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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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[–] DanWolfstone@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Congrats yours is the closest to mine yet!

  1. Minecraft
  2. Melee (slippi) or rivals 2
  3. Osu
  4. Mario kart wii, (retro rewind or modded online)
  5. TF2
  6. Risk of rain 2
  7. Balatro
  8. Tetris (in any capacity but jstris has been my current pick)
  9. Deadlock (new but I see myself dumping so much time into this)
  10. Path of exile (1 or 2)

Honorable mentions go to

  • Celeste
  • Trackmania
  • guitar/cloneclone
  • Olli olli world or skate 3
  • quake (1 or live)
  • Elden ring/Bloodborne/Sekiro
[–] webpack@ani.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lol, I was considering Tetris (tetrio tho) and balatro (I think slay the spire 2 has more replayability)

[–] DanWolfstone@leminal.space 0 points 20 hours ago

Thats absolutely fair, I've got 250 hours in balatro but have only recently picked up slay the spire 1. I'm sure I've got a lot to learn