In fact, this problem has appeared on the Internet a long time ago, and the original topic is: give you two million, let you not go out for two years, and you can only choose a stand-alone game to play, which one will you choose?
Wouldn't I have already bought a house if one of these people is a man of his word? Although two million is out of reach, another issue is worth considering, after all, although there are many interesting single-player games, there are very few that can keep people playing for two years.
After all, no matter how large the size of the general game is, there is a limit to the content of the game, so it is still difficult to make a decision if you really choose.
After careful consideration, Uncle Monster selected the following games; Let's take a look at the games and why
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
In War3, there are 30 chapters in the story line of the campaign alone, and in the case of not looking at the strategy and not using cheats, it is a great person to be able to complete the full collection and clearance within a week, not to mention the difficulty setting in the game.
Even if you decide to make a quick decision and go straight to the main story, it will take at least 72 hours, and of course this takes into account your rest and meal time.
Once you've cleared the campaign, the game has just begun, because War3 is essentially an RTS game, and since it's an RTS game, it's sure to have a lot of different maps. According to incomplete statistics, as of 2021, the official maps of War3 include 44 initial maps and 113 Frozenthrone maps for matches.
To thoroughly understand the structure of a map, even a very good understanding person needs to play at least one game;
According to the average map it takes 40 minutes, roughly calculated that it will take 105 hours to explore all of it, and according to a reasonable and healthy 8 hours of play time per day, it will take at least half a month to complete.
You think that's the end of it? The most powerful part of War3 is not the above, but the "RPG map" and the "map editor".
At present, there are many "Warcraft RPG maps" on the market, and it is impossible to count them due to the large number; From my own point of view, I've played over 600 hours on one RPG map for the longest time, and I haven't fully explored it yet.
Even if you get tired of RTS versus mode and RPG maps, you can still open the map editor to create a map you want to play.
So, if you don't go out for two years, it's definitely a smart move to bring such an all-encompassing RTS game with you.
Minecraft (MC).
You can always trust the "freshness" that the "open world" can bring to you.
It is true that no matter how fun a game is, if it is linear content or fixed mode, there will definitely be an "aesthetic fatigue period" after playing to a certain extent, and this state will last for a long time.
But in MC, you can get endless "freshness", every time you open a save map, it's randomly generated, and regardless of the mods you can add, the first two ways of playing the game are very charming.
Even if you turn on creative mode, you can still do whatever you can to build all kinds of large buildings, as long as you can think of it in your head, you can try to do it.
Let's take the example of a mega-complex called Theia, which took three years to complete by the NLT studio, and the entire complex is a reference to the biblical Garden of Eden and Atlantis, and the complex is divided into four continents and ten regions with different scenes and backstories.
This is still achieved through the cooperation of the entire studio, so it is conceivable that if you build this big project by yourself, two years is far from enough.
In addition to the most basic survival and creative modes, MC also has its strongest feature - mods.
It seems that in all "high freedom" games, there will be add-ons such as mods, plugins, maps, and so on; The mods in the MC are now divided into various types, such as transportation, texture packs, story lines, etc., and there is a lot of playable content.
If there was to be a must-play list within this two-year time limit, most players would have voted for the MC.
ARK: Survival Evolved
If MC is the "best" open-world game, then Ark optimizes the modeling and takes you back to the age of dinosaurs, and of course "digging the ground" does not exist.
From a basic point of view, except for some MC-specific gameplay such as "digging the ground" and "redstone", the ark has almost 90% of the MC's functions, and it is more complex.
It's still the old rule.,Let's not talk about DLC.,There's more than 120G in the game itself alone.,Judging from this jaw-dropping capacity, the playable content is definitely indispensable.。
In the ark, players can choose fixed maps and random maps, and like MC, they can build houses, make furniture, ** vehicles, etc.
The main goal of most players in Ark is basically to become a "dragon trainer", after all, who can refuse to combine dinosaurs and Pokémon gameplay?
The ark also has a main story, and there is also a final boss; Therefore, compared to the complete freedom of the MC, some of the purpose of the ark will be stronger, and these contents will play a guiding role for the player.
So if you want to go through the story line, you need to level up, build a home, collect equipment, ascend, and wait until you have enough strength to challenge the final boss.
And the entire content of more than 230g is probably going to take millions of words and a few years to complete in words, so if you really have the opportunity to close your door one day, you might as well experience this "Dinosaur Pokémon Sandbox Game" created with Unreal Engine 4.
Red Dead Redemption 2
If you want to ask which pilot game has really realized the term "next-generation" in recent years, it is undoubtedly Red Dead Redemption 2.
In "that game" has achieved 1 global sales so farIn the case of 4.5 billion, R Star still completed the huge project of Red Dead Redemption 2. Red Dead Redemption 2 contains more than just a "story" and an "open world", such as exploration, collection, hunting, honor system, trading, chess and card games, and other gameplay and content are very fascinating.
Of course, the most striking thing when it comes to this game is the large map where you can't ride a horse for 13 minutes, and there are almost no repetitions on this map.
Uncle Monster once spent more than two months clearing the main story while maintaining a daily play time of 2 hours, and during this time, he barely touched the exploration content and side quests.
If you don't look at the strategy, according to the level of a normal person, it will take at least 150 hours to clear the main plot alone;
It takes at least 300 hours to complete side quests, stranger quests, and challenge (gold challenge) quests; Not to mention the hidden **, treasure map, hunting, fishing, dinosaur fossils, costumes, cards and other collection elements, because some events and items appear randomly and can be encountered but not sought.
And that's not all there is to Red Dead Redemption 2, this game also inherits the strongest traditional ability of console games - achievements;
Of all the achievements, there is often only one that is the most enticing, and that is the "Platinum Trophy"; However, the Red Dead Redemption 2 Platinum Trophy is done by playing online, so we won't talk about it here.
But even if you get the platinum trophy, it's not over yet! When you're saved, you'll notice that there's a percentage on the right side of the save that represents your progress in exploring the game, and to get to 100% it involves specific missions in the game that only appear in certain chapters.
However, even if you have done all of this, it does not mean that there is no content left for you to "squeeze" in this game, and maybe this is the tip of the iceberg. Of course, I have a personal opinion on the choice of the game, so I won't repeat it here, welcome to leave a message in the comment area, and say which game you will choose