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Stakes are definitely needed to make things interesting. You could try setting up your own game with friends. I've avoided regular online play because it really

• eru 6y ago
  Apropos stakes: Solo computer games are probably the lowest stake activity you could think of. But some games have 'perma death' and 'iron man' modes. The former means that you or your pawns etc can't come back after being killed off. The latter means that there's only ever a single save file for one playthrough, ie you can save-and-quit to take a break, but you can't load an early save game when something inevitably goes wrong. This kind of playstyle is common in rogue-like games. But can also be employed for strategy games like X-Com.