I'm unable to beat a game more than once now

**Shin Asura** · 06-29-2012

It's either because the replay value on games has gone way down or something is happening to my brain. Yesterday I tried playing through Mass Effect 3, going after my last trophy and also to see the new endings. For some reason it didn't feel the same, Mass Effect 2 was a different story though since I was able to play through that 3 times.

Could've also been bad chinese

**DreDayDetox** · 06-29-2012

I rarely do a playthrough unless I get a lot out of a game or it's really memorable. I'll play through any MGS game again. Fallout 3 because I have so many options and The Force Unleashed because I loved the feeling of being overpowered.

**AaronSOLDIER** · 06-29-2012

I can very easily go back and play any Bethesda game because its never exactly the same, but I can also replay Crash Bandicoot on PS1 or Super Mario 64 even though they're exactly the same on every playthrough too.

**$Greatness$** · 06-29-2012

It's not you. The quality of games today are pure trash. I've lost almost my entire desire to game. It's sad really.

**Kuro** · 06-29-2012

Yea.me too that's why I rarely bother trying it again to try to platinum and usually give up. Unless it's a classic game I like and I haven't played it for a while.

**Blacksite** · 06-29-2012

I kind of feel the same. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, for example, I loved playing through it the first time. On my second playthrough, I didn't get very far. In fact, I really just started a second playthrough because I wanted to catch up on some achievements (Steam version) that I missed before.

But I think the change you're experiencing now comes down to growing older in an ever-changing entertainment industry. Not to mention the fact that most games, mainly shooters, assume people can't solve basic puzzles or really think for themselves so they guide the player through their game.

Mass Effect 2 was pretty good, by the way. I haven't played much of the first game but I enjoyed the sequel and the intensity of the "suicide mission".

**emmerich** · 06-29-2012

Originally Posted by $Greatness$

It's not you. The quality of games today are pure trash. I've lost almost my entire desire to game. It's sad really.

I've been going through these feelings lately also.

**itachi73378** · 06-29-2012

I think for me its because I have this urge to play the thousand new games that came out. I feel like I'm playing something I have already experienced so I should be playing the other great games.

**emmerich** · 06-29-2012

I think mines is more to do with me getting a little tired of this gen. I know there's still plenty of good games coming out but I just can't flush that want for a new console.

**Shin Asura** · 06-29-2012

Originally Posted by $Greatness$

It's not you. The quality of games today are pure trash. I've lost almost my entire desire to game. It's sad really.

Yeah that's true, it's all about how much money they can make so quality gets thrown out of the window and quantity rears it's ugly head into the picture

**PSgamer28** · 06-29-2012

Originally Posted by Shin Asura

Yeah that's true, it's all about how much money they can make so quality gets thrown out of the window and quantity rears it's ugly head into the picture

So true!

**Minnzy** · 06-29-2012

Blame the PS2. Once you've had such a masterpiece all other consoles and games are bound to seem lacking

**itachi73378** · 06-29-2012

Originally Posted by Minnzy

Blame the PS2. Once you've had such a masterpiece all other consoles and games are bound to seem lacking

yeah, I can still pick up my ps2 classics and play them over and over

**DreDayDetox** · 06-29-2012

or you're playing all the wrong games...

**Shibby** · 06-29-2012

Been meaning to give Red Dead Redemption another go, but I've still got a few unfinished/unstarted titles left.

6 colossi left in Shadow of the Colossus, but the games been taking me months to beat. I've only had 2 or 3 decent sit downs with it. Usually when I start a game I have to finish it before playing anything else. Never taken me this long before.

And I still have R&C: A Crack in Time waiting to be played. One reason I've been waiting on that one though is I'd like to play Quest for Booty first. Is it okay if I skip it?

**MGSfan** · 06-29-2012

I've had the same feeling for quite some time now... The exception being MGS4( completed 4 times) and mass effect 2 ( currently on my third playthrough). Gaming is no longer the same as it was during the PS2 days

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**EvilJ0k3r** · 06-29-2012

I get the exact same feeling! There are very few games I can replay all the way through again! Its just, weird! Idk why but alot of my friends are like that also! So don't feel alone, there are alot of people out there thats like this!

**MjW** · 06-29-2012

I think it's normal. I never replay games.
The only game I've re-played more than once is AoEIII.

I'm not counting in arcades of course.

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**Fenix** · 06-29-2012

I've rarely ever replayed games, I've only really started this gen due to trophies

**EvilJ0k3r** · 06-29-2012

I mean trophies or not, its still hard to replay games once you have beaten them!

**podsaurus** · 06-29-2012

Ive never really had an urge to play through a game more than once. Even really awesome games it ruins it for me by playing through twice or three times. It was a great experience but now its done and i move on to the next game.

**The Black Wolf** · 06-29-2012

Games I've replayed this gen is God of War III, Final Fantasy XIII, and Resident Evil 5. There's something about God of War games that enables me to replay them and never get tired.

I do agree, this generation of gaming is different.

**FdMstng99** · 06-29-2012

I think you guys are just getting old.

**Fijiandoce** · 06-29-2012

Originally Posted by Blacksite

But I think the change you're experiencing now comes down to growing older in an ever-changing entertainment industry. Not to mention the fact that most games, mainly shooters, assume people can't solve basic puzzles or really think for themselves so they guide the player through their game.

we need the rep button back. i would like to rep this.

games are real easy now. and alot of control is taken away from the player for the sake of the "cinematic" experience (in conjunction with the reasons above). im not saying that all games should be Demons Souls, but something like Valkyria Chronicles where the player is given tools in the beginning and then its up to the player how they employ them would be a good example.

Mass Effect 3 was utter garbage in this perspective, given its premise. the fact that i could only watch as TWO council specters got the beatdown was unacceptable.

**BoyBettaKnow** · 06-29-2012

Originally Posted by podsaurus

Ive never really had an urge to play through a game more than once. Even really awesome games it ruins it for me by playing through twice or three times. It was a great experience but now its done and i move on to the next game.

This is it pretty much for me. No matter how much I enjoyed a game. Once it's done. It's done

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