's the case) because I usually ask myself this whenever I play a really good game. This time, it's Fire Emblem: Awakening that made this thought pop in my head again.

So yeah. If you can only play 5 games forever, what will those be?

Here are the side parameters to benefit the question:

  • This question only concerns video games. It doesn't include tabletop games (board games), physical games (like paintball), and etc. (Kinda obvious, but some might get confused).
  • Servers will forever be up for online-reliant games, however, the player base will still change according to its popularity.
  • Every bug will be fixed on chosen game/s.
  • Any game, on any platform is allowed.
  • You can mod your chosen game/s.
  • Feel free to add stuff to benefit your chosen game/s. (e.g. Check my Monster Rancher 4 choice)
  • Expansions are allowed on chosen game/s as long as the expansions require the base game to play.
  • To make things a little easier, announced games until the end of 2015 are allowed.

That's about it. If you think some parameters should be removed/ added, feel free to comment on it.

Here's the list that I came up with off the top of my head, in no particular order of preference.

  • Monster Rancher 4 provided that I get all the discs needed to unlock all monsters
  • Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
  • DOTA2 (I'm screwed if DOTA3 pops up. C'mon Valve, no need to work on those 3s.)
  • Civilization V
  • Portal 2 (maybe, I can't think of a good 5th choice)

There you have it. Thanks for reading and a lot more for answering :D

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Bad company 2, Theme Hospital, Roller Coaster Tycoon, Thief 2 Metal Age, Team Fortress 2

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Dark Souls

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Agreed :) Played it about 6 times through right now and still not tired of it in the least. I do start feeling guilty for all my other great not being played though :D

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Monster Hunter 3(U)
Dark Souls
Fire Emblem: Awakening (also played it and loved every second, wouldn't mind getting back to it any time :D)
RPG Maker VX Ace (not 100% a game, but it's on Steam and it technically contains an unlimited amount of games ;p)
Euro Truck Simulator 2

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I would probably throw in 2 or 3 MMORPGs like WoW or AION, other than that TF2 and Dota2 + maybe C&C Generals

Good thing this is only hypothetical =)

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GTA San Andreas
Fallout New Vegas
TES V Skyrim
Alan Wake
Far Cry 3

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Master of Magic, Wizardry 8, Civilization 4, Master of Orion 2, Terraria

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None, none, none, none, and none. Sorry, but no game is worth that no matter how good it is.

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you only play "The Card-drop-game" anyway.

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rekt 8)

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Tell that to my many completed play-throughs of Dark Souls ;)

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CSGO

Minecraft

GTA 5

Battlefield 4

Garrys mod (since you can play everything in that mod)

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Mass Effect, Battlefield 4, GTA IV, Dota 2, Assassin's Creed III.

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CS:GO, CS:S, HL1, HL2, Portal 2

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Prison Architect
Game Dev Tycoon
Verdun
Starbound
Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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Skyrim
GTA V ( if I had a console )
Far Cry 3
Rust
Team Fortress 2 ( probably ).

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Deus Ex
Pokémon Soul Silver
Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
Age Of Empires II

and I guess I don't have a preference for the last one.

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wow

diablo 2

quake live

starcraft bw

deep fritz 14

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wow
such list
many gems
wow

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  1. Dota 2
  2. Payday 2
  3. CS Global Offensive
  4. Dirt 3
  5. Battlefield 3
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u play cs go add me :)

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Battle tanks, FIFA '98, homm3, DotA, CS 1.6

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Skyrim, Killing Floor, Bejeweled 3, BL2

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  • Dota 2

  • Skyrim

  • Stepmania

  • Rusty Hearts(provided bugs are fixed,active development returns and a big rebalance patch will be delivered)

  • Something with ton of ugc. Would it be considered cheating if I choose an engine and get all the games that require it to play?

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By the name, is Stepmania like Audition?

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I guess the core gameplay is the same.

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Rome 2 Total War
Fallout: New Vegas
State of Decay
Supreme Commander
Battlefield 4

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Dota 2, Civ 5...I'm not sure about the rest yet. AoE2, Homm3 I'd consider...

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  1. Total Annihilation (easily moddable, infinite fun, explosions)
  2. Deus Ex (old Unreal engine FPS/RPG -- should be highly moddable, though I never tried on this one)
  3. Team Fortress 2 (Source engine game -- fairly moddable, always fun multi-player FPS)
  4. Sim City 2000 (with the Urban Renewal Kit) or Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 (which is pretty much what I started making with SCURK anyway)
  5. ...don't know, but I'm tempted to go with either a very modern Unreal engine-based game or the Quake engine. Or maybe Super Meat Boy.

(Strangely, my favorite game of all time does not make the cut. Though I love it, it's not one I could play repeatedly or easily mod -- Grim Fandango.)

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  1. Final Fantasy VII
  2. Suikoden II
  3. Breath of Fire III
  4. Nation Red
  5. Dynasty Warriors series

Too bad it's just top 5 :/

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Oooh, Suikoden 2, good choice.

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  1. WoW: TBC
  2. DotA
  3. WoT
  4. KOTOR 2
  5. Mass Effect
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KotoR2, good choice <3 first one is awesome too :D

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Sid Meier's Civilization V

FTL: Faster Than Light

Super Hexagon

Supreme Commander 2

X3: Terran Conflict

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  • World of Warcraft
  • Minecraft
  • Syndicate (the Bullfrog one)
  • Heartstone
  • Warhammer 40.000 Dawn of War

I don't need more games than those (easily the most replayable I have).

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Minecraft and Hearthstone almost made my list :)

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Closed 10 years ago by serk.