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Games you love, but are not willing to replay it again
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Pretty much every game. I almost never replay single player games, even ones that are my favorites of all time.
I almost never replay the same game twice.
I can't go through emotional games again especially if they have a depressing/bittersweet ending like most endings nowadays (Witcher, Yakuza, mgsv, katana 0) Plus, I'd rather move on. I don't even buy dlc for games because I just beat the main game and move on.
Nier automata is cheating hehe. Since it is essentially a different campaign each time around. And the real credits play at the real end. That's the only game I "replayed" I guess.
I can't go through emotional games again especially if they have a depressing/bittersweet ending like most endings nowadays (Witcher, Yakuza, mgsv, katana 0) Plus, I'd rather move on. I don't even buy dlc for games because I just beat the main game and move on.
Nier automata is cheating hehe. Since it is essentially a different campaign each time around. And the real credits play at the real end. That's the only game I "replayed" I guess.
Red Dead Redemption 2. I loved the first couple of chapters the first go around, but I don't think I would have the patience of going through them again a second time.
Hollow Knight. I will definately buy Silksong when it comes out, but I couldn't go back to play Hollow Knight again.
Games that I feel completed something.
NieR and NieR: Automata full true ending play throughs feel so whole and complete to me that to replay them would be dismissive of the point of the game. The game means more to me by not playing it again in spite of it being one of my favorites of all time.
Analogue: A Hate Story. I failed at a part where I didn't want to fail. The game continues and there's no turning back really. I'm dancing around context, but those who have played may understand. That feeling the game left me with, of letting someone down, of failing someone I cared about even if it's just digitally was so wholly unique that the game means more to my by finishing the game with that weight on my heart. It's easy to replay it to get the ending I want, but the state of game in my mind now is so much more meaningful than it would be to go for that 100%.
NieR and NieR: Automata full true ending play throughs feel so whole and complete to me that to replay them would be dismissive of the point of the game. The game means more to me by not playing it again in spite of it being one of my favorites of all time.
Analogue: A Hate Story. I failed at a part where I didn't want to fail. The game continues and there's no turning back really. I'm dancing around context, but those who have played may understand. That feeling the game left me with, of letting someone down, of failing someone I cared about even if it's just digitally was so wholly unique that the game means more to my by finishing the game with that weight on my heart. It's easy to replay it to get the ending I want, but the state of game in my mind now is so much more meaningful than it would be to go for that 100%.
God of War 2018.
Love the game and story, but I just can't deal with that traversal again, I'm sorry
Love the game and story, but I just can't deal with that traversal again, I'm sorry
Excluding games which are simply too long (typically due to filler content/padding), a game which stands out for me somewhat recently was Frostpunk.
After beating the main scenario in that game, I'm probably never going back to it. I did try one of the other scenarios very briefly immediately after finishing it, but that was when I realized that I didn't need any more of the game.
It's a great game that I would still recommend to people, but the experience is just so draining. Finishing it was cathartic.
There are a number of other games I have tried to go back to, but if there are things like long cutscenes or tutorial sequences which cannot be skipped, that's often enough to deter me.
Older games are far more replayable than most new games, I find.
After beating the main scenario in that game, I'm probably never going back to it. I did try one of the other scenarios very briefly immediately after finishing it, but that was when I realized that I didn't need any more of the game.
It's a great game that I would still recommend to people, but the experience is just so draining. Finishing it was cathartic.
There are a number of other games I have tried to go back to, but if there are things like long cutscenes or tutorial sequences which cannot be skipped, that's often enough to deter me.
Older games are far more replayable than most new games, I find.
How come? I haven't picked it up yet. I loved the previous one and thought this one would be as good. I usually go into games blind, so haven't checked any reviews at all.
I know if I try that it's gonna cost me at least 1 controller.
Red Dead 2 for me as well. Loved it and would put it in my top 3 experiences of the generation but I simply don't have the time or patience to play it again now that I know the story.
Anything with a bunch of grinding/filler. So most RPGs.
I feel Monster Hunter and Enter the Gungeon aren't really games meant to be restarted from a new save anyway. I think they're designed to keep going with the same file.
Cuphead is 90% memorization/pattern recognition and 10% execution, once you're memorized a boss patterns and know how to dodge them it's easy forever.
I feel Monster Hunter and Enter the Gungeon aren't really games meant to be restarted from a new save anyway. I think they're designed to keep going with the same file.
Cuphead is 90% memorization/pattern recognition and 10% execution, once you're memorized a boss patterns and know how to dodge them it's easy forever.
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One of the most powerful experiences I've had playing a game. And I hated that feeling. Never again.
One of the most powerful experiences I've had playing a game. And I hated that feeling. Never again.
Okami. It's one of my favorite games of all time, but it's a long, fulfilling investment with a masterful story. I even cried during the final boss. I love the game to death, but there's no inherent replay value other than just wanting to play it again, and I don't want to play it again. I can't play it again. That first time just felt so right, so perfect. Playing it again just wouldn't be the same.
The Wonderful 101. I don't love the game, but the story was epic and the ending was climactic and worth the effort. Amazing game that I wish had a bigger audience, but I'm not playing it again.
It's rare that I replay games anyway, but these are two games I hold in high regard that I can definitively say "I won't play this again" to.
The Wonderful 101. I don't love the game, but the story was epic and the ending was climactic and worth the effort. Amazing game that I wish had a bigger audience, but I'm not playing it again.
It's rare that I replay games anyway, but these are two games I hold in high regard that I can definitively say "I won't play this again" to.
Okami is the big one that jumps out to me. I really loved my time with the game 10+ years ago, and in particular it has one of my favorite OSTs ever. The game also means a lot to me personally based on where I was in my life when I played it. I even bought the Switch version because the idea of playing it again on a portable system sounds very appealing, but I don't think I can ever bring myself to do it. It's something I'll always look back on fondly, and it's ok if I never revisit it.
The mechanics are simply behind the times. I doesn't feel right or at all fluid to control.
I'm definitely not expecting Arthur to be as nimble as Spider-Man, but going from point A to B is always a chore.
The slow pacing and heavy focus on animation-priority makes for a very unique experience, but not one I want to do ever again
I honestly don't really enjoy replaying choice-based narrative games (Life is Strange, The Walking Dead, etc.) because replaying them would feel inauthentic, like its taking away from my original playthrough somehow. I much prefer watching friends, family, and streamers play through them instead.
Otherwise, the Mass Effect games. Playing through the three of them back-to-back was an incredible experience that I don't regret at all, but after the ending of ME3, I lost pretty much all motivation to return to the series. And outside of that, I was very satisfied with the choices I had made throughout.
Otherwise, the Mass Effect games. Playing through the three of them back-to-back was an incredible experience that I don't regret at all, but after the ending of ME3, I lost pretty much all motivation to return to the series. And outside of that, I was very satisfied with the choices I had made throughout.
I'm struggling to think of a game I've completed, liked, but never replayed to a significant extent. Are we talking about never beating it a second time around, or simply never touching the game again?
I've had the opposite problem - getting 2/3 of the way through an enjoyable game and reaching a point where "I've seen enough". Pillars of Eternity 2, Torna: The Golden Country, and World of Final Fantasy currently victims of this.
Oh well, time to start playthrough 453 of FFXII or Bloodborne. 🤷🏽‍♂️
I've had the opposite problem - getting 2/3 of the way through an enjoyable game and reaching a point where "I've seen enough". Pillars of Eternity 2, Torna: The Golden Country, and World of Final Fantasy currently victims of this.
Oh well, time to start playthrough 453 of FFXII or Bloodborne. 🤷🏽‍♂️
Almost any game, unless it's been long enough. At least five years. Having to go through parts I remember just annoys the hell out of me.
Persona 5. I absolutely adore it, it's possibly in my top 20 games but it was 115 hours and I don't have the drive to play it ever again. Even for the new features.
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Some people like to make new save files for the fun of it though.
There are a lot, mostly the story driven ones, but Nier Automata and the Gravity Rush games as well as RDR2 come to mind right away.
Sekiro. Great game but unlike the DS games there is no build variety for me to want to go back to it.
Thats me. But mostly because i want to forget as much as possible before I replay it when a remaster is released on PS5
It's one of my favorite games ever but probably BotW. Just too long and involving of an experience. Not to mention exploration is much of the joy in the game. Once that's gone you can't really replicate it.
RDR2, but that goes for any time consuming open world game. On the other side of the coin, I can replay a time consuming JRPG that I love.
