Games you'd never part with

saiint

So i'm one of those people that would trade in games on a regular basis whether it be for cash or credit towards another game

i must admit their are some games that i would never part with

is their any game that you hold close to your heart? that you would never trade in for the simple fact is that you enjoyed it to the max


one game i will probably never part with is Dark Souls

probably the best story game ive ever played and its replay value has just made me keep the game

heres an example
i have only 3 games right now ( i only ever like have few games at a time)
thats
dark souls
skyrim ( only bought it )
nba2k13 which i got for christmas

dark souls i bought on day of release
and have since put in over thousands of hours into it (ima geek)

so if you take into account , i bought dark souls day of release which was when ? 14months ago? i must of bought about 30+ games between then and now
and have since traded in the 30+ games but have kept that game
i havnt played it in a little over a week but im already considering trading in nba2k13 for another game rather then dark souls a game which ive already completed to many times to remember.

so lads do any of you's have a game like this?

Grumpypants

Mario Allstars on the snes

saiint

Grumpypants wrote: »

Mario Allstars on the snes

Do you still have it :eek:

PandaX9

my Final Fantasy collection (V - X inclusive)
Armoured Core
Crash Bandicoot 1, 2 & 3
Diablo II
Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete

Gunmonkey

Hrm, plenty of games I look back on now and think I shoudlnt have sold (Guardian Heroes, Skies of Arcadia Legends to name two) but of my collection now, it would have to be Valkyria Chronicles. Reason I bought my PS3 and one of, if not most, enjoyed games this gen.

super_furry

I always like having a copy of Ocarina of Time and Final Fantasy IV to IX that I can play anytime. The fact that I can do so on handhelds these days is the one thing that impresses me most about modern gaming.

The thing is with most collectable games I have and that I've had is that they're on consoles that I don't have hooked up to my TV. Many of them are available on other consoles or via emulation so I'm nowhere near as hung up on collecting games as I once was. I'd even sell or trade my Terranigma cart for the right price.

Asmodean

Final fantasy IX for me. Traded in my gold edition of the windwaker before. Biggest regret ever. Never traded after that.

richymcdermott

Mgs 1 , 2 x3, 3 x2 , mgs acid 1 and 2, mgs4 , mgs peacewalker , mgs portable ops, mgs portable ops plus

persona 3, 4

sonic 1,2,3,colours , generations 3ds, generations ps3 , sonic adventure, sonic heroes

valkyria chronicles 1 and 2

yakuza 1,2,3,4 dead souls

dark souls, demons souls

Bozo Skeleton

GTA Vice City, haven't loaded it up in ages now that I think of it. A ground breaking game, the soundtrack is awesome.

EDIT. I don't play games as much as I used to, but GTA 5 is imminent, I reckon it's gonna be super special, GTA has a history of raising the bar.

SeantheMan

saiint wrote: »

Do you still have it :eek:

Given the fact he replied to the thread of "games you would never part with" , it's probably safe to assume - he has never parted with it :P

My Steam account, unlike someone else on this forum who gave theirs away this week :eek: - a single game....hmmm....I think Rockband will have to be kept for its party value , and given that they have kind of stopped making those music/rythm games now.

NTMK

My C&C collection
Sonic the Hedgehog on the megadrive
and my tetris and Super Mario Land cartridges for the original gameboy

shygal

great question id go with left 4 dead, pokemon blue and metal gear solid 1

abbir

I very rarely trade in games. Don't want to part with any of them!

saiint wrote: »

Grumpypants wrote: »

Mario Allstars on the snes

Do you still have it :eek:

I still have my copy too. I'd never let my classic Mario/Zelda/Metroid games go anywhere.

Retr0gamer

Maria Whitaker's XMas strip poker.

gizmo

Hmm, I don't trade games in and have never actually thrown one out or given any away so in terms of what games would I covet the most?

Half Life: I got the US edition of this when it came out. The box is still in mint condition, all big and embossed with it's massive front flap thing.

Battlezone (1998): The first PC game I ever bought with my own money. I still remember the day I got it in Dixons in Jervis Street. It was a toss up between that and the C&C boxset and even though the guy in the store told me to go with C&C, I just couldn't say no to that awesome boxart.

Super Mario Kart: First game I ever bought with my own money. Most hours logged in any game ever. Cause of most rows between my mates and I growing up. Way too many good memories to ever get rid of.

This: Started it all really

dan hibiki

the darkness

super street fighter 4

blops

world at war

dead space

mw2

Calhoun

First off i never trade in games just because most i buy have replay value and if it doesnt well i really pay full price for lemons.

The couple i would never sell if put to it are;

FF7 - I know the story is weak but it got me into the RPG genre;
Fallout 3 - I bought the collectors edition and have the bobble head ect;

Only small amount but i have very few games on hardware these days all on steam.

Sofiztikated

I hate trading in games. I bought them. I wanted them. I keep them, even if I haven't played them in ages. Even the Lego Indiana Jones/Kung Fu Panda bundle I got with my Xbox, that I've put maybe 20 minutes on Indiana Jones.

I did trade a couple in for Mortal Kombat when it came out (Gamestop trade 3, buy for 3 job), instantly regretted it.

I did pass on a lot of my PS2 games, most due to wifey harping that I never play them. Miss every one of them. Did hold onto Jurassic Park Genesis. Couldn't pass it on, for reason unknown even to myself.

Calhoun

Sofiztikated wrote: »

I hate trading in games. I bought them. I wanted them. I keep them, even if I haven't played them in ages. Even the Lego Indiana Jones/Kung Fu Panda bundle I got with my Xbox, that I've put maybe 20 minutes on Indiana Jones.

I did trade a couple in for Mortal Kombat when it came out (Gamestop trade 3, buy for 3 job), instantly regretted it.

I did pass on a lot of my PS2 games, most due to wifey harping that I never play them. Miss every one of them. Did hold onto Jurassic Park Genesis. Couldn't pass it on, for reason unknown even to myself.

I got that crap also, i dont know where the wimmin folk get off telling us to reduce or crap. Its like lets go open up your wardrobe and see how many shoes or bags we will trade in.

She was firmly told to get her paws off my **** or else her stuff would get the same treatment.

Canis Lupus

Counterstrike
Day of Defeat
Team Fortress 2.

All three have been on my machine for however long they've been around. When I'm bored of whatever game I have on the go I'm highly likely to drop into DoD avalanche map or 2fort on TF2...

The game that started an obsession.

I still have my 1992 EA US Navy Fighters PC game.

As I sit in the departures lounge waiting to start my airport job, I still can't see myself parting with it.

Edit: Though if we're in about games we'd never trade in, I still have Rainbow Six, Rogue Spear, Gran Turismo 2.

ShadowHearth

I am a steam addict so hoarding is in my blood. I don't know if I could part with any of my games. I got good few Xbox/ps3 ges, but I am not going to part with it, even if I haven't played on those consoles for more then 6 months.

monkeysnapper

Formula 1 97
I just love that game

.... Ok I'll get my coat .....

Dave_The_Sheep

If it had to be one, I'd pick Civ IV: Beyond the Sword, but any of the Civ series would do.

If I could pick 3, it'd be one from Oblivion or Skyrim, and one of the Total War series, likely Medieval 2.

Though I may have misinterpreted the question.

Taylor365

Double Dragon for Mega drive

BizzyC

Golden Cartridge Zelda for NES.

Best Game Ever

CiDeRmAn

I spent most of the 80's and 90's selling and swapping games, no longer I say!
Well, only recent releases, stuff that I have completed and are still worth a few bob on trade, the rest is safe in the collection.
That said, I still have Steel Battalion up there for sale, as with Ibara also, going to take them down, the monetary madness of Chrimbo over and I'd never forgive myself for selling them.

One game I'd never part with would be the likes of Ico, SotC, Wipeout 2097, Super Mario World, MSR, Nights, Super Mario 64, ah feck it, the whole collection..... barring Rise of the Robots, Streets of Rage and Golden Axe, they can die in a hole, a hole filled with fire!

Zelda on the Nes?
Best game ever?
If you had said Zelda: LttP I'd have said, hell yes, if you'd said OoT you may still have had a point but I wouldn't even suggest Zelda is the best game on the Nes, for that I'd recommend SMB3 or Megaman 2, or perhaps something like Gradius 2 or Kirby.
Sure Zelda is important but you can't suggest it's the best game ever, can you?

Cool_CM

Formula 1
Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor Underground
NHL 96

Not that they'd have much trade in value if I brought them to GameStop!

BizzyC

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Zelda on the Nes?
Best game ever?
If you had said Zelda: LttP I'd have said, hell yes, if you'd said OoT you may still have had a point but I wouldn't even suggest Zelda is the best game on the Nes, for that I'd recommend SMB3 or Megaman 2, or perhaps something like Gradius 2 or Kirby.
Sure Zelda is important but you can't suggest it's the best game ever, can you?

In terms of setting a new standard yes.

While it may not be the best game, or even the best Zelda in the series, when I was a kid I was blown away by the game.
I literally got a solid 5 years out of that one cartridge, which at this stage has lost most of its gold paint.

Mal-Adjusted

for me, it'll be Deus Ex and JKII Jedi Outcast. i plan to be buried with them!

dpaulod

I still have and from time to time play Early Id games

from doom 1 to quake 4 including revensoft spin off's and add on packs.:D
Cannot get Sin to run on windows 7 x64.

LuckyFinigan

Metal Gear Solid, that's a game Ill always have to have. Id love to get another copy of it tho, my ones is in bits, not sure if it even works anymore, gave someone a loan of it a few years ago and got it back in about five pieces.

ibFoxer

Kotor & Kotor 2. I know they probably pale in comparisson to some of today's RPG's but i will never part with them, nicely tucked away in my BC xbox stack. And i just acquired them both again on Steam so happy days

Potential-Monke

My Legacy of Kain Series. They won't even be able to pry them out of my cold, dead hands.

Ostrom

Could never part with Silent Hill 1-The Room, FFVII, Virtual On, Links Awakening, or Tomb Raider

Biggest selling regret is probably Broken Sword 2.

Mal-Adjusted

foxerv1 wrote: »

Kotor & Kotor 2. I know they probably pale in comparisson to some of today's RPG's but i will never part with them, nicely tucked away in my BC xbox stack. And i just acquired them both again on Steam so happy days

I've just started playing them! got the collection box for PC a month ago and on my first play through (Just arrived at the star forge). As a JK fan, i love the inclusion of Korriban

*it's weird playing this after Mass Effect and seeing all the similarities

**Sorry for going off topic...

Vyse

I wouldn't part with any of my games to be honest. Never sold them or traded them (unless I was selling a complete system and I haven't done that since the megadrive days).

The one game I'd hate to lose would be my DC copy of Samba De Amigo which I bought from Dreamarena (when it was up and running). Given the size of the box I would imagine it would be hard to misplace:D

Also my two copies of Skies of Arcadia, the GC version more so (Legends) as I think that one might be a bit harder to come by.

Adyx

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

I've just started playing them! got the collection box for PC a month ago and on my first play through (Just arrived at the star forge). As a JK fan, i love the inclusion of Korriban

*it's weird playing this after Mass Effect and seeing all the similarities

**Sorry for going off topic...

From what I can see Jade Empire (also by Bioware) has quite a few similarities to KOTOR too.

OT: I've never sold or traded a game in my life (I lost Doom 3 but I can live with that), but the one game that'll be buried with me is System Shock 2.

FortuneChip

Vagrant Story isn't going anywhere. I'd be terrified that I'd never find it again!!!

Icaras

I have kept FFVII and FFIX - i think they will be worth a bit in a few years (10 to 15) also have bubble bobble and barbarian on tape for the C64, bubble bobble was the first game I ever bet.

whiterebel

Assassin's Creed. Just for its sheer beauty on the PS3

Paul1990

Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3.

Probably the only games that I've completed multiple times, aside from MGS. ME1 is actually quite boring, gameplay-wise, but it's part of the set so it stays.

ShooterSF

I tend to find myself gaming just behind new releases. I'm only starting on the new xcom now for example and so I don't trade my games in as they tend to be worth sweet FA by that time. It means that I tend to game for around the same total outlay as people who trade in their new games.

With that said, there are two older games still specifically cared for in my collection because of the memories of multiplayer gaming as a kid/teen, first, my jap copy of Toe Jam and Earl for the megadrive still connected to the adapter that I bought up the north on a market 3 games for 5 pounds, I picked the games at random and the other two sucked, and second, Team Buddies, 4 player split screen mayhem.