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submitted 2 years ago by Saturn@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

I feel like most people who have been playing video games since childhood have one or more of a select few games that they go back and replay every few years.

For me I’ve been replaying Pokémon Emerald Version recently. Nothing like nostalgia and being able to better enjoy aspects of a game you didn’t understand as a kid. ☺️

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[-] Skellybones@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

For a old game fallout new Vegas but right now darkest dungeon it's a good way to chill out if I'm not in mood for anything big

[-] Brokensilence410@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Any of the Dark Souls games. I frequently revisit them. I also seem to go back to Roller Coaster Tycoon and the Team Silent Silent Hill games.

[-] jedibob5@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Knights of the Old Republic II. Every time I play through it, I always run into little things that I've never found before, and it's always fun tinkering with different character builds. It's possible to make a "gun jedi" that specializes in blasters, and it actually kicks ass.

Even though the ending was rushed, and KOTOR 1 was more polished, I've always found 2's story, themes, and characters to be deeply interesting and engaging.

[-] skeswo320@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pokemon Emerald is a great choice. I've done it a couple of times as well.

Another of mine is Super Mario Sunshine. Loooove that game.

Also shout-out to Dark Souls Remastered. Always nice to go back to that.

[-] Grangle1@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Since I can beat each of the classic Genesis Sonic games in under an hour, they're go-to games for a quick play session every once in a while. I also scratch the itch to play the N64 Zelda games (OoT and Majora's Mask) every few years on whatever console Nintendo's offering them on. The "original" GBA Fire Emblem (FE7, Blazing Blade for those more familiar with the series) also gets a lot of replays from me.

[-] Ech@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't replay games as much as I used to, but there's definitely "classics" that I'll hit up every now and then.

  • Old Bioware/Obsidian games definitely have a spot, as well as old Assassin's Creed games.

  • The Portal series every once in a while. Those games never get old.

  • Various rogue likes when the urge strikes. Binding of Isaac and Hades are my two favs, though I just started Dead Cells and it's pretty good.

  • Minecraft, but it's basically a new game every time I get back to it, so not sure if that counts, hah.

There are also tons of games from my childhood that I often consider trying out again, but am concerned will have aged poorly. Old game design was pretty rough in a lot of cases.

[-] tomkatt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 for PS1. I still love chasing high scores in the Hangar.

Here's a vid of the best run I've recorded at ~3.1 million. Not my best run (highest ever was 4.1 million) but this is the best on I have on capture.

Also, for some reason I really like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for the SNES. I've played it so much I can beat the whole game in just over 30 mins on a single life.

[-] squigglemonster@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

The Civilization series has consumed more hours of my life than I care to admit. I'm also fond of going back to Age of Mythology and the old Sierra game Pharaoh every few years.

I don't normally replay story focussed games, I think the only one I've completed twice is Final Fantasy 7.

[-] Cmar@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Which one is your favorite? I started with 2 on PSX and played it to death, followed by IV and the rest of them.

I'm leaning towards IV being my favorite after all.

[-] squigglemonster@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

5 is the only one I play these days, I remember really enjoying 4 as well though. Never got round to trying 6.

My first Civ was the original on floppy disk when I was a kid and had absolutely no idea what I was doing. iirc it had an anti piracy feature where every so often it would ask you a question from the manual but I didn't have the manual so I was shit out of luck. Sometimes I'd make it to one of the little cutscenes where the palace gets bigger and I'd be buzzing, that was really all I played for.

[-] Cmar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Those older antipiracy measures are something else. I remember playing Spyro 3 on my PSX, the console was a modded one and the game was not original.

Only years later did I find out that the game wiping your progress, collected eggs disappearing, random crashes in the last boss fight were part of the anti piracy measures. There was a part where one of the NPCs mentions that the game has figured out it's not a valid copy and who knows what might happen.

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