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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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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] TheLonelyWonderer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Hotel Dusk.

[–] CornishCreamTea@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Silent Hill 2

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

[–] MetalMat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Max Payne. The original game was just amazing and the story was incredible.

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

tales of phantasia.

the op intro song is very memorable

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[–] Floey@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

For retro games my answer is probably Yoshi's Island. If you include modern games I'd likely go with Hollow Knight. If VNs count then Echo.

[–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Binding of Isaac.

This is the eternal game of ever. It is balanced, fair, excellent feedback (time to win), super I'm depth unlocks, one of the best meta games. Take the time to learn the basics and this game is infinite.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

It is balanced, fair

Mmmm Delirium would disagree

[–] a_mac_and_con@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The end of the game blew my mind out of the water in a way no other twist has ever quite captured. It might have been the mental space I was in at the time too. Whatever the case, I will always remember the first time I played it.

I also wish I had played the first Golden Sun before the second, so if I could put a duology and that caveat in there? Definitely those two.

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[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Star Control 2

[–] Wodge@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm gonna say Skies of Arcadia, just love that game, and it saddens me to this day that Sega have abandoned it.

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[–] Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Breath of the Wild or Tears of the Kingdom. BOTW was my first Zelda game and I honestly loved it. I would sit for hours in the living room zoned in to the game with checklist paper and notebooks next to me to keep track of what I was doing. If I could do it again I'd instead use an interactive map like I did with TOTK.

As for TOTK, the Rito dungeon was my favorite and if I could experience that adrenaline pumping battle for the first time again, I would. Tulin is a baby and I love him.

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