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

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).

Oblivion for reals yo

Solitaire. Not interested in multiplayer. ;)

Stardew Valley. Laid back, no real responsibilities, plenty to occupy myself with, easy to make friends or to ignore people, tasty foods.

Minecraft with mods. Tasty food, unlimited creation, tons of stuff to try

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?

Dwarf Fortress would probably provide the most diverse experiences. Not necessarily good ones, mind you.

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.

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.

Immortality can be scary. Eternity is an unfathomably long time. SCP-7179

star trek online for the replicators alone.

Leisure Suit Larry because reasons.

Gary's Mod? At least things would be kept interesting lol

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 seems like a nice pick.

Factorio

Cyberpunk. Lots to do, and ostensibly all the other video games in VR.

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.

Katamari Damacy

The original pong..... Wait no.....

Can I choose the 249 mods?

Red dead redemption 2

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...

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.

Fallout: New Vegas, baby.

If I don't have to worry about dying, living in the Mojave would be a dream.

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.