(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.
OUTER WILDS.
It’s a fantastic exploration game if you go in blind and I wish I could forget it all and explore it all again.
What’s sad is that I know I will forget the lore and the journey on how I figured out how I got to the end. But I don’t think I’ll forget the specifics for the ending.
Yeah, it really was amazing to play blind. We especially enjoyed the DLC… when we first realised what it was all about, it nearly blew our minds!
Yeah, I’ve never wtf’d so hard in a game as when I entered the thing and left the other thing in the DLC.
That game was so well done and thought through.
I’m shocked that this isn’t everyone’s answer tbh lol
Those are the people that haven’t played it yet.
I got it in my library and only played for 10 minutes somehow. After reading als those comments maybe now it’s time to play it
Dark Souls 1
Part 2, 3 and not even elden ring did manage to reach the same athmosphere and i mainly atribute it to leveldesign: Dark souls 1 is an apocalypse brought about the fact that every last being is slowly but surely driven insane before losing any semplence of self altogether and bekome huskless zombies. And the world is reflecting this: It’s like a surealist painting. When you zoom in very far everything makes sense, ther is a wall and a medieval city and beneath is some sewers, but when you zoom out the city is actually in front of the wall, but then you are on top of the wall which is kinda acting like an entrance the the next area and not like a wall at all. In the other directen you go down the sewer, but then drop into a hole to be on top of a wall again with another city beneath you. And you can go even further down, either to a hell like environment to yet another city even lower, or throug a giant dead tree to come out on a beach with a clody sky above which absolutly does not make any topological sense at all. And yet this map is intricatly interconnected with several passages and elevators. Not from me: It’s like with the first flame fading it’s not the dead rising, but time and space itself is collapsing, that’s why you can’t die, that’s why other players can be summoned to your world, and that’s why the whole world, while still being connected, makes no sense at all.
Also 2nd choice: Obligatory: “Spec Ops: The Line”
If you haven’t played it yet: Do it without reading any Spoilers.
Grandia on ps1. I refuse to replay it out of a morbid certainty that it’s basic as all hell. But it was my first jrpg and it blew my mind.
I swear it took me weeks to make it to the wall, but searching my memory it’s the first scene after your hometown.
I played through Grandia 1 a couple of weeks ago (for the first time, so no nostalgia) and I felt like it very much holds up. From the artstyle to the mechanics, I really enjoyed my time with it.
Oblivion. I liked Skyrim but Oblivion quests were so much better
Subnautica.
The first game to make me truly sad that I had finished it. Wow, what an experience!
I loved exploring and piecing together the story. I loved discovering new creatures and ecosystems. I loved finding strange things and figuring out what to do with them.
I’ve never played a game quite like it before or since. My god, it was really amazing. I beat it without needing a guide or walkthrough. It’s great enough to the point where, if you are curious enough, you won’t need one!
It’s certainly a slower-paced game, as it’s not all non-stop action, so it’s not for everyone. But if you’re a patient and curious person, this may be for you.
Same for me yeah, such a great game. I remember doing so many things like setting free all animals i caught in their own habitat before leaving, because i wanted to play the last little bit out of it. Also filling the rocket food for the trip back home. I cried, when i started the flight.
World of Warcraft.
What a great game to be a noob in.
That would be way up on my list, too. Man was I amazed when I first saw some random guy playing the beta at my university.
Top spot has to be Max Payne 1 for me, though. That the comfort game of my youth and I think I still know nearly all dialogue by heart.
I loved Bioshock, so probably that.
Yes!
Factorio
Gothic
My first open world game, unmatched freedom to do what you want and to go where you want, exploration rewarding with handplaced loot everywhere. I lived in that game for a whole year.
Freelancer
Freelancer but without being spoilt by modern graphics. The space scenes are gorgeous, but the characters have aged.
I looked it up just now and there is a HD-mod out. And wow so many other Mods with new Content. Maybe I have to try it again
Yeah I wanted to try the HD mod, but haven’t found the time yet to do all the patching.
Minecraft, specifically Beta 1.7.3.
Hollow Knight
Yes!
