Do you play your games again?

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Zenoth

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Half-Life: I played a it a couple of times, but there were huge gaps in between each sessions, like months long gaps, even years.

Half-Life 2: Only played it and finished it two times, once at Normal, another at Hard, since then, not at all (which means since early 2005). I've been playing quite a lot of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch though.

Half-Life 2: Episode One: Only two times, like above.

FarCry: A couple of times, similarly to the original Half-Life, with gaps in between, but I don't actually finish it each times. I just use the DEVMODE command and play in chosen levels.

Doom 3: One time and I was perhaps too much. I won't touch it ever again.

Prey: Two times, finished it both times.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The only exception I can remember. I must have played it a lot since I bought it, and I finished it already ten times or so, with different modifications (that's what makes me play the game, some of the mods are awesome). It has some RPG-like elements so even though it's a first person it's still quite addicting.

Oblivion: An RPG viewed in first-person, what could a true gamer ask for really ? Not much. That one, besides Diablo 2, has been the game I've played the most in my life and I can't get bored with it, I just keep playing and playing and trying different mods that STILL to this date come out by the hour, fresh and ready to be tried. Same thing goes for its expansion.

Halo & Halo 2: I finished Halo a lot of times especially in co-operation. Very fun game. I still finished Halo 2 around four or five times but I prefer the first one.

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil: Yes, very old game, it came out the same year as Half-Life, 1998, but I still play it to this day, from time to time. I got the PC version and the N64 version as well. That game is the only FPS that was originally released on a console that I still like and play sometimes, other than the Halo series.

Overall it depends on the game, but games like Half-Life and Doom, and Call of Duty, games that are scripted to the bones from A to Z without any type of unpredictability, are the types of games that I can't stand more than one or two times, sadly.
 

EvilComputer92

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Only games I've replayed are those that I think are exceptionally good. I've played Unreal 5 times, Deus ex 3 times, and Ground Control 2 times. Other than that, I play it once and I'm done, even if the game is really good.
 

BFG10K

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I replay old stuff all the time. I probably spend more time doing that than playing new titles for the first time.
Same here. I've finished Quake about a dozen times and I recently finished Unreal for the ninth time.
 

Dumac

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I rarely beat FPSs more than once, but Bioshock may be enough to convince me to..

However, I do replay games of most other genres more than once.
 

HamburgerBoy

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Aside from FEAR I always replay my games, unless I can't get through even the first playthrough. The ones with the most replays are Deus Ex (30+ times), Marathon Trilogy (10+ for each), Mafia (~10 times), Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny (~7 times), System Shock 2 (~5 times), Half-Life (~5 times), Half-Life: Opposing Force (~5 times), Far Cry (4 times), and Deus Ex: Invisible War (4 times).
 

XNice

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i can barely finish the games I get the first time. I still havent finished HL2, and I have Episode 1 sittin on my shelf collecting dust. I tried to finish doom 3 even with godmode and all that, and well I hate walking around in the dark. I did however beat Quake 4, Actually the last game I ever beat twice was Half Life.
 

JBT

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I very rarely play through games more than once. I played FF7 quite a few times though..
 

HOOfan 1

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I replay them multiple times. I am a person who has as much fun just playing around as I do playing the story...I like playing around with cheats and glitches and just overall screwing around..for example in Deus Ex I like to set up chain reactions of LAMs and exploding barrels and boxes...or just play darts with the throwing knives.
 

imported_NorthStar

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If I think a game is good, I'll play it many times. There are a couple of games I've played about 15 times, over the years: Deus Ex and Baldur's Gate 2. Long games like Morrowind obviously can't be played many times, because they take forever to play.
 

CP5670

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Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
I replay them multiple times. I am a person who has as much fun just playing around as I do playing the story...I like playing around with cheats and glitches and just overall screwing around..for example in Deus Ex I like to set up chain reactions of LAMs and exploding barrels and boxes...or just play darts with the throwing knives.

I'm like that too. I have spent more time fooling around in Deus Ex (this attests to that) than actually playing the game normally, and I've played through it around 15 times. :D
 

Noema

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If we add console games to the equation...I've probably finished FF6 over 10 times.
 

Painman

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Originally posted by: Noema
If we add console games to the equation...I've probably finished FF6 over 10 times.

No sh!t, same here...

If a game has a certain artistry or gameplay style I really like, it gets a permanent HDD spot. Thief, Deus Ex, SS, some of the FF games, Wing Commander... there's a few franchises I always pick up and play through again here and there.
 

Regs

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Max Payne and MP2... at least 5 times over.
BioShock...at least 5 times over.
D3....at least 3 times (over a span of 3-4 years)
Far Cry... 3 times
Rome Total War and Medieval 2... Countless
HL2 and Ep1...2-3 times

I think that answers the question.

There are some games that I don't play more than once or even all the way through. They're called disappointing. FEAR, believe it or not, I never really finished. I thought it was a cool game but I could just never get myself to get to the end. Condemned was another one. Just too dark. A trait FEAR also shared which I hated. STALKER....just not my cup of tea. I guess any game that makes me walk around aimlessly trying to find out for an hour how to advance I don't like. Which I find awkward since I was a huge fan of Resident Evil and Silent Hill (before RE became a shooter and not a survival horror it once was)
 

NoSoup4You

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I've gotten my money's worth out of Oblivion for sure. I still play it regularly, heavily modded though of course. OOO, QTP3, Exnem ftw! :p

FPS that I've played more than once... hmmm, there aren't many. I generally hate playing against AI (Oblivion's the exception) so I usually get bored with single player quickly.

I can't think of many that I've played through more than once. Actually, there's a ton of games I've never bothered finishing once even... :p
 

ConstipatedVigilante

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I replay stuff years later, but it definitely loses its "Wow" factor. Splinter Cell was good a second time, though. It's just so fun finding all the different ways to knock out/kill enemies.
 

msi1337

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I have played through Half Life 2 about 50 times, Medal of
Honor Allied Assault I have literally beaten over 200 times. I would go through and use just one weapon...

if its a good game I replay it.

Lately I have just been selling games after I beat them. Recoup the money from the purchase and most have 0 replay value (such as BioShock)

 

GundamSonicZeroX

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Originally posted by: Xavier434Plus, it can be fun to play games like Doom 3 again with a newer video card that allows max graphics settings.

That's what I usually do. I just started Far Cry again recently on my 7900GT and it looks GORGEOUS!
 

imported_Imp

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Very very rare nowadays if I replay something. Right now, I'm on my fourth long campaign run through Medieval 2. Recently, I replayed 3/4 of FEAR once, GRAW 1 once over and Swat 4 a few times.

On the otherhand, I have played and dumped in the past year the following: Stalker, Bioshock, Titan Quest, Splinter Cell: CT, Oblivion + Expansions, AoE3 + expansion, Brothers in Arms-Both of them, Quake 4, Gothic 3 and Rome: TW. Deep down, I do want to replay some of them like Stalker and Bioshock, but there's also something there holding me back. Maybe it's the tedious, really difficuly/boring parts, the fact that I know everything already, the suspense is gone or that something really pissed me off about it.