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What are some good games with zero replayability? (feddit.dk)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Am I the only one who just plays any given game once?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I only play games you can't really finish.
My favorites are Crusader Kings 3, Kerbal Space Program, Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress and Euro Truck Simulator 2.
I struggle to define what "playing it once" would even mean in those games.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean there's games like... Minecraft that I certainly have played many, many times for many hours with lots of different combinations of mods. That's repayable to the max.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes that's a good point. I don't have a lot of time to play so I try to stick with shorter games as you said in the post. Even if there is replayability I just drop it after I finish it the first time. For that reason I don't play stuff like Minecraft and also rarely open worlds, I've played a few but try to stick to the main story

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super Mario Bros 3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After getting through the last castle, I never wanted to play it again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Madness! I've played it so many times

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, in the same way that some people only watch movies once, or read books once.

Speaking for myself, I've found only a small handful of games are worth my replay time, and most of them are Mass Effect...