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What game do you wish you could replay for the first time again?

Nathan Frost

Cybernetic Pyro Maniac
Final Fantasy 3 (Japan 6) That was the first game to just leave me in awe in terms of story telling and music.
 
Hard question... What game offers something so unique to the first time playing it- that you can never really get the same satisfaction the second time around? Basically, it'd be like reading a really good book- you can't read a book twice and ever have the same enthusiasm for it. So I'd probably have to look for a game with a story that blew me away- and can't be re-experienced on the same level when playing through it again....

If I could completely wipe my memory, and return to my EXACT state when I first popped in a game I just offhandedly picked off the shelf at the store one day- with zero expectation of what I was getting myself into in terms of narrative it'd probably be this game:



To set the scene for you, this game came out in 2004. This was during the era when WWII shooters were literally a dime a dozen. Call of Duty was still in that era, and Medal of Honor was still in large popularity. This game flew under the radar as "just another WWII shooter". It literally came out after Battlefield 1942 and it's expansions had dropped, Medal of Honor Rising Sun and Pacific Assault had released, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was out, and Call of Duty 2 had started to solidify the series' dominance.

This game, which was buried under all the WWII shooters as just another generic ripoff, was easily the most unique and greatest WWII shooter ever made- and mostly thanks to how serious and believable the story and gameplay was. The graphics at the time blew you away. The characters looked REAL. And they weren't like bravado-ridden typical hero's of the other shooters. They all behaved like rational people trying to deal with a completely irrational world gone nuts. When someone died in this game, it actually felt like someone died. Not in the contrived Call of Duty way, which is basically "The Nazis killed Kenny! You Bastards!".

I just wasn't expecting this game to handle its subject matter and such a responsible, affecting way. It was crazy. I can to this day name almost every member of Sgt. Baker's squad, and give you their personality traits, which members of the squad they liked and didn't, and their favorite Elvis song. I can vividly remember all the most important scenes and lines in the game- and there are very few cutscenes; you experience it organically.

Unfortunately, I can't go back and play this game for the first time again. It's lost the magic of surprise in the story, and I can't re-experience it if I were to play it again.

I'm told the modern equivalent of this game has been released under the name of "Spec Ops: The Line", in that it takes a step back and actually examines the people behind the conflict that every shooter glorifies at the expense of realistic characters. So if that's a game you enjoyed- and you haven't played Road to hill 30: consider yourself lucky, as you actually still have the chance to go through this game fresh.
 

Clark L.

F1 ftw.
Hard question... What game offers something so unique to the first time playing it- that you can never really get the same satisfaction the second time around? Basically, it'd be like reading a really good book- you can't read a book twice and ever have the same enthusiasm for it. So I'd probably have to look for a game with a story that blew me away- and can't be re-experienced on the same level when playing through it again....

If I could completely wipe my memory, and return to my EXACT state when I first popped in a game I just offhandedly picked off the shelf at the store one day- with zero expectation of what I was getting myself into in terms of narrative it'd probably be this game:



To set the scene for you, this game came out in 2004. This was during the era when WWII shooters were literally a dime a dozen. Call of Duty was still in that era, and Medal of Honor was still in large popularity. This game flew under the radar as "just another WWII shooter". It literally came out after Battlefield 1942 and it's expansions had dropped, Medal of Honor Rising Sun and Pacific Assault had released, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was out, and Call of Duty 2 had started to solidify the series' dominance.

This game, which was buried under all the WWII shooters as just another generic ripoff, was easily the most unique and greatest WWII shooter ever made- and mostly thanks to how serious and believable the story and gameplay was. The graphics at the time blew you away. The characters looked REAL. And they weren't like bravado-ridden typical hero's of the other shooters. They all behaved like rational people trying to deal with a completely irrational world gone nuts. When someone died in this game, it actually felt like someone died. Not in the contrived Call of Duty way, which is basically "The Nazis killed Kenny! You Bastards!".

I just wasn't expecting this game to handle its subject matter and such a responsible, affecting way. It was crazy. I can to this day name almost every member of Sgt. Baker's squad, and give you their personality traits, which members of the squad they liked and didn't, and their favorite Elvis song. I can vividly remember all the most important scenes and lines in the game- and there are very few cutscenes; you experience it organically.

Unfortunately, I can't go back and play this game for the first time again. It's lost the magic of surprise in the story, and I can't re-experience it if I were to play it again.

I'm told the modern equivalent of this game has been released under the name of "Spec Ops: The Line", in that it takes a step back and actually examines the people behind the conflict that every shooter glorifies at the expense of realistic characters. So if that's a game you enjoyed- and you haven't played Road to hill 30: consider yourself lucky, as you actually still have the chance to go through this game fresh.
Very cool, thanks for sharing
 

Justice

Noob
Oh jeeze! So many to choose from...

The first Civilization blew my mind. I didn't know that games like that existed.

While MK wasn't my first fighter, it hooked me in ways that few games have since.

D on the 3d0. Literally an interactive movie. It took even 2 hours to play. It scared the shit right out of me. I laughed my ass off all through Scream to give you an idea.

Final Fantasy 6 (3 in North America). I still rage and almost smash controllers after that one hing that Kefka pulls.

Immercenary on the 3d0. A game that was hit hard because of its flaws but I thought it was amazing. It was also a precursor to the online shooters we have today.

Shadow of Destiny on the ps2. Time travel to solve your own murder. Who can say no to that? Add in the fact it was made in conjunction with the German tourism board to make the atmosphere and visuals extra immersive really make this a gem.

Soul Caliber 2. I main Ivy and could only play that game for so long before I'd have to play with my other joystick....
 

AK XEN0M0RPH

The lift is strong in this one
The splinter cell series, specifically pandora tomorrow. I have never been blown away by a game series like splinter cell did.
 

Pan1cMode

AUS FGC represent!
Banjo-tooie
Donkey Kong 64
Paper Mario

I would say the Pokemon games (Gold was my first, then red), but I feel the more I play them the more I enjoy them. I don't need to go back to the first time before I'd ever played them. My enjoyment of the Pokemon series has evolved (pardon the pun). Although I do enjoy rerunning the through the three games I listed, the first time I played them through was amazing. I'll always enjoy replaying them, but I feel like the magic of discovery is exaggerated the first time around.
 

fr stack

Noob's saibot or noob saibot's?
its recent but has to be skyrim , i literally shat myself when i saw how big the world is , like 4 years later and i still love the game :)
also mk4 tournament mode was legit
 
Super Metroid. If a game could recapture that magic I had at the age of 6. I'd give it game of the year with extreme bias for the next 2 decades. Not to many games I can revisit on the 50th playthough and learn something new and still have fun.
 

Titanman_88

Adamantium Addiction
For me its Skyrim. I remember getting it after hearing all the rave about it. I didn't even know what Elder Scrolls was lol I played it for like 10 mins and thought it was stupid. A few weeks go buy and I get on it again, 16 hours later I remember catching myself like wait wtf just happened to me haha one of the greatest feelings from a game ever for me.
 

vegeta

Saiyan Prince
Super Mario Brothers 3
Pokemon Blue
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3(was excited the ninjas were back, had no idea this update came out, walked into the arcade and there was a crowd and someone was using scorpion. I was in 5th grade)
Alien 3 (Genesis)
Sonic 2
Sonic 3
Sonic and Knuckles
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Resident Evil 1 and 2 (became aware of the series around the time 2 was being advertised)
Half-Life