I want to try and play some more games. That feels more fulfilling if you play games that you can finish and be done with.
So what are some good games that have zero (or close to zero perhaps) replayability? I’ll start with my own suggestions:
- Return of the Obra Dinn: Amazing mystery/detective game. However once you’ve played it, you basically can’t play it again as you remember the solution already and the challenge of the game is trivialized.
- Chants of Sennaar: Really great game about deciphering languages. However, once again, by playing the game once, you’ll remember the languages and the game has no challenge any more.
- Outer Wilds: Mystery adventure game. There is some replayability as there are perhaps areas that you can still explore, but largely once you figure out the mystery and complete the game, there’s not much more to experience. Some people speedrun the game though.
All of the above games I value extremely highly even though I only played them ~8-10 hours.
Do you have any others?
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Outer wilds
I enjoyed
- “One Shot”, it has a few achievements that might require going back to try to complete.
It is puzzle top down story adventure game( it does the whole look into your actual files for solutions thing), once I finished the main story I felt satisified. It allows for playing after the ending but doing so feels hollow and unsatisifying which is the point. It asks the question of why do you still want to play, but oh well I will allow it and makes it possible.
Danganronpa, honestly any of them. Once you know the story, who the killers are, and the twists, it quickly loses it’s charm. The only way afterwards is to watch other people play it for the first time.
Stray
For me pretty much every single linear / story type game. Even great ones I sometimes attempted to have another run but would immediately get bored and ended up quitting. They just don’t really offer anything to me to make it worth it. Even a lot of New Game Plus modes aren’t cutting it, because they’re typically just some extra items or abilities.
every single linear / story type game
Which ones are your favourites among those? :)
Tales of Arise
Hmm, tough question since a lot of them I played personally years ago as I eventually began EA & Ubisoft, which have some of the more commonly known franchises here and the feelings I have towards them unfortunately also tainted their games and the experiences I had with them. And I also generally got much more into more open ended / non linear type of genres like sandbox, open world or 4X games. I guess I enjoyed Horizon Zero Dawn quite a bit, I also love TLoU Part 1 & 2, even though Part 2 is probably the heaviest story game I’ve seen (not played since there’s no PC port yet but I watched stupid amounts of Let’s Plays at this point), a little underdog / hidden gem is probably CrossCode, which was a complete surprise hit for me and one of those games that I will always try to sell whenever I can get the opportunity for it.
Agreed. I feel the same of most story games. My favs such as: The last of us, God of War, Spiderman, Midnight Suns, FF7R, FF16, Like a Dragon, Days Gone, new Ratchet and Clank. The games don’t really offer anything new upon replay so I consider them one-and-dones.
Would you count NG+ as replayability? I know for Nier Automata and Armored Core 6, it’s basically part of the story and you haven’t finished until you’ve unlocked all of the main paths. There is enough new stuff each playthrough for it to be unique though.
Firewatch
Great example
First impressions, I thought it was going to be a boring on-rails walk simulator.
Then I teared up at the end with Delilah. I can’t believe how good the acting is for me to fall in love with a voice.
I replied it after several years cause of nostalgia, but yeah first time is where it is at!
Honestly felt this way about BioShock Infinite - the gameplay was alright, but it was the story that made it good, but you only get to explore it for the first time once. I have zero plans to ever pick that one up again
Same for the latest Tomb Raider trilogy for me
Bioshock 1 had replayability for me, but the next 2 games were a bother. It’s especially annoying in Bioshock 2 when you’re expected to gather ADAM with the little girls for full completion, when the benefit of doing so doesn’t justify the time it takes.
I played BioShock like 3-4 times! There’s just so many ways to go through a level with different character builds!
I replayed it a few years ago with a meele only playthrough. I had to use the pistol a few times but all in all it was more fun than the original play through.
There is a plasmid that lets you dash into an enemies face, which I combined with perks give your sky hook shock damage and an execute.
Agreed. It was great game because the story, but I can barely remember anything about the gameplay aside from the interactions with Elizabeth. Sadly, my final moments were destroyed by a visual bug - right at the climax of the story near the end of the game Elizabeth’s hair inexplicably stopped rendering… She was as bald as Sinead O’Connor. It kinda killed the vibe.
While I’m not sure the “walking sim” games are what you’re looking for, I’d add Lifeless Planet and maybe Dear Esther. Once you know what’s going on/what happened, there’s not much point in replaying.
I second the Dear Esther mention. I almost feel like it’s a dead body starting at me from my Steam library for the past decade+.
The remake of shadow of the colossus since they removed the time attack mode with awesome unlocks.
as much I love the genre, but most single player 3D action/adventure platformer games that are based around a story OR fully arcade-y.
both aspect looses their point if you 100% the game.
Like, I just finished New Super Lucky’s Tale, and though it was an excellent 3d platformer, I don’t think I’ll start a new game.
but not only 3D games. Like Shovel Knight also falls into this category. Amazing and exciting game, but other than a harder difficulty (as New Game+), it doesn’t really have too much of a replayability.
Since puzzle games seem to be the theme overall here I’ll mention Cocoon. It’s a recent puzzler that is absolutely gorgeous to look at and did some super clever stuff imo.
I love Cocoon, it’s one of my recent favorites
A lot of people are posting games that are short and linear. But to match your energy, games that cannot be replayed unless you forget what you learn;
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Case of the Golden Idol is a mystery/deduction game, a la Obra Dinn.
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Toki Tori 2 is a puzzle metroidvania, where you can do your full moveset from the start - tweet and stomp. Right from the first screen, big chunks of the map can be shortcut through once you put your later learnings into practice.
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Out of all that I could’ve suggested, Ace Attorney series probably fits the bill the most
EDIT: Also, Lunacid! Finished it recently; what a beautiful experience it has been
EDIT2: Also, Beacon Pines! For the love of all that is holy on this bitch of a planet, please play it
Ace Attorney series probably fits the bill the most
Hehe, and there is me who has finished the trilogy about 3 times now.
Honestly, I also replay the trilogy from time to time lol
lol that is fair, the only thing that I miss is being mind blown by the plot twist, but the OST and the charm makes it for it haha.
And if you try ace attorney and liked it then I would highly recommend Ghost Trick by the same creator.
I have yet to play it, do you think it is better to go with the DS version or the Switch version?
This is not a joke question, I tried TWEWY on the Switch and I didn’t like the controls.
Yeah, I’ve yet to check it out
That dragon, Cancer
After playing it once, I can’t go through it a second time.
Wow. Yeah, absolutely. I had forgotten about that game until you mentioned it. Thank you for reminding me. It’s entirely unique and deserves to be remembered. But yeah, I don’t think I have it in me to replay it.
