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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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[–] cally@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Hmm, I do make games as a hobby and developing games without playing them is pretty much impossible depending on what you count as "playing"... Anyway here's my list:

ULTRAKILL
Minecraft: Java Edition
Kerbal Space Program 1
Universe Sandbox²
DELTARUNE - i wanna play the new chapters when they release
Portal 2 - are Portal Reloaded or Portal Revolution different games from the original? They're different entries but I think they're just mods
Garry's Mod
Outer Wilds - I've never played it but I wanna play it some day so I'd put it on the list

Idk what else to pick, I'm assuming the list would only limit videogames and not stuff like UNO cards

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah someone else asked about playtesting too, I think the consensus was playtesting is fine but playing the game after development isn’t allowed.

As for board/card games, those are totally fine still. I love board games and wouldn’t be able to cut them out, I’d rather no video games and still be able to play board games than the other way around.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Development never ends. Playing your own game is always play-testing. You're welcome, cally.