Predictions: The first post pax endurance run of 2011.

@Kidavenger: They have said time and time again that they won't do anything mainstream while it's recent.

How about Pathologic? It's fairly old, supposedly bizarre ('twas developed by the team behind Cargo: The Quest for Gravity), and has that favorable combination of obscurity and critical/art-house acclaim. I've never played it myself, but from what I've read it might fit the ER profile.

Skyrim would not lend itself well to an endurance run. If it's anything like Oblivion it will be hours of watching them move from point a to point b.
 
plus knowing Bethesda it will probably barely be playable on release.

@Jimbo said:

You Have To Burn The Rope.

Lol'd

I have no idea about the game, but if it's not Jeff and Vinny, I'm not watching it.

Skyrim.

I would also love for the giantbomb staff to attempt an endurance run of any of the Trauma Center games.

Witcher 2

Jeff won't be in it. It won't be an Atlus game. It will be story based and kinda wacky. And they already know which game. These are the only things I feel certain of.

@DeF said:

Personally, I'd love it if they imported Xenoblade Chronicles and surprised the shit out of people :)

I actually think this would work really well, I just started playing the game myself and there were some moments where I could just picture Vinny and Jeff's commentary. I daresay that between its length and the hoops they'd need to jump through in order to play it would be prohibitive, however. I can't see them doing another Endurance Run near the length of Persona 4. But yeah, I think that game would be total Endurance Run fodder if they were interested in it, it has the right mix of quality, personality and general internet intrigue.

@Ygg said:

Dave & Vinny endure Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

This would also be pretty great.

@Laketown said:

Yakuza is really the only ER candidate I can see; that or Disgaea, although they haven't shown any interest in that as far as I've seen.

maybe it should be some weirdo eastern european game, like the Precursors or White Gold or w/e.

That'd be way cool by me.

@DarkShaper said:

@Kidavenger: They have said time and time again that they won't do anything mainstream while it's recent.

If it has to be an older game, I wouldn't mind seeing Nier or maybe even Final Fantasy 13.

I want to believe it will be Vinny and Dave playing some ridiculous Fallout mod.
 
:(

It needs to be a game with a story. You can't crack jokes about random things.

I say Legend of Dragoon. It's decent enough to be playable but ooh boy, some of the stuff in that game...

@Mystyr_E I would be so down with that. I was so into that game when I was like 9 and that game has some really dumb stuff in it.

Tetris Battle Gaiden.

@Voshterkoff said:

Oregon Trail through the ages. Don't know how they will capture from an Apple II, no doubt they have top men on it.

You can run the Apple II version in Java, so no biggie.

I just really hope Brad's not playing.. Nothing against him, but, man, watching him during the Deadly Premonition ER was incredibly painful. Not just because he wasn't particularly great at it or anything, but he was so completely uninterested in being there to play the game and got angry at the game so easily and quickly that it just easily ruined the mood of what should have been a rather fun/good time. He can be involved with it, I just don't want him to be the one that's playing.

@FluxWaveZ said:

@MattyFTM said:

and basically said "some of the guys wanted to do one, so they're doing it". Those aren't exact quotes, I can't be bothered to find the exact question.

I think the exact quote was: "Some guys want to do one, so they're going to do one." Worded like this, Jeff could very well be a part of it, but I don't think he will.

He's just being cagey, I'm quite certain that he'll be in it. Remember his reaction to the announcement at PAX? He was clearly jokey about it. Feigning displeasure at the thought of it. He'll be a part of it.

Incredible Crisis

I would think that the whole point would be to highlight a more obscure game that was not played by a large audiance. That makes me think maybe Yakuza, one of those games that everyone says they would like to play but never get around to. Or something that we probably havent heard of (think Dark Star One quick look)

I think they'll play Pariah and Hybrid Heaven. If they don't, Jeff won't want to be in it.

Check out the QL for Incredible Crisis if you haven't seen it. It's the perfect game for an ER.

I know on one of the podcasts they said they wouldn't do another JRPG.

@Sinkwater said:

I know on one of the podcasts they said they wouldn't do another JRPG.

They never said that.

ERs would be more manageable if they went for shorter games.

Who the hell would want to ER Dark Souls? Nobody that's who.

A Rage ER seems more likely.

@Voshterkoff said:

Oregon Trail through the ages. Don't know how they will capture from an Apple II, no doubt they have top men on it.

I'd watch that.

@Keenblaze said:

If Jeff isn't in it, I'll be terribly, terribly sad. If Vinny isn't in it, I'm not sure I'll bother watching.

ditto