Do you play once through or replay?

External Since: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 938

rob wrote:
> "Morvak" wrote...
>
>> What kind of gamer are you?
>>
>> I rarely play games through. I get immersed in them, and play them
>> through, and then that's it.
>>
>> Also, games I loved, often are dated, and the graphics I thought were
>> awesome then (5+ years from the current date) are horrible in
>> comparison to today's graphics.
>>
>> As much as I would LOVE to replay Fallout or Wasteland.. I couldn't
>> bear the graphics.
>>
>> But then I see people who do replay games like this and I wonder -
>> don't the graphics irk you?
>>
>> Just curious... that is all.
>
> It depends on the genre of game more than anything else for me. For most
> shooters there is zero replayability so most of them get thrown into the
> wardrobe upon completion never to be seen again. Maybe a very good one gets
> another lifeafter a year of two but thats it. Or one that had to be played
> at low rez gets tried again after a system upgrade but thats more for a test
> than a replay.
> RPGs tend to stay on my HD much longer as I usually play through them with
> different types of characters
> For strategy games it depnds, ones such as Civ or Hearts of Iron are
> permanent residents on my HD, others like Supreme Commander or Company of
> Heroes are uninstalled quickly
> And many Sims (my main area of gaming) could and have been on my HD for
> close to a decade.
>
> Old graphics dont bother me too much, but I dont spend too much time trying
> to get an old title working properly.
>

Strangely enough with FPSes and RPGs it's mostly the other way around
for me. Once I've played an RPG I won't generally play it again mostly
for two reasons - it's the plot line I enjoy most and I've yet to come
across an RPG where how you play your character changes the plot in any
major ways and secondly I get my moneys worth out of one run through as
I complete most of the side quest. So once I've played it that's it
really. With FPSes it's the action I enjoy with the plot (if any) being
rather secondary - I've played HL2 through about five or six times and
also like the newish idea of being able to select to replay just a
single chapter so I can re-enjoy the really good bits.

External Since: Jul 04, 2008 Posts: 38

* Morvak:
> What kind of gamer are you?
>
> I rarely play games through. I get immersed in them, and play them
> through, and then that's it.
>
> Also, games I loved, often are dated, and the graphics I thought were
> awesome then (5+ years from the current date) are horrible in
> comparison to today's graphics.
>
> As much as I would LOVE to replay Fallout or Wasteland.. I couldn't
> bear the graphics.
>
> But then I see people who do replay games like this and I wonder -
> don't the graphics irk you?
>
> Just curious... that is all.

Generally I play through at least twice, the second time on a higher difficulty. Sometimes it's
more: I'm currently on my fourth time through Morrowind and thinking about a fifth time.

Morrowind was released in 2002. The game I was playing immediately before it - Hostile Waters - in
2001. I think those 7 years are the longest between release and play for me so far. However I've
owned Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines for many years and haven't played it yet - that was released in
1998. If I get round to playing that I could extend my record to a decade.

--
Derek