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 :)

  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    5·
    25 days ago

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon

    WipeOut 2097(XL)

    Tetris (arcade) or Karate Champ (arcade) or Speed Rumbler(arcade)

    Descent II

    Simon Tatham Puzzles collection

  • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    25 days ago

    Roguelites are the way, fam:

    • Noita
    • FTL: Faster Than Light
    • Slice & Dice
    • Death Road to Canada
    • I’ve never actually played it yet, but maybe S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, or else possibly Infested Planet or RimWorld
    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
      7·
      25 days ago

      Any time someone mentions FTL, I use it as an opportunity to let people know about the Multiverse mod. It’s been praised by the original devs and is like 4x bigger than the base game.

      It’s set 20 years after the first game and adds hundreds of new ships and weapons, several new races, new sectors, thousands of new events, new win conditions, new achievements, everything. It’s essentially FTL 2.

      If you liked the original FTL, seriously check out Multiverse, it’s breathed new life into the game in a way I’ve never seen another mod do.

      • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        25 days ago

        Thanks for the rundown. My biggest problem is that the literal only copy I have is from the DRM-free Humble Bundle from way back then (I gave away the Steam key to a friend of a friend), which is on a higher version than with what Multiverse is compatible, so I’ve never been able to play it all these years even though I’ve been itching to try.

  • 2ugly2live@lemmy.world
    3·
    25 days ago
    • Any Monster Hunter really, but I’ll go with Monster Hunter Wilds
    • Subnautica
    • Fatal Frame 3
    • Tetris
    • Ghost of Tsushima
  • yesman@lemmy.world
    41·
    25 days ago

    Why does it have to be a desert island? I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere.

  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    25 days ago

    Terraria

    Celeste

    Expedition 33

    Horizon: Forbidden West

    F-ZERO GX

    About as much variety and quality as I could hope to fit.

  • systemglitch@lemmy.world
    2·
    25 days ago

    State of Decay 2

    Sid Meier’s Civilization V

    Stellaris

    Terraria

    Retroarch as I currently have it set up

    Subnautica if Retroarch is beyond the scope of this.

    I would consider Ark or some version of Mount & Blade as well. Minecraft might also be an amazing time killer.

  • Bruncvik@lemmy.world
    2·
    24 days ago

    Games with the highest replay value for me:

    • Civilization 4
    • Heroes of Might and Magic III
    • Sid Meyer’s Alpha Centauri
    • TES3: Morrowind
    • SimCity 2000
  • orgrinrt@lemmy.world
    2·
    25 days ago

    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.