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Those games you love...but won't ever go back to

Dishonored
Deus Ex HR
Bioshock Infinite

Pretty much any story based game. I enjoyed them immensely but can't bring my self to replay them since I know how everything works out.
 
Silent Hill 2 and 3.

They are two of my favorite games ever but I'm just too much of wuss. I beat them both with a friend 7 or 8 years ago, I can't do it alone. I'm at the apartment complex early in the game in 2... I can't do it :(
 
Paper Mario TTYD. I've run through it several times, and got 100% completion. As much as I love it, I simply can't sit down and play it anymore.
 
There is never a bad time to relive the classics... This title confuses me. If a game is truly good, and you want to play it again, you'll find time.


I'm replaying Skyrim right now (with tons of mods) while heavily eyeing Link to the Past in between playing Bioshock Infinite, Mass Effect 3, and Tomb Raider 2013.

That's enough games to last me for another month at least, and once through with them I'll likely playing the new Animal Crossing with LttP and a probably FF6 in the down time between days.

(edit) Almost forgot, and Dragon Force for SS. Been feeling the urge to pop that bad boy in.
 
Enco said:
Dishonored
Deus Ex HR
Bioshock Infinite

Pretty much any story based game. I enjoyed them immensely but can't bring my self to replay them since I know how everything works out.
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I thought all those games have multiple ending? giving reason to play through it again, along with trying different play-styles.
 
Silent Hill 2

It's my favorite game of all-time, but I'll probably never play it again, and the same goes for the soundtrack which I love as well. Too many personal melancholic memories attached to it, which is kinda fitting given the game's context.
 
The Walking Dead - Probably won't feel the same going through it again

Tomb Raider - Loved it but have no interest in completing those challenges. I might replay it if they release some single player dlc

Vanquish - I probably should replay it but playing it on god hard would make me lose my mind i think

Red Dead Redemption - I don't know why but I don't on going back to it
 
Dragon Warrior VII: Loved the game, could even say that it is one of my all-time favorite games in the franchise, but good Lord that game is so long that I don't know if I would be willing to go back through it all over again. Of course, this isn't counting the 3DS version, which I would play when we get it.
 
"Visual Novel" games like 999 or Virtue Last Reward.

Mind blowing the first time, but once you see everything you see everything.
 
Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX and possibly X.

Reason: I played those games way more than I ever needed to. Beat each of them a good 3-4 times.

Wont go back unless they get a substantial remake.
 
Arcade fighters like MK 1-3 and SF 2 that I adored playing all the time when I was a kid.

Nowadays, I don't really have a drive to play them after all these years.


Laughing Banana said:
"Visual Novel" games like 999 or Virtue Last Reward.

Mind blowing the first time, but once you see everything you see everything.
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This as well.

You only need to play Ever 17 (If you can even find a copy) once and by the time you've completed it, you get the feeling of never wanting to play it again.
 
Laughing Banana said:
"Visual Novel" games like 999 or Virtue Last Reward.

Mind blowing the first time, but once you see everything you see everything.
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Yup. Same thing goes for point and click games like Machinarium.

I might end up double dipping on the Vita version of VLR, but that would only be because of the bugs in the 3DS version. And trophies.
 
Persona 2: IS. I really liked the pacing, characters, the overall darker theme and heavier Lovecraftian tie-ins but the dungeons and gameplay were really dull and a chore to get through. Doubt I'll decide to replay it any time soon.
 
Pokémon fits the description.

I was pretty insane about those games when I was growing up, fighting and meeting trainers all around my state and whatnot. Played day and night, wrote and calculated statistics and whatnot like a madman in several notebooks.

Then, after the GBA generation, I stopped, I just can't devote that amount of time to learn all the new stuff that Pokémon is about now. The memories of beating people with my Surfing Raichu, Blissey and Dragonite will live on forever.
 
The only games I have ever replayed are adventure games like after 5-6 years after beating them the first time. Like point and click adventure games. Can't bring myself to replay any other type. Dunno why.
 
For me :
-Little big planet
-Infamous 1&2
-Ar tonelico 3
-Tales of xillia
-burnout paradise
-Alex kidd in miracle world
-kidd chameleon
-seiken densetsu 3

All games i've loved .
All games i've platiniumed (ps3)

All games i've put SO MANY hours in those that i know them like teh back of my hand
For ar tonlico 3 i didn't cheat and completed the game 11 times!
"I know EVERY freaking dialog From tyria cosmosphere" it's in my head .
I don't feel the need to replay this game because i know it

For tales of xillia , i got the platinium , finished the game twice and then i played the sequel ( i know the field map by heart , every variation)

I could give you easily the level order for kidd chameleon ( including the fake teleports )
For seiken densetsu ,i have seen all the dialog variation and story variation in this game , including All prologues, every mid game scenario , every island scenario and every ending
( i was writing a faq for this game )


Then For all those reasons , i know them so much that i could play them just by thinking about them because i've tried everything and it's still fresh.
Great games..but i can't play them anymore.
I've actually close to that state with sky of arcadia but i need again one new play to have every tresure memorised and every ennemy pattern ( including bosses ) in my head .. i'm close
 
The original Spyro and Crash trilogies on PS1. I don't want my rose tinted nostalgia goggles to be destroyed. Those games will forever remain perfect in retrospect.
 
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (i keep telling myself to play the dlc... havent brought myself to doing it... time for me to let it go)

Ridge Racer 6 (love the music... usually just play for the soundtrack alone, dont care much for the game these days, and there's always youtube for my nostalgia)
 
All but the absolute classics, to be honest.
Solo adventures, mixing exploration, puzzles and combat, will always be my favorite type of games. But I rarely, if ever go back to them once I've finished up the story. I can't even be bothered to get to 100% completion or pick up some achievements. Once the credits roll, I'm done with it.

I have a few comfort games, ones I go back to when I feel nostalgic, like all Zelda's, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI and a few others, but to be honest, I rarely finish a game twice these days.
 
As of right now, I'd say Gravity Rush. I loved everything about the game and even completed it 100%. I'd only pick it up again if I decided to buy the DLC packs, but the chances of that happening are extremely slim. Plus, I just don't have time the same amount of free time as I use to. ):
 
Far Cry 2. Possibly 3 as well.

Going through FC2 a second time would be pretty miserable, driving so much through lovely yet mostly browny-orange landscapes. I got tired of that.
 
Some games are best left off as an experience and not a returning venture. Books and movies get the same cards dealt to them all the time. If gamers want to talk up their favourite medium as "growing up" and being amongst the big boys of the entertainment spectrum then they need to understand that not every game released out there is going to have an onus of 100% repeatability attached to it.

One of my favourite games over the past 12 months was Proteus. Will I play through it's relative short 45-60min length again next week simply because I loved it? Fuck no, I don't have the time to. Doesn't change the fact that the game adjusted many emotional perceptions within my mind.
 
ogmaster said:
Final Fantasy Tactics. There were some battles where the computer controlled characters kept dying thus losing the battle for me, and some of those took days to finish. Because of those terrible fights, every time I think about playing the game again, I quickly stop.
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This for me too. I pretty much stopped playing RPGs altogether after FFT. The game was probably the longest game I had played up to that point in my teens and it felt longer too because of all the loading screens.

I don't know if I can say I love it for only beating it once but I remember it very fondly.

I put a lot of hours into other games and I think 300 hours is the magical point where I just about extracted all the value I had out of a game. dota 2, dark souls (100% plus a lot of griefing), and counter-strike are some games where i put in at least that much.
 
I rather enjoyed my first time with Limbo... don't think I will ever play it again though.
I dont think I'll replay the two console Kingdom Hearts games. They're fairly long (2 less so) and theres a lot of minor to major gameplay grievances I have with both that I feel would just become increasingly annoying on a replay. At best I might just pop them in and run around the worlds on an old save though
Id say the same for the handheld ones, but I havent played BBS or DDD so i dont know if I'd enjoy those enough to warrant a full replay
 
Telltales point and click adventure games, especially The Walking Dead. While you can change your decisions in TWD, I just can't go through it again. I finished the story and in the way I wanted it.
 
FFX , after pouring 100+ hours into it getting ultimate weapons , defeating dark Aeons . I dread to think of starting over again .
 
Super Street Fighter 4.
The best fighting game this gen for me. Now everyone (in Australia) moved on to Arcade Edition and Im not paying $20 for lame-o characters like Yun and Yang.
 
smr00 said:
I just don't have time to spend on JRPGs, i don't have a ton of time for games to begin with so i would rather focus on newer games which is a bummer because it's one of my favorite genres. But, i have to have things to do when i retire, right? No moving to florida and playing shuffle board here. Gonna move somewhere cooler and just play games.
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Yeah... all the short games get a replay every so often, regardless of which gaming era. I am happy that so many JRPGs are on handhelds right now, these are the perfect medium for my gaming needs (play everywhere in short bursts) but I haven't played a RPG to completition on consoles or PC for quite a while (I think the last one was still PS2-era :( I started and have not yet completed: Witcher 2, Xenoblade, Last Story - where I am really just at the very end... even though I love all of these games... this summer I'll try out Tales of Xillia)

But on topic: Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast and Gamecube. So much time spend on these.. But after trying to replay it 2 years ago, I realised: No, I neither have the time nor the patience anymore. Loved them so much...

Same can be said about many PC classics - especially FPS-dungeon crawl games. Dungeon Master series, Might & Magic series, DSA series... I would kinda love to replay Whale's Voyage right now, though. These weren't too long and I was really immeresed in them.
 
That Dude John said:
TT's The Walking Dead

I dunno why but I feel perfectly fine having only played through the story once and having only one set of events. Maybe, it feels as if it has more impact that way.
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This. I liked the game, but I feel that if I play it again I'll start seeing the stitches holding it toghether.
 
That Dude John said:
TT's The Walking Dead

I dunno why but I feel perfectly fine having only played through the story once and having only one set of events. Maybe, it feels as if it has more impact that way.
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I'm with you on that one, feels like I've had my story and going back and getting something different wouldn't just work for me.
 
Just about every 70 hour single player RPG. Persona, Xenogears, you name it.

It is just the opportunity cost of it. I cannot afford to spend 70 hours replaying an old game when new games are coming out all the time.
 
Metalic said:
Mass Effect 1 is one of my all time favorite game, but after Mass Effect 3 I'm done with the series.
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Same here, unfortunately. I was soo ready to play through the trilogy again after my inital Shepard finishes ME3 just to see what I could have done differently. But after that finale all incentive was gone, in an instant.
 
The Last Remnant.

1000/1000'd it. Loved every second... played through it twice and as much nostalgia as I have for it, can't go back... I can't help but feel I'd be disappointed.
 
Good but difficult question.
I guess it's World of Warcraft to me. I spent LOTS of hours on this game and my (Horde!) chararacters but when I gave up my Gamemaster job, my interest in this game came to a full stop. It's been a year since my last login and I can't imagine to ever log in again. It just lost it's magic. :(
 
Uncharted 2's MP - because it changed so much. :(

Dead Rising games - Because I played the shit out of both of them. Well, three if you count Off the Record. They're so good.
Only reason I can think of that I'd go back is if someone wanted to coop.
 
undrtakr900 said:
I thought all those games have multiple ending? giving reason to play through it again, along with trying different play-styles.
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I think DX and Dishonored do.

The game doesn't wildly change though and the story is still the same. I just don't find enjoyment in repetition.
 
Mother 3. Played it once all the way through in a week. If I was to play it again I wouldn't experience all the feels and magic with the same impact, so I don't want to do it. Even if it gets a proper release outside of JP.
 
bobbytkc said:
Just about every 70 hour single player RPG. Persona, Xenogears, you name it.

It is just the opportunity cost of it. I cannot afford to spend 70 hours replaying an old game when new games are coming out all the time.
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This, but occasionally I will play a remake or a handheld port some years later... I recently beat DQ7 aka the longest game ever, and will probably eventually play through the 3DS remix when (if) we get it in the US.
 
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