A gaming community free from the hype and oversaturation of current releases, catering to gamers who wait at least 12 months after release to play a game. Whether it's price, waiting for bugs/issues to be patched, DLC to be released, don't meet the system requirements, or just haven't had the time to keep up with the latest releases.
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if anthologies are allowed:
Activision Anthology: Remix Edition
Atari Anthology
Sega Genesis Classics
Namco Museum Archives
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
I'm a novice gamer, so someone who's got more experience with retro gaming history could probably come up with a list that includes the greatest possible number of titles for preservation
could we have a link to the video you mentioned?
Based on my currently highest time spend in the game, in no particular order: Terraria, Dark Souls 3, Factorio + expansion, Stardew Valley.
The last one kinda depend on some caveat: Fallout 4(assuming mods also survived), Project Zomboid(if the dev will still working on it), or dying light(assuming some mods also survived). Else Prey 2017.
Edit: honestly i would put Monster Hunter 4U up there, but not sure if i can still take the early game grind, World kinda ruined a bit of 4U but it still a significantly better game.
I'll pick 5 genre (4x/building sim/strategy, RPG, Sandbox, Sport, and maybe racing) then choose the best open source game in each genre.
A very good closed source, mod-able game will be limited on what technology exist when it was made. While an open sourced game would have a lot of possibilities. It will count as an update, not a new game.
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.
For me I'd say...
Borderlands 2 Left4Dead 2 Destiny 2 Zombies Ate my Neighbours (SNES) Pokémon (ZA has me at the moment but I'd say keep Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
CO-OP shooters with single player elements are what I'd play more than anything else to avoid it being the same thing over and over, Destiny has hit hard times recently but still has a lot to give.
ZAMN is just cool.
I can lose hours shiny hunting and mucking about in the Pokémon games so easily has to be one around.
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.
I'd probably go for historic impact if there's no more games I'd want a good selection of what people considered major titles of video game history. Maybe one classic, one old console, one arcade fighter, one modern PC, and one online shooter.
Pong
The legend of Zelda
Tekken 3
World of Warcraft classic
Team fortress 2
Edit: The focus here was on replayability and modding. Garry's Mod, Arma 3 and GTA cover car racing, shooting, partying and roleplaying. KCD is for history and single-player. I can't wait to play it! No sports games made it into my list. Maybe people can rebuild Wii Sports or something in Garry's Mod, I don't know. Last minuted, I switched to No Man's Sky 2025 over Luanti. Go explore the vast universe y'all! It's a completely different experience compared to my other picks. I've heard it's good now, so I'll go for it blindly.
Do I get the mods, too (because, realistically, who plays games only unmodded? Children? Console gamers?)?
So, if yes, half life and half life 2.
If not....
Minecraft - this feels like a no brainer. Also needs to have some mod packs. I would choose some fat as fuck packs. But if I only was allowed to choose one, I would choose one of the biggest mod packs that has the most mods in it.
Counter-Strike: Source - has to have all custom maps currently available. There's nearly an infinite amount of content there. But even without custom content, I still think a core pvp FPS is necessary to this list.
Some kind of an mmo. One that has instances of large quantity of player content that can be saved. Social games are incredibly important, to at least me. I don't love WoW. I don't really play MMOs, either, except for one, and it's largely because my partner loves it. So, maybe Guild Wars 2.
A co-op dungeon crawler that can be used for role playing. So, maybe like.... Neverwinter Nights? Or maybe Phantasy Star online...2? Diablo.....?nahhh... PoE maybe.
Some kind of very simmy racing game with simulation physics. Beam.Ng?
The "no new games will ever be made" is a hard one, because I instinctually want to save games that could be used as inspirational "seed" games for people to use as ideas to make new games.
My instinct is to treat this as a "all games are dying. What games would you take to restart?" But in reality, this is "what are your favorite games?" There's a lot of nuance between those two questions, and the lists would be extremely different. So, my list is kind of trying to merge those two concepts.
Nah just destroy them all, maybe I can get my friends to learn Bridge with me. If not, Canasta will suffice.
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.
Homeworld
Binding of Isaac
Ballistic.NG
Elite Dangerous
Silksong
I feel like this list encapsulates the best of their respective genres.
Homeworld’s mechanics are excellent, as is the art direction, sound design, and story.
There are roguelikes I enjoy playing more than Isaac, but I think it’s breadth, theme, and messaging make it the best pick.
Ballistic.NG is the only racing game that always gives you room to grow without becoming played out, to me.
Elite literally has the whole galaxy to explore, and like Ballistic.NG it has a very rewarding skill curve.
Silksong is a work of art; a Metroidvania so sprawling in its ambition, flawless in its execution, and so punishing in its difficulty that a game-starved society would surely come to view it as a scripture of sorts.
I loove ballistic.ng, I think there's also a Lemmy comm
Logically, these must be hell of a repayable ones.
Not necessarily my favorites, but a really nice list imo
Minecraft
The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+
Skyrim
Diablo 2 HD
Warcraft 3 TFT +tons of custom maps
My personal must-haves
Psychonauts (though choice between 1 and 2, but I feel that 1 is more cult classic)
NFS Most Wanted 2005
Minecraft (with a juicy mod like TPPI or the 1.12.1 pack)
GTA SA (even tho VC is my fav, SA has more stuff to do)
WoW WotLK Azerothcore Single player.
Chrono Trigger
GTA V
Dragon Quest XI
Tetris (NES)
Capcom Vs SNK 2 Mark of the Millenium 2001
Minecraft, Terraria, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Portal 2
Mass Effect 2 because it's one of my favourite games. The only issue is I don't know how enjoyable it'll be without the first and third game.
Red Dead Redemption 2 because it's one of the finest pieces of media, period.
What Remains of Edith Finch because it's a shining example of how creative and immersive "walking sims" can be.
Bioshock because the first time you experience the moment is indelibly inked into my brain.
Spoiler for Bioshock
"Would You Kindly"
Civilization 4 because it's timeless and the moment you boot it up to hear Baba Yetu, it feels magical and special.
Half-Life 2
Halo CE (MCC version I guess)
F.E.A.R. + Extraction Point DLC (Perseus Mandate and F.E.A.R 2/3 were dogshit)
Metro 2033 (Redux I guess since that's the only way I can get good HDR)
SOMA
Bad Rats five times.
Damn… I gotta try and be diverse… as much as my narrow taste allows anyway:
Id pick 5 games that have infinite replayability like dwarf fortress or other roguelikes
factorio, noita, some random tower defense game, city of heroes, and Minecraft..
X-Com, Smash Brothers, Halo, Civilization, StarCraft
Path of exile, dota2, cs2, minecraft and Mario cart
Gotta have repayable games if no new ones are made
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
Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man, Minecraft, and petcii robots.
If an .GameImage can be considered one game, I would have chosen those. On Linux you can create a single one-click package containing multiple games. Made a couple of those you see 😁