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Games That Keep You Coming Back?

Posted by Zonk on from the over-and-over-and-over-again dept.

The Guardian Gamesblog kicked off a great discussion on their site, talking about games that just keep pulling you back in. Games that, even if you've played through them once, you just have to pick them up again. eToyChest and Kotaku both have related threads. So, what about you? What are some videogames that, even years later, you just have to play through one more time? For me, besides my ongoing fascination with World of Warcraft, Star Wars Galaxies, and Everquest II, there aren't that many that needed more than one playthrough. Both Half-Life titles, of course. I needed to play HL2 just to get everything I missed the first time. Jedi Academy and System Shock 2 required additional plays to try the game at a different angle. Similarly, I've played through the Diablo titles more than once each, as there's just so much clicking to be had. I somehow managed to avoid the gravity well of Civ4 for the most part, but Civilization 3 was almost the only game I played in college. Good times.

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  3. Re:I'm playing FF 7 right now :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You know, in order to be one of the "best RPGS EVER" it would have to actually be an RPG. Sorry, but turn-based combat simulators aren't RPGs. They're a crappy movie that you unlock by playing through crappy battles.

    To be a role playing game, you have to actually play some role. Unlocking cutscenes isn't playing a role.