Pick up and play games are great to have while at university, but sometimes you want something with a bit more commitment that can keep you company for the long haul. These games will be there for you from hungover Thursday mornings when you can’t bare to move, to cozy Sunday evenings when your SAAS has run out. The best part about these games is that they work equally well in short bursts in a busy life or in a glorious 12-hour binge.
Persona series
Persona is a series of 70–120-hour stylish JRPGs where you must balance school life with demon-based dungeon crawling. Along the way you’ll develop bonds with a cast of lovable characters and build up your character across an in-game year.
Persona is the perfect University companion as the games are long enough to last you a full semester and lend themselves to both styles of play. On top of this, the social sim aspects may just give you the push to go out and build up some real-world social links of your own.
Baldur’s Gate 3
Last year’s Game of the Year winning mega hit Role-playing game is perfect for all sorts of gamers. From hardcore strategists that wish to push their limits in honour mode to super- casual story fans that just want to romance Astarion and make TikTok edits (we
thank you for your service). The deep branching story lends itself to multiple playthroughs at whatever pace you want.
Stardew Valley
When the stress of the semester gets too much, sometimes you must become pixelated and move to a farm. Stardew is the perfect time-sink that lets you play however you want.
Want to min-max your crop growth? Go for it! Want to delve into the deepest depths of the mines and fight monsters? Knock yourself out! Just want to catch fish and flirt with the locals? That works too! You do anything you want in Stardew except stress and you can do it for as long as you like.
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