What is Your Desert Island Game?

[wraggster]

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1up has a feature today asking games industry heavyweights what their 'desert island game' would be. Games from the Civilization series are backed by the likes of Sony's Phil Harrison, David Jaffe, and Bethesda's Todd Howard, while Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has waiting-for-rescue fans among a number of the list respondents. Bioware CEO Ray Muzyka has an interesting answer to the question while talking about his pick: StarCraft.

" It's an unusual choice for me in that I'd normally pick a role-playing game. But StarCraft has a strong campaign editor to make new content (including making either combat-oriented or story-based campaigns), plus you can play both the solid single-player campaign and against the A.I., and -- here's the trick -- you can play on a LAN or WAN (you said no Internet, but didn't mention local or wide area networks...my goal would be to build a WAN -- I'd explain how, but that would be telling -- connecting other folks similarly dropped onto nearby desert islands by other videogame online sites, who are equally eager to play some competitive multiplayer RTS or try out the campaigns I've created to kill time on the long days where there's nothing else to do but collect coconuts and build rafts."

So, assuming that you have everything you need to play, what game would you want to take with you into seclusion?

Give me Command and Conquer Decades, Starcraft and the Theme Park/Hospital/World Games and im happy

[Psyberjock]

Easily Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. (not around yet, but that way I'd have maximum playability) I've already put over 400 hours each into 1 and 2. It has the highest replay value of ANY game I have EVER played. Even when you beat everything you can keep playing just out of the camaraderie aspect of the game.

Barring that, I'd have to say Diablo 3 (again, hoping they release it by the time I'm on the island) Diablo 2 is perhaps the second most (actually, maybe the first but it doesn't keep track of hours played so I can't be sure) played game by me. This game is great cause you can always try to get better weapons since they're random, and when you get utterly tired of being nice you can PK people and find a whole new evil life to live. (hardcore or nothing. if it doesn't matter if you die, what does it matter if you live?)

Those are my picks. Anyone agree with me?

[DarthPaul]

Guitar Hero!

[Cloud_35]

I'm between Resident Evil 4, MGS 3 and the LOST game (not yet released but.....)

[sroon]

Deffenatly Secret Of Mana
My whole childhood was based on that game..
( O ) ( O )

[Jonesyxxiv]

Hmm thats a tough question, but id say Starcraft, Perfect Dark, RE4, or OOT.

[paladinja]

For me, the only games you could just keep playing forever are fighters, namely streetfighter. So I'd go with an official answer of "Street Fighter 3: third strike". Just keep getting MO' betta & MO' betta for evah & evah!!! though I could get talked into "perfect dark" if im stranded with some real gamers.... hmmm and i have been playing a lot of "card fighters clash".... hmm, maybe I can't decide, CAN I TAKE A GIRL INSTEAD?!?!?!
hahahaaaa

[mike_jmg]

A game that I will spend a lot of time and is also a lot of fun
Disgaea Hour of Darkness, Because i haven´t beat it yet, and my savegame says that I have been playing for 50 hours (leveling takes a lot of time)

[quzar]

Probably either Heroes of Might and Magic 4 (with expansions), Minesweeper, or, if there were hallucinogenic anythings on the island, Rez.

[Abgoj]

mmmm.... probably FFVII. I've played that game so many times and I am not at all bored of it, and I probably never will be