If you could only re-experience from new one game (like total immersion, wide-eyed wonder-at-the-majesty-of-it-all re-experience) and had yet to pick a console (Xbox versus PlayStation), what game on which console and why? (and feel free to remark on ideal controllers, add-ons, etc.)
I was hoping Starfield might be that kind of galvanizing experience, but the reviews are pretty underwhelming. So now casting about for the real deal.
Easy game choice for me, Outer Wilds. I’ve regularly said that I wish I could go back in time and experience it again. I am a PS5 fan personally, Xbox has too much overlap with PC gaming.
There are some games that truly cannot be re-experienced. Once you know what happens in The Outer Wilds, it never hits the same on a replay. Anyone reading this who doesn’t know exactly what I’m talking about needs to play the game before someone spoils it
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice on the Xbox One. Playing that with stereo headphones was a trip and a half, and it’s an experience that simply isn’t the same a second time through.
I still think Fenrir is the coolest damn boss ever, and the “in your sword still beats a heart” poem is my favorite piece of audio from any game
The first time playing Gothic 2 NotR (on PC) was a fantastic experience for my younger self.
If you insist on a console game I would chose Wii Sports or Wii Sports Resort because I had so many fun game sessions with friends and I think it would still be a lot of fun today.
I would have to say Elden Ring. Just walking out to see limgrave and all of it’s glory and the pure joy of a non linear souls like with exploration I’ve never experienced before made this a top 5 best game ever.
I played it on PlayStation 4 and quite honestly it felt great with the trackpad and the placement of the sticks where I could really feel responsive with my movement in PVP.
Playing new game is fun but man I would pay to have a brain injury to forget everything about Elden Ring just to experience it for the first time.
Might as well score a Steam Deck for the cost of a modern console, and then you’re not paying monthly for multiplayer and premium costs for games and you get mobility in the mix.
And it’s a fully fledged a portable computer that you can plug in a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and do anything you’d do on a normal desktop / laptop. Browsing, coding, image editing; the Deck is the best device I’ve bought in years!
My mind went straight to this at well instinctively. If I had to pick an alternate it would be Final Fantasy 6. The twist for me half way was so unexpected I was blown away.
SNES. Chrono Trigger. If you’ve played it you know just how impactful it is. Music, story, graphics. It is a perfect game. I bought a physical cartridge a few years ago—even after having beaten it dozens of times—because the game means so much to me.
I didn’t get to sadly. It was actually before my time and I had a friend get me into it around 2010 in high school.
I don’t think it was cross platform, as each console version was a different version of the game. The GameCube version differed greatly in some aspects from the DreamCast version. There are online servers for the PC version (Blue Burst) still in existence today. That version had all the content of the previous iterations with an extra last boss fight and level.
You are correct. I really want someone to convince me to go out and buy a console and game today but I thank you for your reply and if I come into a game cube, “Phantasy Star Online Episode 1&2” will be at the top of my list! Was the game that special or was it more of a beautiful time-in-the-life kind of impression?
The novelty of being one of the first online, somewhat massively multi-player persistent rpg, was very special for 2000-2001, at least for the minimum wage earning, console-only teen that I was.
The game was that special, I mean it originally released for DreamCast and it had online play! Its a special kind of RPG that actually defined what Phantasy Star would become in the coming decades.
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Easy game choice for me, Outer Wilds. I’ve regularly said that I wish I could go back in time and experience it again. I am a PS5 fan personally, Xbox has too much overlap with PC gaming.
Definitely Outer Wilds for me too and it isn’t close. Such a great experience.
There are some games that truly cannot be re-experienced. Once you know what happens in The Outer Wilds, it never hits the same on a replay. Anyone reading this who doesn’t know exactly what I’m talking about needs to play the game before someone spoils it
Removing the console limitation, I’d go for Half-life on a Nvidia TNT 2 and CRT monitor.
Now, if it has to be console, then Persona 3 FES on the ps2.
Ah yes, celebrating the turn o’ the century with cutting edge gameplay on state of the art equipment. The future was bright!
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice on the Xbox One. Playing that with stereo headphones was a trip and a half, and it’s an experience that simply isn’t the same a second time through.
I still think Fenrir is the coolest damn boss ever, and the “in your sword still beats a heart” poem is my favorite piece of audio from any game
The first time playing Gothic 2 NotR (on PC) was a fantastic experience for my younger self.
If you insist on a console game I would chose Wii Sports or Wii Sports Resort because I had so many fun game sessions with friends and I think it would still be a lot of fun today.
I would have to say Elden Ring. Just walking out to see limgrave and all of it’s glory and the pure joy of a non linear souls like with exploration I’ve never experienced before made this a top 5 best game ever.
I played it on PlayStation 4 and quite honestly it felt great with the trackpad and the placement of the sticks where I could really feel responsive with my movement in PVP.
Playing new game is fun but man I would pay to have a brain injury to forget everything about Elden Ring just to experience it for the first time.
Probably Pokemon Emerald, or Diamond.
These were the last exploration Pokemon games and I would love to be immersed in their worlds again discovering all their secrets for the first time.
From uncovering the braille in the under water ruins, to the changing water levels of seafoam cave.
To finding the shop keepers of the underground mines and the last safari zone of the great marsh.
Now-a-days replaying them is still fun, but not as exciting as they were before, since I remembered where everything is.
Morrowind GOTY on the OG Xbox.
Just remember to keep you stamina bar above 50% or it will be unpleasant.
I was going to say Halo: CE on the OG Xbox, but I think Morrowind is the better choice.
Honorable mention: JetSet Radio Future on the same console, that game rocked.
Omori, granted I did play it on Steam, but god damn I’ve never felt more of a childlike sense of wonder for many years than when I first played it.
I actually bought a PS1 and dance pads strictly for playing DDR.
I drive to another state just to find an arcade with a DDR machine nowadays, this is a good call.
Yes, so rare now, I just ordered a connector id lost so I can play ddr on my old PS2 again.
I inherited a PS2 and tore some SSX up, probably 10 years after release. May never get that soundtrack out of my mind.
No man’s sky on pc
Not a console but that game still wows me
That in VR was quite the experience.
Was a tech weenie in yesteryear, but not willing to commit to the cash/time/optimization that pc’s require. So self-limited to consoles. Thanks tho!
Might as well score a Steam Deck for the cost of a modern console, and then you’re not paying monthly for multiplayer and premium costs for games and you get mobility in the mix.
If you’re on a budget, game pass and ps+ extra are probably the best ways to play lots of games with as little money as possible
And it’s a fully fledged a portable computer that you can plug in a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and do anything you’d do on a normal desktop / laptop. Browsing, coding, image editing; the Deck is the best device I’ve bought in years!
See, this kind of intel is just part of the reason why I shop here! Steam rabbit hole here I come.
Chrono Trigger on the SNES.
My mind went straight to this at well instinctively. If I had to pick an alternate it would be Final Fantasy 6. The twist for me half way was so unexpected I was blown away.
SNES. Chrono Trigger. If you’ve played it you know just how impactful it is. Music, story, graphics. It is a perfect game. I bought a physical cartridge a few years ago—even after having beaten it dozens of times—because the game means so much to me.
Probably Bioshock. First thing that came to mind. Such an amazing experience.
Probably Persona 3 or 4. Leaning more towards 4 with the Vita.
Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2 for GameCube. Its not exactly what you asked for, but its the ultimate game for me.
Did you play it online, and was the community active in GameCube? (Was it cross platform with dreamcast?)
I played the shit out of pso episode1 on DC, but sisnt have access to a credit cards, or funds for that matter, for episode 2.
I didn’t get to sadly. It was actually before my time and I had a friend get me into it around 2010 in high school.
I don’t think it was cross platform, as each console version was a different version of the game. The GameCube version differed greatly in some aspects from the DreamCast version. There are online servers for the PC version (Blue Burst) still in existence today. That version had all the content of the previous iterations with an extra last boss fight and level.
You are correct. I really want someone to convince me to go out and buy a console and game today but I thank you for your reply and if I come into a game cube, “Phantasy Star Online Episode 1&2” will be at the top of my list! Was the game that special or was it more of a beautiful time-in-the-life kind of impression?
The novelty of being one of the first online, somewhat massively multi-player persistent rpg, was very special for 2000-2001, at least for the minimum wage earning, console-only teen that I was.
The game was that special, I mean it originally released for DreamCast and it had online play! Its a special kind of RPG that actually defined what Phantasy Star would become in the coming decades.