Replaying favorite games or trying new ones

[Cyberarmy]

I do both but I don't have much free time nowadays so I cannot replaying older games much. Just got enough time for another Shattered Lands walkthrough in january.
Itching for a Sacrifice and/or Dark Omen replay nowadays.

 

[Minttunator]

I guess I'm the same way as most people who've posted - I used to spend more time on replaying games when I was younger (as I actually had to go out of the house to get new games!), but recently I've mostly been playing new games or classics that I've missed.

 

[DragoFireheart]

I've replayed New Vegas far too many times. Numbering on 30 or so.

 

[ghostdog]

There was a time when I played many new games. Then as I got older I found myself replaying my favorite games many times. It's not just nostalgia, since I replay them and enjoy them, but I think that at some point you connect with certain games that left a big impression on you and you don't find newer games that interesting, except for special cases. Also :fucking decline and shit, everything was better back in tha day:

I've replayed Deus Ex, Fallout, Bloodlines, BG2 and PST many times and when I want to just have some murderin fun I load up some nice Doom wads.

 

[DalekFlay]

Replaying an old favorite is like comfort food. Tex Murphy is there when I need him.

 

[Xeon]

I used to replay all games, Suikoden V for example I replayed it 12 times. that's the max I replayed a game.

Now days I feel content with one playthrough. I still replay old games but if I do so, I play them every 4-6 years to get a fresh feel of the game.

 

[groke]

Every few years. Dat soundtrack. Dem pixels. Hhhhnnnggguuuuaaahhh.

 

[subotaiy]

There was a time when I played many new games. Then as I got older I found myself replaying my favorite games many times. It's not just nostalgia, since I replay them and enjoy them, but I think that at some point you connect with certain games that left a big impression on you and you don't find newer games that interesting, except for special cases. Also :fucking decline and shit, everything was better back in tha day:

I've replayed Deus Ex, Fallout, Bloodlines, BG2 and PST many times and when I want to just have some murderin fun I load up some nice Doom wads.

That's pretty much the case for me too; almost every year I play Gothic 1/2Notr and PST. From the most recent ones, Dark Souls is the only one, wich i went through almost 4 times.

 

[Daemongar]

I'll play almost every one over, unless I am just trudging through the game to get it over with/I paid too much to just let go. I remember slogging through the final half of DA:O and hating every minute, but I paid full price, so I was going to see it to the end. That game just never got to me. However, I still play U9/U8/U7 quite a bit. All has been dependent on how broke I was when first playing, or my current willingness to try new things. If all I have money for is one game, I'd play the shit out of it.

Now, with Steam and a lot of games under $10, I just don't beat games to death like I used to.

 

[Abelian]

I used to focus on replaying favorites, but since I discovered GOG.com and the Codex, I've built up a large back-log of earlier titles I missed.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Sometimes I replay old stuff, but rarely all the way through. I'll just play up to my favorite point.

 

[VioletShadow]

I replay games a lot, though I try to find good old games that are worth playing. With very few exceptions I don't go out of my preferred genres (RPG/adventure) because every time I've "tried something new" it's been totally terrible.

 

[Gregz]

I've been playing cRPGs for 25+ years. 9/10 of them are shit, no point in playing bad games...just get old enough so you forget how they end, and replay them every year or two.

New games worth playing, like KoTC and M&B:WB, do come along from time-to-time however.

 

[adddeed]

I have a bunch of games which i regularly replay every once in a while. I prefer replaying than buying new garbage. Only buy on sale or from those indie bundles.