Curious as to what people think has the most replay potential.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You get existing DLC/mods/etc for a game. You don’t get multiple games in a series, though.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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You have available to you existing documentation and material related to the game that is generally publicly-available. Fandom wikis, howtos and guides, etc.
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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?
I’m staying on dry land until the Factorio DLC is out.
Factorio
Dwarf Fortress
Rollercoaster TycoonIt’s time to learn Dwarf Fortress.
I think the goal is probably to not get bored by the only 3 games available, so with that in mind :
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Skyrim would last long enough to provide entertainment within those 5 years, there’s tons of replayability with mods. Witcher 3, RDR2, BG3, are good options as well.
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Then something lighter to come back to, to unwind, like Trackmania (probably United for the multi environment, or 2020 for the latest features), because the editor mode allows for potentially infinite tracks to be made and played offline on top of the official campaign tracks. Kerbal Space Program could fit those criterias too.
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And lastly, probably a rogue like that feels fresh every new run, I’m not a fan of Hades, so I’ll pick Dead Cells, or Balatro, or Pyre, or… there’s so many choices in that category!
Those are not only some solid choices but I like and agree with your reasoning. One deep immersive game, one pure fun game and one endless replay ability game.
Personaly I would add a creative game like Planet Coaster or Cities skylines 2 to the list as well but I’m jot sure with game category it should replace
Thanks ! Yeah, I’ve seen a lot of people mentioning Factorio, which I have not played yet, but I think it’s an excellent choice as well considering the requirements!
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Civilization 6
Baldurs Gate 3
Stellaris
Factorio
Minecraft (how am I the only one to say this so far?)
For the third I’m not sure, but I’m thinking something more mindlessly endless like Tetris (though I’m not a big Tetris fan)
Was gonna say Minecraft.
Hell if you get bored you can start modding it and make a new game. (Loophole!)
You only have 5 years
- Civ VI
- Factorio
- Rimworld
I might need an extra 5 years when they come to get me lol
Factorio with mods.
Other than that. Good choices!
Those and Bannerlord are the games I’ve got the most hours with on Steam so that was my basis lol. I thought about including Bannerlord cause its a bit different but less of a time sink I think. Maybe with mods though!
Minecraft
Stardew Valley
Baldurs Gate 3
DCSS[1] would alone probably take five years to master.
Dwarf Fortress (although I haven’t really played it myself yet).
And, of course, Factorio, that with existing mods has probably enough content for the rest of my life.
- Skyrim with a ton of mods
- Stellar is with a ton of mods
- Minecraft with a ton of mods
I would pick Baldur’s Gate 3 if I can bring my wife to play with me, then we may actually get to act 3 by the 5th year and not even need another game.
Factorio
Cataclysm DDA
AC:OdysseyI’m not getting on that island till the Factorio expansion is out next month.
- Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead
- Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup
- This is a hard one… Minetest, maybe? Would be the most interesting one to hack.
Arguably Minecraft may be better/subjectively more interesting to hack, considering you’d have access to an insane amount of modding tools and libraries, as well as that the entire game has been so pulled apart that its may even surpass the documentation for mine test (can’t say for sure though cause I’ve never looked at mine test’s source code personally)
Monster Hunter World GTA V Ocarina of Time
Then I’d paint cave walls with my stories for future generations to discover.
Just because I’m seeing this quite a bit with out explanation, and I’m super curious, I will once again copy my question from another comment
Genuine question. Do the Legend of Zelda 64 games give you replay value, or do you feel you have enough with the other 2 and want to bring a favorite?
It’s just a favorite that I replay at least once a year. It came out when I was the just the right age for it, and even today it’s like chicken soup for my soul.
Hell yeah, I get it. Thank you for answering
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Nobody said noita
- Elden Ring, AC6 duh
I would totally take notia. I still haven’t beaten it, let alone done any of the “special runs”
All I need is five years in a highly specified fantasy realm.