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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by tal@lemmy.today to c/games@sh.itjust.works

Curious as to what people think has the most replay potential.

Rules:

  1. The "desert island" aspect here is just to create an isolated environment. You don't have to worry about survival or anything along those lines, where playing the game would be problematic. This isn't about min-maxing your situation on the island outside of the game, or the time after leaving.

  2. No live service games unless the live service aspect is complete and it can be played offline -- that is, you can't just rely on the developer churning out new material during your time on the island. The game you get has to be in its complete form when you go to the island.

  3. No multiplayer games -- can't rely on the outside world in the form of people out there being a source of new material. The island is isolated from the rest of the world.

  4. You get existing DLC/mods/etc for a game. You don't get multiple games in a series, though.

  5. Cost isn't a factor. If you want The Sims 4 and all its DLC (currently looks like it's $1,300 on Steam, and I would guess that there's probably a lot more stuff on EA's store or whatever), DCS World and all DLC ($3,900), or something like that, you can have it as readily as a free game.

  6. No platform restrictions (within reason; you're limited to something that would be fairly mainstream). PC, console, phone, etc games are all fine. No "I want a game that can only run on a 10,000 node parallel compute cluster", though, even if you can find something like that.

  7. Accessories that would be reasonably within the mainstream are provided. If you're playing a light gun game, you can have a light gun. You can have a game controller, a VR headset and controllers, something like that. No "I want a $20 million 4DOF suspended flight sim cockpit to play my flight sim properly".

  8. You have available to you the tools to extend the game that an ordinary member of the public would have access to. If there are modding tools that exist, you have access to those, can spend time learning them. If it's an open-source game and you want to learn how to modify the game at a source level, you can do that. You don't have access to a video game studio's internal-only tools, though.

  9. You have available to you existing documentation and material related to the game that is generally publicly-available. Fandom wikis, howtos and guides, etc.

  10. You get the game in its present-day form. No updates to the game or new DLC being made available to you while you're on the island.

What three games do you choose to take with you?

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Tetris, factorio, Halo CE.

[-] Varyag@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Doom. I have 30 years of custom maps that I'll probably never finish playing. Assetto Corsa, also with mods, I can drive and race any sort of car I can think of. And Monster Hunter. I guess I'd take either 4 Ultimate or Generations Ultimate. In 4U alone I have 1,000 hours.

[-] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Add VR and a steering setup to that and it's fantastic

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Elden ring, with the wiki to it

Sims 3 + DLC(sims 4 is far too basic for anything)

I'm not sure if this is cheating or not but, the Steam edition of Kingdom Hearts 2.5, not sure if it's cheating cause it's technically a few games in one

if it is cheating then definitly minecraft with access to mods

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Skyrim
Mario Galaxy 2
~~Animal Crossing New Horizons~~
I changed my mind. ACNH wouldn't be as fun with no multiplayer. I'll say Fire Emblem Three Houses instead.

[-] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe this is cheating but RPG maker, ACC or maybe ACE if it's out in time with a great rig, and probably Minecraft.

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[-] we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Fallout 4, Minecraft, and Flightgear. I love FO4, have been getting into Minecraft, and Flightgear is an endless hole I didn't have the hardware to use. They're also all easily moddable.

[-] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

DOOM 2, Minecraft, F-Zero EXpansion Kit

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Nier Automata

Fatal Frame 3

Tetris

[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Nier is an interesting choice. After the first (complete) playthrough, I have never felt the need to revisit—except to make my husband play it.

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I find it comforting in a way. One of the last times I played a game and was like, "Oh, what's this? Joy!?"

[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Fair enough!! Sometimes that's all you need

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

This feels hard, I'm sure.

Anyone who's actually had to be alone for decades though....

[-] Nikki@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

minecraft - duh

celeste - hehe funny trans platformer

odd choice, but if you removed the multiplayer and live service aspect of hypixel skyblock i would still be able to sink thousands of hours into it, so that's my pick

[-] ChewTiger@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Stellaris Medieval 2 Total War Halo: The Master Chief Collection

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Descent 2
No Man's Sky
Deep Rock Galactic

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I might change these if I thought longer about it. But, completely off the top of my head, I'm thinking Anno 1800, EA FC 24, and Total War Warhammer 3

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