Assuming the equipment was also saved so you could still play the games, and every game in existence you don’t mention gets permanently destroyed, and no new games are ever to be made.
Inspired by a video by OutsideXbox from a few years ago, I thought it would be a fun idea to see what this community would choose. You can choose to be selfish and pick games you personally want to always play, or try to figure out what games would be best chosen for humanity to save for whatever reason. I’d also love to hear why you chose your games. Do they have a special meaning to you? I want to hear your stories.
1. Bioshock - It’s essentially perfect, the only downside is I can never play it for the first time again.
2. Inscryption - It’s an odd choice, since it’s pretty meta, but it’s a game that I think about too much to live without.
3. Doom - Purely for historical relevance, which cannot be overstated in this case
4. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time going back and forth between this and LTTP, but Ocarina also represents maybe the best year in game development history so it gets the edge.
5. Slay the Spire - Basically the same argument as Doom - this game is a fork point in all development trends for at least 5, maybe 10 years after its release.
Bad Rats five times.
- Another World (1991)
- Star Control II / The Ur-Quan Masters (1992)
- Doom (1993)
- UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)
- Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri (1999)
- Sonic 2
- Oddworld
- Patrick’s Parabox
- Crash Bandicoot 2
- Dead Space
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
I think collections are cheating and that this list doesn’t cheat hard enough
Nintendo has to have released a classic Mario collection right?
What do you mean collections? Are you talking about the MCC? I was saying that I would save JUST Halo CE but that likely it would have to be the MCC version, but my answer is simply “Halo CE” regardless of if its part of a bundle. Just Halo CE. Ignore the MCC part.
- Team Fortress 2
- Smash Remix
- MK 10
- Aoe2
- ???
For the good of humanity but also to try give the widest variety:
Super mario world - platformer
Final fantasy (which one i am not sure, not my expertise) - storyline rpg
Starcraft 2 - RTS
Need for speed - racing
Minecraft - creativeFor me? The legend of zelda ALTTP
Donkey kong country 2
Pokemon Leaf Green
Super mariokart 64
Borderlands 2 (inc DLC)Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal, Portal 2, Minecraft, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time :)
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Immortal gates of pyre: my favorite game of all time is starcraft II and this is a spiritual successor that i desperately want to have all the current funding for RTS to go to
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Portal 2, it’s a given
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Rushdown revolt, similar situation to immortal, smash but better designed but not nearly enough resources
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Mass effect legendary edition, nothing needs to be said
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deltarune
I chose mostly based on future potential and design decisions because if these became the only 5 everyone would flock to them and they’d suddenly have all the resources they need to succeed
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If I could choose, then I’d choose for humanity, games that most reasonable people would go “yeah, fair enough”.
(Note, if it were just for me, I wouldn’t pick any of these lol)
- Portal + 2
- Stardew Valley
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Elden Ring
- Final Fantasy VII (or X)
Yeah, fair enough
Dark Souls series, then will pretend all the games were that hard and every gamer was total badass.
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.
Great picks. ME2, RDR2 and BioShock were all games I contemplated for my list. I omitted ME2 for the reason you mentioned, and BioShock didn’t make it because while it’s absolutely a fantastic game, I don’t find it to have the same replayability as Dishonored, which I chose for my last pick. RDR2 would’ve been my sixth pick.
I’m assuming there’d be no online multiplayer or modding, as they’d be outside the realm of the game - it’s content made by other people (and it’s more interesting if you exclude them anyway), and I’m assuming there’d be no more updates (so only current or previous patches)
So we’d be looking for replayable single player games
- Minecraft. If that’s not on your list then you’re joking
- Terraria. Sandbox like minecraft, but the more legacy-focused scope of the game would be a nice change
- Factorio. This game is called cracktorio for a reason
- Monster Hunter world. Very replayable when you want to hit big monsters with big swords
- Maimai. Bet you didn’t expect a rhythm game to be here, bitch! With all other video games gone, maimai would explode in popularity, and I’d finally be able to play maimai locally instead of only in the city on the occasional day off. Yes, this list is just a place holder for the real number 1
- My modded GTA SA
- Minecraft
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2
- Beamng
- For christmas: Santaclaus in trouble again.
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 😁
Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man, Minecraft, and petcii robots.
Nice try 8-bit guy! We’re on to you ;)
Haha sorry I’m not David! Been following his work for a while, great channel.
