That one game you just keep going back to

[Akiraking]

There might be one that I just can't think of at the moment that I go back to all the time but at the moment it is a few. Batman Arkham Asyulum/City, Red Dead Redemption, Ocarina of Time, Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas. I realize those are a lot but I find myself going back to them all over time and just enjoying them for a good ten hours or so and then moving on.

I have returned to the Kokiri forest so many times. I have begun the trip to New Vegas so many times, still yet to reach it and I have saved Gotham countless times. Wow I really am looking forward to Arkham Knight, I just do not get the same replay feel from Origins that I did from City and I want to feel it again.

 

[Tarfeather]

The Battle for Wesnoth. Started playing 10 years ago, keep coming back to it every year or so.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

RPGs have a way of drawing me back to them. Every few weeks I'll get a new character concept in my head and then I'll boot up Morrowind, ADOM, or (more recently) Fallout:NV and play that character through to a suitable conclusion.

The game I return to the most regularly though is Master of Orion 2. Every couple of days I'll create a new pre-warp empire with my own custom version of the Klackons and begin yet another episode of galactic conquest and Antaran hunting.

 

[ViridianV6]

Portal.

Every now and then I just get an urge to run through Aperture Science's labs.

 

[veggypoo]

Must be Battlefield 2. Spent thousands of hours into that game and still fire it up every now and then.

 

[broadbandmink]

I'll be damned if I'm just going to pick one game.

Civilization II - I'll probably keep replaying this game until I get my hands on a copy of Alpha Centauri.

Deus Ex - Still finding new stuff by just taking alternate routes through missions in this game.

 

[DragonLordSerge]

if i had to pick i game i allways go back and only one it would be Castlevania Symphony of the Night i love that game i probably have beaten it at least 30 times thats 100% completed with all the monster drops and max lvl everything i just enjoy it

 

[Zhukov]

The Mass Effect Trilogy.

I play the series at least once a year. I expect I will play at least the second and third games many more times. No other games quite like them, especially with the import save thing.

The Last of Us.

Not sure this counts seeing as it's been out for less than a year, but I'm currently on my fifth playthrough in that relatively short time.

Journey

Sometimes I feel a bit gloomy and grumpy. Then I play this and I feel happy.

Mirror's Edge

I'll be the first to admit that this game does a lot wrong, but the things it does right are done nowhere else.

 

[duwenbasden]

SimCity 4.
- 7000 hours into the game, and still want to build something.

Starcraft 2.
- just a game or two between now and then.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 2.
- because lollelcoasters.

 

[putowtin]

At some point in a year I will replay:
The Mass Effect Series (that was Jan and early Feb this year)
Fallout New Vegas (Just assassinated Kimble so near the end)
Assassin's Creed Series (think they'll be next)
InFamous 1 & 2 (Can't play the new one, don't have a PS4)
The Dragon Age Series (may wait until just before Inquisition comes out in October)
Oh and the Saint's Row series!

And when I get bored I can always go build a house on the sims!

 

[sdc10]

Knights of the Old Republic. Game never gets old to me, honeslty lost count of how many times Ive played through the game, one once light sided tho

 

[Foolery]

Pokemon! Gotta catch'em all! It's all I play these days. I don't seem to have the patience for anything else.
Currently on Gen II. Crystal. I thought X and Y was garbage aside from the 3D models.

 

[SadisticFire]

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas.
I've always came back to it and sunk more time into it, and the mods changes the way the core mechanics. I can imagine FWE making The Pitt a lot more interesting when trying to work with it.
Though I can never find enough mods to satisfy others. I'm always under 20 usually, but this time I'm at fifty mods! Fifty!
I wouldn't mind a list of mods for Fallout 3 since I've just started it awhile ago.

My other game would probably be minecraft with mods. I can no longer play vanilla minecraft. Not enough automation, not enough machines, not enough storage options, not enough quarries, and of course not enough pipes. Sadly though the modding community is starting to out-vance my computer and I will no longer be able to play the big modpacks because Java is a horrendous thing when it comes to building games on it and it takes all the resources.

 

[Lightknight]

Final Fantasy Tactics. Just can't stop replaying it.

 

[the December King]

I used to love TitanQuest, and I'd while away time in The Binding of Issac, and Borderlands2 has me compelled to beat it at the moment. I would often wander about in Saint's Row 2 just try to cross the road with the 'killer cars' and 'street battle' cheat codes on.

But at the back of my mind, the somber dusk falling over barren wastes of The Zone is always calling me back.

I have over 450 hours in Call of Pripyat alone. I only know this because someone else pointed it out in disbelief to me. I love the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games.

 

[Raku-Gosha]

I keep a majority of the games I buy just for this reason.
Though the ones I've found myself killing time with lately are

Dark Souls I bought it a looooong time ago, beat it once obtained all the items, experienced all the content and was done with it. But after reading so many posts about how great it is blah blah blah, I figured I'd give it another go and mop of the rest of the achievements I missed. and wo and behold I played NG+,NG++,NG+++, caved and bought the expansion and you guessed it lol NG++++ (fighting Ol' Al, Kala and sanctuary Guardian at this point was just BS :B) and then a NG+++++ just for fucks given and another stab at the DLC. Seems I was claimed by the abyss for a moment there lo.

Bioshock 1-2. They're memorable enough to make you nostalgic and the right length to merit a replay and not become a chore.

Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen There's so much endgame content and a friendly NG+ that there's little excuse not to boot it up and try to farm those damn Cursed weapon/armor/item level 3s! I want my ninja armor damn it!

League of Legends an unhealthy relationship this one.

Civilization:Revolution compared to the PC members of the family playing this may be blasphemy but I don't care. I have fun with it and the scenarios add a refreshing spin to it.

Whenever I dust off the PS2 the games I immediately harken to are

Rogue Galaxy Incredible game, great end game content and a sneaky NG+ also (Always forget to press the buttons to trigger it lol, starting from scratch each damn time -.-)

DQVIII I just harped about this one on another thread, but yeah. Can not go wrong

GodHand This! This is my go-to when I turn on the PS2. It's a blast. Wished more people played it or knew about it.

Shadow Of the Collosus Fan Favorite. And very accessible If you know what you're doing, can finish a NG+ in one sitting. Makes for easily justified replays.

Okami The only Zelda-like I bother playing, I know there are die hard Okami fans on the Escapist, so I can spare myself the explanation why I would replay this.

Anything by Level-5 and formerly known as Clover I seem to have a pattern going on.

There's a shit ton more, but no one wants that.