Okay. If you could play any videogame again for the first time, what would it be?
Outer Wilds. A lot of games have a high level of replayability, but your first playthrough of Outer Wilds is something you never get back.
Really didn’t think they could keep that same sense of mystery and wonder with the DLC, but they absolutely smashed it. And yes, this was also my immediate thought in answer to the question.
This is the answer, and for anyone who hasn’t played Outer Wilds it’s still their answer and they just don’t know it yet.
My buddy gifted me this game so he could experience my first playthrough as well.
All of us degenerate Outer Wilds enjoyers spreading it to our friends just for the merest shadow of the feeling we’ve lost and can never recapture…
That’s one of those that I really gotta finish. I just wish the mouse and keyboard controls were a little better.
If anyone hasn’t played it and has a VR headset, please play it in VR. Absolutely phenomenal experience.
Mass Effect 1.
The first encounter with the Reapers, with Sovereign, is such an incredible moment. These horrifying, unkillable deities that can’t be reasoned with or stopped that just want to destroy was so intimidating on the first playthrough.
The reveal about the mass relays and how they guided tech advancement was incredible too.You exist because we allow it. You will end because we demand it.
Same here. The story and presentation are so sublime. ME universe is was designed so comprehensively and coherently it left me awestruck on many times throughout the first playthrough.
And the sequel is just a cherry on top, drawing from the now-estabilished world, themes, interstellar politics, all to build one absolutely epic finale. No other game managed to engage me so much.
Playing the beginning of ME3 was crazy to me. “IT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENING? I figured we would somehow stop the invasion at the last minute…because how are they going to put such large set pieces and warzones into the game?”
Portal.
I’ll never forget the day I started playing this game. It was so cool and so different from anything else I had played that I couldn’t stop playing, and finished the game in one session. Awesome night!
Ultima Online maybe.
Im with you uo was magical
Oh god I loved that game. As an MMO, it had to learn so many hard lessons since it was so new and different
Man… That was such a trip. A friend of mine brought it over because my computer was much better and I had a 3rd party ISP lightning fast 56k connection. It was so crazy just to see the little world. I still log into the private servers every few years just to see some of the new tech fans are throwing on top of it.
The Mass Effect Trilogy, no hesitation
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Half-Life, hands down.
Horizon Zero Down. My favorite game ever.
Definitely fallout New Vegas, just amazing game.
I’m going to say 3: Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil and Subnautica.
FFVII and Resident Evil! Nice picks!
Probably Deus Ex.
If I could also not have played Half Life, I’d like a do-over of Black Mesa. Don’t get me wrong, HL is still brilliant, but the Xen section of BM is just chef’s kiss
Oblivion. As much shit as it gets, I think it’s still the best Elder Scrolls game to date, with Morrowind as a close second.
Agree. First elder scrolls. I prefer oblivion to Skyrim. It was Soo buggy but so good. I just preferred the vibe. It was more fun and less serious.
Bioshock, more importantly, that scene
Halo 3 back in its heyday without question. The hours and hours spent grinding ranks in playlists and playing custom games is some of the best times I’ve ever had in gaming.
Subnautica, easiest answer for me!
