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I want to try and play some more games. That feels more fulfilling if you play games that you can finish and be done with.

So what are some good games that have zero (or close to zero perhaps) replayability? I'll start with my own suggestions:

  • Return of the Obra Dinn: Amazing mystery/detective game. However once you've played it, you basically can't play it again as you remember the solution already and the challenge of the game is trivialized.
  • Chants of Sennaar: Really great game about deciphering languages. However, once again, by playing the game once, you'll remember the languages and the game has no challenge any more.
  • Outer Wilds: Mystery adventure game. There is some replayability as there are perhaps areas that you can still explore, but largely once you figure out the mystery and complete the game, there's not much more to experience. Some people speedrun the game though.

All of the above games I value extremely highly even though I only played them ~8-10 hours.

Do you have any others?

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[–] MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] farcaller@fstab.sh 2 points 9 months ago

I replayed it the other week after not touching it since the original release. Was fun. I managed to forget a bunch of puzzles, and the new graphics made it fun to just explore the Ages.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does it hold up?

I never played Myst as a kid but when I tried it a few years ago, the puzzles seem really hard and abstract by today's standards.

And I played a LOT of point and click games, and most I can solve without a walkthrough. But the 15 mins in Myst felt like I need to play it with a guide.

[–] MarauderIIC@dormi.zone 2 points 9 months ago

I haven't played it in a while but I did watch a playthrough recently and I don't think there was any guessing necessary or anything.