Which games do you think have limitless playability?
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For me, I've been playing this fun Flash game called "The Enchanted Cave." I just can't get enough of crawling through a dungeon, picking up magical gems, and killing monsters.
While I have enjoyed games like Mass Effect, Skyrim, Portal and the like a great deal, I could never imagine spending countless hours on them. I will probably want to finish the Mass Effect games again at some point, but that's nothing compared to games like:
FIFA.
It's not just one game so perhaps it doesn't count, but the gameplay is essentially the same in all of them. That's not the same as me saying they release the same game every year, because that's flat out wrong, it has improved tremendously year on year as long as I can remember.
It's just that these games never become boring to me.
Diablo II: The Lord of Destruction
This is the best game ever made in my opinion. I don't know why it's as much fun as it is but in the last ten years I have just always come back to this game. I don't play it online anymore, but whenever I start it up I just have a blast playing it.
Then there's the addictive games, like any MMORPG. I clocked over 100 days on my main in Anarchy Online, but that is just different because these games are designed for you to never run out of things to do. With the above two it's that the core gameplay just never got old.
I got reminded of two others reading this thread: Raptor, and Heroes 3. While I haven't played them nearly as much as the others, these are also games I just feel like playing once in a while.
FIFA.
It's not just one game so perhaps it doesn't count, but the gameplay is essentially the same in all of them. That's not the same as me saying they release the same game every year, because that's flat out wrong, it has improved tremendously year on year as long as I can remember.
It's just that these games never become boring to me.
Diablo II: The Lord of Destruction
This is the best game ever made in my opinion. I don't know why it's as much fun as it is but in the last ten years I have just always come back to this game. I don't play it online anymore, but whenever I start it up I just have a blast playing it.
Then there's the addictive games, like any MMORPG. I clocked over 100 days on my main in Anarchy Online, but that is just different because these games are designed for you to never run out of things to do. With the above two it's that the core gameplay just never got old.
I got reminded of two others reading this thread: Raptor, and Heroes 3. While I haven't played them nearly as much as the others, these are also games I just feel like playing once in a while.
Well certainly the big four Bethesda games (Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3 and Fallout NV...I would assume Morrowind also qualifies, but I've never really played it.)
Mass Effect 2 and Final Fantasy XII are games I've put a TON of hours into, and I'm someone who doesn't really replay games all that much. I would also say that most of the regular Super Mario Bros games and the Ratchet and Clank games are games I could sit down and replay at any time and they'll still be as fun as they were the first time.
Mass Effect 2 and Final Fantasy XII are games I've put a TON of hours into, and I'm someone who doesn't really replay games all that much. I would also say that most of the regular Super Mario Bros games and the Ratchet and Clank games are games I could sit down and replay at any time and they'll still be as fun as they were the first time.
Well, the only Game I know, that if been playing for years...and I don't mean 3 or 4 years, but about 18 years is:
"X-COM: UFO Defense" aka "X-Com: Enemy Unknown" aka "UFO: Enemy Unknown"
Just bought it a few months ago on steam (I think its the third time i bought this game).
I think 18 years count as "eternity" in the world of games...
"X-COM: UFO Defense" aka "X-Com: Enemy Unknown" aka "UFO: Enemy Unknown"
Just bought it a few months ago on steam (I think its the third time i bought this game).
I think 18 years count as "eternity" in the world of games...
Now, I have never actually played Minecraft, but I can see why one could find an almost infinite interest in playing it, since the game is essentially based on the player?s imagination of creativity, and since the imagination itself is to some extent boundless, the game could be likewise regarded as such.
Then there are other factors, of course, which would perhaps make a player sick of it: the Lego-stylized aesthetic, the graphics, the single-tracked set-up of the thing, and so on. But my vote would probably be on Minecraft, though I?ve only read about it and seen a video review.
Then there are other factors, of course, which would perhaps make a player sick of it: the Lego-stylized aesthetic, the graphics, the single-tracked set-up of the thing, and so on. But my vote would probably be on Minecraft, though I?ve only read about it and seen a video review.
Single player:
Skyrim
Monster Rancher
Multiplayer:
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Skyrim
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With all the mods being churned out of Planet Elder Scrolls, I'll go with Morrowind. I'm not sure how then number of mods compares to Oblivion, I've not got that on PC, but I know Morrowind definitely qualifies for limitless playability.
That, and the mods you can get for Morrowind are friggin' awesome. You haven't played Morrowind 'til you've downloaded Uvirith Unleashed along with with Building Up Uvirith Unleashed.
Seriously. Do it. If you have Morrowind on PC, do it right now.
That, and the mods you can get for Morrowind are friggin' awesome. You haven't played Morrowind 'til you've downloaded Uvirith Unleashed along with with Building Up Uvirith Unleashed.
Seriously. Do it. If you have Morrowind on PC, do it right now.
Super Mario Sunshine. I could play that game forever! Just getting better at the movement by catching shadow Mario. Finding all the secrets, all the blue coins, generally messing around in the plaza and having fun!
Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door.
It is not exaggeration to say that this game is 80% of the reason I still own a Gamecube. I can't play it nonstop, but there is literally no other game I've ever tried that I've beaten as many times as this. Don't know why, I just love it.
It is not exaggeration to say that this game is 80% of the reason I still own a Gamecube. I can't play it nonstop, but there is literally no other game I've ever tried that I've beaten as many times as this. Don't know why, I just love it.
It would have to be a game that can constantly offer NEW challenges, so a large random element has to be in play. This effectively cuts out almost all story driven games. So lets see which games can be played (almost) indefinitely, while still offering something new:
Dwarf Fortress is an obvious contender. It randomly generates its world whenever you start a new game, it is an incredibly complex game that not only offers new challenges and things to do for the player, but its AI-driven characters always seem to come up with things so funny/stupid/clever that they can get a laugh out of people who don't even play the game (like the dwarf who decides to get a pair of socks that another dwarf dropped when it got scared by a carp, only to get scarped by the carp himself, and dropping his gloves in the process, or a pair of flaming imp-skin boots, which lights dwarves on fire when they try to wear them, but as dwarves only see "new boots" when the last owner dies, they decide to take them... only to burn to death when they put them on).
Required reading [http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/]
Luckily there are graphics mods for this game.
Civilization 2 (gold): Alright, so civilization 4 might be the better game, but for nostalgia's sake, I have to put Civ2 here
Victoria: An empire under the sun: Play as any nation during the victorian era, and try to become number 1. Deep, complex, rewarding. Any of the main Paradox games could find a spot here, but Victoria is my favourite (Victoria 2 will probably take this spot when it gets its first expansion).
Dwarf Fortress is an obvious contender. It randomly generates its world whenever you start a new game, it is an incredibly complex game that not only offers new challenges and things to do for the player, but its AI-driven characters always seem to come up with things so funny/stupid/clever that they can get a laugh out of people who don't even play the game (like the dwarf who decides to get a pair of socks that another dwarf dropped when it got scared by a carp, only to get scarped by the carp himself, and dropping his gloves in the process, or a pair of flaming imp-skin boots, which lights dwarves on fire when they try to wear them, but as dwarves only see "new boots" when the last owner dies, they decide to take them... only to burn to death when they put them on).
Required reading [http://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/]
Luckily there are graphics mods for this game.
Civilization 2 (gold): Alright, so civilization 4 might be the better game, but for nostalgia's sake, I have to put Civ2 here
Victoria: An empire under the sun: Play as any nation during the victorian era, and try to become number 1. Deep, complex, rewarding. Any of the main Paradox games could find a spot here, but Victoria is my favourite (Victoria 2 will probably take this spot when it gets its first expansion).