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 :)
- Minecraft
- Factorial
- Terraria
- Balatro
- Stardew valley
I’m just going for maximum time sink.
Half-Life 3 through 7.
Can I mod them? Because if so
- minecraft
- skyrim
- terraria
- dark souls 2
- hollowknight (so i can finally get those speedrun achievements)
DS2 gets hate for that agility bullshit, which wasn’t completely undeserved. But that game is one of my favorites of the whole souls Bourne collection.
In no particular order:
- Rim World
- Terraria
- Oxygen not Included
- Factorio
- Vintage Story
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”
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
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
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
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.
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.
My man you bought it, just get yourself a downgraded version from the web.
I’d rather just play other games as I don’t feel good about doing that, partly because I don’t want to deal with any malware risk due to confidential information on my personal PC.
Quake 3, UT 2004, Heroes 3, GTA2, Beavis & Butthead Hock a Loogie
Minecraft: Java Edition
Stardew Valley
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Geometry Dash
Hogwarts Legacy- Dark Souls + DLC
- Metroid Prime
- Super Metroid
- Persona 3 Portable
- SMTV:V
Edit: Might swap DS for Sekiro
Island: A Game of Survival
Terraria
Celeste
Expedition 33
Horizon: Forbidden West
F-ZERO GX
About as much variety and quality as I could hope to fit.
- Rimworld
- HoI4 with Mods
- Vic3 with Mods
- CP2077
- maybe Satisfactory
