Pick 1 game to play forever

[eggman1973]

Rainbow Islands, either on the MegaDrive or an Amiga (with a SMS / MD joypad)... Happy days indeed, though I still can't beat it!

[lostSUNDAY]

Argh, hard call. A part of me would pick an arcade game, you can get alot of replay value when chasing hi-scores. Something like DoDonpachi maybe.
But my inital feeling was actually Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. It's just such an amazing game, and there's so much to do. Im one of those ppl that can beat an RPG and then reroll as a different class and beat it all again. Over and over and over...

[RMLF]

Swos (PC) or Champ Manager 2001/2.

[Freestyler]

STILL playing World of Warcraft after nearly 6 years. I've been involved since the closed beta.

I've seen an enormous amount of changes with the game since way back when, and I can see exactly how it's influenced (and still continues to influence) modern MMORPG design. I'm not going to get dragged into a discussion on that (as it's a subject that deserves a thread in it's own right) but it HAS changed (and changed the nature of MMOs in general) enormously.

While World of Warcraft won't be around forever (current estimates put it at 1-2 years left, before it goes F2P) I'm almost certain to go with Blizzard's in-development MMORPG. Even though it's nothing to do with the Warcraft franchise I'm still interested. Especially as World of Warcraft's Chief Dev Jeff Kaplan, or "Tigole Bitties" as he called himself left to head up the project. Kaplan is a vociferous evangelist of Hardcore raiding, and since Wrath of the Lich King (Warcraft's last expansion) made Raiding very very casual-friendly, I'm expecting the new MMORPG to be very Raid-centric indeed.




*For those who don't know; a "Raid" is basically where you get lots of players together for an epic sprawling Dungeon romp that can take several hours - or even days - to complete. Very fun with your friends.

[Chelsea NW]

X-Com Ufo on the pc/laptop. Completed this classic many times but still play it regularly.

[retrosofer]

MMM, thats hard, but i have narrowed it down to one of 3 games.
1. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, will take you forever to fully complete.
2. San Andreas, because its massive and never gets old.
3. Shenmue, because its a classic.

[Mr Vengeance]

STILL playing World of Warcraft after nearly 6 years. I've been involved since the closed beta.

I've seen an enormous amount of changes with the game since way back when, and I can see exactly how it's influenced (and still continues to influence) modern MMORPG design. I'm not going to get dragged into a discussion on that (as it's a subject that deserves a thread in it's own right) but it HAS changed (and changed the nature of MMOs in general) enormously.

While World of Warcraft won't be around forever (current estimates put it at 1-2 years left, before it goes F2P) I'm almost certain to go with Blizzard's in-development MMORPG. Even though it's nothing to do with the Warcraft franchise I'm still interested. Especially as World of Warcraft's Chief Dev Jeff Kaplan, or "Tigole Bitties" as he called himself left to head up the project. Kaplan is a vociferous evangelist of Hardcore raiding, and since Wrath of the Lich King (Warcraft's last expansion) made Raiding very very casual-friendly, I'm expecting the new MMORPG to be very Raid-centric indeed.




*For those who don't know; a "Raid" is basically where you get lots of players together for an epic sprawling Dungeon romp that can take several hours - or even days - to complete. Very fun with your friends.

For fear of it taking over my everyday life, owing to my addictive personality, I decided a few years ago to never play World of Warcraft, as I simply could not handle it, and I wouldn't have any time left to do other things or pasttimes.


The Internet is addictive enough without throwing gameplay into the mix

[Freestyler]

For fear of it taking over my everyday life, owing to my addictive personality, I decided a few years ago to never play World of Warcraft, as I simply could not handle it, and I wouldn't have any time left to do other things or pasttimes.


The Internet is addictive enough without throwing gameplay into the mix

To be honest I don't blame you in the slightest. Most MMORPGs are a massive timesink, even the so-called "Casual" ones.
Even though you might only be Raiding from 8PM (let's say) there's usually a lot of "behind the scenes" work that needs to be done to get into the raid in the first place. Potions need to be gotten. Scrolls, Flasks etc. Money has to be earned for repair bills.

No wonder MMOs are always considered "No-Life" games. Even if the life you do eventually get is mostly Virtual to compensate.

[Mr Vengeance]

For fear of it taking over my everyday life, owing to my addictive personality, I decided a few years ago to never play World of Warcraft, as I simply could not handle it, and I wouldn't have any time left to do other things or pasttimes.


The Internet is addictive enough without throwing gameplay into the mix

To be honest I don't blame you in the slightest. Most MMORPGs are a massive timesink, even the so-called "Casual" ones.
Even though you might only be Raiding from 8PM (let's say) there's usually a lot of "behind the scenes" work that needs to be done to get into the raid in the first place. Potions need to be gotten. Scrolls, Flasks etc. Money has to be earned for repair bills.

No wonder MMOs are always considered "No-Life" games. Even if the life you do eventually get is mostly Virtual to compensate.

I'd image though you get some serious enjoyment out of WoW. Its a sacrifice I have to make - when you're spent many thousands of hours playing RPGs in the past, going online and playing with like-minded individuals would be really too much for me!


Some day maybe

[liveinabin]

One game to play forever. Blimey.
Torn between Ridge Racer Type 4 and Fallout 3.
I'll go with Ridge Racer as the world of Fallout is a blasted gloomy one, considering how it'd be my ONLY game

[Dizrythmia]

I'm leaning towards Super Mario World because I've always said it was gaming perfection. Civilisation would also be a good option because it's a different game every time you play...

[james82]

WWF NO Mercy for the n64...been playing it for almost 10 years non stop, gone through 2 nintendo consoles just to play it some more

one of the best wrestling games along with wwf smackdown 2

[Doddsy]

I've been playing Chaos on the Speccy for the past 25 years now that is a life time for some people. Everygame has been different!

[paranoid marvin]

One game forever? Would have to be one without a story , as I'd get bored of even the best eventually.

A game I'd need a lifetime to master?

That'd be Kick Off 2 then!

[nokgod]

no. I couldn't play one game forever....doesn't matter how good it is. That would mess with my sanity.