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If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? (i.ytimg.com)

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(Saw this question asked on another popular link aggregation website and it got me thinking)

If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would you choose? This might be because you want to do it all again, or because you don't think you got enough out of it the first time. It could be experiencing the game exactly as you were back then, or experiencing a game with what you know now.

For me, it's Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, experienced exactly as I was back in 1991.

Nothing comes close to how jaw-droppingly amazed I was by that opening sequence. The epic orchestral score, the cinematic rainstorm, creeping around in the dark... it was a generational leap above anything I'd played on 8-bit computers and consoles, and even the Megadrive. I'd love to play it again without thirty plus years of Nintendo/Zelda knowledge, or without knowing about the dark world.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe Stardew Valley? I found that very enjoyable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Quake 3 Arena. Or more specifically OpenArena + baseq3 and other mods like ratmod. Most fun I have had playing a game ever.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Super Metroid

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Space Invaders

Asteroids

Pitfall

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Morrowind but it wouldn't matter because I don't have enough time to get immersed in it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Read dead redemption 1. A masterpiece.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Silent Hill 2

I've replayed that game so many times but the first playthrough hits different

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I know this is almost a stereotypical answer, but the Witcher 3. because after that game i went and read through all the books. so if i got to re experience it would be the difference of finding siri after 100 hours of gameplay and finding siri after 5000 hours of story. "find siri' is Geralt's primary motivation throughout the books. i can only imagine how satisfying and emotional that scene would feel for the first time with the weight of the books behind it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Probably Fallout New Vegas (if that even counts as retro yet). I've played it to death ever since it came out and can't even remember the first time I completed it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

CrossCode

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic.

The universe! The characters! The plot! That reveal! Oh, man. To be able to experience that again for the first time. Wow.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dwarf Fortress was an amazing experience the first few times when you had no idea what to expect or do. My fortress designs have become much more boring (even if efficient) since, and I'm just unable to do the sort of artistic weirdness that happened during the first games.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Diablo 2 of course. It's the best game ever made. I still play it for a month or two every year.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Sid Meier's Civilization!