Console yourself with nine of the best video games for whiling away the long hot summer
From first-person shooters to agriculture sims to mysterious puzzlers, there’s something for every gaming taste in this selection of titles that have the staying power to keep you playing all summer long
If you’re lucky enough to have some sort of summer break (whether it lasts a week or three months), you might be hit with a dilemma: you want to spend a lot of your free time playing video games, but you can’t possibly afford them all. After all, games aren’t cheap, so you don’t want to buy something with the hope of it lasting you all summer only for you to be finished with it in a single sitting.
Here are some suggestions for games to keep you occupied for a while. These are games that you can really sink your teeth into for hours, days, even months at a time. If you want some bang for your buck, this is where to start.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
This RPG that’s part dungeon crawl, part celebration of J-pop music, part anime and part coming-of-age story is very Japanese, but in a lot of the best ways. I hope you don’t mind Japanese voice acting, because you won’t hear any English – you’ll just have subtitles. The game is a blend of the popular Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem series, though it’s far more of the former than the latter.
Perfect for: the player who can’t stand that they need to wait until next year to play Persona 5.
Available on: Wii U