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.

  • Elevator7009@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    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

    For gamers looking for ways to “get a new game” while still staying under these restrictions, it seems you pick a game with a ton of mods and an easy-to-mod and/or well-documented codebase so that the modders you hire are more willing to say yes to you.

    • The Sims (not sure which one though)
    • Skyrim (all the mods)
    • Stardew Valley (mods, plus has been go-to #2 for gaming with friends in my social circles)
    • Minecraft (mods, plus has been go-to #1 for gaming with friends in my social circles)
    • Factorio
    • Pokémon Soul Silver (we have ROM hacks!)
    • Crusader Kings 3
    • I was going to put a puzzle game here but I sadly don’t remember which one
    • either Kittens Game or Antimatter Dimensions. Long-lived incremental games. Gave up on Antimatter Dimensions after a certain point, but it by far has the most of my Steam hours. Limited to 10 games I’d probably pick it back up again.
    • either holding out for some masterful innovation in the visual novel genre, specifically one aimed at women; or Infinity Nikki, because if I get all the DLC automatically (or magically through an unlock process more like that in pay-once games) that means I can just enjoy a pretty game and forget about all the gacha stuff.