Games

Chrono Trigger on the SNES.

Easy game choice for me, Outer Wilds. I’ve regularly said that I wish I could go back in time and experience it again. I am a PS5 fan personally, Xbox has too much overlap with PC gaming.

Super Metroid on the SNES. Still my favorite game to this day

Another World on the Megadrive 2
or
ICO on the PS2

although neither ever really lose that wonder on replay but there is something intangible about where you are in life when they find you

I'm gonna go with a more out there option and go with The Return of the Obra Dinn on the PC. Easily the best game I will never play again. The mystery and presentation were everything.

I would like to play a finished dark souls 1 (like the team imagined) with dualsense 5 controller support.

When a weapon hits your shield the trigger pushes your finger up. Or the to raise a shield or swing a weapon the triggers are hard to press initially but get easier on the way, to mimic velocity.

That would be my dream. Of course with ps5 graphics.

Morrowind, full VR headset, extra cliff racers, game drugs feel like real drugs.

I actually bought a PS1 and dance pads strictly for playing DDR.

Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2 for GameCube. Its not exactly what you asked for, but its the ultimate game for me.

This one is sorta cheating, but Xbox360 and Final Fantasy XI. Haven’t been sucked into a game and its world as deeply since I took that plunge.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice on the Xbox One. Playing that with stereo headphones was a trip and a half, and it's an experience that simply isn't the same a second time through.

I still think Fenrir is the coolest damn boss ever, and the "in your sword still beats a heart" poem is my favorite piece of audio from any game

Easily San Andreas on the PS2. I still go back and play this game at least once a year

Morrowind GOTY on the OG Xbox.

Just remember to keep you stamina bar above 50% or it will be unpleasant.

SNES. Chrono Trigger. If you've played it you know just how impactful it is. Music, story, graphics. It is a perfect game. I bought a physical cartridge a few years ago—even after having beaten it dozens of times—because the game means so much to me.

Planescape: Torment on PC

Locking this thread /s

Removing the console limitation, I'd go for Half-life on a Nvidia TNT 2 and CRT monitor.

Now, if it has to be console, then Persona 3 FES on the ps2.

Probably Pokemon Emerald, or Diamond.

These were the last exploration Pokemon games and I would love to be immersed in their worlds again discovering all their secrets for the first time.

From uncovering the braille in the under water ruins, to the changing water levels of seafoam cave.

To finding the shop keepers of the underground mines and the last safari zone of the great marsh.

Now-a-days replaying them is still fun, but not as exciting as they were before, since I remembered where everything is.

Portal 2

Probably Persona 3 or 4. Leaning more towards 4 with the Vita.

Well, I'd pick a Steam Deck. But luckily Baldur's Gate 3 is also available on the PS5. I'd really like to play that game blind again. It's so wonderful to discover all the stuff. And when you're done you have only found about 50 % of the content this game has to offer.

I'm just done with my third playthrough in which I would still see new stuff in every play-session. I'm gearing up for my fourth by playing Baldur's Gate 2. I want to continue playing the same character in BG3. Not officially supported, but I want to play her with the same race and class and personality. I already know of some things I want to explore that I haven't seen before. And I wonder what new unknown details I will find.

The first time playing Gothic 2 NotR (on PC) was a fantastic experience for my younger self.

If you insist on a console game I would chose Wii Sports or Wii Sports Resort because I had so many fun game sessions with friends and I think it would still be a lot of fun today.

Red Dead 2. I prefer Xbox controllers so I will say on the Xbox One X.

No man’s sky on pc

Not a console but that game still wows me

Breath of the Wild on Switch. It had been a long long time since a game felt that immersive. I'd start a session, say to myself, "I'm gonna head towards this objective," and four hours later I'd be in a completely different direction yet still entirely satisfied. Even the tutorial felt huge and weighty... at least until I was dumped into the wider world with only a suggestion and a general direction in which to go. I loved the hands-off approach. Everything felt organic. I remember being giddy playing Wind Waker at release, excited to get to explore the map once it opened... only to find that the first few far-off places I visited were locked behind items I didn't have yet. With BotW, it felt like that decades-old disappointment was finally righted.

I think I'd go back to experiencing the Dreamcast for the first time. Probably one of the sports games, actually. I was so pumped and it delivered.

I would have to say Elden Ring. Just walking out to see limgrave and all of it's glory and the pure joy of a non linear souls like with exploration I've never experienced before made this a top 5 best game ever.

I played it on PlayStation 4 and quite honestly it felt great with the trackpad and the placement of the sticks where I could really feel responsive with my movement in PVP.

Playing new game is fun but man I would pay to have a brain injury to forget everything about Elden Ring just to experience it for the first time.

Omori, granted I did play it on Steam, but god damn I've never felt more of a childlike sense of wonder for many years than when I first played it.

Nintendo DS, The World Ends With You. That game made a difference in me imo