What games do you go back to time and time again?

Leon-the-Dark-Knight · 04-10-2006, 09:01 PM

Are there games that you have already completed that you go back to every once in awhile? Games that you still love to play even if they are pretty old as compared to some of the other games you own? Well, I have three such games: Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and NCAA Football 2000. I have already gone into detail about these games elsewhere, so I will not repeat myself here. A fourth one would have to be The Legend of Dragoon, which I only play again if I want something not Tactics to be involved with for fifty or more hours. Good graphics for PS1, and I wish more battle systems were similar to LOD.

So what are the games that you return to?

Althane · 04-10-2006, 09:10 PM

Lesse... Command and Conquer: Renegade (the multiplayer is a ton of fun, if you get a balanced game, otherwise... it sucks. Majorly.)

Neverwinter Nights (character creation is so damn fun at times, and other times, you wish that combat had been worked on some more...)

Chrono Trigger (if I'm in an RPGing mood, I try to finish this every summer. Note the try.

)

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow: Damn if this isn't the most fun GBA game that I have ever played.

phil_ · 04-10-2006, 09:13 PM

Well, Super Smash Bros. Melee has yet to get old. Perhaps because, once one starts getting into glitches and such, it's possibly the deepest fighting game ever.

But you probably were looking for older games. Gunstar Heros is always fun to run through, though I've never owned a copy. Sonic 2 is also güd times. Sometimes I get the urge to hook up the N64 and play some Pilot Wings, but it always ends up being too much effort. Ah, and Galaga. That's a fine game, Galaga, and I'm almost good at it.

Muffin Mage · 04-10-2006, 09:15 PM

Age of Empires II, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker. Sometimes Pokemon, but I don't know why. Diablo II.

Solid Snake · 04-10-2006, 09:18 PM

Any of the Metal Gear Solids.

Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VI, Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross.

Suikoden and Suikoden 2.

Dynasty Warriors IV.

Heroes of Might and Magic III.

Civilization III.

ICO.

Fallout 2.

MVP Baseball 2005.

Super Smash Brothers (for N64.)

Any of the Sonic the Hedgehog games (for Genesis.)

Any of the Prince of Persias.

Despite owning nearly two hundred videogames, I've probably invested more than 40% of my time on those twenty-ish titles. I guess that'd make them games I frequently come back to.

Interestingly, some of those games (Chrono Cross immediately comes to mind) actually aren't anywhere near my all-time top favorites. A best videogames ever list on my part would look very different. CC in particular, is actually a game I consider pretty mediocre overall. But for one reason or another, I do frequently play it...if only because of its stellar music and graphics (and because I love how, in CC, I can rename all the characters after personal friends, subsequently adding great depth to an otherwise voidless game in regards to character development.) There have been some great games I've loved, but only needed to play once (Final Fantasy Tactics.) And there have been some mediocre games I don't care so much for, but play over and over again (Dynasty Warriors IV, Chrono Cross.)

Yeah, I wonder if the whole Chrono Cross naming-videogame-characters-after-close-friends thing is a bit too dorky.
(On the bright side, at least it means I have friends.)

Leon-the-Dark-Knight · 04-10-2006, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phil_

Well, Super Smash Bros. Melee has yet to get old. Perhaps because, once one starts getting into glitches and such, it's possibly the deepest fighting game ever.

I love that game too. It is one of the games I usually play with my friend whenever I go visit him. For some reason I really like beating up MR. Game and Watch.

Regulus Tera · 04-10-2006, 09:20 PM

Ocarina of Time, most of the time; Final Fantasy VI when I feel like RPGing; Mario Kart 64 when I'm just plain bored and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV for the SNES when I undust the machine.

IOWACJE · 04-10-2006, 09:36 PM

Starcraft Brood War.

I'm hooked for 2 months, then free for 5. =/

Eltargrim · 04-10-2006, 09:36 PM

OoT, of course. WW, too.

FFX, for the virtue of being the first FF I've ever played. Nostalgia, much?

Metroid Prime. Always on hard. It's too easy, otherwise. It's too easy as it is.

I have played Mario Kart 64 for untold hours. It's almost scary.

Golden Sun, both copies. I have yet to assemble perfect teams

Other than that, I'll play one whenever I'm bored. I would get new ones, but that requires money, and so does a decent computer.

CrazyBen · 04-10-2006, 09:45 PM

Well, I like to play Harvest Moon 64 every chance I get, provided noone is there to catch me (quite laughing! My axe can split a stump in one hit, imagine what it will do to your face!)

I also fire up RE2 for the N64 about once a month, intending to beat Leon's B story, but get pwned by Tyrant, or that pair of lickers in the hall with the crashed heli, and just say "F*** this!" and go play FreeLancer, which also goes on the list of games I keep going back to.

04-10-2006, 09:01 PM	#1
Leon-the-Dark-Knight The Dark One Returns! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Infinate Layers of the Abyss Posts: 165	What games do you go back to time and time again? Are there games that you have already completed that you go back to every once in awhile? Games that you still love to play even if they are pretty old as compared to some of the other games you own? Well, I have three such games: Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and NCAA Football 2000. I have already gone into detail about these games elsewhere, so I will not repeat myself here. A fourth one would have to be The Legend of Dragoon, which I only play again if I want something not Tactics to be involved with for fifty or more hours. Good graphics for PS1, and I wish more battle systems were similar to LOD. So what are the games that you return to? __________________ "So what are we going to do today, Brain?" "Same thing we do every night, Pinky, try to take over the world!"

04-10-2006, 09:13 PM	#3
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Well, Super Smash Bros. Melee has yet to get old. Perhaps because, once one starts getting into glitches and such, it's possibly the deepest fighting game ever. But you probably were looking for older games. Gunstar Heros is always fun to run through, though I've never owned a copy. Sonic 2 is also güd times. Sometimes I get the urge to hook up the N64 and play some Pilot Wings, but it always ends up being too much effort. Ah, and Galaga. That's a fine game, Galaga, and I'm almost good at it. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

04-10-2006, 09:18 PM	#5
Solid Snake Erotic Esquire Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,563	Any of the Metal Gear Solids. Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VI, Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross. Suikoden and Suikoden 2. Dynasty Warriors IV. Heroes of Might and Magic III. Civilization III. ICO. Fallout 2. MVP Baseball 2005. Super Smash Brothers (for N64.) Any of the Sonic the Hedgehog games (for Genesis.) Any of the Prince of Persias. Despite owning nearly two hundred videogames, I've probably invested more than 40% of my time on those twenty-ish titles. I guess that'd make them games I frequently come back to. Interestingly, some of those games (Chrono Cross immediately comes to mind) actually aren't anywhere near my all-time top favorites. A best videogames ever list on my part would look very different. CC in particular, is actually a game I consider pretty mediocre overall. But for one reason or another, I do frequently play it...if only because of its stellar music and graphics (and because I love how, in CC, I can rename all the characters after personal friends, subsequently adding great depth to an otherwise voidless game in regards to character development.) There have been some great games I've loved, but only needed to play once (Final Fantasy Tactics.) And there have been some mediocre games I don't care so much for, but play over and over again (Dynasty Warriors IV, Chrono Cross.) Yeah, I wonder if the whole Chrono Cross naming-videogame-characters-after-close-friends thing is a bit too dorky. (On the bright side, at least it means I have friends.) __________________ *WARNING:* Snek's all up in this thread. Be prepared to read massive walls of text.

04-10-2006, 09:36 PM	#8
IOWACJE ! Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 145	Starcraft Brood War. I'm hooked for 2 months, then free for 5. =/ __________________ Get FireFox

04-10-2006, 09:45 PM	#10
CrazyBen Aim Low Boys Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A horrible land of sunshine and farting unicorns Posts: 328	Well, I like to play Harvest Moon 64 every chance I get, provided noone is there to catch me (quite laughing! My axe can split a stump in one hit, imagine what it will do to your face!) I also fire up RE2 for the N64 about once a month, intending to beat Leon's B story, but get pwned by Tyrant, or that pair of lickers in the hall with the crashed heli, and just say "F*** this!" and go play FreeLancer, which also goes on the list of games I keep going back to. __________________ Now a pround member of GASP First rule of Overused Joke Club- You don't talk about Overused Joke Club! Come visit scenic Erwinburg! 98% of the internet population has a Myspace. If you're part of the 2% that isn't an emo bastard, copy and paste this into your sig.

04-10-2006, 09:15 PM	#4
Muffin Mage Not quite dead yet! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The long, dark tea-time of the soul Posts: 803	Age of Empires II, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker. Sometimes Pokemon, but I don't know why. Diablo II.

04-10-2006, 09:20 PM	#7
Regulus Tera lol i dont even know Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,271	Ocarina of Time, most of the time; Final Fantasy VI when I feel like RPGing; Mario Kart 64 when I'm just plain bored and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV for the SNES when I undust the machine.

04-10-2006, 09:36 PM	#9
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	OoT, of course. WW, too. FFX, for the virtue of being the first FF I've ever played. Nostalgia, much? Metroid Prime. Always on hard. It's too easy, otherwise. It's too easy as it is. I have played Mario Kart 64 for untold hours. It's almost scary. Golden Sun, both copies. I have yet to assemble perfect teams Other than that, I'll play one whenever I'm bored. I would get new ones, but that requires money, and so does a decent computer.