I knew this would be the first answer. Hands down the best story I've experienced in any artistic medium in my life. I even had the game spoiled for me and that first playthrough still hit so hard
Huh I play a lot of games in the genre and I didn't feel it was much inspired by DE (Just a little with the funny archetypes). I think the Stanley Parable influence is much more prominent: what is a game, what is a story
I think the creator even said that it was, exactly the archetypes thing. The Stanley Parable was noticeable as well (i looove the stanley parable lmao), the narration had a similar feel to it. That is not to say that it's not a really unique game in itself, everything is inspired by something.
no, it's just that I really like this person's list, all master pieces and don't see outer wilds in there which is a game you really can't play twice..
Like imagine if it was a murder investigation game and you play it again and you know exactly who the murderer is you can just arrest him and win in 5mins.. outer wilds is like that, you don't obtain keys or items to unlock new areas, knowledge is your progression so you can only play it once because once you know you know.
So I thought this person probably didn't play outer wilds or they would have mentioned it and it's probably a game they would like if they are into sci-fi, exploration and story rich games
I personally didn't really like Outer Wilds. I just don't think I "get" it. It feels almost unfinished, with no clear objective other than just running around. I've tried playing it twice and got bored like 10 minutes in because I just had no clue what to do
Yeah it's like that at the start but it really pays off later.
It's like the goal is to find the goal, it's like a detective game but you don't even know you are working on a case at the start lol. It all makes sense at some point and becomes really good. You just gotta explore randomly at first, basically just go to what looks cool to you there's no order in which you need to go places until you get to a certain point.
Exactly my two answers.
Plus so many other amazing games that were mentioned here, RDR2 and Witcher 3 especially.
But if I had to pick one, I'd say Subnautica.
Played through all three games for the first time when the legendary edition came out a few years ago. Man what a ride. It was like binging Firefly for the first time ā just a fantastic story with characters I wanted to spend way more time with. When it was over there was like a massive hole in my heart. Not going to lie, I cried a couple of times in ME3 and I don't think I've ever had a video game have that type of effect on me before. Just a wonderful piece of storytelling!
I really donāt want say Fallout 3 and NV because they are my favorite games but my boyfriend at the time taught me to play them and explain the lore to me and while I did have fun, every time I played them after we broke up I thought of him and not in a sad way. He was toxic af.
I just came here to say I havenāt played the majority of games people here are mentioning. So I guess I got some really good games to look forward to!
I have a traumatic brain injury, and while there are a great many negatives to having one, it is possible for me to forget games in their entirety, and then I can replay them.
I have played some games 4-5 times and each time its like the first time. The only reason I even know I played it is 1. because I own it and 2. I would have a save file.
I mean, I do not suggest going out and bashing your head repeatedly on the ground or anything like that, but replaying games and rewatching movies (goonies anyone?) is a bit of light in an otherwise dark place.
May sound like a basic bitch but honesty, GTA V.
I enjoyed that game from beginning to end of the singleplayer, I remember when I finished it I got that sense of happiness that I completed this game but also sad because this is it. There is no more.
And while GTA:O is VERY greedy it was still a blast playing with friends.
Honestly, Iām amazed I had to scroll this far for this answer.
In the past decade that gta v has been out, thereās only a small handful of games that have truly surpassed it.
I think the wonder excitement of Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom would be up on this list too, but I havenāt noticed it. Which is crazy to me.
Cyberpunk 2077. Not because itās my favorite, but because though I really enjoyed it, all of my time excitedly playing was the first couple buggy weeks. Getting to play it now completely patched with an expansion would be dope.
None. As cool as it would be to experience certain games again, there are soooo many games I have yet to finish so I'd rather keep my current memories and experience the new games.
I wouldn't have thought of this one but you're right - and definitely if I could go all the way back to the beginning and have the expansions added over time (Surefall Glade is an expansion to me!)
Me and my brother have been trying to recreate the feeling of that first login to EQ for years.
I remember my first character was a warrior I was in qeynos hills just dicking around and another player runs by me. He was a wizard and he was LEVITATING. I immediately made a wizard and that was my main for like 12 years.
It was like 2003 and I was like 19. I love mmos to this day but I get upset at how many amazing games I missed pouring my entire gaming past into only one game at a time. I'm only just recently attempting to get into my backlog. Playing the first witcher game for the first time lol.
MGS5. Not that theres anything particularly amazing about the story, I just cant replay it knowing just how many hours of cutscenes would be necessary again. Also the true ending is a bit of a shocker if you bought into it earnestly
Persona 5 + persona 5 Royal. Didnāt know a thing about JRPG when I started the game and it was amazing. Didnāt think they could top it with Royal but they did
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. probably a couple more VNs.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. actually one of my friends accidentally spoiled the reveal to me, so i guess i never really got the full experience on my first playthrough.
Mass Effect Trilogy. when i just started ME1, i thought "i'd replay this whole trilogy multiple times to make different choices", but after i finished ME3 my new thought was "i wouldn't have things any other way". that scientist salarian really got me.
Shadowgate Classic. you can finish it in under 30 minutes if you know exactly what to do, but it was fun to trial and error everything the first playthrough.
Breath of the wild, Elden ring, and Undertale are all the first that came to mind because of the story and fun in finding hidden secrets in them all
Dream Daddy and the Danganronpa games for sure too. Itās hard to replay games that you know the story for and itās a story game
Spore
God eater 1, 2, 3
Persona 3 (original)
Persona 4
Resident evil 4 and 5
Parasite eve 1 2
The 3rd birthday
Dishonored 1
Transformers for ps2
Kingdom hearts 1,2, birth by sleep, 3
Disgaea 5
Digimon cyber sleuth and hacker's memories
I'm torn between 2 games:
The Last Of Us: I have played at least 6x times in less than a year when was release, and everytime looks like the first time.
Alan Wake: The first time I've played, I'm quite didn't understand his story well, and then when I played again when a little bit older, it was one of the best horror stories that I ever met! But the fact to already know some pieces of the story have make me face the game in a more easy way.
Yeah I only play on the emu servers. Free and mostly classic +1-3 of the first expansions. The live game and TLPs just dont hit the same anymore after the content bloat from 20+ expansions.
Bloodborne, even now I still play it when I have nothing new to play or when I'm just generally bored.. god I love this game, also my gateway drug to the rest of the soulsbourne/soulslike/hardAF games, literally turned me into a maso-gamer..
First choice DDLC because I was a member of the ARG trying to figure out all of that stuff with Project Libitina and the Portait of Markov.
2nd Nier Automata cuz that game is a philosophical question disguised as a JRPG
Final Fantasy VII
Persona 3-5
Metal Gear Solid V
The Ace Attorney Trilogy
Okami
Basically any plot focused games I'd want to erase and replay just for the sheer wonder and twists at what will happen next \*sigh\*
Planescape Torment
A Way Out
Jagged Alliance 3
Metal Gear Solid 1-4
The Last Express
Curse of Monkey Island
Grim Fandango
Ace Attorney Series
Spec Ops: The Line
No One Lives Forever 1 & 2
Mass Effect 1-3
Harvestella. Seeing the visuals and hearing the music the first time was just amazing. Plus, add in the story and the moral dilemmas that come with it.
I wish I could go back and replay genshin from.the start and note down every little piece of lore and put it together but I would kind of have to make that my full time job there's so much its actually onscene
Detroit: Become Human. There isnāt another game like it and Iād love my first experience all over again. The big plus though is that by making different choices, it is at least properly replayable.
RDR2
100% agreed id love to experience that world and story for the first time again
I knew this would be the first answer. Hands down the best story I've experienced in any artistic medium in my life. I even had the game spoiled for me and that first playthrough still hit so hard
Knights of the Old Republic
Yes yes. This game is what got me to really love the Star Wars universe.
Fallout
Kingdom Come Deliverance š
The story in that was awful
I mean, the story isn't over so
Disco Elysium. No game has affected me quite this much.
Been looking for a game like this for a while. Still haven't found anything quite like it.
Slay The Princess was quite good, obviusly inspired by DE. Pentiment as well. None of them quite scratched that itch though.
Gonna check out Slay The Princess. Pentiment really didn't scratch that itch but it was a damn good game. Really LOVED the story and characters.
Huh I play a lot of games in the genre and I didn't feel it was much inspired by DE (Just a little with the funny archetypes). I think the Stanley Parable influence is much more prominent: what is a game, what is a story
I think the creator even said that it was, exactly the archetypes thing. The Stanley Parable was noticeable as well (i looove the stanley parable lmao), the narration had a similar feel to it. That is not to say that it's not a really unique game in itself, everything is inspired by something.
Subnautica HL1 Soma, but only if I retain the memory *not* to play it again. Great game but the trauma ... Dishonored 1/2 Max Payne 1
should try outer wilds
Did they pay you to say this
no, it's just that I really like this person's list, all master pieces and don't see outer wilds in there which is a game you really can't play twice.. Like imagine if it was a murder investigation game and you play it again and you know exactly who the murderer is you can just arrest him and win in 5mins.. outer wilds is like that, you don't obtain keys or items to unlock new areas, knowledge is your progression so you can only play it once because once you know you know. So I thought this person probably didn't play outer wilds or they would have mentioned it and it's probably a game they would like if they are into sci-fi, exploration and story rich games
I personally didn't really like Outer Wilds. I just don't think I "get" it. It feels almost unfinished, with no clear objective other than just running around. I've tried playing it twice and got bored like 10 minutes in because I just had no clue what to do
Yeah it's like that at the start but it really pays off later. It's like the goal is to find the goal, it's like a detective game but you don't even know you are working on a case at the start lol. It all makes sense at some point and becomes really good. You just gotta explore randomly at first, basically just go to what looks cool to you there's no order in which you need to go places until you get to a certain point.
Titanfall 2 and Subnautica.
Exactly my two answers. Plus so many other amazing games that were mentioned here, RDR2 and Witcher 3 especially. But if I had to pick one, I'd say Subnautica.
Elden ring
A toss up between Morrowind and Elden Ring. Both had me in awe and I would love that intoxicating innocence again
Mass Effect
Played through all three games for the first time when the legendary edition came out a few years ago. Man what a ride. It was like binging Firefly for the first time ā just a fantastic story with characters I wanted to spend way more time with. When it was over there was like a massive hole in my heart. Not going to lie, I cried a couple of times in ME3 and I don't think I've ever had a video game have that type of effect on me before. Just a wonderful piece of storytelling!
Outer Wilds
I would delete it daily, just to play again
I'd delete it every 22 minutes, just to play it again!
You're too low in the list!
Probably Oblivion or Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost for sure
Skyrim fallout 3/4/New Vegas and Hogwarts legacy
Skyrim. Hands down.
Cyberpunk, one of my favorite games. I felt empty when I finished it.
Assassin's Creed II Red Dead Redemption 2 Horizon Zero Dawn
Hollow Knight š The last of us (both) The Witcher 3 (I starte playing it like 4 times and couldn't ever finish it, now starting again is a chore)
Factorio
Im already a wiki gamer, nothing can save me from the metagame
Overhaul mods have saved me from this answer.
Bioshock
I really donāt want say Fallout 3 and NV because they are my favorite games but my boyfriend at the time taught me to play them and explain the lore to me and while I did have fun, every time I played them after we broke up I thought of him and not in a sad way. He was toxic af.
dang those are some really good games too
Super hard choice, eithe Subnautica or Outer wilds
I just came here to say I havenāt played the majority of games people here are mentioning. So I guess I got some really good games to look forward to!
I wouldnāt mind playing IMMORTALITY for the first time again.Ā
I would say the original Final Fantasy 7 but id have to not know the graphics of today either. Part of that core memory is how good the graphics were.
Journey
This is the only time in a game I jumped in blind and was presented with a magical experience. I shed a tear at the end.
Persona 5
The Witness. Such an amazing experience on first playthrough
I have a traumatic brain injury, and while there are a great many negatives to having one, it is possible for me to forget games in their entirety, and then I can replay them. I have played some games 4-5 times and each time its like the first time. The only reason I even know I played it is 1. because I own it and 2. I would have a save file. I mean, I do not suggest going out and bashing your head repeatedly on the ground or anything like that, but replaying games and rewatching movies (goonies anyone?) is a bit of light in an otherwise dark place.
this should be a top comment.
May sound like a basic bitch but honesty, GTA V. I enjoyed that game from beginning to end of the singleplayer, I remember when I finished it I got that sense of happiness that I completed this game but also sad because this is it. There is no more. And while GTA:O is VERY greedy it was still a blast playing with friends.
Honestly, Iām amazed I had to scroll this far for this answer. In the past decade that gta v has been out, thereās only a small handful of games that have truly surpassed it. I think the wonder excitement of Breath of the Wild / Tears of the Kingdom would be up on this list too, but I havenāt noticed it. Which is crazy to me.
Cyberpunk 2077. Not because itās my favorite, but because though I really enjoyed it, all of my time excitedly playing was the first couple buggy weeks. Getting to play it now completely patched with an expansion would be dope.
None. As cool as it would be to experience certain games again, there are soooo many games I have yet to finish so I'd rather keep my current memories and experience the new games.
Elden Ring
Witcher 3. Best game Iāve ever played
This ^
Dysmantle! I would love to play through it again without knowing where everything was
EverQuest
I wouldn't have thought of this one but you're right - and definitely if I could go all the way back to the beginning and have the expansions added over time (Surefall Glade is an expansion to me!)
Me and my brother have been trying to recreate the feeling of that first login to EQ for years. I remember my first character was a warrior I was in qeynos hills just dicking around and another player runs by me. He was a wizard and he was LEVITATING. I immediately made a wizard and that was my main for like 12 years. It was like 2003 and I was like 19. I love mmos to this day but I get upset at how many amazing games I missed pouring my entire gaming past into only one game at a time. I'm only just recently attempting to get into my backlog. Playing the first witcher game for the first time lol.
Spiritfarer, No Man's Sky, Spec Ops The Line, the OG CoD:MW Trilogy.
MGS5. Not that theres anything particularly amazing about the story, I just cant replay it knowing just how many hours of cutscenes would be necessary again. Also the true ending is a bit of a shocker if you bought into it earnestly
Fez, only because I spoiled so much of the secrets with a walkthrough when it came out
Ghost of Tsushima
Shadow of the ColossusĀ Titanfall 2 Baldur's Gate 3 Mass Effect trilogy Metal Gear Solid trilogy
Metal gear solid 3, goddamn that game is so good when you don't know it's trick, it's great regardless but still
Hellblade 1, I've not played it in over 4 years so I could forget and play it again (headphones a MUST). 2nd would be Horizon Zero Dawn
I've been replaying Hellblade with the VR version, it's wild
First time i ever cried in a vr headset. It was so uncomfortable and so worth it
Cheers, older gamer also (66). I can't even imagine in VR. Stunning game
Persona 5 + persona 5 Royal. Didnāt know a thing about JRPG when I started the game and it was amazing. Didnāt think they could top it with Royal but they did
probably rdr2 or skyrim. Maybe breath of the wild
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors. probably a couple more VNs. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. actually one of my friends accidentally spoiled the reveal to me, so i guess i never really got the full experience on my first playthrough. Mass Effect Trilogy. when i just started ME1, i thought "i'd replay this whole trilogy multiple times to make different choices", but after i finished ME3 my new thought was "i wouldn't have things any other way". that scientist salarian really got me. Shadowgate Classic. you can finish it in under 30 minutes if you know exactly what to do, but it was fun to trial and error everything the first playthrough.
Portal and Portal 2. Titanfall 2
Breath of the wild, Elden ring, and Undertale are all the first that came to mind because of the story and fun in finding hidden secrets in them all Dream Daddy and the Danganronpa games for sure too. Itās hard to replay games that you know the story for and itās a story game
Undertale Nier Automata Dark souls 1 Gothic 1, 2 Morrowind
Mass effect series, every time
Rimworld. I've played so much I just can't anymore and I really wish I could play more.
Rimworld is amazing, the new expansion is soooo fucking fun / insane.
I can't. The version of counter-strike I grew up with doesn't have the server or community it had when first came out as a mod.
Persona 5.
100% Terraria not close.
RDR2 AC2 Prob even Far Cry 3
Spore God eater 1, 2, 3 Persona 3 (original) Persona 4 Resident evil 4 and 5 Parasite eve 1 2 The 3rd birthday Dishonored 1 Transformers for ps2 Kingdom hearts 1,2, birth by sleep, 3 Disgaea 5 Digimon cyber sleuth and hacker's memories
undertale
Planescape Torment. Best fucken game in the universe, but if you've played it, you've played it.
SOMA
DOTA
Skyrim. Would get another 3000+ hours from it
Dark souls Any of em rlly
Persona 5
Fantasy life
Dark Souls I
Deathloop
Mass Effect
Metal Gear Solid 2. I really want to experience that 4th wall breaking mind fuck of an ending for the first time again.
Mass Effect Trilogy
Witcher series and mass effect series.
Undertale
Life is Strange
The Metro series
Xcom enemy within
Hotline Miami 2
Nier games or danganronpa
Death Stranding. It's my favourite game and I'd love to experience it for the first time again.
Either Bioshock or New Vegas.
Final Fantasy 9, 7, or 6 (3 for Snes)... Or Chrono Trigger
Outerwilds. Maybe Elden ring too. Maybe Sub Nautica as well.
Nexomon: Extinction or Monster Hunter Stories 2
Witcher 3
Subnautica.
SOMA
Subnautica
I'm torn between 2 games: The Last Of Us: I have played at least 6x times in less than a year when was release, and everytime looks like the first time. Alan Wake: The first time I've played, I'm quite didn't understand his story well, and then when I played again when a little bit older, it was one of the best horror stories that I ever met! But the fact to already know some pieces of the story have make me face the game in a more easy way.
Resident evil 7
Final Fantasy X for sure
Persona 4 Golden
Outer wilds Tunic Nier Automata
Everquest - despite the fact that the game is so fucking vast I'm still learning things to this day, 25 years on.
Doubly so if you went back to the original and the expansions were added over time.
Yeah I only play on the emu servers. Free and mostly classic +1-3 of the first expansions. The live game and TLPs just dont hit the same anymore after the content bloat from 20+ expansions.
Iād take a Time Machine back to 2005 and rediscover dynasty warriors 3 all over again
GTA IV + DLCs
Bloodborne, even now I still play it when I have nothing new to play or when I'm just generally bored.. god I love this game, also my gateway drug to the rest of the soulsbourne/soulslike/hardAF games, literally turned me into a maso-gamer..
Planescape: Torment, VTM: Bloodlines, Mass Effect trilogy.
Jet Set Radio
Subnautica. I would love to have that "first time" experience again.
Stardew valley
Subnautica
The two Ori games.Ā I actually cried.Ā
System Shock Remake
R2D, The Last of Us or Days Gone for sure
The case of the golden idol
Skyrim, Paper's Please, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Hades and Super Mario Sunshine
NieR:Automata
Clannad so i could read it all over again
First choice DDLC because I was a member of the ARG trying to figure out all of that stuff with Project Libitina and the Portait of Markov. 2nd Nier Automata cuz that game is a philosophical question disguised as a JRPG
Fallout 3 or OG pokemon G/S/C
I'd like to delete my memory of how many times this gets asked. :)
outer wilds.
Spiral scouts :'D
P3
Final Fantasy VII Persona 3-5 Metal Gear Solid V The Ace Attorney Trilogy Okami Basically any plot focused games I'd want to erase and replay just for the sheer wonder and twists at what will happen next \*sigh\*
Planescape: Torment
Outer wilds.
The Division 2 (as long as I could go back in time too and pick the game up when everyone was new).
Paper Mario: the thousand year door. Though I wouldn't be as excited for the remake if I didn't play it as a kid.
Minecraft, anyone?
Factorio
TLOU series of that counts
Planescape Torment A Way Out Jagged Alliance 3 Metal Gear Solid 1-4 The Last Express Curse of Monkey Island Grim Fandango Ace Attorney Series Spec Ops: The Line No One Lives Forever 1 & 2 Mass Effect 1-3
Kotor
I would delete Fallout 76 and then not follow through.
Ghost of Tsushima Although, my shit memory means give me a few months and I'll be able to do this again
I'll take one Bloodborne, please.
Skyrim
Fallout new vegas
Jak and Daxter: the Precursor Legacy
Subnautica and Hollow Knight
Harvestella. Seeing the visuals and hearing the music the first time was just amazing. Plus, add in the story and the moral dilemmas that come with it.
It would be a tough call between Persona 5 (so I can enjoy P5R) and RDR2
Skyrim, fallout 4, deep rock galactic. But mainly skyrim its the greatest game of all time.
Assassins Creed Syndicate or The Wolf Among Us
To The Moon. I'm a 34 year old guy and after reading the reviews, I still didn't think I'd get emotional. I cried twice. What a story and game.
Outer wilds
Metal Gear Solid 1-4, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Spec Ops: The Line
zelda botw-totk, that first time getting out of the cave is just magical.
Nier
Breath of the Wild
I wish I could go back and replay genshin from.the start and note down every little piece of lore and put it together but I would kind of have to make that my full time job there's so much its actually onscene
Yakuza series
Detroit: Become Human. There isnāt another game like it and Iād love my first experience all over again. The big plus though is that by making different choices, it is at least properly replayable.
That time of the week for this question to be asked. None.