Can you replay your old games?

[DugMachine]

Really depends on how old the games are. I probably won't ever go back and replay SNES games because they're so dated and I'm not used to 2d platformers anymore.

Even N64 where my favorite game of all time (Majora's Mask) is kind of pushing it. I mean, I already beat it like 10 times and I might play it again just for nostalgia's sake but only time will tell.

 

[Occams_Razor]

For sure. I'll go back and play Total War games(mainly Rome and Medieval 2) frequently, I find strategy games have a lot of replay value, since its never quite the same every time.

At the same time, I'll also go back and play some games with a more expansive story, like KOTOR. I guess it comes down to how much I enjoyed it then, I still go back and play Freelancer every once and a while, just because that was one of my favourite games at the time.

 

[wabbbit]

I can for the most part, the only thing that stops me is compatibility issues.
SO in theory I can't play R6:Covert Ops as Win7 and XP hate me.

 

[madwarper]

It depends.

If the "old" game has a newer version that's practically identical, but with useful upgrades in its interface, then I'll find it difficult/painful to try to go back and play the old game.

ie. Trying to play Gen1 Pokemon after the later Gens had sectioned backpacks.
Or, trying to play Morrowind and fail at everything after playing Oblivion and having never failed anything.

Captcha: get over it - I try Captcha, but it's hard.

 

[Quaidis]

I've had no problem plugging in my Sega Master System or Nintendo and playing a few games. Most are unbeatable. I also have a rather extensive jrpg collection that I will filter through now and then (especially Chrono Trigger and FF7).

I haven't plugged in my old atari in forever, and don't know if the controllers still work, so that's up in the air. But I have no problem playing roms of the games I had on it, like Populous, warlords, HitchHiker'sGuidettG, and SimCity. If I could find my old pong system, I'd so plug it in.

If you're referring to more recent 'old' games, sure. I can go back and play through them with no issue. In fact, I still go and buy older games. Sometimes I am surprised by things, like camera angles (recently bought DMC1). Nothing that wont stop me from playing it.



Personally, I believe graphics have spoiled people. Gives them an excuse to not play good olde classics. And it's a pathetic excuse in my opinion, as there are some great games in history that, regardless of graphics, are a blast to play.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Hells yeah. I still play Crash Bandicoot 1/2/3 now and again.

 

[Jason Rayes]

I can, especially RPG's or other heavily plot based games. One thing I have found though is that I have more problems going back to old 3D games than I do to old 2D ones. 2D just seems kind of timeless where as after being spoilt by todays tech its really hard to go back to an ugly 3D game. I played Deus Ex again recently and while the gameplay still holds, up the graphics have not aged anywhere near as well. Even in the day the game was not famed for its graphics but its gameplay. Thank goodness the gameplay is still just as good as it was way back when. Games like Baldur's Gate 2, Planescape and Fallout 1 & 2 fair much better in the graphics department, its probably just me, but like I said 2D games just seem to age better.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'm usually lucky to finish a game the first time. If I play through the campaign more than once, it usually means that it's got a /really/ short campaign with a lot of replayability, and by really short I mean two hours, three or four hours tops. If it's more than ten hours, it has to be exceptionally good for me to finish it the first time.

That said, I'm slowly but surely replaying Final Fantasy VII at the moment, and I intend to go back through the Zone of the Enders and Metal Gear Solid games at some point in the near future. However, it's been the better part of a decade since I've played any of those -- probably over a decade since I got to the final dungeon of FFVII and my little sister deleted my only save file. Boy was a harsh lesson learned that day. Point being, it takes a long time before I'm really interested in replaying something, if I ever am.

 

[Padwolf]

I can replay pretty much all of my games. If only I had a Dreamcast I would go back and play Shemnue 1 and 2. And Pen Pen, that game was truly weird and wonderful. I replay old pokemon games often, I trade my leveled up pokemon to another game then start a new game.

BRB, getting Pokémon Crystal.

Same here. Gods I loved that game, it's still my number one pokemon game.

 

[Tallim]

Yes easily. I've still got Dishonored to finish and got Xcom on the go too and what am I playing most? Ultima 7 and Forbidden Forest.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

I still play almost every pokemon game I own(one in each generation), and I'm currently on like my 10th playthrough of KOTOR 2. I just love those mods and the ability to make teammates into Jedi.

 

[Chester Rabbit]

You bet I can. And have been doing so for the past 3 months. I'm just coming off of a PS1 binge now, right in time too for my long awaited Mass Effect November 2012(finally I get to play Mass Effect 3....after I beat 1 and 2 again).

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Sure, do it all the time. I generally enjoy the older games more than the newer ones.

 

[Mr-Rhythmic]

I'm currently living in some sort of late-90s nostalgia-gasm, having bought a Sony Xperia Play and loaded all my old Playstation games onto it. Cool Boarders 2, THPS2, Final Fantasy 9, Gran Turismo 2.

I'm also replaying Fallout New Vegas. Trying to be a bad guy; ended up with bonkers amounts of positive karma. As opposed to being a good guy in my first playthrough, where I ended up hated by everyone.

 

[bafrali]

More easily than the new ones.

Dues Ex is a no brainer to replay every now and then. Age of Mythology still has that charm to it. I play Opposing Force now and then just for the shockroach too.

 

[Zen Bard]

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

Gameplay wise, the game is very dated, but I play it for the atmosphere and RPG elements.

That game still has some of the best dialogue I've ever heard in a game, and modern urban settings are few and far between for RPGs.

Right there with you! And I have yet to play as all six Clans. Seems like the gameplay experience varies slightly with each one.

Hate the werewolf "Scene" though...that's just a grind.

 

[Julianking93]

I think a lot of it for me has to do with how a game has aged.
Some are timeless while others just... well look and play like absolute shit by today's standards.
It's unfortunate but that happens sometimes. I can't play the first MGS game without getting bored or annoyed by the controls that were perfected more and more as the series went on.
I think newer games are slowly spoiling and brainwashing us to only enjoy simpler games.

CURSE YOU NINTENDO!!!

 

[A_Parked_Car]

I can (and do) constantly replay my RTS games and the newer Pokemon titles (Gen III and up). I also replay various shooters like Half Life 2 (and its episodes) and of course I constantly play the good multiplayer shooters I happen to own (TF2, Red Orchestra 2 and BF3).

Now that I think about it, I pretty much replay every game I own constantly. Unless the game seriously lacked any replay value, like CoD:MW2 for example. Or have such dated mechanics that I just can't enjoy them anymore, like Pokemon titles before Gen III and such.