Which games do you love but wouldn't play again?

We all have games that we love, games we think of as amongst the best we've ever experienced. Some of the games we personally love are considered the greatest of all time, some are thought to be overrated and others are criminally underappreciated and forgotten.

We all have games, too, that we love but wouldn't want to play again. This episode sees John Robertson and Stace Harman discuss which games fall into this category for them and why.

[melons]

RDR 2 instantly springs to mind.

[Double_O_Revan]

For me, Last of Us 2.

[Knushwood Butt]

on my third run and not using a guide.

[iamironman]

witcher3 and rocketleague

[Outlawzz]

Persona 5. 120+ hours to finish and I'm not in a rush to do it again lol

[Traecy]

I had to play it again but it was the Royal edition.

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

And that's why I'm biding my time before I finally decide to play Royal. I actually own the collector's edition, and I know for a fact I'll love Persona 5 all over again when I finally get to it...but maybe it's just not the right season for me to dive into it right now.

[Outlawzz]

@unknown_gamer5794
Yea definitely it's such a time sink, there's way too much other games right now for me to play royal.

I had to come up with an action plan, I decided I would play strictly for 1 hour a day every night until I finally got through it, I felt pretty accomplished after the fact lol

[Traecy]

There are many games I've played & enjoyed & wouldn't play for a second time. I basically move on to the next game.

[RPGer]

Dragon Quest XI, amazing and original classic, but nah I won't 0lay that very slow game ever again.

[RgR]

Pretty much all naughty dog games and other linear single player games. Most metroidvania games and any other game I've already platinumed.

The only games I've felt the need to replay are large open world games from bethesda...and the witcher 3 and witcher 1.
Kotor games as well because of the different choices and outcomes with characters.

[brando008]

I feel the same way with KOTOR and the Witcher games. Any great RPG usually presents something new each playthrough.

[Knushwood Butt]

Death Stranding.

[DaReapa]

Heavy Rain for me.

[curtain_swoosh]

final fantasy 15 and the last of us 2

[Rebel_Scum]

Every Assassins Creed game. Its the one series I can never go back to.

[Psychotica]

I wouldn't go back to the beginning and replay the stories but occasionally I go back just to explore and do some of the combat for an hour or so.

[loftlanser]

System Shock. Though luckily there's a remake coming that should bring the graphics and controls up to date.

[Inverno]

Can't say I loved The Last of Us Part 2, but I can't play through it a second time. First time around you're so into it to notice that it's a very linear curated experience despite it's more open level design. Knowing how it ends also doesn't help.

[cluclap]

Thats every Naughty Dog game tbh

[Fluttershy77]

wow

[cluclap]

Last of US Part 2

[nommers]

That’s kind of contradicting thing to satisfy. If you loved the game truly you’d want to go back through it because you can’t stop thinking about it (in a good way). Games that don’t have that affect I wouldn’t consider to be games you loved.

[Outlawzz]

There's only a small percentage of ppl that like to replay games right after finishing. Ive never done it, I play after a few months at the least. Sometimes the game just takes over your life if it's a huge time sink, you gotta hit the reset button. It's just not simple enough to say "you didn't play again? Ok then you didn't really enjoy it".

Some games have enough replay value to offer a fresh experience the second time around. Others don't, depends on the game and the person. I have a huge backlog, I prefer to play the other games and then after a while revisit the older ones after they've "refreshed" in my mind lol

[whateverman]

Twilight Princess.