If I’m going to play through a game again. It had to have at least been 3 years or so. Enough that i can remember a lot of the story and set pieces.
For me, games are almost like books. I play/read it once and I’m done a lot of the time.
I don’t have enough time to replay games. Too many new ones to play, plus my backlog. I’ll never get back to BG3 for another playthrough. That’s for sure.
Thays what prompted this topic. I just played bg3 like 10 months ago for an 110 hour play through. And was going to play through it again and was already getting bored a few hours in, so I dropped the playthrough.
It’s going to have to be a couple years before I replay a big rpg like that
I have to really enjoy the movement or combat mechanics of a game to even consider revisiting it, but once I find a game like that it ends up being a game I consistently play multiple times throughout the years.
Examples:
- The entire Monster Hunter Franchise (I’ve probably beaten Monster Hunter Freedom Unite 5 times)
- Both Mirror’s Edge games
- Titanfall 2
- Vanquish
- Celeste
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Yoshi’s Island
- Team Fortress 2
- Trackmania
If a game doesn’t have excellent movement mechanics and it’s a single player game I’ll usually drop it in the first few hours. Movement mechanics are my primary factor for whether I’ll like a game or not.
I have a really bad consumeristic, otaku database animal-like need to constantly experience the new and tackle a fictitious backlog, but I’m also really nostalgic and like re-experiencing stuff I remember loving so it balances out for me.
Like, I’m playing through Elden Ring currently and then also going through the Switch version of Dark Souls 1 simultaneously.
I often get bored trying to replay games unless I add another layer of stimulation like a podcast or something
I can replay games from my youth, up until FFX, infinite times. This includes all the psx rpgs like Suikoden 2, FF7/9/Tactics, legend of dragoon, xenogears, and FFX. Any games I’ve played afterwards, I just don’t enjoy replaying for the most part. I think its something about playing games as a kid vs as an adult. Wish I could go back, lol.
