Not a lot of really terrible things can happen very easily it's more that if you don't play, you're not out there earning goodies and catching new bugs. But it's unlike most simulations, in that it's not particularly stressful. But here, I'm referring to the more methodical, world-creating, no-obvious-ending simulations like the farming game Stardew Valley, where you set up your farm and then grow things and sell them and try to make friends. Almost anything can be defined as a simulation of sorts, in that there's always a reality that you're living in, even if you're jumping from platform to platform or shooting at bad guys. (One of my dear friends is a devotee of NBA2K, a game I find as stressful as an ancient version of myself might have found a tiger attack.)īut more than anything, I have been playing simulation games.
I'm okay at Breakfast Bar Tycoon, which requires you to learn how to assemble breakfast sandwiches and serve grumpy customers (though anything where you're eventually rushing stresses me out), and I'm not even going to list the games I've tried at which I'm completely hopeless. I loved Kentucky Route Zero, which is a moody, melancholy point-and-click storytelling game with musical interludes and all kinds of cool stuff.
Yes, I played Animal Crossing: New Horizons when it first came out - in fact, I bought a copy for a stranger on Twitter, because she was in a pinch and it had been such a balm to me.īut I also play RBI Baseball 20 (the official MLB-sanctioned baseball game) and Super Mega Baseball 3 (the funnier, more whimsical baseball game), and I play Paper Mario: The Origami King (the fact that you throw confetti like Rip Taylor in that game is just the best). Maybe it's not a surprise that I, as someone who lives alone and finds myself with time to kill in these Pandemic Days, have made a lot more use of my Switch in the last few months than in the last couple of years.
You build some roads, you create zoning (and really, who doesn't get into gaming in order to explore land-use planning?), you supply these areas with water and power, and then people begin to move in. It's very much like the game Sim City that I played years ago, and it proceeds in much the same way: You have some land. I play it on my Nintendo Switch, but you can play it on your Xbox, or your PlayStation, or your computer. The city I created playing the game Cities: Skylines. Not in my yard, you understand: in my imaginary city.
I'm overwhelmed by so many things right now, not the least of which is that I keep having to build wind turbines. Your animals will demand your attention in Planet Zoo, just one of several simulation games that might distract you from quarantine.
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