Replayability

arc@css · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:24

Bubo said:
I just don't think I have the stamina or attention span required for long play RPG's anymore despite devouring them in my early gaming days

Sometimes I think part of it is simply that we've 'been there, seen that before'. It can take a bigger change of style with a game to have the desired impact like before.

Mat · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:24

Half Life, numerous times.

PESolution · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:35

This thread takes me back to older consoles when you couldn't save progress and therefore everything had to be replayable e.g. Sonic on the Megadrive... I never got bored of the first level

arc@css · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:39

I'd replay Doom on the PS1 many times for the music alone.

Howitzer · 26 Oct 2011 at 13:40

All the Civ games

All the Total War games

All the Tomb Raider games

Bleek · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:21

Murf said:
Is Warcraft also cheating? I wonder how many WoW players have 5+ max level characters, and accounts more than 5 years old!?

Multiplayer games are replayed though, they're more along the lines of persistent.

I clocked up hundreds of hours on Q3 MP as a kid but I wouldn't consider that 'replaying' anything.

JeffH · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:27

I forgot about oblivion. Played through it once on PC and then again on Xbox for the only reason that I got a free xbox copy.

Jongo · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:32

JeffyB said:
I still play planetside, still nothing comes remotely close to it's scale for me.

Is planetside still going? been tempted to resub to it for a while now, and probs will if some servers are still running and are reasonably populated.

The Dread Pirate · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:36

All games made before 2000 have it but as the years went on after 2000 I find less and less games have replayability.

R5GTT · 26 Oct 2011 at 14:44

Half Life 1 & 2. I've played through both of them a few times oh and soldier of fortune.

Maybe the older games had more re playability compared to today's offerings?

Edit - just saw you said the same thing squiff

- agreed!

robgmun · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:04

Despite being completely linaer i love HL2 and the eipsodes, it's more akin to watching a well loved movie

MumboJumbo · 26 Oct 2011 at 15:17

Dungeon keeper 2
Theme hospital
Settlers 4
Mass effect 1&2
Caesar 2

Curunen · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:03

I think it's the opposite - newer titles are designed to be more replayable, which in turn can make them feel more shallow.

Imy · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:04

Solitaire

PapaLazaru · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:08

arc@css said:
I'd replay Doom on the PS1 many times for the music alone.

Also for me, FarCry. Played it and completed it on every difficulty.

Aricin · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:09

Mass Effect 1 & 2 more than any other game. probably 3-4 play throughs on each

ak22 · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:29

Dead Island played through it twice with the same character I also found Fallout 3/New Vegas great for replay ability

Bleek · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:33

Aricin said:
Mass Effect 1 & 2 more than any other game. probably 3-4 play throughs on each

Not specifically directed at you Aricin so don't feel singled out but...

I don't get that, I enjoyed playing ME1 through the first time but it did become rather repetitive... for me another play through would be a waste of time and dull.

I really don't get all this repeatability stuff, surely there are better things to do, if you like games that much play a new one?

I know I'm the sort of person that requires fresh stimulation so I may be a little biased but I still don't really get replaying something you've already played and know the outcome, the argument of 'different paths' is a pretty thin vale because ultimately it's still very much a similar if not the same experience.

Imy · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:43

There are occasionally games whose quality surpasses that of games for years to come. That's why people go back to them. An example would be FF VII. I don't think (opinion) there's been a better FF game since.

lofarl · 26 Oct 2011 at 16:47

Oblivion

Stalker SoC

Vampire the Mazquerade