My Top Ten Video Game Worlds I Would Choose To Live In

Huh? Maybe I'm missing something. You'd want to get creamed in a wrestling match? I'm thinking more along the lines of Dead or Alive Extreme. On a beach, surrounded by women. That sounds like a world I could get into.

If I made a top 10 list for this, it would have a lot in common with a list I might make of the top 10 hentai games, I think. Living in the actual game worlds as portrayed in games would be fairly awful, I think. Like if I lived in Hyrule, I couldn't even go out into the field without some giant flower trying to slaughter me. I could handle the Mushroom Kingdom, I think. Life in most game worlds would be pretty stressful, though. I do agree with Marc's call on the Dead or Alive island!

The Animal Crossing life is nice, and wow I wouldn't need a job, I'd just go fishing and I'd set myself up for life. But man it would be dull, and not a human female in sight. Just some animals. >_>

You can visit neighboring town for booty calls, remember? There really is a lot to like about the Animal Crossing life. The worst you have to fear is being stung by bees.

Man, I'd be a kick ass archaeologist, fisherman, fruit picker, furniture trader and I'd be a socialite and probably still have time to play NES games in my basement.

I've always wanted to live in the spacefaring age...

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So, yeah, Mass Effect.

Mass Effect, as long as you don't run into renegade Shepard.

I wouldn't want to live a video game world. Think of how often you'd get attacked by random people/creatures, and how quickly you'd get killed for making the smallest mistake. (Remember: no continues IRL!) And if you choose to stay out of trouble, what do you end up being? An NPC who paces around a city and recites the same bit of information to The Hero every single time he strikes a conversation with you.

No thanks!

I wouldn't want to live a video game world. Think of how often you'd get attacked by random people/creatures, and how quickly you'd get killed for making the smallest mistake. (Remember: no continues IRL!) And if you choose to stay out of trouble, what do you end up being? An NPC who paces around a city and recites the same bit of information to The Hero every single time he strikes a conversation with you.

No thanks!

This reminds me of a conversation I was having with my best friend while he was playing Oblivion. I told him that he should play the game like he was an actual citizen instead of a hero and just meander around town talking to people and regularly go into bars to have an ale or loaf of bread before renting a room to sleep in. Occasionally leaving town to fight a rat or mud crab to get more money to continue living that luxurious lifestyle for a few more days.

For some reason, he looked at that as very depressing.

I thought of a few more, because I like this thread:

Chrono Cross. Frankly, this game's gorgeous tropical locales were part of what initially fooled me into believing it was a decent RPG. Part of the game's appeal -- and yes, the game has some appeal, at least for me -- was in taking in the lush, colorful landscapes (and the fittingly pretty soundtrack).

Baten Kaitos. Art by the same guy who did Chrono Cross, and it's the same thing, only about a million times more awesome. It's a bunch of tropical islands, only they're in the sky, and everyone has wings. I am so down for that.

Mega Man Legends. It's a game world that's so cheery and upbeat that even the bad guys are goofy and lovable and hilarious. Plus, you get to go treasure hunting in ancient ruins and fight robots.

A few on mine would be Pokemon, Legend of Dragoond and, most of all, Elder Scrolls (particularly Morrowind).

I hope you like people looting your treasure chests. That seems like something that would happen often if you had a house in the Morrowind world.

Sure, but I could just cast a Lock level 100 on them and give myself the key.

Granted, they could still get in just fine if they have the relatively cheap scrolls of Open lvl 100, but... that's something I can worry about later.

Yep, Morrowind. Personally I'd probably live in Caldera; it has a small town sort of feel to it. (Maybe I've thought about this too much.)

Also, Knights of the Old Republic. I know there always seems to be a war going on, and in various parts of the galaxy most of the populace lives in poverty, but I can't help liking the idea of roaming around in the Ebon Hawk and eventually retiring to a life of seclusion in a little hut on Dxun.

I actually wouldn't mind living in Albion, circa Fable II. There was a town or two in that game that I really liked. It was tough picking which house I wanted to be mine because I liked about half the town. *sigh*

First rule of living in an RPG world: lock your doors and windows. Second rule: lock all your treasure chests. Home invasions are disturbingly common in RPGs.

In before Mass Ef...

*reads Suskie's post*

...godfuckigndamnit.

I don't want to live in any particular world, but I do wish I had a pay system like Final Fantasy VIII. I'd love to walk down the street and suddenly receive $10,000.

I've often thought that one of the Zelda worlds, though dangerous, would be good for income. Short of cash? Mow the lawn! Still a bit out of pocket? Break ceramic!

Need a bigger wallet? Kill some creepy cursed spiders.

"...But it won't fit in your wallet right now, so let's put it back."

...and then you need to spend hours mastering a carnival game in order to acquire a bigger wallet.

Hm. I'd go for the underworld in Bloodlines. It'd be a bit of a shock to wake up one day with my heart suddenly not beating any more, and having to drink blood once in a while, and so on.

But on the other hand, I'd always be out doing business during the night. Lots of cool clothes. And no one would complain if I started to wax poetically about the timeless quality of how artistic expression and human thought is truly immortal, etc. :D

My first selection: Any non-pornographic game set in modern-day Japan.

My second choice: Any non-pornographic game set in futuristic Japan.

My third choice: Ratchet & Clank. The tall towers and busy backgrounds give me the delightful illusion that I'm in a world that combines The Fifth Element (Luc Busson, 1997) and Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) -- two of the most eyegasmic films of all time.