Eternal Sunshine of the Gaming Mind

[DomsBeard]

If you could have 3 games removed from your memory to play again for the first time what would they be and why?.

Mine's

1. Fallout 3
2. Super Mario 64
3. Metal Gear Solid

[ratsoalbion]

Great question.
Only one leaps to mind for me at this point, though: BioShock.

[Guy_JD]

Dunno I don't think a lot of my favourite games of my youth wouldn't hold up well if I played them for the first time today

But let's forget that for a minute

Goldeneye 64
Half Life 2
Project Eden (ps2)

[Dante Fireseed]

Yeah as Guy said, presuming that this is more reliving the memory rather than playing them today, mine would be...

Rez
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Soul Reaver

[DomsBeard]

Yeah I mean playing them again at the time you first did. Seeing Leon's tweets recently I'd forgotten about stuff I'd probably hate if I played Shenmue 2 now for example.

[Bakers_12]

Deus Ex
GTA vice city
The Walking Dead

The First two are on the list because I have played them so much that it would be good to see them fresh again.

As for the walking dead I would imagine that a second play though would not be a emotionally impactfull as the first so take that away!

[Leg of Time]

My list:

1. Bioshock - the ability to rediscover that twist would be excellent!

2. Mass Effect 1 - my favourite of the series, being able to be reintroduced to that universe.

3. KOTOR - again, like Bioshock, would be great to rediscover the twist!

[dezm0nd]

I would definitely go for Counter Strike from the very day 0.1 was released. Seeing it evolve over the years upto 1.6 was an amazing experience. Clan matches, practices and all sorts of Sesame Street Clan shenanigans.

My generations Modern Warfare, fo sho.

I would also go for Ocarina of time (my first Zelda) and GoldenEye 007 (64)

[TomFum]

1 - Super Mario World

2 - Rez

3 - Outrun 2

Thats a really hard question but a good one

[DomsBeard]

Super Mario World was nearly one of mine but went for 64 instead.

[AndyKurosaki]

I'd go with Final Fantasy 7, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Resident Evil 4.

[JaySevenZero]

Heavy Rain - only I would just want the erase bit and leave it at that!

[DomsBeard]

Final Fantasy VII is a great shout.

[DomsBeard]

Heavy Rain - only I would just want the erase bit and leave it at that!

I think I'm the only person who loved Heavy Rain

[RoboticMonk3y]

Halo 4, the game broke my heart...


...but i'd probably end up playing it through again.

[Todinho]

definitely 1-Bioshock- seeing rapture again for the first time would be awesome
2-Resident evil-get rid of my childhood view of the game and judge it "fairly"
3-MGS4-a little bit of the 2 above,seeing those great moments again and playing it for the first time without the 2008 hype i was at.

[Guy_JD]

Lot of people saying Bioshock, I've still not played it even though I have 1 and 2 sitting in my steam library, must make time to play it

[NokkonWud]

BioShock

I honestly think that's it. There was just something about that game.

[DomsBeard]

Went to buy Bioshock to play it before the show the other day at CEX for £5 but magically it had gone up to £8 at the tills, I'm that tight I left it and currently looking on eBay.

[PressEscToExit]

I'm gonna go with....

1. Metroid Prime
2. Tomb Raider
3. Final Fantasy 7

Numbers 1 and 2 in particular, I find it difficult to explain to people exactly how they made me feel the first time around. Isolated and vulnerable but at the same time brave and empowered. You're exploring these spaces where nobody's set foot for hundreds of years and you can sort of feel the weight of all the time that's passed, and all the things that might have happened there.

Endless Ocean and Dear Esther manage to do something similar to a limited degree, but neither have any real sense of danger and they miss the wee spark of confidence (almost arrogance) of a preternaturally capable lead character like Lara or Samus.

Great topic!