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

submitted 1 year ago by davetansley@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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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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[–] 257m@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year 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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[–] CornishCreamTea@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Silent Hill 2

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

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] fosforus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year 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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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tales of phantasia.

the op intro song is very memorable

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

If you haven't yet, play the psx version. It's gorgeous

[–] hedders@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is a tie between Bloodborne and Panzer Dragoon Saga. Absolute masterpieces, both. I replay both of them at least once a year, but it would be wonderful to go back in fresh.

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[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

FF3, US version.

There was magic in that game.

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