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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 :)

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 13 hours ago

Gotta be one of the Paradox strategy games. I have two reasons for this: the first is that a good game unavoidably takes ages on them, so they have staying power; the other is that I know how to mod them, so I can make myself new scenarios once I get fed up of it. I'll bring Crusader Kings 3 and Victoria 3 because I like them but haven't yet played them much

I'll add in Assetto Corsa and Dirt Rally 2 for some driving. Both have very high skill ceilings that I am nowhere near, so that gives me a lot to do. I also don't own a wheel, so if I get that as part of the deal then that'd be fun to try. These two also have an odd bonus for me: they both have courses set near my home. I can sort of visit them by playing when I get a bit homesick

Lastly I'll have Deep Rock Galactic for low effort shooty fun. I can't always be putting mental energy into games

There are games I like as much or more than these five but which lack the replayability for this scenario. Like I adore Outer Wilds, but you can only really play it once