Okay. If you could play any videogame again for the first time, what would it be?

  • dipbeneaththelasers@kbin.social
    28·
    2 years ago

    Outer Wilds. A lot of games have a high level of replayability, but your first playthrough of Outer Wilds is something you never get back.

    • TeaHands@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 years ago

      Really didn’t think they could keep that same sense of mystery and wonder with the DLC, but they absolutely smashed it. And yes, this was also my immediate thought in answer to the question.

    • Snowfall@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      That’s one of those that I really gotta finish. I just wish the mouse and keyboard controls were a little better.

    • bee@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      This is the answer, and for anyone who hasn’t played Outer Wilds it’s still their answer and they just don’t know it yet.

      • TeaHands@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 years ago

        All of us degenerate Outer Wilds enjoyers spreading it to our friends just for the merest shadow of the feeling we’ve lost and can never recapture…

    • flame@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      If anyone hasn’t played it and has a VR headset, please play it in VR. Absolutely phenomenal experience.

  • private_ruffles@kbin.social
    15·
    2 years ago

    Mass Effect 1.
    The first encounter with the Reapers, with Sovereign, is such an incredible moment. These horrifying, unkillable deities that can’t be reasoned with or stopped that just want to destroy was so intimidating on the first playthrough.
    The reveal about the mass relays and how they guided tech advancement was incredible too.

    You exist because we allow it. You will end because we demand it.

    • VitulusAureus@kbin.social
      4·
      2 years ago

      Same here. The story and presentation are so sublime. ME universe is was designed so comprehensively and coherently it left me awestruck on many times throughout the first playthrough.

      And the sequel is just a cherry on top, drawing from the now-estabilished world, themes, interstellar politics, all to build one absolutely epic finale. No other game managed to engage me so much.

    • NightOwl
      1·
      2 years ago

      Mass Effect 1 is my absolute favorite of the series and I liked how more eerie the atmosphere felt with how much darker the lighting was compared to the other follow ups. And the music was so scifi, which added to the atmosphere. I loved the music of all three.

    • Anissem@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      Oh god I loved that game. As an MMO, it had to learn so many hard lessons since it was so new and different

    • SunburyStudios@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      Man… That was such a trip. A friend of mine brought it over because my computer was much better and I had a 3rd party ISP lightning fast 56k connection. It was so crazy just to see the little world. I still log into the private servers every few years just to see some of the new tech fans are throwing on top of it.

  • Brome@kbin.social
    13·
    2 years ago

    Portal.

    I’ll never forget the day I started playing this game. It was so cool and so different from anything else I had played that I couldn’t stop playing, and finished the game in one session. Awesome night!

  • CharlesReed@kbin.social
    5·
    2 years ago

    The first (and best) BioShock. I have no idea how I got away with so many years of not knowing the story or nothing being spoiled, but man, playing that for the first time was an absolute trip, especially that part.

    • Anomander@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      BioShock was such a wild experience above and beyond simply being a good game.

      I went in absolutely blind, after seeing an ad and just liking the aesthetic and wanting to shoot stuff - not expecting any of the philosophical content or storytelling of that quality, and it was one of those games that I finished and then just like … sat there … for an hour to process the ride I’d been on.

      • CharlesReed@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        I absolutely agree. It’s not my favorite or my most played, but it is, imo, one of the best stories and atmosphere by far. I love games I can replay, but for BioShock, it isn’t so much the replayability as it is that feeling I had the first time. That being said I’ve replayed it many times lol.

    • NightOwl
      1·
      2 years ago

      Bioshock for me was like the first person game I remember really getting into. I was hooked on getting it the moment I saw the trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrqfPG4ZcAA

      It set up the tone of the game so well. It’s been so long I should replay it all the way up to Bioshock infinite.

  • smokinjoe@kbin.social
    5·
    2 years ago

    Chrono Trigger.

    I get to run through all 13 endings again? Experience all those plot twists and storylines? Yes. Please.

    That first playthrough on New Game + was magical.

    • NightOwl
      3·
      2 years ago

      It still blows my mind that a game that old had so many different endings and playthroughs that felt unique. And the soundtrack is legendary.

  • eltimablo@kbin.social
    5·
    2 years ago

    Oblivion. As much shit as it gets, I think it’s still the best Elder Scrolls game to date, with Morrowind as a close second.

    • Jojo-Mcfrost572@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      Agree. First elder scrolls. I prefer oblivion to Skyrim. It was Soo buggy but so good. I just preferred the vibe. It was more fun and less serious.