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. ☺️
Spyro Trilogy, since the remaster came out I think I’ve gone back and 100% all three games twice. Spyro was the first game I got on PS1 and the nostalgia combined with better graphics is amazing
This! Plus for me Super Mario64 and Crash Bandicoot 3.
My mind was blown the first my cousin brought over his N64, we had not played anything but NES / SNES. Mario 64 was the only game he had and it felt like it came out of this world.
Some of my best gaming memories are playing Spyro 3 with family when I was just a kid. The game is so easy to pickup and play, no matter how many times you’ve done it.
The music, the levels, playable characters it hit a home run in all of them.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
+1 for Emerald! The sprites are so vibrant even by today’s standards, truly an ageless gem.
Personally lately I only sneak a couple rounds of Downwell or Slay the Spire at work.
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I’ve played Donkey Kong Country on every platform it’s been released for and don’t plan on stopping
Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza 3, Yakuza 5
SSX on Tour and Spyro og trilogy, I wouldn’t say I’d replay them again anytime soon but those are the ones I replayed the most
SSX on Tour was a blast. Best soundtrack in SSX, too.
Super Metroid, probably started it at least forty times and finished it a dozen or more. Link to the Past was one I had started several times but never beat until I met my now wife, who had played it through often. Now it’s one of my go to games. I’ve played through Doom 1+2 quite a few time and Quake occasionally SOMA since it came out has been my go to Halloween game.
Dirt Rally and Dirt Rally 2.0 are much more recent but unparalleled rally racing games.
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.
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Old Bioware/Obsidian games definitely have a spot, as well as old Assassin’s Creed games.
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The Portal series every once in a while. Those games never get old.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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