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.

  • Thoven@lemdro.idEnglish
    2·
    16 hours ago

    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.

  • rozodru@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    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.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
    2·
    1 day ago

    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.

    • Deyis@beehaw.orgOP
      1·
      17 hours ago

      FFT was a maybe for the list along with Fire Emblem 6 & 7 so it may get promoted up

  • cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    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.

  • vortexal@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    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.

  • EntropyPure@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 days ago

    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

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Honestly? Pretty much anything from the N64 era or earlier. Anything from before the PS1 will run great at the lowest power settings, and will stretch your battery life out for like 8-10 hours. Maybe not a huge concern if you have access to an outlet to charge, but I’m assuming you’ll be on your own for the whole flight.

    Arcade games are good for maybe an hour at a time, but quickly become too repetitive for me. Don’t sleep on the old RPGs and adventure games, as those will be fairly good at stretching gameplay into dozens of hours; Chrono Trigger is easily a ~25 hour game for the casual first-time player, and will be consistently entertaining for most of that time. Super Metroid will take at least a few hours to beat, especially if you’re not a repeat player who already knows where to go.

    If you have access to a charger, then your potential library will expand massively as you can loosen your power restrictions. The PS1 was the golden era of JRPGs, for instance. FF7 is a classic for a reason. Legend of Dragoon is stellar and will easily last 40-60 hours of gameplay. Legend of Legaia had a small release and was completely overshadowed by the bigger players, but has a cult classic following these days.