Depends. Do I get cheat codes? If so, GTA:V. Get an awesome pad, planes, cars, helicopters. Can go on a rampage if I want or play games (golf, bowling, etc) and then just wipe it all away by dropping my wanted status to zero.

X-Com, baby 😎 It would be just like Edge of Tomorrow

Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom. It has its downsides, such as Ganon and monsters existing, but then there are beautifully desolate environments like Akkala and Tabantha Frontier. Magic exists, and if the going gets tough we always have Link to rely on! I'd like to be a Rito so I could fly around...

This brings up some questions. Like how realistic does the game look to the person trapped inside? Are censors that the game normally has still active? What about live service games or MMOs? Do you die if they go out of business and they take down the servers?

But most importantly, how do I know I'll actually be uploaded into that video game?

Dwarf Fortress. It's the most earth-like simulation out there. While also being a great fantasy type game.

Source engine. I know it isn't a game but they can share maps resources and etc. So you have pretty much a world to explore and possibly scans of the real world.

Guild Wars 2

Magic, dragons, numerous animal mounts plus a few flying ones, air ships (think blimps), multiple climates.

Continuous resurrecting.

Lots of gold.

Several types of sentient creatures.

Edit: I would assume that since it would last forever, that means the gaming servers would run forever. I would also assume that would mean we would more and more expansion packs more maps, more creatures more things to do, improved graphics. It would take you a really, really long time to walk from one side of the map to the other. Can you imagine how much stuff there would be to do inside that game.? And since NPC’s can talk to player characters (and player characters can talk to other players) that means I could talk to people outside the game. This would be kind of cool.

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 seems like a nice pick.

Can I choose the 249 mods?

I posted in the other thread - Elite Dangerous, but the version with all the options the players have asked for for a decade. Sandbox play where I can fly wherever, do some exploring and trading, maybe a bit of combat (because players don't die as long as they have an account balance).

STALKER. I'd be miserable, but I spend so much time in the Zone already.

Or maybe Stardew Valley if I want to be happy.

Oblivion for reals yo

One of those games where the server is shut down without any player-hosted options. Fuck immortality, I want out.

spiritfarer.

I don't know if I would take that as the only option, but if I had to choose a game, roaming around beautiful landscapes with great music and helping recently departed spirits conclude their journeys on my farm boat sounds like a pretty good way to spend the next era until the next consciousness transference method comes along.

Assuming I don't die, I think it'd be fun to travel throughout the World of Twelve in the MMORPG Dofus. It wouldn't be nearly as fun as visiting the world as seen in the animated Wakfu show or the spin-off, but at least I could meet Kerubin and be an Ecaflip.

Otherwise, I have absolutely no idea what game I'd wanna be stuck in because after a long time I'd get bored of just about every game, Dofus included. Though, I assume by the time I start getting real bored of living in Dofus that the servers would be totally gone.

Probably Disney Dreamlight Valley or Zelda:BotW.

Definitely not Dragon Age or Game of Thrones.

Fallout: New Vegas, baby.

If I don't have to worry about dying irl, living in the Mojave would be a dream. Infinite reloads and I can quicksave before I do anything.

Plus, the amount of mods that exist for that game would let me redefine reality whenever it gets boring. And, if we include TTW, I have the Capital Wasteland to explore as well. Catch me kicking it back in the Lucky 38, occasionally running out to eliminate some Fiends for fun.

Honestly though, if we're talking about vanilla NV.... Nahhh I'd still go for it. Time to finally get all those star bottle caps!