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can anons recommend some good simulation games? i'm a big fan of roller coaster tycoon, the sims, animal crossing, yandere simulator, etc. and i'm looking for new games to play. i plan on googling myself but i always like to hear suggestions from chicken-fuckers such as yourselves.

i'd prefer games that are pc/online, but i'm willing to download/buy games for gbc/gba, ds, 3ds, psp, nintendo 64, gamecube, xbox 360, wii, and maybe playstation/2/3 if i can get an emulator working. they don't have to be aaa games, indie games are fine too.

idk how close this is, but monster rancher is fun. you micromanage a bratty baby monster to make it less of a brat and teach it to fight for you and win tournaments and go on expeditions. (tw sadness: monsters get old and die after a certain number of in-game years. you're supposed to freeze combine your old monsters into new, stronger monsters to reach higher tiers of the game.)

2 and 4 were probably the best imo but 4 in particular is hard to find. 1 was rough by comparison and 3 was merely okay. EVO was... weird.

there were two gba titles that i've also played a lot of. they work on a password system to unlock monsters instead of cds. nothing quite beats the nostalgia of having piles and piles of old cds everywhere because of wanting to see what was in them, though.

oh and there was a ds one too, but they implemented a sneaky secret anti-save-scumming feature and therefore it is dead to me.

not ayrt but you're an anon after my own heart. i love me some monster rancher and i still play 2 and 4 to this day. it's a shame they had to implement such a dickish system in the ds version because it made minmaxing a pain in the ass when that's what's kept me hooked on mr2 for so many years.

I love you, fellow MR anons! I've tried and failed emulating before with the disc summons and all (because alas, my MR discs aren't working in perfect condition anymore), but now I'm tempted to give it another shot once again.

woah i was just googling this last night /camps in here

the anno games looked fun

i've really been enjoying cities: skylines, which is like sim city but with a really nice and active modding community & no EA bullshit

Aka the traffic control simulator

all pc games

Civilization V - Pretty much the 4x sim game out there. Pick nation, build it up, expand, probably go to war at some point(s), say "just one more turn" 50 times in a row. Goes on sale frequently, you can get the full game with every expansion for under $15.

Anno 1404 (colonial era) or Anno 2070 (near future) - Similar games in a series, get the one with the setting that most appeals to you. There's also the far future Anno 2205, but I haven't played that so no idea how good it is. They're city builders, you colonize islands, build manufacturing centers, and ship goods around. Really good time sinks.

Tropico 4 - Better than 5, IMO, and can go as low as $5 for the game and expansions. Another city builder, much simpler than the Anno games. You're set up as the dictator of a small island nation and can do what you please with it. Make a benign socialist paradise where everyone is happy and well cared for, or go full banana republic and get filthy rich while your people suffer. Won't take up quite as much time as Civ or Anno, but still a good buy.

Stardew Valley - Ever play any of the Harvest Moon or Rune Factory games? Then you've got a good idea what this is about. If not, you play as a person moving to a new town to start up farm. There's a town full of people to befriend (and date and marry), two big dungeons, tons of fish to pull up, everything. One of my favorite games of the year, lots of value for the low amount it costs.

Crusader Kings 2 - Definitely the hardest game in this list to get into, but probably the most rewarding, imo. You roleplay as a noble in medieval times and have to deal with all the political intrigue of the time. Marriages, heirs, war, rebellion, spies and assassins, heresies, there's shitloads to do. There's a lot of expansions, but the base game and all but the latest ones go on sale pretty often.

Tropico 4 - Better than 5, IMO

I'd say it's safe to call that a fact.

Crusader Kings II also has an amazing Game of Thrones mod as well.

zoo tycoon 2 but only if you mod the hell out of it and use a lot of user-created downloads

nayrt but i preferred the original because of mods.
what mods do you rec for 2? the lack of them early on was probably part of why i didn't get really attached to it.

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, WWII theater. It was one of my favorite games when I was younger. Never got to play the sequels, though, but I heard they were pretty good. It also taught me loads about air combat theory.

Mount and Blade: Warband. Somebody suggested Crusader Kings 2 for politics of the middle ages, and while this game is also about expanding your kingdom and becoming a badass king, the core of the game is recruiting or hiring lowly peasants to transform them into a badass army, and you're practically needed to lead the battles on your own in real time, being both the best soldier in the field and the main strategist.

Problem with the game is that there might be a learning curve and you might need to get the hang of the controls. On the plus side, there's also a lot of mods for this game, one of them based on Game of Thrones, and there's even one based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Take a blast from the past if you can find DinoPark Tycoon from the early 90's.

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