And why? For me, i would definitely choose minecraft, it would just feel like real life after a while. Also add a VR and you don’t have to leave haha
For me it’s Assetto Corsa (modded, in VR). Most-immersive, addictive, exciting gaming experience possible, in my opinion. I did thousands of miles on the Tokyo interstate at night alone, just trying out different cars. Sometimes raining. Sometimes not. Listen to music while you drive/race. Really amazing.
Rocket league. I know some people consider it the same thing over and over, but to me it plays like a sport. Every match is different, I’ve been playing almost daily since the pandemic, which is when I got into it. And apparently I’m in the top 5% of players. Which just shows how much the game clicked with me
This is a risky choice long-term, though. Sure it buys you a few years, but what about in 10-20 years if/when the servers are closed and it’s just you, Caveman, Boomer, and the boys?
The Binding of Isaac: Repentance.
I’d go with “Hide the Sausage”.
Pull up a chair and let me tell you about a little game called Nethack.
Minecraft, while nothing particularly special to me, is most likely what I would choose. The potential for making your own fun in that game is ridiculous even if its been the victim of bad new mechanics bloating vanilla for the past decade. Even the longest of my favorite games cap out around 200-300 hours with all their content squeezed out of them, and with the amount of gaming I do on the regular thats gonna last me a few months at best.
Before I had kids: PUBG. I went real hard on that game for 18 months. I played 10+ hrs a week and never lost interest.
After kids (PUBG is stressful, I don’t need more of that) it’d be Rocket League. I’ve been playing it consistently since Day 1 and whilst I don’t see myself improving much anymore, I still get a kick (ahem) out of scoring a nice goal, or a laugh at totally missing an empty net.
What rank? 33 with a toddler here in C1 and always looking for my next doubles or triples partner(s).
Binding of Issac, for me one of the few games I could probably continue playing for a decade and still enjoy.
Slay the Spire is a strong contender, but overall the Isaac devs seem more like they would be swayed to create even more content for me.
Oh wait I forgot about MMOs, maybe FFXIV is a better choice in that case, I just forgot about it cause I am taking a long break until the next expansion.
The Mass Effect trilogy (I consider it one game) - no matter how many times I play it, it still feels fresh.
Rimworld with mods. The shear amount of wild and bizarre experiences that I have in that game could easily keep me entertained for a lifetime. I doubt I’d get bored with it. Other than Stardew Valley and Zelda BOTW, it’s the only game I keep coming back to and unlike those two games, I don’t get bored of it. I simply have to tear myself away from it so I can function like a normal human being again.
It’s 6 AM and I’ve just spent an hour “testing”* a patch I wrote. Send help.
*It was immediately apparent the patch was fine, I just couldn’t escape after verifying. It’d be a shame to waste all that load time, after all.
That first start up time after a fresh reboot… >:(
FFXIV as a large majority of my friends play that game
Considering how many hours I’ve lost to FFXIV, I think that’s gonna be my choice!
Minecraft. Mods are like magic, and can totally change the game. I’ve lost countless hours just poking around and building fun things, even on vanilla.
Street Fighter 6. Hell, i know some who will only play that for a few years. FGC be damned.
Edit: Whoops, misread and thought it was for a year. I change my answer to Unity, lol.
Skyrim
In fact, this is the only game that I have played for the last 6 months lol
