I have an upcoming trip with an extremely long-haul flight so I’m looking to pack my Steam deck with as much as I can to try to make it more bearable.
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Have you tried gaming on a plane before? I can’t do it. It’s more bearable than gaming in the car, but gaming in any moving vehicle messes with my head. So I’d go with an audiobook.
That said… old school RPG but plenty of people have suggested them.
Have you tried gaming on a plane before?
Yeah, it’s why I asked lol
For flights the best a big count down clock on the screen, then entertaining the faces of the other passengers.
moving vehicle messes with my head
Earth: What did you say?
Point taken — and yet, motion sickness is a real thing.
My suggestions:
- Chrono Trigger
- any Metroid (Super, Fusion, Zero Mission)
- Mario World
- Yoshis Island
Between those you should be able to squeeze some hours out of it
FF6, bubble bobble for the Nes, Master Blaster
- Chrono Trigger
- Eternal Darkness
- Banjo Tooie
Each one of those will be longer than 16 h.
Eternal Darkness never gets the love it rightfully deserves.
you can easily get the entire SNES and Genesis library roms which alone will give you enough. Those alone will give you some awesome RPGs like Chrono Trigger, Secrets of, Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, etc.
Pokémon ROM hacks are always fun! I’d also say games like Super Metroid and other metroidvanias are great.
Earthbound! Its like being on a roadtrip while you’re on a roadtrip
Action RPGs are my go to games for this. Some good choices are most of the Kingdom Hearts games and most of the Castlevania games from SOTN onward (including Curse of Darkness and Lament of Innocence). I also like Dissidia and Dissidia Duodecim (012) but I do know that not everyone liked these two games. There are also some more obscure games that might be worth checking out, like The 3rd birthday and Alien Syndrome which are both on the PSP.
“Musou” games (often listed as either ARPGs or beat-em-ups) are also pretty good for this as well. Games like Warriors Orochi and at least most of Dynasty Warriors made after the first (the first game was a fighting game) are good choices. I’m not too familiar with other musou games but I did like Mystic Heroes, which I’ve played the GameCube version of but there is a PS2 version as well.
Final Fantasy Tactics on PS1 alone can carry you back and forth, if you end up liking the game.
Castlevania Symphony of the Night is also one of the best choices for the console.
FFT was a maybe for the list along with Fire Emblem 6 & 7 so it may get promoted up
Earthbound
Secret of Mana
Itch.io is full with tons of gamesof all kind to play right in the browser for free. Eg. for the friends of FPS
shadow run genesis. leveling can get a bit tedius though so good to have something to alternate with.
Good old fashioned RPGs and tower defense reign supreme on long hauls. Not sure if they’re on steam, but for TD the kingdom rush games are excellent. For RPG, bravely default 2 is a personal favorite. If you don’t mind a game leaning difficult.
Edit: oh, and Balatro! Balatro and kingdom rush 5 got me through two 11 hour flights when I traveled overseas.
Battletoads
Silent Hill 2
