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Big_Bob
07/15/23 10:41:10 AM
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Maniac64
07/15/23 10:45:10 AM
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Plan to do the third option but end up doing the first.

That or start runs with every character and never get far in any of them.

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Raka_Putra
07/15/23 11:09:14 AM
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Just once.
Maybe more if I REALLY like it.

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kateee
07/15/23 11:29:35 AM
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if i do replay, i will most likely do the same things.

i go in with the mindset of trying to see everything but i just end up playing the same way every time. or with minimal differences.

like, i played through Mass Effect 2 like five times and I played the same character/class/choices every time with the only major deviation being picking Morinth once.

if something hits right, i just end up doing it over and over again.
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BlueCrystalTear
07/15/23 12:00:30 PM
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Depends on the game. You don't mention length. These days I'm much more likely to replay a game that took me ten hours as opposed to one that took me 40.

If I really enjoyed the game, I'd probably play through it twice for sure. But I doubt I'd play every possible character because I'd get bored before I could.

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andylt
07/15/23 12:08:57 PM
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I'm unlikely to play multiple times if there's nothing different in the story or no choices to be made. I played different classes in Mass Effect and enjoyed the gameplay changes, but they weren't the reason I did several playthroughs.

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changmas
07/15/23 12:27:29 PM
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yeah i think length is a major factor here

im probably not going to play an entire story based rpg or long action game again just to try a different build

But if its like Hades, Slay the Spire, or another roguelite and its basically the entire point of the game to try different builds for like 20 min - couple hour runs then yeah Im probably gonna try everything

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mnk
07/15/23 12:40:10 PM
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Play the game once, unless I really super like it and there are multiple storylines/endings with enough differences to be worth it, and also it's not too long.

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Not_an_Owl
07/15/23 12:44:54 PM
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Maniac64 posted...
Plan to do the third option but end up doing the first.

That or start runs with every character and never get far in any of them.


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Underleveled
07/15/23 12:45:57 PM
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Raka_Putra posted...
Just once.
Maybe more if I REALLY like it.


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IfGodCouldDie
07/15/23 12:57:31 PM
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Maniac64 posted...
Plan to do the third option but end up doing the first.

That or start runs with every character and never get far in any of them.
Pretty much this.

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DomaDragoon
07/15/23 1:12:17 PM
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I'd play through 2-3 times depending on the length, but I wouldn't play all of them and difficulty settings wouldn't affect it at all.

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Isquen
07/15/23 1:17:24 PM
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Big_Bob posted...
Think more along the lines of Diablo, not Octopath Traveler.

Option 3 then... or a fourth option where I play through with most, not all. I still haven't touched a barbarian but went through every other class in Diablo 3 (Necromancer included) at least once.

For some reason Diablo Barbos dont gel with me, yet I at least had multiple hours of fun on exploding chicken WD, oops all toads WD, frosty Wizard, elemental explosion DH, corpse explosion Necro, oops all charges Monk, oops all charges Crusader....

But then you have a game like Mass Effect where I went through the trilogy twice- first as a Vanguard, second as an Engineer, and I'm considering a third as Infiltrator soonish.

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BlackMageJawa
07/15/23 1:47:28 PM
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Slight off-topic rant, but it always annoys me in games like Diabloids and Borderlands where you pick one of several very mechanically different characters, that you can't switch characters mid-campaign. They're almost always written in a way that implies a group of heroes are doing everything together anyway (because they're intended for multiplayer), so why not make it that you're playing as a group, and whenever you're in a town, you can switch your active character? Have them all level up at once so you don't need to go back and grind, and only need to go through the crap early levels before you've built a decent skillset once.

So yeah, I normally only play once, and then can't be bothered to go round again with someone else.

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Snake5555555555
07/15/23 1:58:10 PM
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If it's just different classes I might play it again at some point in the future but definitely not right away.

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Leonhart4
07/15/23 4:50:02 PM
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I feel like the only series like this where I've played it more than once to experience a different class was Mass Effect

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foolm0r0n
07/15/23 5:40:17 PM
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*looks at all my dex or dex/int Souls characters* Yep I'm good with playing 1 way forever

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Ashethan
07/15/23 5:51:15 PM
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Small differences? Only once.

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skulltrumpets
07/16/23 11:40:19 AM
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Assuming I have free time on my hands, I'd like to go through the game multiple times, especially if the game has a roleplaying aspect like Mass Effect or Dragon Age. Key word: assuming.
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MalcolmMasher
07/17/23 8:19:51 PM
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Play the game once, start another run with a different character/class, fail to complete it.

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trdl23
07/17/23 8:22:50 PM
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Maniac64 posted...
Plan to do the third option but end up doing the first.

That or start runs with every character and never get far in any of them.


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AriaOfBolo
07/17/23 11:19:37 PM
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Maniac64 posted...
Plan to do the third option but end up doing the first.

That or start runs with every character and never get far in any of them.

heck I even tapped out after one 3 Houses route

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Maniac64
07/18/23 8:30:02 AM
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BlackMageJawa posted...
Slight off-topic rant, but it always annoys me in games like Diabloids and Borderlands where you pick one of several very mechanically different characters, that you can't switch characters mid-campaign. They're almost always written in a way that implies a group of heroes are doing everything together anyway (because they're intended for multiplayer), so why not make it that you're playing as a group, and whenever you're in a town, you can switch your active character? Have them all level up at once so you don't need to go back and grind, and only need to go through the crap early levels before you've built a decent skillset once.
That would be awesome


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