Y'know, I kinda disagree that video games *need* an incentive for replays, at least in the way I see that being brought up. In my eyes, if the game is good, and I want to get better at it or just experience it again, I'm gonna want to replay it. No life system or achievements needed. - ThreadSky

524caret.bsky.social • 39 days ago

Y'know, I kinda disagree that video games *need* an incentive for replays, at least in the way I see that being brought up.

In my eyes, if the game is good, and I want to get better at it or just experience it again, I'm gonna want to replay it. No life system or achievements needed.

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1storderwizard.bsky.social•39 days ago

I have to say I think the Hitman series has done it exceptionally well. Yes the rewards are there with them, but the game itself it just structured so that repeat plays are always going to be different and the game itself is so much fun figuring out different crazy ways to play it

nyanyanpower.bsky.social•39 days ago

i 100% agree with you 👏

dblcliq.bsky.social•39 days ago

It’s like a old friend, a refuge into something familiar, you feel secure & at ease with it. I’m on AB Pop level 4440, haven’t paid a dime, cuss when it cheats, & every day is a new puzzle.. No Sound, of course..

cognizantpixels.bsky.social•39 days ago

Totally agree. My favorite games are ones that I replayed purely because of how good they are

seena-swg.bsky.social•39 days ago

Agreed. I rarely want/need to replay a game. Too many other games need playing!

tolrag.bsky.social•39 days ago

I kinda agree but not entirely. Sometimes I really liked a game and just want a reason to motivate me doing it again, and having a new game + system or any slight change could be it

tiffany-greeneyes.bsky.social•39 days ago

It’s also ok to just play a game once, but honestly, I don’t know if I’ll ever be done playing BG3 because the replay-ability is so strong. Talking with friends, it is insane how different our paths were. It took time getting used to there not being an easily right answer, but now I love it!

manaclehigh.bsky.social•39 days ago

I think of it as a really good book. Sure I know what happens at the end but it's the story and the small details you find after each playthrough/read.

I keep playing final fantasy 9 and final fantasy tactics every year.

nossemanden.bsky.social•39 days ago

Replayability is a nice to have, not a must.

Some games just don’t lend themselves to replayed and that’s okay, some games are built around it, and that’s ok.

caprahircus.bsky.social•39 days ago

This is how I was playing Mass Effect 3. Just replayed through it over and over again, making the same choices and using the same loadout, simply because it was just fun to play

ironedsleeper.bsky.social•39 days ago

Yeah if a game is good Ill play it again. New game plus and similar stuff can be nice but its not at all mandatory to make a game inherently replayable

coolnessmario.bsky.social•39 days ago

owdoo.com•39 days ago

I don’t intend for any of the games I make to be replayable. If someone plays it once, I’m happy. If someone likes it enough to want to replay it, that’s awesome. Then again, I don’t (yet) charge for any of my games, because I know they are crap 😎

tea-nerd-22.bsky.social•39 days ago

I like achievements because they can be fun when done well, but not as some sort of inducement for multiple play throughs.

wuutguy.bsky.social•39 days ago

see: Outer Wilds. There is 0 replayability, but it remains the best game I've ever played.

richservo.bsky.social•39 days ago

Achievements are for the completions endorphin hits. I couldn’t care less about them if they don’t contribute to the game.

gull.bsky.social•39 days ago

I never replay RE4 with NG+ on cause the balance just feels wrong, it's a game I could play from scratch endlessly cause it's tuned SO well

blackblooms.bsky.social•39 days ago

a diversity of routes and options is good to create immediate replay value, but any game thats good enough will inherently be replayable, as long as some time passes first.

The bigger issue is when games have "anti-replay value" where some parts are so annoying, they make you go "hmmm maybe not"

524caret.bsky.social•39 days ago

snorlexander.bsky.social•39 days ago

A sort of new game plus would be a nice option, since it took me hours to accrue everything, but it's not necessary. There's plenty of games I'll play twice in a row or even come back to later that don't have ng+.

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