You ever have that irresistible urge to play something you’ve not played in forever? I’m not even talking about a personal favorite or anything. For example, it’s no surprise that every now and then I sit down and play through Suikoden II, because it’s my favorite game ever and I personally rate it somewhere between ascending to Godhood and living in a world populated only by uncontrollably horny clones of Christina Hendricks. Similarly there are games like WoW which have a habit of sucking one back in every now and then, even when you know you should know better.
Sometimes though the game you feel compelled to play is something you acclaim quite a bit less, or something that while you like it, you’ve not touched it for many years and there is no reason whatsoever for it to pop into your head as something that needs to be played right now. I’ve recently been feeling the need to play Front Mission 3, and I remember once absolutely having to play Vagrant Story – a game I don’t even like very much! – a feeling that didn’t go away until I bought a copy of the thing and played it.
Do you guys ever have weird compulsions to play games, perhaps ones you’ve not touched in years or weren’t terribly impressed by?
Wing Commander. The original.
The Dark Forces Star Wars games for PC. Probably the first PC game I played to completion, even if they did make me motion-sick. Looking back, the story and graphics were equally terrible, but they scratch my nostalgia itch so well that I don’t seem to notice.
I’ve been having a hard time resisting to urge to play Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, as the PC port of it is terrible! Maybe it’ll be better now that I’ve gotten a gamepad :]
But yeah, this game – it’s calling to me :/
Runescape? *hangs head in shame*
Pokemon – Pearl version XD
Oh my god, I LOVED Front Mission 3. Being able to customize those wanzers in just about every conceivable way was awesome. I just might have to look into ways of getting an original Playstation and that game again… Oh hey, there ya go. Compulsion to play a game due to nostalgia.
So I finally gave into my compulsion and ‘obtained’ a method to play FM 3. I play for a hour and the game freezes. FFFFFFFFUUUUUUU-
I’m with you on Front Mission 3. I play through that game once every 2 years I think.
PS: you made me want to redo Suikoden 2