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If you could erase one game from your memory and play it again for the first time...

I thought Pokemon Red at first.. Then I thought Legen of Zelda, link to the past.. but i'm gunna go with Sim City for the Super Nintendo.. effin loved discovering that game
 
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Wow, it's an interesting question once you start to think about why you would want to forget a game and play it again "for the first time". In my mind, it warps the question into "What game had a better first experience than any other time you replayed it."

Sifting through the thread and seeing some of the suggested games that I have played (Chrono Trigger, FF VI, FF Tactics, Halo, Half-Life, System Shock 2, GTA 3, Shadow of the Colossus, etc...) reminded me that re-playing the games after beating them had no ill effect on it. My second time, or third time, or fourth time through the game was not as enjoyable as the first, but it didn't really suffer at all either.

And this led me to my choice: Demon's Souls.

That game is a whole different monster when you know absolutely nothing about what is around the next corner. The game hinges on your ability to remember things: Monster locations and patterns, trap and item locations, boss tactics, and general stratagies for just surviving. Each moment becomes this super-tense "Oh god what is around the next corner" moment. Each new enemy causes you to get really scared because you don't know anything about it. Each new boss is basically a death sentence unless you manage to figure him out quick (I beat "Old Hero" on my first try!). I have tried to go back and re-play the game countless times, but find myself giving up after beating the first area, even when trying a radically different character build. Every time I load up a zone to try, all I think about is how completely awesome it was exploring the level the first time, and how now I just run past traps that used to scare the hell out of me.

It's the only game that's ever done that to me, which I find strange.
 
Owensboro said:
Wow, it's an interesting question once you start to think about why you would want to forget a game and play it again "for the first time". In my mind, it warps the question into "What game had a better first experience than any other time you replayed it."

Sifting through the thread and seeing some of the suggested games that I have played (Chrono Trigger, FF VI, FF Tactics, Halo, Half-Life, System Shock 2, GTA 3, Shadow of the Colossus, etc...) reminded me that re-playing the games after beating them had no ill effect on it. My second time, or third time, or fourth time through the game was not as enjoyable as the first, but it didn't really suffer at all either.

And this led me to my choice: Demon's Souls.

That game is a whole different monster when you know absolutely nothing about what is around the next corner. The game hinges on your ability to remember things: Monster locations and patterns, trap and item locations, boss tactics, and general stratagies for just surviving. Each moment becomes this super-tense "Oh god what is around the next corner" moment. Each new enemy causes you to get really scared because you don't know anything about it. Each new boss is basically a death sentence unless you manage to figure him out quick (I beat "Old Hero" on my first try!). I have tried to go back and re-play the game countless times, but find myself giving up after beating the first area, even when trying a radically different character build. Every time I load up a zone to try, all I think about is how completely awesome it was exploring the level the first time, and how now I just run past traps that used to scare the hell out of me.

It's the only game that's ever done that to me, which I find strange.
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I tip my hat to you, sir.
 
Lookit my avatar.

Minecraft. Unparalleled sense of wonder and awe at the world and the possibilities. The sense of going from surviving on one's own in a completely wild, untamed environment to building an empire of your own structures with your bare hands is just amazing.
 
It's so hard to chose between FFIX and VII or Silent Hill 2.
Prob. SH2 becasue I enjoyed my replays of the FF's a lot more.
 
Most likely my choice would be KOTOR.

Reasons:

1). When I first purchased it, I did so only because it had great reviews and not because it was star wars related or because it was a Bioware game. At that time, I didn't know much about Star Wars or who Bioware even was. The hype was what pulled me in.

2). When I did get around to playing it, I hated it. I hated the system. I hated how it wasn't a button press for light saber hack & slash or button press for force powers. It had a strategic element to it, not to mention the light & dark option which at first irked me.

3). As I played more, I realized that this battle system was unique to bioware and that it was well executed. I had grown to like it, and moreso understand why it pushed this game forward. The storyline behind was incredible because it had pulled me in like no other game had.

Since then, I've been a huge Bioware fan. Not only that, but such a unique experience is rare especially when information is thrown at you everyday from just about every direction. Not knowing about star wars or bioware changed how I originally felt about this game.

Just recently I tried to replay it, and it doesn't hold up too well (for me) but maybe its because I know what happens and I know how to play it, but to have such a unique experience is absolutely incredible.

Another game that falls under this category for me would be Morrowind, but I never actually finished morrowind, which is why it wasn't my top choice.
 
lots of games were very close for me (diablo, world of warcraft, majoras mask, startropics, mgs1/2/3/4, ff8, super metroid), but i believe the biggest for me is zelda - ocarina of time. oh man, i remember playing through the entire game with my older brother. absolutely the best gaming experience ive ever had.
 
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition

Star Fox 64

Uncharted 2

Ragnarok Online

Final Fantasy Tactics

EDIT:

Katamari Damacy

And man, how could I forget... DEMONS SOULS!
 
This thread stopped me from saying half-life 2 and reminded me that my answer is Demons souls.

Does that make me a monster!?
From, what have you done to me.
 
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