Games you wish you could rediscover

SB2013 · 15-02-2013 7:47pm #1

Now and again a game comes along that changes how you see a certain genre. one of those games you cannot tear yourself away from because of the sheer awesomeness of it and you replay it over and over just for the mechanics alone. So what games have done this for you?

For me I'd have to go with

Half Life - To go from a game like Doom to Half Life was just insane.
Skyrim - My first Elder Scroll game. Really showed me what an RPG could be.
Deus Ex Human Revolution - Gave me hope for franchise games.
Arkham Asylum - The fight mechanics were just brilliant.
FF7 - Didn't appreciate it for what it was when I first played it
Monkey Island - My introduction to point and click games
Warcraft 2 - My first real time strategy game
Red Alert - Introduced me to the C+C world
Fallout 2 - So many hours. My first proper rpg
Resident Evil 2 - My first survivla horror

I'll try add a few others as i think of them.

Gunmonkey · 15-02-2013 7:54pm

Dead Space
Valkyria Chronicles
Bioshock
Arkham Asylum

ScumLord · 15-02-2013 7:55pm

GTA was incredible when it came out.
Original call of duty, or was it two? Where your fighting with the Russians and had to cross the river and run at the Germans with no gun. Most epic/cinematic opening to a game I'd seen to date.

ShadowHearth · 15-02-2013 7:55pm

Bioshock 1 "would you kindly" ( Retrogamer, feck off!

)
Fallout 2 and 3 "the virtual reality bit in fallout 3 was really damn cool"
Diablo 2 "would love to grind in that epic game again

"
Witcher 1 and 2 "i only completed those recently, but god dammit those are great games and stories!"
World of Warcraft "I would kill to be able to play mindlessly for hours that game

, i loved it so much, now i cant even play more then then 5 minutes before getting bored"
Hitman series "the proper old ones, not the new carebear one"
Might and Magic 3 "Epicness!"

Pushtrak · 15-02-2013 7:59pm

List threads tend not to be liked here, but I'll respond.

Ocarina of Time. It was an amazing game. I don't think I'll be the only one here to bring it up.
Final Fantasy VIII. While I played a bit of VII I didn't play it all. VIII I did, and more than once. Loved it.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls game, and to me, it was far superior to Oblivion, and probably better than Skyrim in terms of "for its time".
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic story was brilliant. I'd love to be able to play through that game again especially for a certain aspect of the storyline that people who have played it are probably nodding about.

I'm sure there are a hell of a lot more than that. My memory is pretty bad, so in a way I'm lucky. When I replay stuff, I love the things I forgot from my previous playthrough.

Edit: Saw BioShock posted. Yes, definitely worth adding that one. For similar enough reasons to KotOR.

gugleguy · 15-02-2013 7:59pm

Shenmue 2
Ms combat flight sim 2
Geoff crammonds gp 4
IL 2 1946

DeSelby83 · 15-02-2013 8:00pm

Portal 2, I loved the first one but I just think everything about portal 2 is perfect, the music, the humor, the pacing, the characters, the co op, the fun. I wish I could experience all again for the first time

tupac_healy · 15-02-2013 8:01pm

Metal Gear Solid, wasted countless hours on that back in the day!
God of War, similar story!!!!!!

Just 2 but there are just too many!

Retr0gamer · 15-02-2013 8:03pm

Plenty of games I'd love to experience again. FFVII would be a good one back when I didn't know better and wasn't a grump :P

Mr. K · 15-02-2013 8:27pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

FFVII would be a good one back when I didn't know better and wasn't a grump :P

Everyone needs to quote this when Retr0 posts in a FFVII thread!

The "grump" part is quite apt; to truly rediscover these games, we'd have to revert to the point in time when we discovered them. We're all a bit too savvy and cynical these days! There have been so many "This...is...amazing" moments for all of us through the years, but I've always found the games that come out when life is really interesting are the best.

Metal Gear Solid 3 and Resident Evil 4 both came out when I wasn't passing much heed to games, so I just saw them on the shelves. Both were enhanced by the context and the memories associated with them. I'd love to recapture those moments!

F1ngers · 15-02-2013 8:28pm

Pushtrak wrote: »

List threads tend not to be liked here, but I'll respond.

Ocarina of Time. It was an amazing game. I don't think I'll be the only one here to bring it up.
Final Fantasy VIII. While I played a bit of VII I didn't play it all. VIII I did, and more than once. Loved it.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls game, and to me, it was far superior to Oblivion, and probably better than Skyrim in terms of "for its time".
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic story was brilliant. I'd love to be able to play through that game again especially for a certain aspect of the storyline that people who have played it are probably nodding about.

I'm sure there are a hell of a lot more than that. My memory is pretty bad, so in a way I'm lucky. When I replay stuff, I love the things I forgot from my previous playthrough.

Edit: Saw BioShock posted. Yes, definitely worth adding that one. For similar enough reasons to KotOR.

List threads are pointless, but when you put in a sentence or two to go with your list explaining your reasons then you have a discussion thread.

For me, I would love to experience Demon's Souls all over again each beaten boss or new shortcut opened was for me a great gaming moment.

MGS3 - Brillianly crafted game with the best boss fight ever, imo. Really enjoyed sniping against The End.

Pushtrak · 15-02-2013 8:42pm

F1ngers wrote: »

MGS3 - Brillianly crafted game with the best boss fight ever, imo. Really enjoyed sniping against The End.

I love MGS3. It is without a doubt my favourite of the first 3. I couldn't put a favourite between it and 4. I love both too much to even bother trying to resolve that particular question.

That boss battle is great. Had to help a friend with it, as he didn't realise about the tranq darts, and was having serious problems with it. There is some type of cheat or exploit that makes him easier to defeat. I know that much, but not what it is, and I don't need to or want to know, to be honest.

I think it is a game that really stressed the PS2 system. It was a game ahead of its time in the technical demands, IMO. I recently bought MGS HD. I haven't had a chance to try out 3, but I hear it plays amazingly in it. Looking forward to trying it out.

Mr E · 15-02-2013 8:45pm

A Link to the past for me. I have finished it a good few times and know it backwards. If I could unlearn what I know, I would.

The Megaphone · 15-02-2013 8:47pm

Star Trek: Birth of the Federation - addictive as f*ck

Pushtrak · 15-02-2013 8:49pm

I just had a proper look back over the thread there, and just noticed this:

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Valkyria Chronicles

Interesting. I got in to a discussion relatively recently (last week or two) on eurogamer, and it was about JRPGs, et cetera. At the end of it, this was a game that was recommended. I had a look around at reviews, and it seemed like it was a good game. I actually bought it. Still have it in its plastic.

Retr0gamer · 15-02-2013 8:53pm

Pushtrak wrote: »

Interesting. I got in to a discussion relatively recently (last week or two) on eurogamer, and it was about JRPGs, et cetera. At the end of it, this was a game that was recommended. I had a look around at reviews, and it seemed like it was a good game. I actually bought it. Still have it in its plastic.

It's excellent. More strategy game than JRPG but a really good one. Surprisingly well written (it's a saturday morning cartoon version of WW2 yet still manages to show the horrors of war despite some silliness).

PerrinV2 · 15-02-2013 8:53pm

Hardly any,if I could go back to when I was a young un then
Final Fantasy 7:

When Aries died I stopped playing the game for ages,crestfallen I was

Azza · 15-02-2013 8:58pm

Retro you can close this thread now.

Sephiroth_dude · 15-02-2013 9:02pm

FF7
Skyrim
fallout 3
company of heros
fear
just cause 2
red dead

Sarky · 15-02-2013 9:02pm

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. The fluid movement, beautiful visuals, excellent live story and amazing acrobatic puzzles just blew me away like no other game.

Also, Okami, for the indescribably gorgeous art style, is never seen anything like it in a game before, and spent ages just *looking* at it.

Dacelonid · 15-02-2013 9:04pm

For me it would have to be something like Portal or Portal 2. Some game where the sheer joy of playing comes from solving the puzzles, and the jokes etc.

Tubbs4 · 15-02-2013 9:35pm

Residen evil 2. great game and didn't play the first one.
Silent hill was creepy and was going to throw the game out when you get killed at the start screamed at the screen then you wake up to Cebil.
Broken Sword was great also as a puzzle game and good humour.

Infected Halcyon · 15-02-2013 9:46pm

Final Fantasy 7, 8, 10

Metal gear 1

Kabuki Quantum Fighter :-D

RobbingBandit · 15-02-2013 9:52pm

Tombi!, Chrono Trigger, Mortal Kombat, GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption.

richymcdermott · 15-02-2013 10:49pm

sonic 2

sarumite · 15-02-2013 11:40pm

Civ 2.

There are other games, though nothing quite like Civ2.

Andy Gravity · 16-02-2013 12:03am

Diablo 2, just plain addictive.
Final Fantasy 7 and 9, fell in love with 7, 9 was also great.
Portal 2, the 1st game that I played through co-op, great being on voice-chat solving those incredible puzzles with a friend.
World of Warcraft, my 1st mmo, blew my mind back in the day, never been able to recapture that same feeling in any other mmo.
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, incredible game.
X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, found this game hiding on a relations ancient pc years ago, spent so much time in their house because of this game, was great.
Doom and Doom 2, a lot of fun.

reckoner · 16-02-2013 12:05am

Doom, what an epic game, and loved playing all the MOD levels too.

Zero-Cool · 16-02-2013 12:27am

Resident Evil 1
Tomb Raider 1
Final Fantasy 7

Music from any of these games brings back instant nostalgia and makes me wish I could wipe them from my mind and play them again. Very rare that 'this gen' games have that affect.

16-02-2013 12:58am

No Particular order; I'm going all the way back...

Super Metroid...Super Metroid.....Super Metroid....Super Metroid
Half Life 1 and 2
Bioshock
Quake 1
Duke Nukem 3D
Final Fantasy 7
Grand Theft Auto 3
Donkey Kong Country
Super Mario Bros 3
Streets of Rage
Resident Evil 2
Fallout 3
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Kirby's Dream Land (Weird I know but the very first video game I owned, never forgot as a child getting a Gamboy for my birthday :eek:)
Warioland
Very first time Playing Countersrike in an Internet Cafe
Grim Fandango
Gran Turismo
Burnout 3
Unreal Tournament
Soldier of Fortune
Dungeon Keeper 2
Age of Empires

OK I will stop :pac:

One More: Silver

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 16-02-2013 1:01am

stalker: shadow of chernobyl and stalker: call of pripyat

have put over 600 hours into both these games since I first played chernobyl in october '10

played pripyat again a couple of months ago.. been fighting the urge for the past week to play it again. being able to do it all again for the first time would be nice although they're both so recent I can remember the experience.

illicit007 · 16-02-2013 1:04am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

stalker: shadow of chernobyl and stalker: call of pripyat

have put over 600 hours into both these games since I first played chernobyl in october '10

played pripyat again a couple of months ago.. been fighting the urge for the past week to play it again. being able to do it all again for the first time would be nice although they're both so recent I can remember the experience.

I've been meaning to play that game, thanks for reminding me. Good to see a few gamer vapers in this forum :-)

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 16-02-2013 1:06am

be sure and get the complete mod for both games. doesn't change much from vanilla, but has bugfixes and graphical updates and the like

http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-complete-2009 for chernobyl

http://www.moddb.com/mods/call-of-pripyat-complete pripyat

16-02-2013 1:29am

danthefan · 16-02-2013 1:34am

If I could "unplay" one game just to experience it again it would be Final Fantasy Tactics.

Sofiztikated · 16-02-2013 1:53am

For me, it has to be:

Resident Evil. That bit when the first zombie turns around, a little bit of wee escaped every time.

Dungeon Keeper 1 & 2. I sunk so many hours into those games, 2 especially. Was just talking to a mate about it the other day. Slapping the Mistress, and her "OOohhhhh" got me through many a cold pre decent internet days. Found this https://wftogame.com/ It's being funded through Kickstarter, and looks very, VERY familiar. In a good way.

Alien Resurrection. Nothing I can say will get across how much atmosphere I thought this game had.

Black & White. Those blasted singing sailors. Dropping a sheep on the ship and the "Oh, this will keep us warm on those lonely nights at sea."

Diaspora. It was a MMORPG space trading/fighting game. Static screens, no graphics worth a damn, never got past open Beta. But the game. The community. The feeling of terror if you jumped into a screen, in you Nereid freighter, and saw a screen full of Endymion Destroyers/Behemoths. I used to play an hour before I went to school, and when I came home, bang on 6pm (cheap internet), I'd log on, and play until 12, sleep and do it all over again.

Arkham Asylum. Simply excellent.

Fallout 3. I couldn't put it down. Loved it.

Dave_The_Sheep · 16-02-2013 2:03am

The entire fallout series, back when I would have thought the first two were incredible. They deserve another blind playthrough.

Harps · 16-02-2013 2:11am

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

stalker: shadow of chernobyl and stalker: call of pripyat

have put over 600 hours into both these games since I first played chernobyl in october '10

played pripyat again a couple of months ago.. been fighting the urge for the past week to play it again. being able to do it all again for the first time would be nice although they're both so recent I can remember the experience.

My first thought when I saw this thread as well, undoubtedly the most unique fps I've played in tems of atmosphere and immersion and I'd love to be able to experience it all for the first time again, I've gone back to SoC countless times for brief flirts with the world but nothing comes close to going into the underground labs for the first time!

Other honourable mentions..

Bioshock, GTA III, Zelda OoT, Portal 1 & 2, Deus Ex, Pokemon series, Shenmue 1 & 2, Chrono Trigger and probably plenty of others if I had the time to think

Pushtrak · 16-02-2013 2:15am

Sir Digby, Harps, I don't have a great graphics card on my PC. Actually, it's terrible, so I haven't gotten the chance to play the Stalker games. Have ye tried Metro 2033? It may be a game ye would enjoy. Though, apparently, on PC there are issues with it... Specifically, even people with high end machines have trouble getting the most out of it. If looking for something to play, look it up, and give it a play if ye think ye'd enjoy it.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 16-02-2013 9:40am

Pushtrak wrote: »

Sir Digby, Harps, I don't have a great graphics card on my PC. Actually, it's terrible, so I haven't gotten the chance to play the Stalker games. Have ye tried Metro 2033? It may be a game ye would enjoy. Though, apparently, on PC there are issues with it... Specifically, even people with high end machines have trouble getting the most out of it. If looking for something to play, look it up, and give it a play if ye think ye'd enjoy it.

oh yeah, played metro a couple of times. i love it, but I find the big ass meat shield monsters in it kind of irritating so I don't return to it as often as I should. excellent world/atmosphere though and a great game overall.

iirc it was made by some people that were working on stalker: shadow of chernobyl but left (for one reason or another.. not sure if it was amicable) and took some of their work with them to start on metro 2033

blaa85 · 16-02-2013 10:47am

Broken Sword
Shenmue 1 & 2
Resident Evil 1 & 2
Final Fantasy 7, 8, & 9
Deus Ex 1

The big one for me would be Grim Fandango, mainly because I haven't played it in years and can't get it running on the PC without bugging out. I am hoping GOG get's it at some stage.

This time next month I will probably add Ni No Kuni to this list. Proper tidy, it is.

Harps · 16-02-2013 11:46am

Pushtrak wrote: »

Sir Digby, Harps, I don't have a great graphics card on my PC. Actually, it's terrible, so I haven't gotten the chance to play the Stalker games. Have ye tried Metro 2033? It may be a game ye would enjoy. Though, apparently, on PC there are issues with it... Specifically, even people with high end machines have trouble getting the most out of it. If looking for something to play, look it up, and give it a play if ye think ye'd enjoy it.

The first STALKER game is surprisingly easy to run if you stick with static lighting and switch of anti-aliasing, even my notebook laptop with an intel card could manage it at around 30fps. The dynamic lighting really adds to the atmosphere but its still a great experience either way

Havent played Metro but its in my steam library so must get around to it some day

funnights74 · 16-02-2013 11:53am

reckoner wrote: »

Doom, what an epic game, and loved playing all the MOD levels too.

I'm not really into video games but this was pre-installed in a pc i had in the late 90's and i became addicted to it. Technically compared to the games around now it was very basic but at the time it was revolutionary. AFAIK it was the first , first person shooter game. Happy memories.

SB2013 · 16-02-2013 1:39pm

Just to add a few more to my opening list.

FF7 - Didn't appreciate it for what it was when I first played it
Monkey Island - My introduction to point and click
Warcraft 2 - My first real time strategy game
Red Alert - Introduced me to the C+C world
Fallout 2 - So many hours
Resident Evil 2 - My first horror

Sephiroth_dude · 16-02-2013 2:49pm

Oh forgot about the stalker series :eek:.

Dr Gradus · 16-02-2013 4:02pm

I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned.

But if I could erase all the memories of any game just to experience it for the first time again, it would be Shadow of the Colossus. It was stand-out in every way. The isolation of the world, the musical cues, the pure immersion. And that thought when you have finally made your way miles to find a new colossus of 'how in the hell am I gonna take thus guy down'. Better yet, how the game makes you question why you are doing what you are doing to the extent that I started to feel sorry for destroying these ethereal giants.

Sublime.

Creamy Goodness · 16-02-2013 4:20pm

grim fandango.

Burky126 · 16-02-2013 4:34pm

Many games come to mind,as already mentioned,MGS3,Resident Evil 4,FF 8 but I don't think anything to me can compare to when the first generation Pokemon games first came out for the Gameboy.Probably one of the finest examples of giving the player a sense of adventure and it was a real challenge too to get all 151 of them as a kid.

Menelaun · 16-02-2013 9:01pm

The original Ratchet and Clank-First game I got on ps2 and I dont know what it is bu that game in my opinion is amazing I loved the story and the music.

Fable 2 -I shed a tear when *SPOILER* that dog died and I opted not for riches but to bring him back haven't had a feel like that from games in a long time

Rome Total War- In my opinion Creative Assembly's Magnus Opus great great great game

Fallout New Vegas- I loved the setting and the empty feeling you got walking the desert.Again it was funny and the caesars legion stuff was great

Team Fortress 2- It got me into fps games,I loved the different classes and the humor of the game

Skyrim- First game in a long time i was excited about and its delivered in spades still playing my first character from launch through

World of Warcraft - my first MMO met great people had fun but gave it up because of the leaving will be going back to it though

super_furry · 16-02-2013 9:02pm

Morrowind. There's yet to be another game that genuinely made me feel as if I was being transported to a living and breathing world of it's own.

Gbear · 16-02-2013 9:52pm

FF10.

I loved that game so I did.

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