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SOMA. It’d be an improvement.

The game of life

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

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.

Factorio

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

Flower. I need a break from this country

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 seems like a nice pick.

Oblivion for reals yo

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.

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

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?

Minesweeper

GtaV

Probably Disney Dreamlight Valley or Zelda:BotW.

Definitely not Dragon Age or Game of Thrones.