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Post by spanky on Nov 13, 2020 10:06:00 GMT -5
Saw this topic somewhere else on the internet but in regards to movies.
If you had the ability to completely wipe your memory of a particular game and experience it for the first time again....what would that be?
So my easy answer for this one is Final Fantasy VI or III for us westerners.
I was really late to 16-bit RPGs and I don't think I played FF VI until 1997 or so. However, I read a lot of game magazines as a kid. And I read them cover to cover multiple times. By the time I had played FFVI I had pretty much memorized the major plot points of the game, as well as all the secrets and strategies. So I knew all about how to get Ultima, I knew about Vanish+Doom, the Offering and Genji Glove, Umaro and Gogo, how to save Shadow....EVERYTHING.
By the time I actually got around to playing the game, I steamrolled right through it. I didn't mind this at the time and it's still one of my favorite games, but lookin back it kind of dulls the experience.
It'd be a lot of fun to go into the game fresh and see what my party makeup looks like at the end of the game.
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Post by ommadawnyawn2 on Nov 13, 2020 10:48:54 GMT -5
It's an interesting question because if I remove all memory from say, FF7, I would still have my frame of reference from all other games and I would probably find it less impactful if I played it as if it was the first time now. There's just something about playing a game both when it's new and when you're younger and don't know what to expect from games or a certain genre, so it's all a bit more magical. Now I know that I can't climb any surface, or try to convince enemies not to fight me, which parts of the environment are interactive and not, that villains won't go off and ruin the world if I take hours to grind, and other stuff like that. So yeah maybe I'd have to do a more extensive wipe for that to work as intended, hehe. At the same time I can get very impressed by an older game I revisit in comparison to other games of its time and later ones, partly based on forgetting various details about it, so maybe it would be neat. Anyway I'll go with Zelda 3 since I had a similar experience to you with that one, because my mom got me the guidebook for it by mistake when she meant to get the one for Link's Awakening. I got to be the expert in some ways when visiting a friend who had Zelda 3 although I had never played it, which was weird but fun, and IIRC the guidebook had some extra lore in it so it added to the experience. archive.org/details/Nintendo_Players_Guide_SNES_The_Legend_of_Zelda_A_Link_to_the_Past_1992/page/n23/mode/2upThere's a scan of it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2020 11:08:58 GMT -5
A Link to the Past and Mario World for me. I played these so many times in the SNES games, and every time a new version was put out later. I still rank them as some of my top games of all time but I have honestly grown tired of them. I'd love to play them again with a fresh set of eyes and experience what made me fall for video games in the first place.
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Post by Digitalnametag on Nov 13, 2020 12:57:19 GMT -5
A lot of RPGs to see the story again. Plot twists don't hit that hard the second time around! Persona 3/4/5 would be top of the list. Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door would be a good one too just to see how much nostalgia impacts my perception of it.
Yeah mostly story for me. I'm not tired enough of the 8/16 bit classics from a game-play perspective to feel a new first time play would bring more enjoyment. I usually get more enjoyment out of those on repeat plays.
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Post by ZenithianHero on Nov 13, 2020 19:38:09 GMT -5
I suppose the DS Ace Attorney games. In particular playing the final case from Justice for All from fresh memory. What a satisfying moment in gaming stories.
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Post by personman on Nov 14, 2020 2:22:32 GMT -5
I would say Super Metroid. That sense of discovery is why I enjoyed that series (and genre once that got defined) so while I still love to fire up that game every year it would be a treat to be blind to its world again and have to find it all once more.
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Post by spanky on Nov 14, 2020 7:29:45 GMT -5
Random memory: I had that guide too (for reupping my subscription to NP). I loved all the art and lore in it, really cool stuff especially for the time. Anyway, I had a friend in school who knew I was good at video games and had this guide. His older brother was playing LttP and needed help. This kid actually looked me up in the phonebook and called me and asked me to walk him through the game, which I obliged and used the official LttP for reference. I felt like a Nintendo Game Play Counselor (dream job, BTW).
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Post by ommadawnyawn2 on Nov 14, 2020 7:34:12 GMT -5
Oh cool, yeah that art with the unusual colored lighting was really impactful.
I remember calling that service here in Sweden only once, for Super Metroid. I think I asked how to get to Ridley, but they couldn't really help at all (he just said "somewhere in southern Norfair" and sounded really unsure of what he was saying) so I never called again! lol.
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Post by 🧀Son of Suzy Creamcheese🧀 on Nov 14, 2020 9:02:33 GMT -5
Breath of the Wild, since the exploration is the most fun part and that will never be recreated once you've played it. Hopefully the sequel will deliver on this.
I would also say the Ace Attourney games. I'm sure that if I'd play them now, I would've forgotten most of the finer details, but experiences all the scenarios and characters will probably bring back a lot as well.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2020 9:24:17 GMT -5
Breath of the Wild, since the exploration is the most fun part and that will never be recreated once you've played it. Hopefully the sequel will deliver on this. I would also say the Ace Attourney games. I'm sure that if I'd play them now, I would've forgotten most of the finer details, but experiences all the scenarios and characters will probably bring back a lot as well. Breath of the Wild for me also. Exploring worlds is my absolute favourite thing to do in video games and Breath of the Wild absolutely nailed it. I spent well over 100 hours on it and got every shrine, but once I'd done that the game suddenly became boring to me. Even the DLC couldn't get me back into the game. The gameplay is so built around discovery that once you've seen everything you can't get that experience again. I would love to play this for the first time once more.
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Post by dsparil on Nov 14, 2020 10:39:41 GMT -5
The closest I can think of for this is getting my 3DS. I was so hyped for it from the original unveiling of it, preordered it and just fell in love with it immediately. It was such a magical experience.
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Post by spanky on Nov 14, 2020 10:52:24 GMT -5
Breath of the Wild is another good choice. I was able to squeeze some more life out of it by playing the Hard mode and only upgrading my stamina instead of health. It forced me to play the game a lot differently. However, those damned silver enemies are just not worth it, lol.
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