The Games We Replay vs The Games We Play Once

[@backlogbaldie]

Lots of interesting perspectives on this topic, and some excellent variety in games mentioned 👍 and obviously I’ll never cite TLOU as a game most people don’t replay again 😂

[@robertagren9360]

Some classes are repetitive in complicated repeated tasks. Stealth is a checkbox, a task you need to do every... Single... Time.

[@ryanstuart8646]

As someone who enjoys movies, I also really enjoy narrative games and replaying them. I find myself really enjoying re-experiencing the narrative once every year or so and pick up on new things

[@backlogbaldie]

That a fair point actually. I do that with movies but not so much with games. Something for me to think about…

[@dylanjackson5304]

I’m the same with this, around this time I’ve been playing GOWR the past 2 Novembers I might do a new play through since I just got the pro

[@VanTemplar]

"Hey you! You're finally awake!" "Ah shit ... Here we go again" "Greetings, stranger! I am not surprised to see your kind here"

[@backlogbaldie]

😂😂

[@prod.b4bnik]

glad i’m not the only one with 120 hours in re4r 😂

[@backlogbaldie]

my goty 2023

[@biscuitboi9478]

I picked it up finally a couple weeks ago. I beat it, immediately started another playthrough, beat it again, started a 3rd playthrough, and beat it a total of 5 times. I knew it would be fun, but I didn’t think it would be addicting 😂

[@japhetaguirre4880]

120 hours??? That's like a quarter of my hours in Skyrim 😂

[@zephyr835]

@@japhetaguirre4880 Roughly a twentieth of mine.😅

[@RXH14]

400 hours for me😬

[@cirrunimbun8938]

This is honestly a spot-on analysis. I can never put my finger on the reason why I can't finish replaying Last of Us or Red Dead Redemption 2 considering these games are what I consider my all-time favorites. Yet like clockwork, I always replay the Mass Effect Trilogy or Witcher 3, funnily, almost annually at this point. I think the way we connect with these games at a pivotal moment in our lives shape how we feel about the games we play. I definitely felt a very deep connection with the Mass Effect series, especially since I discovered it after my childhood dog died. The game feels like a very warm hug from a group of friends and I can't explain it any other way. Witcher 3 kind of scratches that same itch for me. I can never get tired of these games.

[@backlogbaldie]

Exactly this (and I’m sorry to hear about your dog 😢)

[@mod6462]

Elden ring , bought it Christmas 2023 at a time in life where I was looking for a real escape from my day to day work and it just swept me away , can only ever remember pure happiness and peace when thinking about that first play-through. Great vid baldie!

[@Roboprogs]

That’s definitely on my TODO list. I finally pulled Skyrim out of the family game box this January when I was off sick for a few days. I put about 200 hours into it this year, at least the PC version (gave up on the PS3 version after the first few days). Elden Ring looks like a lot of fun cutting a path across the countryside, as well. I’m told I’m supposed to kill off some named dragons or something, but none of my characters get far enough to care 😁

[@backlogbaldie]

First time on Elden Ring is definite swept away material 👍

[@darkobuljevic5159]

For me, it was the Witcher 3. Just got the Xbox One for christmas in 2017, and stumbled upon it on a shelf of a gaming store. The game changed my life at a period where it was hard to make friends and find new hobbies after moving to a different country. The same happened several years later when I left my parents’ home to move to uni. That’s when i discovered a new comfort show in Naruto 😅

[@calculateddeclination5534]

I collect for ps3. Star ocean the last hope is one of my favorite games on ps3. I work a lot and don't have many friends due to life taking all of us in different directions, etc. I love how you travel the galaxy, making new friends with interesting personalities and how different combinations lead to different interactions in the ship or story. On my days off I play the hell out of it. About to beat it and might do new game plus to see what else I've missed. Point is, the friends you make along the way become best friends/family to your main character. Gives me warmth and comfort seeing how their bonds strengthen over time. I should probably reconnect and make new friends as well.

[@wizaard7]

Great video. I don't often replay games, and pretty much never do NG+. I think it's because for me, the combination of the narrative and the gameplay is what's most important. Perfect example: I tried NG+ for God of War (the Norse one) and almost immediately had to stop. Seeing those Blades of Chaos on my back from the beginning was just too much.

[@backlogbaldie]

Thanks! Those blades did the exact same thing to me 😂

[@iLiA-2-4]

So I’m the only one who has played TLOU like 20 times?

[@backlogbaldie]

I did end up replaying a fair chunk of it after I recorded the footage I needed tbf 😂

[@SaberRexZealot]

I’ve replayed The Last of Us dozens of times lol

[@magma5267]

I love TLOU1, i must have replayed it like 7 times now on multiple platforms/versions Yes it’s not as magical as the first time, but damn there’s no other game with quite its gameplay/story (here come the RDR2 fans horde)

[@axel9473]

Yeah, i played it at least 7 or 8 times, maybe more. But that was also when i was like 15. I replayed almost every game several times back then.

[@axel9473]

​@@magma5267 Ironically, i could never bring myself to replay RDR2. First playthrough was magical, i fckn cried at the end. I doubt i'll ever play it again tho. After i knew how the journey ends i had no desire to touch it again, unlike TLOU.

[@Drewbacca7789]

Playing a game like Elden Ring that gives you so many choices and each playthrough can feel like a whole new game, these are the games you can play over and over, one save file after another. But I look at games like The Last of Us as games your replay a every couple of years so you can forget aspects of the story over time and try to relive that first playthrough experience as close as possible. That’s how I go about these two types of games. There are games that I have only played through once though because they don’t have much difference between each playthrough.

[@backlogbaldie]

Exactly this. Almost 400 hours into Elden Ring, and recently replayed Nier Automata 5 years after my og playthrough.

[@Judgey19XX]

Resident Evil 4 for me, think I’ve owned and completed it on every device I’ve ever owned over the years 😂 I remember my brother bringing home the trailer on a small GameCube disc before it came out we were hooked! Played it with both my brothers and sister back in the day and I can still throw it on anytime and enjoy it. Also really enjoy the remake especially on PSVR2, the gameplay loop is just so fun!

[@backlogbaldie]

It’s a classic for a reason 👍👍

[@yfz450rider39]

Only a few modern games I've ever replayed. FF7 remake, Cyberpunk 2077, Death Stranding, Mass Effect trilogy and Final Fantasy 15. Cyberpunk 2077 is one game I will always go back to, everything about that game is amazing.

[@Pierce-Dante]

500+ hours💀

[@ZoiRSB]

I haven't been a subscriber for long but you quickly became one of my favourite creators. You alongside Daryl from DTG even inspired me to clear out my backlog or missed games from my childhood. Keep up the good work and see you on the discord server 🎉

[@backlogbaldie]

Thanks! Mentioned alongside Daryl is high praise indeed 😊

[@Nigel222]

Resident Evil 4 (the og version) is that game that I always come back to replay.

[@backlogbaldie]

Classic 👍

[@tahabmw195]

i can do a blindfould on play with that game

[@Alienvibeguy]

Put well over 10k hrs in Eve Online, GTA Online, League of Legends, Fortnite and now Helldivers 2. The common dominator that kept me playing was that my friends loved these too, had a similar schedule and has just been our nightly hangout for years now. If I ever play solo nowadays my gaming sessions are less than an hr (kinda jus to see who's on).

[@everdinestenger1548]

Sometimes what drives me to play is to know what happens next but the games I loved most were the ones that got me emotionally involved for whatever reason. Some are like beloved fairytales I used to read and reread time and again. Others helped me through deep clinical depression and I return to them every year or so.

[@backlogbaldie]

This 👍

[@MatheusSantoro91]

I discovered your channel very recently and I really like all of your videos. Wishing you a prosperous future on KZbin, I’m sure you will be really big soon

[@backlogbaldie]

Thank you! 😊

[@Roboprogs]

Days Gone was my pandemic game. I’ve played that game probably 6 or 8 times on PS4 and PC since 2020.

[@victoria9663]

I was in horrific pain during a sickness one weekend when I first started Detroit Become Human. It was so immersive that it got my mind off my pain when even pain killers were doing nothing for me. It was pure escapism and I adored the story and choice-based gameplay so much that it was the hands-down best gaming experience of my life. I don't know if I'll ever replay it, but it was definitely one of the "stars aligned" games you're describing in this video.

[@backlogbaldie]

Must admit I got addicted to that one too. Glad to hear it helped you as much as it did!

[@wolfmelody2787]

Dark souls 3 for me. Finished it. Enjoyed it. Never coming back to it. I made the point that i can do it. Thats it got my satisfaction

[@backlogbaldie]

Respect

[@wolfmelody2787]

@ have you finished it?

[@backlogbaldie]

Oh yes. Each time feels satisfying af

[@wolfmelody2787]

@@backlogbaldie i think after the first time there is no point cuz i am very leveled the second time

[@Tyranniod]

GTA, ratchet and clank, Jak and Daxter, judge dredd, red dead, mass effect and call of duty(campaigns). These are the games that I always come back to replaying.

[@ichigaming2000]

For me Sekiro shadow die twice was the game that I enjoyed most and replayed so much.i just love that sound of two katana striking and that rythm of hit and deflect.

[@backlogbaldie]

I can believe it. Was streaming Sekiro a few years ago and a dude in the comment was on his 34th playthrough

[@Terron29]

Love the parasite eve music in the back. Only played it for first time a few years ago and was absolutely hooked. What a classic.

[@backlogbaldie]

Rent free in my head for 25 years 😂

[@RCBlooper]

Hollow Knight for me was my stars aligning, in a time of terrible circumstances the city of tears soundtrack calmed me down and let me have a temporary escape from the bleak reality I was in, god bless that game and all it meant for me back then, I have many more "stars aligning" games but not for terrible times I've had in my life, Final Fantasy VII and its Remake was one of those but I played them in times I believe were one of the best of my life, today, walking in the streets of Midgar with Aerith both in the OG or the Remake feels me with a nostalgia so huge it completely changes my mood for the better, hearing Hollow Skies from the Remake's OST is something akin to levitate and ascend in a sunny summer day with a breeze that heals your soul, it is for me such an unbelievable blessing to have these games tied to me in such a deep way, they become a part of myself I can't ever let go, it's written in my core and DNA now, there's no going back and I love it.

[@backlogbaldie]

Walking the og streets of Midgar gets me everytime

[@ErmacXtreme1991]

Great video and explanation, so accurate and can easily relate. I struggle so much now with these cinematic story oriented games that everyone praises to no end. I just can’t be bothered with long drawn out cutscenes followed by endless walkie talkie sections, i just want to get to the gameplay.

[@backlogbaldie]

Thanks! 😊

[@ozera16]

Souls games , I’ve completed all of the many times and the only games I play tbh , there is just something I love just like a comfort food and movie .

[@johnpantag472]

You have no idea how many times I've beaten gowr. Its a story game but as an all around package it has insane replayability and the story never gets boring, even after 5 playthroughs i still get emotional

[@highchaosludwig]

Oh, I have a specific game for each period of my life. I always feel a little touched by Skyrim, when I was in high school and my father got pretty sick, my ultimate escapism was make a cup of coffee and get some cookies to play Skyrim all the afternoon. At the same period, I used to listen to The Last of Us soundtrack, I couldn't play it because I had a PS2 at the time. I played Skyrim multiple time since them and never finished the game actually, and played The Last of Us undread of times as well. Both games are still somekind of "a hug" when things are down. A recent game I felt really connect is Baldur's Gate 3, I'm in college and it's been really relaxing to play it, just play it to get my mind elsewhere is great, I came back just a new person after these.

[@backlogbaldie]

Games that relaxes the brain are a god send some days. Hope your Dad is ok.

[@axel9473]

I used to replay almost every game several times when i was younger, even really long open world games like the witcher 3, but now i only do it with very specific titles (mostly fromsoft games tbh).

[@backlogbaldie]

Fromsoft games do tend to have that effect

[@apukami3643]

I guess Fairy Fencer F. It somehow clicked and brought back my almost fading love for jrpgs at the time. Or Tales of Vesperia and how i suddently felt so drived to keep playing it whenever night arrived in a difficult spot in my life. Both games i adore dearly. And all it took was me finding a new anime cover i somehow liked in a game catalogue to make me expirience such thing

[@tomchu1985]

Just started replaying Skyrim with Mantella A.I and updated graphics is a game changer. There's not a more immersive game than Skyrim with all the modding support it gets weekly!

[@Sumunuhriginal]

AC2, Arkham Asylum, Portal 2, Uncharted 2, Bioshock Infinite…just something about those linear games feels like home and are so easily replayable. I am looking forward to replaying Witcher 3 soon though

[@backlogbaldie]

Each one a classic choice 👍

[@TiitusKyrönlahti]

well i dont know aBOUT THAT i myself have played the last of us 1 over 20 times in 2 years and it always amazes me

[@jake4532]

Skyrim is my game I always go back to. I don't want to know the hours I've played 😂I can view my PS4, PS5 and Steam hours but my PS3 hours aren't tracked

[@RyanJohnson09]

Only 2 minutes in but i just wanted to say i appreciate the Parasite Eve music and that brought back some memories 🙂

[@backlogbaldie]

My struggle now is not to use it in every video 😂

[@La_Segua_Games]

I can hardly think of games ive replayed. Probably none. OoT and ff7 come to my mind, but i never finish them when replaying them.

[@DeadBatteryRed]

Some of my favorite games I love to replay yearly is Halo, dead space Forza horizon and some of the older call of duty campaigns. They bring me comfort.

[@zzflare]

Yes, my "stars aligned" games are, Baldur's Gate 3, Fallout NV/4, and The Elder Scrolls 3/4/5. These games in rotation when I felt like changing it up were my crutch for nearly 2 years of depression. I get choked up just thinking about how much these helped me. 10/10 I play them all the time.

[@backlogbaldie]

Glad to hear they helped you buddy 👍

[@DarKNG]

Elden ring, resident evil 4, gta san andreas, nier, any souls/soulslike... such great replayable games and i love them all!

[@luissosa320]

For me my game I wil always play Skyrim... But now more than not I'm playing Elden Ring got it a few months back and am hooked. Tried to go back to Skyrim and just couldn't after playing Elden Ring. And a game I love and would never play but surely recommend is the deadly premonitionn game! Highly underrated game with so much personality.

[@ichigoichie369]

The games I revisit now and then are games that are often not replayed like mount and blade warband ( now switched to bannerlord), ets2, genshin as well, league, wow, fifa. I can feel hard to continue a story game but it is so easy to sink hours into these games.

[@jdubb3831]

yeah man when you were talking about a specific comfort game that that is unique to each person, for some reason for me that game is dark souls 2

[@Azkhalon]

Very interesting concept for a video my friend!! And only 8% chose my favorite Mass Effect class!!! I love me some Sentinel. But Soldier definitely makes sense for most people. It’s a good entry class especially in the first game where the tech and biotic abilities are not fleshed out enough. Also, people coming from FPS shooters may find the soldier class more appealing.

[@Azkhalon]

Love the channel memberships! I will be signing up next time I’m on my PC and off my phone which should be in the next half an hour! Keep up the good work my friend! It has been amazing seeing you go from posting Mass Effect pics on Instagram to making some of the best videos on KZbin!

[@backlogbaldie]

Thanks dude! Your kindest words yet 🥹

[@Epic2kartworks]

Subscribed. You're a talented dude

[@backlogbaldie]

Thanks! Welcome aboard 👍

[@jimmymoreno4979]

Weirdly enough the last of us is a game I will always come back to every year while part 2 is a game that I just played once and will play it again in like 2 to three years

[@sdutta1111]

During the isolation of COVID and no job prospects, Morrowind, Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs series came to my rescue. I always keep coming back to these three franchise. For a reason IG

[@zephyr835]

Very well presented! I tend to look more for replay value, but appreciate other games too. Dragon Age: Origins is one I've only played through once, but had a great time with (and was sobbing at the end). I'm probably overdue for another run. And speaking of BioWare, this video is getting me more interested in Mass Effect.

[@backlogbaldie]

Thanks! Always happy to hear I’ve got someone into Mass Effect 👍

[@zephyr835]

@backlogbaldie And as if by fate, Steam has the LE at a crazy discount right now, so I bought it. 😃

[@backlogbaldie]

@@zephyr835 excellent! Get ready for it to take over you life 😂

[@rasmusskardenni786]

I have played a lot of games, but I can count the games I've replayed on two hands. Even if the game is great it is sometime difficult to go back to.

[@zerogrey3798]

I haven't watched all the video as of me making this post. But my play times are weird. There ahve been a few games over the years that I've absolutely loved, like Planescape; Torment. It's one of my most favorite games ever. But I've only ever played it and beat it once. I liked Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Fallout 1 and 2 and a lot of different games on the genesis, playstation etc. The ones I truly love though, I only seem to be able to play once. I go back and I just can't get into it. Some games I like, like Rimworld and Stellaris, but I know why I keep playing them into the 1000s of hours, MODS! Mods mods and more mods.

[@backlogbaldie]

Mods are crazy good fun tbf

[@awepsalmgamin]

You are right with TLOU. I like that game but it is hard to come back. The game that I'm addicted with is Darkest Dungeon 1 and 2.

[@thetk7508]

Pretty much every Zelda for me. I’ve replayed Ocarina of Time once a year since it came out on my N64

[@RandomGameClips27]

Bloodborne gave me purpose by collecting Bloodgems in the Chalice Dungeons. I have almost 3000 hours in Bloodborne. Also speedrunning in Monster Hunter World also gave me a sense of purpose and comfort

[@Pinkyorangegirl]

I personally always assumed that a game is replayable depending on how much it resonated with the player. It doesn't matter how much content or how open the world is if the player doesn't enjoy the game (well sometimes) it's not gonna be replayed that much

[@Pumba424]

Persona 5 Royal was my first JRPG. I picked it up at Walmart in 2020 about 3 days after quarantine became a National standard. It didn’t look like my cup of tea and I had heard about how infamously long it was but I thought “hell. I have nothing but time. Why not try something out of my wheelhouse.” The game brought me to tears multiple times as that was a very lonely time for myself and many people. The characters in the game became my “friends” that I could spend time with when I couldn’t spend time with my real friends. I have replayed it every year since despite it’s pacing issues, because I have a trauma bond with it like you mentioned.

[@backlogbaldie]

Very similar story to how I finally tried P5. It's a brilliant cast of characters for sure.

[@MikJames-d1g]

I never have that problem, still playing Thief 2, The Saboteur, and Dishonored 2. If i recommend something its with replayability in mind.

[@SomnusShinra]

I got more than 100 hrs in FF7 Remake and 300 hrs in FF7 Rebirth. This trilogy i will replay it for the rest of my life because every single time i play the games i try new things and new materia loadouts and builds, even setting up some challenges for my run like a no materia run. I love these games as an OG FF7 Fan they are dreams come true and that's enough for me to say it's GOTY 2024 by far for me. It deserves it.

[@lucianwong420]

Every year or so, I like to replay Persona 4 Golden. It was the first jrpg I bought in my life, so it'll always be special to me.

[@backlogbaldie]

Love Persona. Love Trails too!

[@alau5643]

Games are so dope it’s hard for me to not want to replay every one at least once unless it sucks of course

[@BrainDeadz]

Dang. I remember playing Dishonored for like multiple times.

[@backlogbaldie]

Same. High/low chaos runs and then just randomly trying different traps etc. Such a good game!

[@BrainDeadz]

@@backlogbaldie love how basically a level can be played differently by each playthrough. And would still be having a great time!

[@onceortwiceooh]

RE1 remake is the first game I got my true platinum trophy (my others are more like participation trophies haha). Normally I don’t care about getting platinum but here it was so much fun replaying to get the trophies

[@Momofdom]

AC Odyssey. I first played it in 2020 during the pandemic. It has become my comfort game. When I am stressed or feeling bad, I boot it up, kill some people and feel better🤣

[@backlogbaldie]

That game is ridiculously fun tbf 👍

[@LemontheWeeb]

Assassins Creed 2 is that game for me! If you haven’t played it… I physically cannot recommend AC2 (Or the Ezio collection) enough!

[@Momofdom]

@LemontheWeeb I have it. Been a little afraid to try the older ones, since the gameplay is different. But it is on the list

[@travellerandwriter]

it’s under rated for sure, AC Odyssey gets no where near the credit it deserves

[@GracelessTarnished]

Im the sort of gamer who replays games regularly. In fact i would rather replay a game i love a dozen times than experience something new that isn't as great. I always wondered what drew me back to certain games and not others. And interestingly enough, i learned that it wasnt because the game had a branching narrative or open ended gameplay, it was the pacing and structure. I prefer a shorter, tighter experience than a longer bloated one. Games i have completed dozens of times include Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 1- 4, Dead Space, God of War 2, Uncharted 2, Ninja Gaiden, Sekiro, Devil May Cry, Silent Hill 2, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6-10 and now Elden Ring. These are experiences i find myself returning to throughout the years despite knowing almost every inch of them. I truly believe its due to pacing and gameplay. Because despite a game like Uncharted 2 being exceptionally linear, i would rather go through its set pieces and story beats that remain identical across playthroughs than replay something like Mass Effect, simply because its gameplay is too clunky. Just my two cents. Not sure if others feel the same.

[@dp27thelight9]

I can't stop Elden Ring. It's a problem. I modded with Sekiro Deflection and several other quality of life improvements. I don't think From Software could even make something better at this point. I had the same issue with Mass Effect 2 about 10 years ago.

[@backlogbaldie]

I was hooked on mass effect 2 for about a year. You’ll move on when you’re ready

[@gotinogaden]

Great analysis. I've mentioned this on another YT video, but I've found it very hard to put on P5 again after spending 106 hours on it last year. Not even Royal does it for me. Luckuly, this year's Vengeance release scratched that itch. Minimal amount of dialogue, heavy emphasis on customization, no fluff in the way of social links or extracurricular activities, etc.

[@ThousandairesClub]

*the developers who will win in the future will be the ones who master infinite replayability* 👌

[@kybconvo]

Fortnite & Minecraft have already done that

[@dasmittelalterrockt]

Personaly, i replay almost every game that i like. 1. I'm a sucker for details, storywise but also in the environment. The first playthrough is always unique, but you can't grasp all the details in the writing, because you don't know where the story is heading. GOW Ragnarök is a good example, with the plot Twist around Odin the whole game gets a new spin on a second playthrough. And often you can't find or absorb every little detail in the environment the first time around. Like RDR2, you can spend days in St Denis and still haven't seen everything. 2. Even if i have absorbed every detail there is, i still replay most games. Because they all have unique atmosphere. I replay The Witcher 3 once in a year. It is like a yearly Holiday to the coast or in a mountain village. You know everything in this village, the tourist attractions, the Pubs and Restaurants. But It's not about Findling something New. It is about coming to a peaceful place and enjoy the atmosphere. So Yeah, i only don't replay a game when i find it bad (or incredible mediocre) or when the setting doesn't click (The last of Us for example. The story is fantastic, but i can't connect with Zombie apocalypses).

[@radicalcentrist4990]

For me it doesn't matter how much replay value the game gives you. If it left a really good impression on me, or connected with me, then I'm surely gonna replay it, no matter how long it is and no matter if nothing actually changes on another playthrough. On the other hand you have games with a lot of replay value, but if I didn't really fall in love with them, then I'm just not gonna replay them.

[@grobariza]

Hades 77 playthroughs of pure enjoyment

[@thekaelixchamber]

I know the perfect formula for maximum replayability, the first is massive amounts of content + randomly generated content. There's a reason why Skyrim, to me, is so replayable and thats the random events that can happen within the game that make up for various different experiences. Elden Ring doesn't have this, as much as I love this game, the fun dwindles the more times I play it. I find the experience improving when I try doing different builds, then roleplaying, challenges, and then so on so forth. But at some point everything becomes sort of tedious to do. Project Zomboid is another example, the whole map itself is the same but its massive and the loot, cars, etc. is all randomly generated. Leading to various experiences and deaths a person can have. One person can die from a cold, the other swarmed while gunning down the very horde that swallowed him.

[@backlogbaldie]

Some good points made here

[@thekaelixchamber]

@ another item would be multiplayer, games like Lethal Company, Among Us, Content Warning are good examples of fun party games that people always come back to. Also thanks for the video!

[@backlogbaldie]

@@thekaelixchamber thanks for watching 👍

[@Mr.SirMan]

My recent game of the year was Cyberpunk. Still have to finish the DLC. Been playing ps2 lately 😊

[@sebisultana5603]

Burnout Revenge is a game I can play endlessly. Especially Road Rage.

[@lukesherwin4137]

Valheim. I started playing it just over a year ago and I have gone through the last boss 5 times now (4 times with the queen and once with Fader). In each I’ve built a huge base with resources and ready to wait for each new update, but I love the biome/boss progression loop so much that I just keep on starting new saves. In a way it has ruined similar games for me (currently slogging my way through “Return to Moria” which without having played Valheim would’ve been an all-timer for me but now just seems “okay”.

[@zacrast16]

I’ve replayed games like Red Dead 1, MGS3, God of war 2018, The last of us and Uncharted over 20 times each, but I’ve only beat games like Red Dead 2, The Witcher 3, or Elden Ring once.

[@sir_christmas_leopold_duckson]

Top 5 I've probably played the most, in no particular order would be Metal Gear Solid, Half-Life 2, Super Mario World, Skyrim, and Fallout 4. If it weren't for mods and settlement building, I honestly likely wouldn't have revisited Skyrim and Fallout 4 as much as I have. I tend to find most open world games kinda tedious and don't go back to them as often. I have a long list of linear games that I've revisited at least once annually since they released, though.

[@backlogbaldie]

Super Mario World tho 😍 7 y/o me discovering hidden power plants and star roads was mind blowing.

[@ericsoberanis2741]

Dragon quest 11 saved me back in 2020

[@backlogbaldie]

Love that game

[@chappanagent]

For me those games are hitman woa trilogy,Arkham knight, witcher 3 and watchdogs 1

[@bugfuneral]

Glad to know I’m the only one that has replayed the last of us tons of times over

[@mahmoodrezamaboodi599]

For me, the games that I go back to time after time are Max Payne 3 and uncharted 2

[@jaimeorellana5791]

Hi! I've played TLOU at leats 15 times start to finish lmao

[@ChroniclesofNoria]

Hello Baldie. Urgh! KZbin is being very annoying right now. This video didn’t pop up on my feed. I had to manually input your channel name cuz I wanted to see if you had a new video up, and voila! You did!! 😁😁. Now, I’ve always said it and I would always say it but the Mass Effect trilogy is a game I replay over and over and over again. I replay it every year cuz I just need to be back on the Normandy. I also replay Andromeda when I’m done cuz I do enjoy Ryder as well. But my Shepherd would always have my heart (I also recreate the exact same shepherd in every single playthrough 😂😂). I also replay Inquisition every year as well. And now that Veilguard is out, and although I’m still in Act 1, I’m loving how it’s shaping out to be, and something tells me that I will be adding it to my roaster of games I play yearly 😂😂. I hope you’re enjoying Veilguard as well Baldie. Thanks for letting us know about the membership prices. It’s clear you put in a lot of thought to make sure that you’re giving so much of your time to us, at such an affordable rate. When will the membership go live though? I was hoping to see a link to it in the description box but I can’t see it. Or is it there and I’m missing it 😅. Please help! Hope you’re playing amazing video games and having a great time. Say hello to Mrs. Baldie for us 👋🏾👋🏾

[@backlogbaldie]

Hey there. Fully agree on Mass Effect, and Veilguard is proving to be far too addictive 😂 Memberships are live on my channel page, you should see a join button near the top 😊 Edit: join link now in video description and on the community post

[@ChroniclesofNoria]

@ YESSSSSSS! You’re looking at the newest channel member! 😁😁. Happy to support you on this Baldie. And glad that I’m not the only one who’s been addicted to Veilguard since it dropped 😂😂

[@suntannedduck2388]

Mechanics/level design pull me in. Spyro/Ratchet. Ratchet 's NG+ with weapon level ups is fun. Spyro as well as Ratchet good to 100% every time, test my skills of the minigames which prepped me for other genres too. Gran Turismo the restrictions on events make for good challenges. Restrictions the player wants to make. The different paths you can take are enough choice but still offer good restrictions to follow the core of the game. I don't care about hour counts. If it's memorable for its details, set pieces, tasks, Moveset, I'm in. Most open worlds I find boring level up or errand simulators when spray painting in Infamous Second Son, tower defence or the playground world with bouncing on umbrellas or other stuff in Sunset Overdrive was more fun. Over Spiderman 2018 being outposts, generic getaway cars/other Spiderman open worlds or other games. Sure he plays good as Spiderman, but the puzzles in the lab I couldn't wait for they were so fun. The laser/ground pound move mission (only one that requires a skill tree relevance 1% of it). Task master challenges were hit and miss. Spyro flight or Ratchet momentum controls better then Spiderman for the ring one. Spiderman 2018 was just eh. Passable game. Fair story of the after events stuff but gameplay wide I was bored most times. Horizon same thing fair world, boring tasks, they fit the theme but weren't exciting. Last of US felt like a more drama boring with yes yes horror elements it is one but Uncharted 's puzzles were better and more enjoyable. Even Pitfall I go yep fair moves/items to use and the others from the Shaman shop are optional but useful for enemies. But the animations/use cases were fun but it's a metroidvania after Prime 1 so why not. I'd rather consider racing games from years ago with better modes and ideas then these days. Under the Skin is easily a game that with a port/remaster, is a good multiplayer game about aliens and human disguises with a good wind waker cell shaded like subtly to it. Easy streamer game but nope left behind on PS2 forever at this point come on Capcom. I could list so many platformers, racing games, shooters, otherwise I've researched and had more fun with and more inspiration from them modern games. Hours don't mean anything to me it's the content, replay different ways or the same way that made them good. Not 100s hours of filler that's boring and immediately detectable of RPG quests, generic things any character can do or some can but it's not thrilling to use it in such a way aka my Spiderman issue is it's not fun to use his abilities in 2018 as Sunset Overdrive was and I hated SO in 2015, I came around to it later myself over time on a retry. Mechanics, set pieces, progression being worth it, level design and modes/movesets or I guess physics and character feel matter Not just writing/graphics being so boring. I can enjoy a visual novel if it's funny, and fair writing but I can easily skip any story in other genres of the gameplay is boring tasks, boring locations no matter how holiday destination recreation it is. If I have more fun in Project Gotham Racing because of the physics, the layouts of the city tracks that's why. Kudos/cones. WRC3 on PS3/360 or MotoGP3 on PS2 had more fun modes of gates, cones, whatever or challenges on fictional tracks in a MotoGP game and annual racing licence game that they didn't really do otherwise besides the rally/dirt bikes in 16. That's the fun stuff right there. Not PLATFORMERs by Indies so modern and empty and basic or devoid of anything exciting, same with full racing games, shooters. Making the most of it not copy paste or too easy and unexciting. Personality is one thing, extra effort for little details is another in worlds, but how you play in it as well not just talking and walking all the time.

[@Demsky83]

Ironically I played The Last of Us 3x all the way through. The second one played it once, and never wanted to play it again.

[@Chandler_strickland002]

The last of us,I’ve played it at least 5x all the way through

[@sethwarwick1075]

Sometimes live servicengamea don't count because the online match only lasts 10 minutes of actual playtime

[@HeyImSupercoo]

Mass Effect, FF7 Rebirth, and Stellar Blade,

[@ericmnr]

I still play the original Arcade Shinobi. Monster Hunter should be in this list. Each weapon changes the gameplay battle.

[@jdcasanasr]

I tend to replay Dark Souls III quite a lot. For me it's just a damn fun game.

[@backlogbaldie]

Preach

[@sk84lyfe1211]

I rarely replay games. However, I do replay the first Jak and Daxter and first sly cooper every year or 2 Edit: I have a large collection so it’s hard to find time to go back to play bigger games when I always have something new to play

[@colin8802]

Jak and Daxter is probably the game I've replayed more than anything else. I'll never get tired of that immersive world and sense of adventure.

[@losthedon22]

I’ve played TLOU so many times I’ve lost count.

[@mtsoupcan]

I’ll never play LOU or LOU 2 again no matter how many times they remaster it lol. Heavy games with linear stories that I only need to see/play though once. At the same time, they stick with you. I could replay them even 2 years from now and it would still feel like I just finished them. So I don’t think I ever will

[@alphaomegaslayer9298]

As I like to call them Comfort Games One Night Stand Games

[@streamingnowstreamingnow2568]

It’s called Fun. Remember that when playing vidya games? Remember when the game didn’t feel like a Chore with FOMO. Back when it was Fun.

[@brycetheoddball]

My ps5 UI says I have 400+ hours on FFVII rebirth

[@backlogbaldie]

Nice 👍

[@nicholaszancy4571]

Bruh I’ve put over 100hrs in the last of us. Not the most replayable game but to me it might as well be.

[@backlogbaldie]

Nice 👌

[@colin8802]

I've replayed almost every Zelda game at least once (many times in some cases) but there's a chance that I'll never replay BotW or TotK. I played both of those games for at least 150 hours each (basically 100% besides Koroks) but as of now I see no appeal in starting them over.

[@ziondavegaming5493]

i finished god of war 2018 5x in 2 years and i only finish ragnarok 1 time only same case with spiderman 2

[@Faizullah_Sayyed]

1:39 mine is Urban Reign

[@hritwik4655]

RE4R is addicting af, just like RE4 was.

[@backlogbaldie]

Yup

[@christonchev9762]

how the f u can put TLOU on Ones and done category? this is my 2nd most played game on PC after Days Gone