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Posted August 12, 2014
I have very high standards and that leaves me to replaying my fav games all the time cos playing new games that are just good or mediocre feels like a waste of time.
Posted August 12, 2014
Fallout, Fallout 2, Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2 (which I always seem to play about halfway through), Kotor, re-playing kotor 2 right now. The Witcher, Witcher 2 (finished with Roche, now with Iorweth).. and so on. If I like a game, I usually pick it up again some day :)
Posted August 12, 2014
These days I'm largely wishing for the time to play stuff once, let alone again...
Posted August 12, 2014
Often I go back to older games I've played before, instead of playing one of the many newer games I own that I've never played.
Yea, I could end up liking a lot of those new games if I just took the time to try them, but sometimes I can't help but play through an older game I love, like Resident Evil 4, or Chrono Trigger.

Some times I don't like playing games I never played before, because I have to take the time to learn the controls, or for the games story/gameplay to pick up, which is often most of the time.
(this happens a LOT with newer games actually, not enough documentation within the game to help me or even direct me... or they have awful hud/gui elements that make playing feel like a damn chore)
Posted August 12, 2014
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Crispy78: These days I'm largely wishing for the time to play stuff once, let alone again...
This is basically the reason I started the thread in the first place :)
Posted August 12, 2014
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adaliabooks: Xenoblade Chronicles, one of my favourite games, came out nearly three years ago now. Since I completed it I've been meaning to replay it, especially before the sequel comes out next year. But it's looking less and less likely that I will get the time when I have so many new games to play instead.

I've seen a few people post on here saying they don't really replay games, or that they've played certain classics dozens of times. So I was wondering what peoples thoughts were on replaying games?

I used to replay quite a lot of games, Ocarina of Time, Link to the Past, Final Fantasy V, Chrono Trigger. These days I rarely do, and I imagine it's mostly down to time. But there are some games I wouldn't even consider playing through again, and not even because I didn't like or enjoy them, whether it's because the story wouldn't have the same impact second time around or because I would know the answers to all the puzzles.

Do you replay games? What would make you replay a game, and what would stop you?
I do replay certain titles over and over. Usually once a year or once in two years.
These titles include Fallout 1+2, Gabriel Knight series, Arcanum, Deus Ex, System shock 2, Vampire the masquerade: Bloodlines, Knights of the old republic 1+2, Mass Effect series and maybe some other titles I can't remember now, but the listed are just those I actually do play regularly. It just comes one day that I just feel like it's time once again :D. But I've also played other games more than once with less regularity.
It's usually great story or lots of variety that makes me play a game this much. A lot of the titles among the ones I mentioned provide both.
In fact, whenever I buy new pc, I install one of the mentioned titles and it stays installed until it's time to get a better machine. For example I have Theme hospital installed not because I'd play it like every day but because I feel like it wouldn't feel right if I did not have that Theme Hospital icon on my desktop :D
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