If you could play a game for the first time again, what will it be?

[Jumpin]

Super Mario Galaxy and Breath of the Wild both spring to mind. There really was something magical about the first time playing those ones.

I also think the Phoenix Wright trilogy was special on the first play through, but I'll say that, while I enjoyed them still later, my enjoyment of them dipped on later playthroughs. I feel like I would love that one just as much as I did the first time if I played them for the first time today.

Witcher 3 was raised as a potential, but I agree, it's one of those games that might even be more fun on subsequent playthroughs. This is also how I feel about RPGs in general, and why I tend to replay my favourites quite often, and occasionally those that aren't even close to my list of favourites. And it's not just nostalgia either, there are some SNES and PSX era games I played for the first time recently, and quite enjoyed - stuff like the Romancing Saga games (although, they were remastered). Chrono Trigger (original version), Earthbound, Final Fantasy 4, 6, 7, Tactics, 8, and X, Xenogears, Suikoden, and others, I tend to enjoy just as much as when I did the first time played them - sometimes more, because the first time I played them was an inferior port or import (sometimes in Japanese).

Last edited by Jumpin - on 09 January 2025