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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Might and Magic 3

F-19

Wow

Half-life

Dishonored

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

FF6, FF9 and Links Awakening

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Space Invaders

Asteroids

Pitfall

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Read dead redemption 1. A masterpiece.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hotel Dusk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Star Control 2

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It is balanced, fair

Mmmm Delirium would disagree

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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.

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