If you were going to be stranded on a desert island, and for some reason you could bring 5 video games with their required hardware and means to power them, what would they be? No compilations or online multiplayer if you want to be a purist about it, but I’m still interested if you have thoughts about them :)
- Dwarf Fortress
- Fall from Heaven 2
- Minecraft
- ZZT
- Rogue Legacy 2
the best sim, the best 4X, the best FPS, my favorite level-editor engine, my favorite action platformer
For me, it would have to be:
- Factorio
- Rimworld
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Tetris DS
- Disco Elysium
Sekiro
Lies of P
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Slay the Spire
Balatro
DayZ, Minecraft, Cities: Skylines, Age of Empires 2 Definite Edition, Grand Theft Auto 5
I see DayZ, I upvote.
- Stellaris
- Baldur’s Gate 2
- Starcraft
- X4: Foundations
- Papers Please
X4 mentioned 👀
No Endless Space 2…? Sad.
Those would be the extremely moddable games with a good all around base set for replayability, so for me:
- Rimworld
- Mount&Blade bannerlord
- Crusader Kings 3
- Civ 6
- Luanti (and if have to choose a single game for it, Mineclonia I suppose)
As long as I can also archive some amount and variety of mods for each, of course.
If mods aren’t on the table, I think it would still look pretty much the same, except maybe civ 5 in place of 6, and in place of luanti perhaps Witcher 3, or 4 if it manages to release before this thing.
Edit: Actually hold that a bit: I need Stellaris there, especially if mods are ok. But even without. I’d skip luanti/witcher for that.
Minecraft as a reference guide for how to survive on said island.
Animal Crossing so I have someone to talk to.
Elden Ring to remind me how bleak and hopeless everything is.
Solitaire and Minesweeper. In case I get bored.
Yeah, all the best survival guides start with “find the nearest tree and punch it a couple of times”
- Rimworld
- HoI4 with Mods
- Vic3 with Mods
- CP2077
- maybe Satisfactory
Can I mod them? Because if so
- minecraft
- skyrim
- terraria
- dark souls 2
- hollowknight (so i can finally get those speedrun achievements)
Half-Life 3 through 7.
Quake 3, UT 2004, Heroes 3, GTA2, Beavis & Butthead Hock a Loogie
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Silent Hu ter 3
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Mass Effect Legendary edition. (Yes you said no compilations, so if I have to choose one it would of course be 2)
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Rimworld
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Kerbal Space Program (with a USB stick full of mods that I smuggled in up my butt)
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Fallout 4 (with a second USB stick full of mods smuggled in up my butt)
Why didn’t I put them on the same USB stick? You’re guess is as good as mine…
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- Minecraft
- Factorial
- Terraria
- Balatro
- Stardew valley
I’m just going for maximum time sink.
In no particular order:
- Rim World
- Terraria
- Oxygen not Included
- Factorio
- Vintage Story
L.A. Noire
Mafia 1-3
Master of Orion 2