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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

me with skyrim, but ive only beaten the main quest twice, despite having like 12 different characters (10 nords that look like me, 1 khajiit, 1 high elf that looks like me, which is also my latest character)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I've probably played 100 hours of Oblivion and Skyrim and am sad to say I've never once completed the main quests...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

you should do it just once. make a new character and only do just the main quest quests 🫡 theres some gems

pro tip: choose high elf and bring thalmor robes with you to the thalmor embassy when that quest comes up, instead of sneaking around guards you can just tell them elenwen needs them and theyll leave haha

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I always do summoner and then near the end I think to myself that I should play melee next time. A year passes. I play a summoner. Near the end I think to myself that I should play melee next time. A year passes...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I always played melee and always thought that I should play a different class... I did ranged once and that's it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yea but never really got into it

Even though I think it's a very well made mod

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Playing Chrono Trigger for the 1000th time right now!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Welp, I can't allow a thread like this to exist without mentioning the original Deus Ex.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ugh, gotta reinstall it now.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do randomizers count? If so, I play though Link to the Past like 15 times a year

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I had never even considered that there might be randomizers for classics... I'm going to look up this one!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's randomizers for Super Metroid too. And I've even seen one that's LttP and Super Metroid together played at games done quick lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, this is something that I'm looking forward to trying. Just gotta figure out how you're supposed to download these.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

https://alttpr.com/en/randomizer for Link to the Past

https://sm.samus.link/ for Super Metroid

https://samus.link/ for the combined version

You will need a ROM of whichever game you want to randomize (or both in the case of the combo randomizer)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I think I have more fun with Ocarina of Time randomizers than I did actually playing OoT

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure there is for Dark Souls…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've seen the videos of these, although I've always been hesitant to mod my game.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I like loading randomized Pokemon games onto a flash cart and playing them on my old Gameboy Advance SP.

11/10 experience

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fallout 4 and the Dishonored series for me

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A mark of a great game is its replayability. I know for some that's difficult because of the knowledge you have afterwards, but it can still be fun to relive things. On the flip side, a not so great game is the one where you never want to go through the struggle and grind again because it frankly wasn't fun.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It really depends on the game.

Some games are challenges that many people feel as completed when they finish it. For me, that would be Portal. The storytelling through the setting was great, but the main focus was the puzzles which aren't as fun the second time through. Portal 2 has a great story that makes it fun to replay, but that doesn't mean Portal was a bad game because it didn't have a story line worth replaying. Plus Portal 2 had the additional custom puzzles that made it worth playing outside of the story itself.

Being an unfun challenge is definitely the sign of a bad game., or at least a bad match for the player. I'm sure there are plenty of people who think Dark Souls/Elden Rings are bad games because of the frustration factor, some only play it once to get the satisfaction of beating it, and there are people who play through it over and over again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I see myself in that Elden Ring part. I went 100% to prove a point, but was very bored of it for most of my playthrough. I completely understand the appeal, but the gameplay loop doesn't click with me. Every person is different and fun works just as differently for everyone. I see my addiction to TBS games and can replay them over and over again, no matter how repetitive and have my wife literally fall asleep while playing with me.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I have been playing Sekiro with a randomiser recently, really helps breathe some new life into games you've beaten like 10 times already.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still bring up the sega shadowrun sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I've never played that one, but the SNES Shadowrun was a lot of fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

FTL. Just got an RX 6750 XT and here I am playing it instead of Alan Wake 2 or some other graphically demanding title.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ahh, this is me with Toy Story 2 for PS1... I have yet to try the dream cast version!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember liking the Dreamcast version!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I truly wonder if it has some QOL changes, or at least better visuals, anyway I have my nostalgia googles for the PS1 version... But it would be interesting... And I dare I'm curious for another game session.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Freelancer(2003). Replay this at least once a year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I had Freelancer with me on a deployment one year. Running space convoys by night, getting ambushed for my diamonds and stuff, running real convoys by day, getting ambushed for geopolitics.

Every time I pick up the disc, it takes me back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Factorio, fallout 4, Morrowind, borderlands....

Stardew valley is the wife's main one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Okay, fine, I'll reinstall New Vegas.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Just fired up Morrowind again. Man that game was revolutionary

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I’m working on my first playthrough of Sekiro right now but I’m kinda stuck. Corrupted Monk just takes so little damage from my attacks I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I haven't played for years, but from what I remember, the posture damage is shit. There are moments where the Corrupted Monk is open after an attack I think. This is the moment to strike.

Edit: it took me back haha, but there are those big attacks where you have a red symbol over your head, you dodge that attack and strike.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

All the fromsoft games for me haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Me and “Kirby Super Star” for the SNES

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Meanehile Stop Killing Games in EU and Canada: Rise and shine, mister Freeman. Rise and shine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think I've either beaten Elden Ring or DS3 the most. I very rarely replay games; I usually finish the story or get 100% completion and then don't play again for years.

But I loved PVP in these and the way you gather items to make builds kinda requires playing through practically the whole game (especially if you want to use an item only dropped by the final boss).

Before these, the only other two games I beat many, many times in a short time span before I got tired of them was Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and Silent Hill 3. And they were all just to get the badass super weapon that they all only gave you after beating the game like 5 or 6 times. Ico's and Shadow's weren't even worth it. That maul in SH3 so is though. I love that thing 😋

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Iss mal ne Wurst

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Literally any Pikmin game

[–] bdonvr 2 points 1 month ago

When I found out people are adding achievements to retro games (retroachievements.org)

I've played a lot of Super Monkey Ball 2. Time for a bit more

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

For me it's Pathologic 2 - been replaying that shit yearly as a some sort of tradition

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If it was fun the first time, it will be fun years later. If it's not, it was probably only getting by on the graphics wow factor.

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