Video Games You Must Play Before You Die - The virtual experiences you need to have or see before becoming deceased

[Breadbassket]

Back in 2010 someone made a book called the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die. It contains many titles most people would expect but also some experimental ones. The last edition came out in 2013 so it's fair to say it's a little outdated now.

What would such a list look like if it was made by Kiwi Farm users? What games should someone go out of their way to play before they aren't on this world anymore? Which are just good and which ones just have a distinctive flair that should be witnessed by all?

 

[JesusChristDenton]

Deus Ex
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines
Fallout New Vegas
GMOD
Portal 2
Half Life 2
Ace Combat 5
Ace Combat 0
Wii Sports Resort

 

[03crep]

Inside, Breath of The Wild, Beat Saber, and Teardown to name a few

 

[Pissmaster]

mario

 

[Night Crawler]

Fallout
Fallout 2
GTA Vice City
Red Dead 1
Red Dead 2
Half Life
Half Life 2
VtM:Bloodlines
Diablo 2 remaster
Doom 2016
Doom Eternal
Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate 1
Baldur's Gate 2
Icewind Dale
Icewind Dale 2

I suggest playing all of these games before you die. It will make dying less depressing.

 

[IDanceonTrannyGraves]

Suikoden 1/2

SMT Nocturne

Dig Dug

Super Bomberman

MGS3

Bruce Lee

 

[The Evil Midnight Bomber]

Half Life (alternatively Black Mesa depending on preference)
Half Life 2
Paper Mario: the Thousand-Year Door
Yakuza Zero
Dark Souls 1
Fallout New Vegas
Super Mario Galaxy
Pikmin 2
Team Fortress 2 (in 2009)
Super Metroid
Left 4 Dead 2

 

[Catgirl Enthusiast]

I'm not a gamer. When I was a gamer the PS2 was the hotness. I had the big black console and it was mind blowing. After the Cyberpunk anime came out the game went on sale so I bought it. My pc is no slouch so I played it on the highest settings and holy shit was my mind blown. My only problem with it is that I'm a old fucker and my fingers don't work good enough on the keyboard and mouse. One of my kids wanted a vr setup for this last Christmas. I tried it out and that was fucking fun. It was much more intuitive for me even though the graphics and shit were sub par. Whenever we get to the point of full dive SAO type shit I'll strap on the Nerve Gear and never look back.

 

[Large Marge]

habbo hotel

*edit
i wanted to add insaniquarium

 

[Dialtone]

Spoiler: big ass list

Deus Ex (2000)
[*]Thief 2
[*]Tomb Raider Anniversary
[*]God Hand
[*]Metal Gear Rising: Revengance
[*]System Shock 2
[*]Gran Turismo 4
[*]Postal 2
[*]Neir Automata
[*]Resident Evil 4 (2004)
[*]Knights of the Old Republic 2
[*]Dark Souls
[*]Hitman Blood Money
[*]Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
[*]The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
[*]EYE Divine Cybermancy
[*]Halo 2
[*]Soul Calibur 2
[*]Terraria
[*]Mech Warrior 4 Mercenaries
[*]Sonic Adventure
[*]Dead Rising
[*]Half Life
[*]Half Life 2
[*]Doom (any)
[*]Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
[*]Twisted Metal Black
[*]God of War 2
[*]Jak and Daxter
[*]Ace Combat 5
[*]Sly Cooper
[*]Left 4 Dead 2
[*]Jet Set Radio
[*]Jet Set Radio Future
[*]Contra Hard Corps
[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles
[*]Return of the Obra Dinn
[*]Silent Hill
[*]Devil May Cry
[*]FEAR
[*]Psychonauts
[*]Killer 7
[*]Viewtiful Joe
[*]Paper Mario Thousand Year Door
[*]Starfox 64
[*]Metroid Prime
[*]Breath of the Wild
[*]Kirby Super Star
[*]Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
[*]MDK
[*]Portal
[*]Shadow of the Colossus
[*]Fallout New Vegas
[*]Rayman Legends
[*]Okami
[*]Hotline Miami
[*]Ultrakill
[*]Cruelty Squad
[*]Yume Nikki
[*]Spyro: Year of the Dragon
[*]Half Life: Alyx
[*]Super Mario RPG
[*]Saint's Row 2
[*]Castlevania Symphony of the Night
[*]Sam & Max Hit the Road
[*]Eternal Darkness

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Mario 3
Sonic 2
Ape Escape
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy X

I almost feel autistic enough to try to make an actual 1001 list, sounds kinda fun.

 

[The Backwards Man]

The original Doom has a place here.

 

[Incel Death Note]

NieR
Shadow of the Colossus
STALKER
Kara no Shojo

 

[Inside your walls]

Xenogears

 

[Strangolapreti]

At least one of the retro zelda games where you don't have to fight Ganon (so link awakening or majora's maks).

Any shmup where you can experience the extra bullshit boss with 10 phases (I suggest touhou 8 ).

Super mario bros 3/world

Broken sword 1 + 2 or Monkey island 1 + 2

 

[PetiteFeet]

Katawa Shoujo.
There's something about the combined forces of autism from 4chan smelted together and forged into a visual novel that takes great care to emulate the good parts of visual novel tropes but with a heavy serving of things that make the internet great, like untempered retardation and pockets full of spaghetti-autism.

You could probably play it without the H scenes but there's some great comedy and some bittersweet moments that happen during said scenes, so I'd leave it up to the potential player.
Obviously this game is a visual novel so if you aren't into reading and animu tropes, I understand skipping it, but if you are already a fan of animu and you somehow haven't played Katawa Shoujo..just fucking do it.

Also, Hollow Knight.
Yes, it's a metroidvania and yes, it has Souls-like combat and death mechanics so it's not an easy recommend if you aren't into slamming your face against a brick wall for potentially hours, but if you are a masochist and enjoy getting lost both in a universe made up of intelligent bugs and gameplay that tries not to hold your hand too much you should definitely check it out.

 

[Cat tit bingo]

Katamari
Any lucas art adventure game
Postal 2
Game cube mario party
Wario ware gba and touch
Worms
Killer 7
Seamen
Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Jak II
Super Mario 64
Chrono Trigger
Simpsons Hit and Run
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Pikmin
Earthbound
Grand Theft Auto IV
To The Moon
Lego Star Wars the complete saga
Blasphemous
Civilization V complete edition
No Man's Sky

 

[Kid Named Rocket]

you WILL play Lobotomy Corporation
you WILL NOT look at the wiki
you WILL get filtered by Queen of Hatred
you WILL get filtered by the birds
you WILL get filtered by Nothing There
you WILL get filtered by Silent Orchestra
you WILL memrepo after getting Nameless Fetus
you WILL get filtered by Express Train to Hell
you WILL send 12 nuggets to the Plague Doctor
you WILL get filtered by WhiteNight
you WILL get filtered by the core suppressions
you WILL lose all your nuggets to Red Mist and Arbiter
you WILL go for the true ending
you WILL unlock complete data for every abnormality to see the true *true* ending
and you WILL be happy

 

[ToroidalBoat]

No Man's Sky

Space Engine is sort of like that, while being less of a game and more about being a scientifically accurate simulator.