Desert Island Disks

PostDesert Island Disks by **Carlos** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:34 pm

Scenario:

You're shipwrecked on a desert island alone. There is enough food etc to survive on and you have a solar generator to power a TV and a console of your choice or charge the batteries of a portable device. There is no internet signal.

3 games wash up on the beach inside waterproof packaging.

What console and what 3 games would you pick to stop yourself turning a basketball into your best friend?

Given the choice I'd grab a Gameboy Advance SP.

My 3 games would be:

Metal Gear Solid (GBC version)
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Advance Wars

Thanks to the skirmish mode I could play Advance Wars forever TBH. That's a never-ending pile of battles to fight through.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Jenuall** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:09 pm

Console? No PC's allowed on this island!?

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Trelliz** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:13 pm

PS4 with Dreams, Gran Turismo Sport and Yakuza 0.

http://grview.grcade.co.uk/articles/des ... -2-part-1/

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **rinks** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:26 pm

Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:Console? No PC's allowed on this island!?

Enjoy gazing longingly at your code in a case.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Rex Kramer** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:41 pm

Attaboy, Clarence wrote:http://grview.grcade.co.uk/articles/desert-island-games-episode-2-part-1/

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **jawa2** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:54 pm

It's tough to choose and the lack of internet capability impacts my thinking!

So...

My console is PS4 Pro and my three games are Mad Max, Fallout 4 and No Man's Sky. Each of them offer a big gameworld to explore and would bear repeated play... I'd be very happy with them :-)

.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Peter Crisp** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:11 pm

Here goes.

XSX

Cities Skylines
Football Manager
Baldur's Gate 1+2 collection.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Green Gecko** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:12 pm

User banned for suggesting cartridges in a disk thread.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Vermilion** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:16 pm

Cities Skylines
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
F1 2020

All will keep me busy for many months.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Jenuall** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:32 pm

rinks wrote:
Jenu-All I Want For Christmas wrote:Console? No PC's allowed on this island!?

Enjoy gazing longingly at your code in a case.

If sanctioned I would bring my PC and the following as they are all brilliant and I could replay them forever without getting bored:

Doom
Deus Ex
Thief

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Wrathy** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:37 pm

Ideally I'd take a PC with Civilisation V (which has stolen weeks of my life at this point), Stardew Valley, and Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.

I like simulation / strategy / management style games, I guess. Just something about them sucks me in and I can't stop playing until it's far too late. :wub:

If it had to be a console instead, I'd take a Switch with Animal Crossing New Horizons, Skyrim, and Mario Kart 8, I guess. But I wouldn't be happy about it. :capnscotty:

YouTube · PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Yubel** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:52 pm

Trelliz wrote:PS4 with Dreams, Gran Turismo Sport and Yakuza 0.

Dreams makes the absolute most sense, despite not coming to mind sooner.

So yes, I'm going to have to say Dreams for this scenario as there'd be little else to focus the mind on than learning (and hopefully mastering) the comprehensive set of creation tools it offers.

Watch Dogs 2 - for the simple fact that it's San Francisco setting would be my ideal open-world hangout to escape into.

My third choice, for the sake of variety, would be a game which holds plenty of replay value. So on that note, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided seems the ideal choice on PS5. It's not as narratively strong as its predecessor, but within the scope of its world, densely packed environments and open-ended level design, the mileage this game offers (in a desert island scenario at least) is tough to beat.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Vermilion** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:02 pm

Yubel wrote:for the simple fact that it's San Francisco setting would be my ideal open-world hangout to escape into.

So you wanna go to San Francisco eh, does this mean you'll be wearing flowers in your hair?

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **kerr9000** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:04 pm

A switch with Skyrim, Disagea 5 and dragon quest builders 2

Or an xbox x series with Yakuza like a dragon, xcom enemy within and Skyrim.

You see I really want Yakuza like a dragon and dragon quest builders 2 but I can't do that on one machine without going PS4 and I'm not as comfy with PS4 controllers as xbox, if I had gone PS4 I'd have rounded it out with Disagea 5

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **OrangeRKN** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:40 pm

A Game Boy with Tetris and Link's Awakening. I'll swap out my third game for a basketball so I have someone to talk to.

I was thinking I'd go with a Game Boy Color purely for the form factor but the original would be useful if I need to bludgeon a boar.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **RichardUK** » Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:28 am

PlayStation 5

Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Gran Turismo Sport

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Robbo-92** » Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:23 am

I’d want a Nintendo 3DS to wash up with these games,

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D
Animal Crossing New Leaf
Pokémon Heart Gold

Reckon they’d keep me occupied till the next console washes up :lol:

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Ironhide** » Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:45 pm

Wrathy wrote:Ideally I'd take a PC with Civilisation V (which has stolen weeks of my life at this point), Stardew Valley, and Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.

Three truly excellent choices there Wrathy.

PostRe: Desert Island Disks by **Xeno** » Sat Jan 02, 2021 6:30 pm

I would go for PC as well (sorry).

Civ 5 for obvious reasons
Minecraft (with a few modpacks) as a huge time sink.
The last one is quite difficult, I could easily go for STALKER, or Euro truck simulator 2, but I settled on GTA5.

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