# Do you Replay games? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 5, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829 "2012-03-05T16:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829/21 "2012-03-21T21:08:07Z")
Yes all the time, I love replaying games. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829/22 "2012-03-22T00:36:40Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > Yes. I also re-read books and re-watch movies and TV series, though. Ditto. I love re-living experiences and knowing what is going to happen can be part of the pleasure for me. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829/23 "2012-03-22T02:38:53Z")
More and more rarely, as my backlog of unplayed games gets ever longer. Generally I only replay RPGs with stories I liked such as Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Fallout (just 1 and 2), KOTR, Alpha Protocol, Baldur’s Gate, Planescape: Torment. Usually this is sparked by a sequel coming out and it’ll be a few years between playthroughs. The Europa Universalis games are the only big exception I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829/24 "2012-03-22T16:20:53Z")
> [@Kiros](#): > > Yes. I also re-read books and re-watch movies and TV series, though. Here’s what’s funny: I love to rewatch movies and reread books. I have seen some movies in nearly triple digit numbers of times (yeah, Star Wars) and there was period of about ten years where I reread The Stand every year once a year but yet, like I said in OP I find replaying games tedious. Not sure why I find that different. Maybe the active component of the game playing. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829/25 "2012-03-22T16:25:36Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I have a few that I want to replay (Dragon Age: Origins, Stalker: SoC, Skyrim) but don’t know if I will just because I have too many other games to get through. Still, DA:O was one of my favorite gaming experiences so maybe I’ll make time for it with a different race/sex/skill set-up. As an update, I restarted DA:O a few days ago. Male dwarf rogue instead of female human fighter. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829/26 "2012-03-24T12:02:28Z")
Not to replay it through differently, but sure to play an old retro game that I barely remember. I might play through a small bit to get to something I missed, as long as I can get back there quickly, but if it takes any real effort, I’ll just go online and find someone whose already done it and watch a video. Heck, I often do that to games I haven’t finished yet, as I’m not a good gamer, and only like gaming insofar as it adds a feeling of interactivity to the story. I don’t like it to actually be very challenging at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-replay-games/614829.md?page=1)