Current Events > Are there any games that you enjoy almost every time you play them?

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Ideally something you play fairly often. Or something that's lasted you a really long time.

I used to have a few games like this but they were either destroyed by bad updates or I naturally lost interest eventually.
With my favorite games, it's like there's a cooldown timer. I've played them a bunch so now I try to play them in short bursts, so the law of diminishing returns doesn't get a chance to kick in.

Pokemon and shogun 2

Paper Mario 64/TTYD

Pretty much all of them. I don't really have any negative experiences with games.

Vegy posted...

Pokemon

My favorite is Colosseum, but the downside is I have to space playthroughs out since the Shadow Pokemon are the same every time and there's no wild encounters.
King_Rial posted...

Paper Mario 64/TTYD

Both? I don't play either much, but I find it really hard to go back to 1, partners work differently, no superguard and all that.

Crusader Kings 2. Probably the game I've played the most in my life.

mega man x

Been hammering Apex since season 5.

RDR2, I think Im on my 5th playthrough.

Max payne 1 and 2

Super Mega Baseball 3/4 and Hades

Hearthstone Battlegrounds

As with every game like this there have been some bad metas, however I've pretty much consistently enjoyed it since it came out (I think 2019).

TheGreatEscape posted...

mega man x

With a code that lets you start off with more stuff right?
I don't have the patience for the opening and having to get the dash from Chill Penguin.
I play the classic games normally but with X I'm most likely to get X4, 5 or 6, put in the Ultimate Armor X code and just power trip.

Super Mario 64. I've played through it at least 20 times.

Star Wars Squadrons. The online is dead so I just play against bots. The game is simply thrilling every time I play it. Easily my favorite game of all time.

Yup. Mega Man games. I'm very partial to the Battle Network series.

The Yakuza series actually became my go to comfort game. This includes the Judgment series, yet I have not played the Ishin game yet. I did need a break since I literally played them all within 2/3 years.

I still think I could certainly play it now but for blah I am over thinking I'll get Ishin someday.

Advance Wars

This is going to be a random post but it used to be Bubble Bobble way back in the day on the NES. That sugary sweet repetitive music and just something about trying to make some progress and eventually failing was still so oh shit.....

Double Dragon II on the NES for sure. I just really got that one. I still like Bubble Bobble but I don't think I could enjoy it as much now but I still love to play Double Dragon II or River City Ransom even. Gimme those Dragon Feet.

Rez, Rayman 2, Boom Beach and Clash of Clans.

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I'll quote ya but a lot of times I just like to use ^ still. I love Bubble Bobble it's great how you can only get the true ending with two players and was actually made for the arcade as to try and make couples play arcade games together and not against each other. I have some random RCR games on my 3DS. There was this bizarre one that I actually never downloaded but since the 3DS shop is now dead rip. But it was like a short medieval RCR game.

Kamil posted...

The Yakuza series actually became my go to comfort game. This includes the Judgment series, yet I have not played the Ishin game yet. I did need a break since I literally played them all within 2/3 years.

I still think I could certainly play it now but for blah I am over thinking I'll get Ishin someday.

Man, that's a much better question. "Do your comfort games ever fail you?" I should have come up with that. The topic title was originally something like "Do you ever play one of your favorite games and not have fun at all?" but I didn't feel like it conveyed what I wanted to ask.

As for Yakuza, are you talking about doing multiple laps of all of them? Or is it your first lap through the series? I'd be really hesitant to use the phrase comfort game if it was still my first run-through.
My local Yakuza series obsessive has played them a few times. Last I checked he was trying to breathe new life into them by broadcasting his playthroughs.

^ While yeah 0 blew up here a friend randomly got 4 and then a diff friend had 0 so I watched some of that. So short story I went ----> 4-5-6-1-2-3-Like a Dragon 7-judgment-lost

I have not looped around again oh yeah I still have zero because I got it online for five bones have not completed that yet. Also yeah I played the Kiwamis. And yea 0 was around when I was playing Lost Judgment actually.. I didn't immediately buy the Judgments when they were new. I was holding off b/c I wanted my Yakuza fix still.

Super Mario World and Mega Man X4.

456-123 Sounds like a story, I just can't place the name. I just think Han and Chewie were there at the what we thought beginning.

Phantasy Star Online. I can start a new character, run through the Forest a million times, and still have a blast.

WoW has been hit or miss over the years, but I think on some level I'll always enjoy it, even if just for the old content and RP community.

Minecraft.

Like you describe, there's a cooldown timer. I start a new world, play for about a month, put it down for a year, then start a new world, then play for a month or so. With the update schedule, there's a new wrinkle every year.

Tons of games lol thats why I have never worried about GaMiNg DrOuGhTs. If theres nothing new coming out, I love replaying old favorites.

Some top mentions included
classic Sonic games
any ToeJam and Earl game
the Arkham games (especially Asylum and City)
Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II
both KotOR games

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. 515 hours on it and IMO, its the perfect turn your brain off, pick up and play for a bit type of game (online)

dark souls. i feel like i'll never stop playing it.

RimWorld.

Deep Rock Galactic.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

With a code that lets you start off with more stuff right?
I don't have the patience for the opening and having to get the dash from Chill Penguin.
I play the classic games normally but with X I'm most likely to get X4, 5 or 6, put in the Ultimate Armor X code and just power trip.

i can beat the game in under 40 minutes, so honestly getting to the boots takes me probably less than 5 so i'm good lmao

I replay X and X3 fairly often (I understand why people hate X3 but I still love it) and i don't need codes I just know them too well. I don't know if I would be as patient for X5 and 6 in particular so yeah i get what you're saying

Overwatch

I don't do competitive so losing doesn't really bother me. it's just fun to see funny plays and wreck people on my mains and get wrecked on heroes I don't play

Europa Universalis 4
Hearts of Iron 4
Darkest Dungeon
Soulsbornekiroring
Ocarina of Time (though I'm mostly running randomizers these days, which definitely helps with the enjoyment factor)

Shadow of the Colossus
Super Mario World
Pitfall

Rock Band 4... I've been playing the series for over a decade, and I still playing most days