If scientists could make you immortal but could only do it by transferring your consciousness into a single video game for ever, which game would you choose?
and why?
Stardew Valley. Laid back, no real responsibilities, plenty to occupy myself with, easy to make friends or to ignore people, tasty foods.
I'd get stuck in the mines
A helpful neighbor will bring you home!
With mods you won't get bored ever
Animal Crossing.
Chill AF, rarely deal with other people, most dangerous thing in the entire universe makes you look silly until you sleep it off.
Leisure Suit Larry because reasons.
Just pick a proper H game.
Ken sent me
Immortality can be scary. Eternity is an unfathomably long time. SCP-7179
Especially toward the end.
I'd say the lack of stimulus is the scarier thing there. The world is a vast thing, and even if you could live long enough to experience everything that exists now... huge amounts of new things to experience would have been created in the mean time.
And that's just our planet. There is a paralyzingly large amount of things to experience in the universe.
Wait, so like, do we just play the game forever? Or are we actually going into the game world?
Can we break the boundaries of the game mechanics since we're now "inside" it? Or are we still limited to what the game lets us do?
Exactly this. If it is just playing the game within the existing mechanics, then no thanks, I would rather remain mortal.
Somebody asking the real questions. We demand answers!
Yes.
Depends. Do I get cheat codes? If so, GTA:V. Get an awesome pad, planes, cars, helicopters. Can go on a rampage if I want or play games (golf, bowling, etc) and then just wipe it all away by dropping my wanted status to zero.
Cyberpunk. Lots to do, and ostensibly all the other video games in VR.
You want to live in a universe where the corporations always win and the best you can hope for is going out in an awesome, but ultimately futile blaze of glory?
Some mmo where they keep adding stuff. Because my fucking god would it get boring after doing the same game 24/7 after a few years. If that is not allowed I'll go with one of those 18+ rated sex games. At least I won't be bored and horny.
Stellaris.
Going to be a space emperor forever.
And you might eventually die, after you have become a fallen empire yourself, and get stomped by some next level crisis, while the AI empires are less than useless. I consider this a plus though. Eternity is a very long time, and boredom is a very strong emotion. No game could keep me entertained for eternity.
I'm imagining that "living in the game" implies something a bit more personal than the game interfaces. So I'd get to attend decadent high-society events, travel around and see the worlds under my domain, meet interesting aliens, have an affair with the fungoid president of planet AZ-12-69 (...)
I mean sure, you're right, I would eventually get my shit wrecked by an endgame crisis and things would go very tits up for my space empire. I'm not that good at Stellaris, just sorta okay, and something tells me that not having the birds' eye view that the game gives you would make the strategising even harder.
... But it is also worth taking into account that we can go beyond the interactions the game allows, so boredom would take quite a bit longer to set in.
The Sims. Because I'd still be able to enjoy grilled cheese sandwiches. And if I die again, I'd just become a ghost.
Clearly the only correct answer is dead or alive extreme beach volleyball.
Buncha queers in here or something SMH.
/s
Can I choose the 249 mods?
Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom. It has its downsides, such as Ganon and monsters existing, but then there are beautifully desolate environments like Akkala and Tabantha Frontier. Magic exists, and if the going gets tough we always have Link to rely on! I'd like to be a Rito so I could fly around...
Also there's a town of beautiful women where crossdressing is mandatory for men to even gain entry.
Also, giant fairy ladies and dragons. And koroks. And delicious food.
Probably something like RuneScape, not because I particularly like playing it, but more so because that game is one of the least likely to ever be shut down. The idea of living out my afterlife all alone in an abandoned or offline game is terrifying.
Dwarf Fortress would probably provide the most diverse experiences. Not necessarily good ones, mind you.
Scribblenauts. Not my favorite series but with the ability to summon basically anything I want forever I could be essentially a god.
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I'll finagle it.
The original pong..... Wait no.....
Too late, your continued existance is the left paddle.
Ha, ha, fucking loser left paddle! Right paddle is where it's at.
Darn. Soooo anyone want to join me as the right panel? I got cookies.
AC Black Flag. Welcome to the Caribbean, love!
Satisfactory or No Man's Sky
Gary's Mod? At least things would be kept interesting lol
Only right answer ^
Or perhaps minecraft*
Red dead redemption 2
Guild Wars 2
Magic, dragons, numerous animal mounts plus a few flying ones, air ships (think blimps), multiple climates.
Continuous resurrecting.
Lots of gold.
Several types of sentient creatures.
Edit: I would assume that since it would last forever, that means the gaming servers would run forever. I would also assume that would mean we would more and more expansion packs more maps, more creatures more things to do, improved graphics. It would take you a really, really long time to walk from one side of the map to the other. Can you imagine how much stuff there would be to do inside that game.? And since NPC’s can talk to player characters (and player characters can talk to other players) that means I could talk to people outside the game. This would be kind of cool.
Katamari Damacy
As a person!?
Stardew Valley. Have my own little farm and just ignore the goings on.
Mass effect probably assuming it behaves like real life seems like an interesting universe despite the calamity thing.
Fallout: New Vegas, baby.
If I don't have to worry about dying irl, living in the Mojave would be a dream. Infinite reloads and I can quicksave before I do anything.
Plus, the amount of mods that exist for that game would let me redefine reality whenever it gets boring. And, if we include TTW, I have the Capital Wasteland to explore as well. Catch me kicking it back in the Lucky 38, occasionally running out to eliminate some Fiends for fun.
Honestly though, if we're talking about vanilla NV.... Nahhh I'd still go for it. Time to finally get all those star bottle caps!
You would literally be Mr. House
All the more reason to live in the Mojave 😎
As much as I love New Vegas, I think I'm going to have to pick 4. I read this as having to live in the game engine as-is, and 4 let's me build my own house. So, if I'm stuck in a game for eternity, I want to be able to have my own space.
I thought about that, but I'd rather have some nice, premade spaces than have to build my home out of garbage every time.
I posted in the other thread - Elite Dangerous, but the version with all the options the players have asked for for a decade. Sandbox play where I can fly wherever, do some exploring and trading, maybe a bit of combat (because players don't die as long as they have an account balance).
Going to be cheeky and say Daggerfall.
That way I can live through the other TES games.
SOMA. It’d be an improvement.
heads or tails?
The game of life
Outside?
Just as the grass is green
And marry your beautiful wife, Peg.
Infinity Nikki 😅
I am way outside if the age demographic but it's so cute. If not that, probably Cyperpunk.
Monster Girl Quest
Unbelievably, no one ITT has opted for one of The Elder Scrolls games. So, let me break that seal.
I’ll go with Oblivion, for several reasons. For one, Cyrodiil is my favorite locale. You’ve got elements of most of the other regions incorporated into it and it’s one of (if not the?) biggest in Tamriel.
Second, the world-ending calamity is largely resolved by doing a relatively simple mission, repeatedly, and then letting this other dude (Martin) make the ultimate sacrifice.
Third, custom spell-crafting. I had so much fun with that shit while playing the game, I could easily dive back into it, and it’s essential to be able to custom-craft spells if you live in a world with magic.
Fourth, damn good side quests. ‘Nuff said.
Fifth, as other people have mentioned, mods. This makes my eternal paradise infinitely expandable.
Downsides are that there are mostly only eight different voices in the game, so that would get real fuckin’ boring. Also, the graphics are dated and due to the character creation system, I’d assuredly be some form of fugly. Also, due to the backwards-ass leveling system, without mods I’d have to spend a lot of time doing pointless shit to ensure I acquire god-tier stats. Finally, scaled leveling means that even with my system-abusing spells, I’d wind up fighting monsters that have obnoxious amounts of HP (although, realistically, this isn’t too much of an issue when your spells’ damage increases exponentially with each short-term casting).
TES Daggerfall would be the better pick, 487.000 km²
I had considered that. The problem is that 99% of it is boring AF.
TES was literally my first thought, and I just entered the thread and yours is the first comment I've seen.
So, you're not alone :)
However, Oblivion features a pretty small map - if Cyrodiil would be expanded proportionately to Skyrim or Morrowind and some content added, that would be great.
However, Oblivion features a pretty small map - if Cyrodiil would be expanded proportionately to Skyrim or Morrowind and some content added, that would be great.
I guess I was thinking of the geographical map of Tamriel and not accounting for the technical limitations of the game compared to Skyrim. Good point.
Solitaire. Not interested in multiplayer. ;)
Factorio
A heavily modded Skyrim, nice open world plus all the extras from the mods also it would be easy to raise levels until you were a bsast just by blocking with a shield.
So you just want to make sure your consciousness crashes every now and then?
I'd say Pokemon, but after reading the recent leaks, I'm not so sure anymore
i would reject outright the very idea of immortality.
for if one considers the implications of actually existing...forever,
it would not be a blessing
but a curse.
Got it, you'll be in a Vampire: The Masquerade game.
So just pick a game with permanent death if you get existential dread about living forever.
Doom. I'd make an adorable Cacodaemon and by the nature of Doom, I will be everywhere, blasted across the universe as programmers port me to anything that can oscillate between a high and low signal level.
X-Com, baby 😎 It would be just like Edge of Tomorrow
Flower. I need a break from this country
Factorio or Subnautica
Assuming that to me the game world becomes real and isn't limited to the same path that the video game forces the player to go through, I would probably pick one of the Dungeons & Dragons games like Planescape or at worst something like Curse of the Azure bonds.
Vanilla WoW but specifically Mulgore. Such a nice place to be.
Would you level up though?
Sure, but don't expect me to be leaving Mulgore any time soon.
spiritfarer.
I don't know if I would take that as the only option, but if I had to choose a game, roaming around beautiful landscapes with great music and helping recently departed spirits conclude their journeys on my farm boat sounds like a pretty good way to spend the next era until the next consciousness transference method comes along.
Source engine. I know it isn't a game but they can share maps resources and etc. So you have pretty much a world to explore and possibly scans of the real world.
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 seems like a nice pick.
Define video game cos I can think of some loopholes here.
Nah go for it! Loopholes welcome :)
Dwarf Fortress. It's the most earth-like simulation out there. While also being a great fantasy type game.
Considering the deaths the average Dwarf in my last fortress suffered. I ain't touching DF with a ten-foot pole.
A deadly dust forgotton beast broke into the fort through a forgotten cavern access. My military quickly killed it; but before they could step into the Dwarven Bath to rinse off the dust 2/3rds of my fortress was dying of a total body necrotic rot.
STALKER. I'd be miserable, but I spend so much time in the Zone already.
Or maybe Stardew Valley if I want to be happy.
Probably Tomodachi Life, just chill vibes for eternity, can't complain.
Please do not misunderstand my question, I’m not judging whatsoever but I’m genuinely curious what the appeal is of this game. I bought it when I came out, I recently redownloaded it, I played for probably 20 hours total and I just don’t get it. Is it the absurdity? I want to love it I just don’t understand it. I’ve been meaning to ask in the Discords but I’m a bit of a coward.
I mostly play JRPGs so I was in the same boat as you a while ago, I got to like the game after my girlfriend fell in love with it, making versions of the people you know and then overseeing their actions and the whackiness that ensues is pretty fun.
Oblivion for reals yo
This brings up some questions. Like how realistic does the game look to the person trapped inside? Are censors that the game normally has still active? What about live service games or MMOs? Do you die if they go out of business and they take down the servers?
But most importantly, how do I know I'll actually be uploaded into that video game?
One of those games where the server is shut down without any player-hosted options. Fuck immortality, I want out.
Afterparty, drinking with demons all night.
Minesweeper
GtaV
One day you'll cross paths with Trevor, tho'.
Ill just barbecue him in gasoline after we smoke some of that hillbilly crank.
Assuming I don't die, I think it'd be fun to travel throughout the World of Twelve in the MMORPG Dofus. It wouldn't be nearly as fun as visiting the world as seen in the animated Wakfu show or the spin-off, but at least I could meet Kerubin and be an Ecaflip.
Otherwise, I have absolutely no idea what game I'd wanna be stuck in because after a long time I'd get bored of just about every game, Dofus included. Though, I assume by the time I start getting real bored of living in Dofus that the servers would be totally gone.
Probably Disney Dreamlight Valley or Zelda:BotW.
Definitely not Dragon Age or Game of Thrones.
Choosing BotW and not TotK is wild. You wanna get lasered by guardians for eternity?
Not only that, but the sky islands are gorgeous, and you have access to tons of cool machine parts.
I would be perfectly content living through eternity in the comfort of Hateno Village
Minecraft, I guess. You’re gonna run out of things to do in any game, so if you’re gonna be stuck in one, might as well be one that’s got a ton of mods.
That's such a hard choice.
Mabinogi would be great just keep on grinding forever sounds great plus fun fantasy world to run around in cute fashion.
But then I can also do the same thing in Minecraft plus I get to creat insane redstone builds.
Sarcastic Response - one of the GTA Games. Preferably GTA4 for my own 2000s nostalgia reasons. Why? Because its the closest thing to life as we knew it before real life started surpassing the absurdity of the GTA Universe
Serious Response - I cant think of any one game I'd want to spend an eternity in right now, so I'll cop out with an "MMO". Probably Second Life. Yeah its full of freaks but you can create stuff and interact with people. Excuse me while I retire into my doom fortress on the original "metaverse"
Minecraft with mods. Tasty food, unlimited creation, tons of stuff to try
Minecraft really has the most creative potential of any game I can think of, especially when you include mods.
Yeah, I'd choose Minecraft (peaceful)+mods. I'd want to be able to develop my own mods, too.
Include computercraft and you can set up a connection back to the real world!