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(Saw this question asked on another popular link aggregation website and it got me thinking)

If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would you choose? This might be because you want to do it all again, or because you don't think you got enough out of it the first time. It could be experiencing the game exactly as you were back then, or experiencing a game with what you know now.

For me, it's Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, experienced exactly as I was back in 1991.

Nothing comes close to how jaw-droppingly amazed I was by that opening sequence. The epic orchestral score, the cinematic rainstorm, creeping around in the dark... it was a generational leap above anything I'd played on 8-bit computers and consoles, and even the Megadrive. I'd love to play it again without thirty plus years of Nintendo/Zelda knowledge, or without knowing about the dark world.

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[–] Sunroc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Final fantasy tactics, or 7.

[–] davemeech@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Both of those were game changers for me too. I had a PlayStation 1 memory card with just Squaresoft games. Absolute golden age.

For these though, I would alter the original question to be if I could relive playing this game for the first time at the time that I did. If I tried them for the first time now I'm certain I'd find both to be antiquated.

[–] Sunroc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you play tactics ogre before then FFT is cutting edge. Lol

[–] davemeech@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Haha, no kidding!