According to Sony, about 1 million people exclusively play Call of Duty on their PlayStation. If you could choose only one game (franchise) to play on your computer or console, which one would it be?
Smite or maybe another MOBA, because that’s what I already do and I apparently hate myself.
Is it the competitive multiplayer aspect that draws you in, or is it something else?
Seeing how I’ve played Slay the Spire for about 650 hours, and the only game that comes close (and almost certainly surpasses it) is Counter-Strike when I was a teen, I’d have to go with that I suppose.
Skyrim /The Elder Scrolls
If mods are allowed, Stardew Valley. Heck, even if mods aren’t allowed. I’ve probably put nearly 600h into it between PC and Switch, so if I’m playing one game exclusively, I’m going to design the best damn farm I can!
You just inspired me to play Stardew Valley again 😄
Sounds like hell. I compulsively switch between games, I could never stick to one.
Warframe probably. Or a game like Ultima Online. Something dynamic and interactive.
I mean, the answer kinda just has to be something like Call of Duty to make sense. Think about how much evolution that series has gone through over the years, and how many components there are between campaign, multiplayer, Zombies, spec ops, battle royale, and most recently DMZ. It’s probably the most variety you’d get from just one franchise.
There’s not much variety in terms of genre at that point 😔
I’d be looking at highly moddable games types—something like Gary’s Mod, maybe? I personally wouldn’t want to play an FPS forever. But I’m not sure what games these days have super strong mod communities that frequently genre-bend. Maybe something like GTA?
I don’t know how to categorise these types of players. If it were a board game or TTRPG, they would be casual players (e.g. the people who only heard of Monopoly), but the average playtime would make them hardcore gamers. It’s weird.
My initial thought was something like Elder Scrolls or Fallout, but I think I would be happier in something with a robust building system. Minecraft would work but something like 7 Days to Die would work too and add a bit more challenge. Maybe Valheim, I haven’t played a lot of that but the building system seemed good the little I played?
Edit: I think I would choose No Man’s Sky, actually. Endless exploration and a semi decent building system.
Crusader Kings 3: It will get updates for years probably, has a very active modding community and you can play in vastly different scenarios. Ranging from historical to Elder Kings, Lord of the Rings and much more.
But it would at some point get bland anyways. I wold probably start to hate it at some point.
I feel the same about Mount & Blade, the different kinds of mods are brilliant too, from single player total conversions to Horde mode multiplayer
@GlowingLantern If I had to pick just one game, Morrowind or Super Mario RPG (maybe the new one if it’s still amazing).
If collections counted maybe the old super Mario all stars. Used to play that religiously after school at my grandparents when I was a kid.
That’s a tough one, I usually swap between one game I focus on. I’d like to say elder scrolls but after sinking in hours on oblivion I was a bit burnt out when Skyrim came out, but then I sunk hours into fallout 4, then call of duty mw, then oxygen not included. It’s hard for me to go from one game to another similar game without my ADHD kicking in
I also like to switch between games, depending on my mood. Although, currently I’m mainly playing Cyberpunk 2077 again.
PS: I prefer the story and setting of Oblivion to Skyrim anyway, but Skyrim did improve the mechanics of the game significantly.
@GlowingLantern I’d have a compilation so I could enjoy multiple titles in one package. Super Mario 3D All-Stars or the Sonic Mega Collection come to mind!
Speaking of loopholes, I’d install a game engine and create all the games I want to play myself. There are a few of them on Steam and IIRC, the Switch has a game to teach game development (basically a simple game engine with tutorials), so technically it wouldn’t be cheating.
Probably Minecraft, Skyrim, or another game with good mod support from the community. I’d never get bored
Mods are great! I’m really interested in projects like Skywin or Skyblivion. Recreating the whole modern Elder Scrolls franchise within Skyrim is just crazy.
