If you could bring just one game to a desert island...

Coriolanus

So, what's it to be? You have your choice of console or gaming rig, whatever specs needed if it's pc. It will have taken you months to build the damn thing out of coconuts, but now you can play that one game you happened to have in your carry on luggage when the plane crashed.

What is it?

Nick_oliveri

A PSP and street fighter alpha 4 (or whatever) so when i crack up and break the fecking thing ill have all the time in the world to reflect on my anger issues, and that **** game.

Coriolanus

Shryke wrote: »

I like games but I'm sorry. I'll take a woman a little something like this.

Pah. She's already there! I never said you were alone on the desert island. She's there and you still need something to do while she's making coconut steak or whatever for dinner. Now pick a game! :pac:

Prob Fifa 2010 for me because,its very long lasting or football manager

johnny_ultimate

Probably Disgaea. Item world = thousands of hours of gameplay. May not be my favourite game, but probably the one I could spend endless hours playing.

Sephiroth_dude

Fallout 3 or else Fifa 10

R0ot

Halo (First One)

Lands Leaving

Super Mario World. Could spend months trying to find everything in that, and then still want to do it all over again.

Creature

Probably Civilisation 4 or maybe 2 depending on the amount of coconut RAM.

Coriolanus

d22ontour wrote: »

Ew a pretty face is one thing but a chick with no body ? Seriously if she was topless you wouldn't need a nsfw tag on the pic.Skinny chicks with no boobs are not sexeh ffs. :eek:

Plus they don't make good eating when the coconuts run out.

cherryghost

Pokemon Gold/Silver

L31mr0d

Shryke wrote: »

I like games but I'm sorry. I'll take a woman a little something like this.

Why do people always do this in these threads ... great you like the wimmins, how manly of you... now back to the topic at hand.

I'd probably pick something simple... and highscore based also. Mario Kart is a good one. Even now I'll still try and beat my ghost in the time trials on my GBA:SP when on long plane journeys.

Tetris is another, I still have the old original Gameboy cartridge that I play on my GBA now... that game never gets old.

Jim

If I could play multiplayer online etc then Street Fighter 4.

L31mr0d

Jim wrote: »

If I could play multiplayer online etc then Street Fighter 4.

I'm pretty sure if you could play multiplayer online, the first message anyone would send would be something like "wtf... another scrub Ken, lol... oh btw, stuck on a desert island, HELP!!!"

Kinetic^

Folks, seriously, do not post pictures like those again on the games forums.

smithy1981

Creature wrote: »

Probably Civilisation 4 or maybe 2 depending on the amount of coconut RAM.

Yep, would have to be Civilization 4 for me too. I cant think of another game i enjoy that has 1/10th the replayability
that the civ series has.

Cunny-Funt

well since this is 'bringing' a game to a desert island, thus a voluntary thing, then there might be some satellite internet set up or some ****e, so a big hefty mmo would seem like a good choice since they can go on for years.

OK-Cancel-Apply

Probably Peggle Deluxe.

tman

As much as I hate it for taking over my life, I'd have to say WoW.

Not sure if I could choose a singleplayer game... Maybe something like Peggle, or Geometry Wars 2

Melion

Football Manager, no doubt about it.

Leprachaun

Mass Effect 2.

Mindkiller

Pokemon Glod/Silver is the only choice

Or Shin Mega Ten: Nocturne mebbe.

Overheal

Question: Which game teaches me how to survive on a desert island?

Joneser

Would prob be WoW for me, the game is practically never ending

Greyfox

For the greatest story ever, Final Fantasy 7

Grimebox

After this game has consumed the last week of my life... i think i have to go for XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Jazzy

www.quakelive.com

or Heroes of Newerth (both if i hd a net connection)

failing that, it'd have to be civilisation 2 or 4. ooohhh or maybe birth of the federation

Gerty

Rock Band.....hollowed out, inside-waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Coriolanus

Grimebox wrote: »

After this game has consumed the last week of my life... i think i have to go for XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Wait til you get to Terror From the Deep.

Leprachaun

Overheal wrote: »

Question: Which game teaches me how to survive on a desert island?

Monkey Island.

TanG411

Tombi!

For it's longevity of doing all 130 missions and also a bit of nostalgia

Kevster

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Super Mario World. Could spend months trying to find everything in that, and then still want to do it all over again.

Me too... ...I love the game so much. Even looking at the cover of the box makes me smile. How sad am I... :P

Burning Eclipse

Really tough question. Most (all) games on my 'top 10' list are single-player games, or more specifically, don't have online modes.

I'm loving Uncharted 2 at the moment, pretty much got a PS3 for that and some other exclusives... but the only game I'd ever play again, nope.

I'd go with Civ 4 I reckon. It's got great depth, and some online modes to keep it fresh!

Shiminay

Ikaruga on the Dreamcast.

That is all.

Sephiroth_dude

I'd also consider choosing one of the stalker games.

Kinetic^

I'd probably go with something along the lines of CS1.6/CSS. The bots may be **** but at least you've a shed load of maps to headshoot them on.

Mark Hamill

Bordlerlands, Fallout 3 or Diablo 2.
Lots of replayability, borderlands would be better for out and out action, fallout is better if you have some wanderlust, diablos level are just different every time you turn it, so always something new to play.

Zaffy

Lands Leaving wrote: »

Super Mario World. Could spend months trying to find everything in that, and then still want to do it all over again.

Ah, i think i beat all 96 levels of that game

Super Smash Bros Brawl or Mario Kart for me.

Probs SSBB.

Peppapig

Garry's Mod:cool:

Grimebox

Nevore wrote: »

Wait til you get to Terror From the Deep.

Really? The concept of all the missions being underwater completely put me off the game. I will definitely have to try it now

Retr0gamer

Multiplayer allowed it would be street fighter 4. Single player it would be Radiant Silvergun or Puyo Puyo. ****ing love Puyo Puyo.

Greyfox wrote: »

For the greatest story ever, Final Fantasy 7

Go read a book! :P

noodler

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Multiplayer allowed it would be street fighter 4. Single player it would be Radiant Silvergun or Puyo Puyo. ****ing love Puyo Puyo.



Go read a book! :P

At least try and pretend like you're not a man on a crusade!

EDIT: Screw it. Its time for an impassioned defence!

The story was not black and white. You had so many different factions, Avalanche (first time Terrorism has been in a FF game to my knowledge), your own party, the murky relationship between the Turks and Shinra. You even had the Wutai stuff as background material.

The environmental aspect was a genuinely good storyline in my opinion, pretty contemporary and you always had the rather striking contrast of the urban, godless Midgar compared to many of the more agricultural/traditional tows around the map. The point was rammed home perfectly with the Coral incident in Barret's flashback.

Capitalism - the game was an excellent example of how big business and progress win out in the end over more traditional principles, whether it be the fall of Wutai or some of the other continental towns.

They way the big reveal was done in Disc 2 was amazing in my book - thats being completely honest. The next time you play the game through it completely changes the way you look at flashback in Kalm. Just another excellent aspect of the overall story dealing with unrealised ambitions.

I think you focus too much on the Sephroith angle Retr0. I think the fact his whole life was a lie was a much more powerful motivator for what followed than you do. Being used as a tool by those who actually killed your mother for example and are actually your sworn enemy? Add that to the believable mental complications of genetic modification and I think you have a motivation no more unreasonable than that in 90% of videogames personally. The fact he said little made him far more effective in my book, maybe I was just too old by the time I saw Kefka but that weak audio soundbyte and clown costume made him more like comic relief when he was on stage (I know he is your, "for example casepoint").

Anyway, we have debated it before and I don't know if I brought up anything new but I think its worth it every few monthes to write more than the usual "ah stop your moaning Retr0!".

callaway92

Metal Gear Solid 1

Kharn

Kharn wrote: »

Ikaruga on the Dreamcast.

That is all.

I hated that game. Mostly because I played on an emulator and found it impossible to control.


Can I take trilogies or just a single game? Have to be Mario all stars on the snes. literally millions of hours of fun.

Mindkiller

noodler wrote: »

Avalanche (first time Terrorism has been in a FF game to my knowledge).

The Returners were terrorists/ freedom fighters as well weren't they?

Saltour Sossiez

Shining Force 1 :cool:

youcancallmeal

Tetris

CiDeRmAn

noodler wrote: »

At least try and pretend like you're not a man on a crusade!

EDIT: Screw it. Its time for an impassioned defence!

The story was not black and white. You had so many different factions, Avalanche (first time Terrorism has been in a FF game to my knowledge), your own party, the murky relationship between the Turks and Shinra. You even had the Wutai stuff as background material.

The environmental aspect was a genuinely good storyline in my opinion, pretty contemporary and you always had the rather striking contrast of the urban, godless Midgar compared to many of the more agricultural/traditional tows around the map. The point was rammed home perfectly with the Coral incident in Barret's flashback.

Capitalism - the game was an excellent example of how big business and progress win out in the end over more traditional principles, whether it be the fall of Wutai or some of the other continental towns.

They way the big reveal was done in Disc 2 was amazing in my book - thats being completely honest. The next time you play the game through it completely changes the way you look at flashback in Kalm. Just another excellent aspect of the overall story dealing with unrealised ambitions.

I think you focus too much on the Sephroith angle Retr0. I think the fact his whole life was a lie was a much more powerful motivator for what followed than you do. Being used as a tool by those who actually killed your mother for example and are actually your sworn enemy? Add that to the believable mental complications of genetic modification and I think you have a motivation no more unreasonable than that in 90% of videogames personally. The fact he said little made him far more effective in my book, maybe I was just too old by the time I saw Kefka but that weak audio soundbyte and clown costume made him more like comic relief when he was on stage (I know he is your, "for example casepoint").

Anyway, we have debated it before and I don't know if I brought up anything new but I think its worth it every few monthes to write more than the usual "ah stop your moaning Retr0!".

All very noble, how wonderful an example of storytelling FFVII is, how it was the first game that made you lady boys cry etc,
but no matter what, it has still got those stupid, ridiculous random battles, when you do a little battle line-dance with your party! Feck, buggeritall!
And then there's the little tune and swish noise that heralds each random battle, blastin' flippin wankdogs, hate that shaggin game!

CiDeRmAn

And my vote is Need For Speed on the 3DO,

that or Star Control 2, also on the 3DO...

noodler

Mindkiller wrote: »

The Returners were terrorists/ freedom fighters as well weren't they?

They were freedom fighters alright. I don't think the name terrorist was ever used.

They certainly didn't strike me as modern day terrorists anyway but even still I don't think the name was mentioned.

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

All very noble, how wonderful an example of storytelling FFVII is, how it was the first game that made you lady boys cry etc,
but no matter what, it has still got those stupid, ridiculous random battles, when you do a little battle line-dance with your party! Feck, buggeritall!
And then there's the little tune and swish noise that heralds each random battle, blastin' flippin wankdogs, hate that shaggin game!

Yeah well you are already beyond help so who cares?!

sarumite

Overheal wrote: »

Question: Which game teaches me how to survive on a desert island?

The sims; Castaway....but do you really want that!!!

Me it would be CIV 4 (slightly outing Burnout paradise and Tetris)