Some games are just so good that fans wish they could play them for the first time all over again. Twitter user @LexiDarkk asked fellow gamers, “What's the game that you would erase your memory for and play like it's the first time?”
@LexiDarkk answered their own question with, “I don't need to do that, I literally remember nothing.” Other gamers replied to @LexiDarkk in the thread with their all-time favorites.
1. Bioshock Infinite
@MollyDaTrolley answered, “HMMMMMM Bioshock infinite. I would’ve said Bioshock 1 but the twist was more obvious than infinite. When it was revealed in infinite it blew my tiny mind and I had to turn it off.”
2. Final Fantasy 15
@Amused_wolve24 shared, “I would say Final Fantasy 15. I want to relive the magic like I first did. I’ve never played a FF game before and I decided to play it. I was hooked so much into it and the anime episodes and the prequel movie. I cried so hard at the end and it stayed with me for a long time.”
3. Horizon Zero Dawn
@elhaime responded, “I'd love to forget Horizon Zero Dawn and experience that story again for the 1st time, I simply loved it and was so surprised.”
4. Silent Hill 2 or The Cat Lady
@ConorMODonovan added, “Either Silent Hill 2 or The Cat Lady. I can't think of many other games where the narrative had such an effect on me.”
5. Bloodborne
@SnugglyBunnie said, “Probably Bloodborne. It's my favorite and first game by Fromsoft I played.”
“Nothing like playing for the first time and trying to open a door just to get spooked by an invisible bug on the wall that you didn't know was a thing and squashed like a grape.”
6. Witcher 3 and Elden Ring
@CapAtomyc replied, “Witcher 3, and honestly Elden Ring now as well. I loved not knowing what I was going to run into.”
7. Sekiro
@Huggable Hipster shared, “Ooof that’s tough. Probably Sekiro. That was such a special experience.”
8. Subnautica
@KryzKyle answered, “Most recently that'd have to be Subnautica. The fear of the unknown and mystery of the planet was so much fun.”
9. Fifa 12
@barrington2022 responded, “I’d probably have to got with fifa 12.”
10. Powerwash Simulator
@nosleep1138 chimed in with, “Powerwash Simulator. You never get that first wash back.”
11. Ghost of Tsushima
@payasomax420 added, “Ghost of Tsushima! For sure!”
12. Gris
@ashtaf130 said, “Gris. It's a game I loved playing and I played it at a very formative point in my life and it's given me the same feeling Spiritfarer has, just a bit more… Bleak? It's literally about grief but it made me cry twice and sent goosebumps down my spine at so many points.”
13. Grandia
@VarletFox responded, “I would have to go with Grandia from the ps1, it was the first game I played with some form of voice acting and its story is incredibly beautiful.”
14. Silent Hill
@PricePartDeux replied, “The original Silent Hill. No game ever impacted me like that one. I found SH2 a huge step down on account of not actually being even a tiny bit scary. Still good, but not scary.”
15. Jedi: Fallen Order
@reaperthecat418 shared, “I’d love to be able to experience all my favorite games for the first time again but the one that sticks in my mind recently is Jedi: Fallen Order. I went in totally blind and there are some moments that really dropped my jaw.”
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