Assuming the equipment was also saved so you could still play the games, and every game in existence you don’t mention gets permanently destroyed, and no new games are ever to be made.
Inspired by a video by OutsideXbox from a few years ago, I thought it would be a fun idea to see what this community would choose. You can choose to be selfish and pick games you personally want to always play, or try to figure out what games would be best chosen for humanity to save for whatever reason. I’d also love to hear why you chose your games. Do they have a special meaning to you? I want to hear your stories.
People should check out the 1 upsmanship podcast where a couple guys discuss which games are worthy of being uploaded to a “celestial hard drive” for preservation. It went patreon exclusive a couple years ago but there are still a lot of eps posted
I really want to try it out but I’m worried it’ll ruin my life. It looks fun but I really don’t have a ton of time these days for gaming and I don’t want to get super hooked on a game I know I’ll spend way too much time on.
That’s insane. I’ve beaten Bob’s+Angel’s (with a limp to the finish line) in 123 hours. There are many hundred items and thousands of total recipes, many with byproducts in B+A. How is Pyanodons that much longer?
I recently started it with the caveat that I’m not allowed to pay without my brother. So he comes by once or twice per month and we go crazy for a few hours.
It is 3am, and after ~60 hours over the last two weeks I have launched my first rocket and gotten the game complete screen. I smile and slowly blink dry, crusty, tired eyes. Finally, I can rest. I have to be to the airport in four hours.
To encourage local play with your friends we will keep the n64 versions of Mario kart, super smash brothers, and Mario party 2. These are universally enjoyable to all ages and the top 3 local experiences imo.
For people inevitably desiring a strategy game I will choose StarCraft 1. And the RPG shall be Baldurs gate 3 because it allows full custom campaign mods and people can thus create any rpg in it.
The Kingdom of Loathing it’s funny, it’s free by you get great stuff when you donate, the writing is great and it’s balanced as hell.
Thief the Dark Project, because I like it even though it’s old.
Bioshock, because it’s the best “game as art” example out there
Gary’s Mod for shitposting
And even though I’m not that into Minecraft, I’ll pick that one because you can make video games on it with Redstone so pretty sure that’s a loophole to make Doom or whatever
That’s a huge factor. It’d put Rimworld and Minecraft squarely on the list for me, and I’d have to think about the others. There are some ridiculous mod communities out there though.
Forsaken 64 (multiplayer does things with “4th Dimensional” space I’ve never seen elsewhere, else this slot would belong to Descent)
No Man’s Sky (open to others for this slot, but not aware of any that check the same boxes for me)
Minecraft (Factorio mods)
Armored Core (any besides 3)
Starcraft or Dawn of War or Total War … so long as the best of the RTS genre is represented
Wait … no new games ever? Wtf, just kill me. … or rather, why bother rebuilding civilization only to stagnate like so?
My list is tailored towards inspiring a re-launch of the industry. I would rather disappear into Amish society than play the same five video-games forever more.
God hand, what a wonderful choice!
Nothing really comes close to the ass-slapping action of that title. And the clunky controls actually make it feel more fun and unique.
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Path of exile, dota2, cs2, minecraft and Mario cart
Gotta have repayable games if no new ones are made
If replayable is what we want, I’d save csgo instead of cs2
Which?
1 obviously :)
Can’t say Mass Effect cause I would need the trilogy :(
All games for replayability!
Stardew I can play with friends.
Sims 4 and Sim City 4 are about building a life/world, so it’s hard to get bored.
Skyrim is Skyrim- as much as i’ve played it I havent finished all storylines.
The Arcana has so many dating options with 2 different routes for each. The art is amazing.
People should check out the 1 upsmanship podcast where a couple guys discuss which games are worthy of being uploaded to a “celestial hard drive” for preservation. It went patreon exclusive a couple years ago but there are still a lot of eps posted
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-1upsmanship-97574019/
Factorio. Not sure I’d need anything else
I really want to try it out but I’m worried it’ll ruin my life. It looks fun but I really don’t have a ton of time these days for gaming and I don’t want to get super hooked on a game I know I’ll spend way too much time on.
Yeah watch out for this one then. Especially if you get into the mods that turn a 30-50 hour campaign into 500+ hours with 20x more complexity.
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That’s insane. I’ve beaten Bob’s+Angel’s (with a limp to the finish line) in 123 hours. There are many hundred items and thousands of total recipes, many with byproducts in B+A. How is Pyanodons that much longer?
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6 or 7 runs of Bob’s and Angel’s? That’s crazy, why did you play it so many times? I gotta get back to attempting to build a mega base in my save :)
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I recently started it with the caveat that I’m not allowed to pay without my brother. So he comes by once or twice per month and we go crazy for a few hours.
If I did it myself I’d lose my job.
You can play Factorio in coop? Is it good? This games looks like very personnal.
Yeah you can. For us it worked because we focus on different parts and then meet up, discuss and give feedback or help.
But you need to do it with someone you get along well with.
I think you may have made a typo of “pay” instead of “play” :) Either that or I’m mistaken about what kinda game factorio is…
Oops!
Hope you have a lovely day! ☺️
It is 3am, and after ~60 hours over the last two weeks I have launched my first rocket and gotten the game complete screen. I smile and slowly blink dry, crusty, tired eyes. Finally, I can rest. I have to be to the airport in four hours.
I couldn’t get past the browness of the graphics. Satisfactory on the other hand…
Well let’s see…there’s Pong, of course, then Asteroids, Pac Man, Poker and Tic Tac Toe. Yeah, that ought to do.
Since all of humanity will only get the 5 games
To encourage local play with your friends we will keep the n64 versions of Mario kart, super smash brothers, and Mario party 2. These are universally enjoyable to all ages and the top 3 local experiences imo.
For people inevitably desiring a strategy game I will choose StarCraft 1. And the RPG shall be Baldurs gate 3 because it allows full custom campaign mods and people can thus create any rpg in it.
Mario kart 64
Super Smash Brothers (64)
Mario Party 2
StarCraft 1
Baldurs Gate 3
X-Com, Smash Brothers, Halo, Civilization, StarCraft
The Kingdom of Loathing it’s funny, it’s free by you get great stuff when you donate, the writing is great and it’s balanced as hell.
Thief the Dark Project, because I like it even though it’s old.
Bioshock, because it’s the best “game as art” example out there
Gary’s Mod for shitposting
And even though I’m not that into Minecraft, I’ll pick that one because you can make video games on it with Redstone so pretty sure that’s a loophole to make Doom or whatever
Do we get to save mods, too?
That’s a huge factor. It’d put Rimworld and Minecraft squarely on the list for me, and I’d have to think about the others. There are some ridiculous mod communities out there though.
FF7 (original) FF8 Fallout NV Crusader Kings 2 (with dlc and mods) Rimworld (with mods)
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Forsaken 64 (multiplayer does things with “4th Dimensional” space I’ve never seen elsewhere, else this slot would belong to Descent)
No Man’s Sky (open to others for this slot, but not aware of any that check the same boxes for me)
Minecraft (Factorio mods)
Armored Core (any besides 3)
Starcraft or Dawn of War or Total War … so long as the best of the RTS genre is represented
Wait … no new games ever? Wtf, just kill me. … or rather, why bother rebuilding civilization only to stagnate like so?
My list is tailored towards inspiring a re-launch of the industry. I would rather disappear into Amish society than play the same five video-games forever more.
Damn… I gotta try and be diverse… as much as my narrow taste allows anyway:
God hand, what a wonderful choice! Nothing really comes close to the ass-slapping action of that title. And the clunky controls actually make it feel more fun and unique.
Tough. If this is all I get forever I’ll go for replay over best games ever.
Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, good 5k hours
Monster Hunter World(Iceborne), like 5-10k in that
NieR Automata, less so for the replayability and more for the music
FFX For same as above
Aaaaand hm. Oh I want some childhood. Majora’s Mask.