Which games can you go back to over and over, and they never get old?

[WalterSlovotsky]

Some folks don't like to re-read a book they've already read. Some don't like to replay a game they've already beaten.

But there are some things that are so good, you keep going back, even if you know them inside and out.

For me, as far as gaming, it's probably most of the old-skool Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games. I probably play Final Fantasy 1 on various platforms at least once or twice a year. Same with FFIV, and the first three Dragon Quest games. I know them all by heart to the point that I sometimes fall asleep just running through the entire game from memory.

I usually pass out by the time I get to Elftown.

As far as new games, I could play Skyrim until I died. And almost any Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, but fighting games don't really count for this, I think. It's always different, no matter what.

What are your favorites that never get old?

 

[a_username_that_isnt_cool]

Undertale

 

[djnate27]

My problem is that I have a massive backlog of games and I never finish anything.
Once or twice a year I feel compelled to play No Man's Sky again. Then I realize how much has (and hasn't ) been improved, and I put it back down...until next time. Does that count?

 

[AncientBoi]

For me, COD, MOH & SPLINTER CELL.

 

[WalterSlovotsky]

My problem is that I have a massive backlog of games and I never finish anything.
Once or twice a year I feel compelled to play No Man's Sky again. Then I realize how much has (and hasn't ) been improved, and I put it back down...until next time. Does that count?

I can't even describe my backlog of games to you.

I still have a standing stack of PHYSICAL PS3 and PS4 games that is over three feet tall. I have played one out of ten of those games. Five are still in the cellophane wrapper.

 

[EpikJimmer]

mario 64 isn't my favourite game ever
mario 64 is my fucking LIFE.

 

[Etunts]

celeste and tetris, just can't give them up

 

[Latiodile]

half life 1, 2 and black mesa
also tetris is a good time waster if you play one of the more modern versions with QOL, like the awesome PSP version

risk of rain 1 and 2
sims 3

 

[JaapDaniels]

Dungeon Keeper

 

[stompysan]

Binding of Isaac. I have literally everything completed in the game, but I always find myself opening it every day or two for a random run. Pretty much my nightly routine: Get nightly stuff done, take medicine, play BOI until I get tired enough to sleep.

 

[Ligeia]

Back in the 90's doing the same games over and over was kinda mandatory, because unless you were rich you didn't have a lot of games available to play. I mean I only got new games for my birthday and Christmas... So yeah I have replayed the Super Mario Bros games, Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Secret Of Mana, A Link To The Past, Ocarina of Time, Blast Corps, Super Mario Kart, Street Fighter II, Super Mario Land 1-2-3, Mystic Quest etc to death, and I still go back to them once in a while because it's relaxing to play a game you know inside and out.

But nowadays it's so easy to have thousands of games at your disposal, I tend to just try them for a few minutes or a few days, then I drop them. I rarely invest enough time to finish a game anymore, let alone replaying it over and over. Last game I finishezd was Tears of the Kingdom and I don't see myself ever replaying because it's so time consuming and grindy.

The more recent game I finished and could see myself going back to was Anodyne.

 

[Lostbhoy]

Tetris on Gameboy, LTTP on snes are my two gotos. I haven't tried but i honestly think i could get thru most of LTTP with muscle memory I've played so much since 1991

 

[Spring_Spring]

There are a few games that I always keep coming back to, but I'll play them for just a bit of time and then leave them for a bit to do other things, but they always return later. The last such game was The Legend of Zelda. The original game is actually my favourite of the ones I've played.

Whoops, I was wrong, it was actually Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time. I can't even remember what I played when.

 

[CoolMe]

I try not to replay games very often but when u do its ps1/ps2 era platformers like the trilogy of Crash, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and Sly etc. mainly 'cause of nostalgia and i beated them multiple times over the years it's just a blast when i get to visit them.
Hmm.. what else? Action rpgs like the Bethesda games, TES games (Oblivion & Skyrim) and FO 3/NV. the Mass Effect series is excellent too..

 

[Jayro]

Digimon Rumble Arena for PS1.

 

[WalterSlovotsky]

There are a few games that I always keep coming back to, but I'll play them for just a bit of time and then leave them for a bit to do other things, but they always return later. The last such game was The Legend of Zelda. The original game is actually my favourite of the ones I've played.

Whoops, I was wrong, it was actually Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time. I can't even remember what I played when.

I got the original Legend of Zelda for my 10th Christmas, and was obsessed from day one. I've played it so many times that I can now even pull off some of the glitches I never knew existed before YouTube, like the screen wrap trick. I can only pull it off like one out of twenty times, so I will never be a speedrunner, but it's still cool to know that I've reached that level.

 

[Jayro]

Oh, and Zelda DX for Gameboy Color. That's my comfort game.

 

[EpikJimmer]

mario and luigi bowser's inside story is also a game i always come back to.
Every once in a while i delete my 2nd file, start from the beggining and beat it 4 days after.

It's the first rpg i've ever played and my favourite one at that. The characters are filled with life, the spritework is pure eye candy, the music is amazing, the story is great (at least for mario standards), the gameplay doesn't get old and overall, i love this game.

 

[Spring_Spring]

I got the original Legend of Zelda for my 10th Christmas, and was obsessed from day one. I've played it so many times that I can now even pull off some of the glitches I never knew existed before YouTube, like the screen wrap trick. I can only pull it off like one out of twenty times, so I will never be a speedrunner, but it's still cool to know that I've reached that level.

Kudos to you. I've really only played it for about 6 years and haven't even beaten it yet. I've refused to look at any guides or videos, figuring everything out yourself is what makes the game interesting to me.

 

[mrgone]

i have a dosbox setup to run this doom1 mod Alien|TC
also quake 3 and unreal tournament, and star trek voyager elite force still on my hdd
games that don't need reinstalling after a windows reinstall are gold