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Going to be cheeky and say Daggerfall.

That way I can live through the other TES games.

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).

SOMA. It’d be an improvement.

I'd say Pokemon, but after reading the recent leaks, I'm not so sure anymore

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.

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.

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.

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.

Flower. I need a break from this country

X-Com, baby 😎 It would be just like Edge of Tomorrow

Factorio or Subnautica

Vanilla WoW but specifically Mulgore. Such a nice place to be.

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?

Probably Tomodachi Life, just chill vibes for eternity, can't complain.

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.

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.

One of those games where the server is shut down without any player-hosted options. Fuck immortality, I want out.

Oblivion for reals yo

Dwarf Fortress. It's the most earth-like simulation out there. While also being a great fantasy type game.

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.

Define video game cos I can think of some loopholes here.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 seems like a nice pick.

GtaV

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.