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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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[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

FF3, US version.

There was magic in that game.

[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tales of phantasia.

the op intro song is very memorable

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[–] Unicode13051@lemmyf.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

The story has so many great twists and turns even up to the very end. There was a distinct point about 75% of the way through when I came to the realization that I had to binge the rest of game. Even if it meant I got zero sleep that night, I had to see how it ended.

It was so good I wish I could experience it again blind.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Star Control 2

[–] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shadow of the Colossus and some Silent Hill stuff

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Shadow of the Colossus is a good one. Up until that point, I'd never played a game that felt like that. You didn't feel like an awesome, powerful hero destroying monsters, instead you felt like you had to make a tough choice to destroy beautiful creatures.

[–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 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.

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[–] Floey@lemm.ee 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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