I would really love getting to play Bioshock for the 1st time again. Every time I think about that ending I get blown away by how brilliant it was and would love to experience it again
Came to say this, the ending was crazy, but the most awe-inspiring, mouth gaping moment for me was the initial reveal of rapture. I had rented the game at the time and not heard of it. Didn’t know it existed in this incredible underwater art-deco city 🌃
I have played it recently for the first time and can vouch for your every word. It's an amazing experience, and I went on to complete Bioshock 2 and just started Infinite 😁👍
Outer Wilds, hands down. There are so many games I would like to play for the first time again, but Outer Wilds is an entirely different thing, because it is kinda impossible to replay, because you already know the solution to the entire game/puzzle.
The Outer Wilds passed the first TWD Telltale season as my favorite game to watch people who don’t know what’s going to happen play it. Such an incredible game that I couldn’t recommend enough
This! Outer Wilds is one of the few games that you just can't play again. The mystery is the whole game, you can't just replay it and have the same experience.
For me, it's either Horizon Zero Dawn (encountering each machine for the first time is so awesome) or Playdead's Inside because going into that game blind is such an *experience*
Bloodborne, hands down. Absolutely my favourite game ever. First fromsoftware game and will never forget learning to 'git gud'. Have gone on to platinum all their games now. Best developer, not a bad game i can think of.
It happened the same here. And I was one of the biggest haters of souls games and Bloodborne... How ignorant I was. After all the struggle in Yarnham, I platinumed all other FS games since DS and now looking forward to complete my duties from Feb 22nd on.
Mine is Dark Souls, got plat on all the Souls games, got a ps5 to play Demon's Souls again (my first from soft game in 2010 after reading, and taking a punt on Demon's Souls). It's one of only a handful of games where I've wiped some tears away when I've finished and I've been gaming 34 years, never thought I'd finish it at times, had tried so hard, got stuck so many times, used guides, beat Ornstein and Smough with Solaire to even the odds, did all the other bosses solo cos I like to finish those games solo. I was proud, happy, sad and buzzing all at once when I finished that game, the ending credits music is awesome. For beautiful, dark, similar music there will be closer but check out Amber Asylum's album Sin Eater! Enjoy Elden Ring too, I'm counting down the days
Fallout 3 for me. First time I played it, the 50’s setting and music, the vats system, my mind was at awe. I remember the first time when I first arrived in the DC area, I exited this subway tunnel and there was this tall building in front of me with a horde of super mutants hold up inside. I got close to the building and blam, the super mutants started shooting at me, I took cover and began using the VATS targeting system to take them out individually, while my pipboy played, “I don’t want to set the world on fire.” Truly an amazing game and an amazing experience.
I played it once in 2018 and thought it was pretty awesome, and played it a second time just last week, and I gotta say it was even better on the second time!
NieR Automata... completed 4 times on PS4, twice on PC but nothing felt like that 1st time getting to know the characters, discovering the lore, the enviroments... the music, but mostly because the rollercoster of emotions while playing...
I’d do nearly anything to replay that game with no memory of it, especially the boss in the circus. The music in that area is probably some of the best I’ve ever heard in a game and fits the atmosphere so well.
Life is Strange. It's not the greatest game or even my favorite game, but it was the right game at the right time. An absolutely perfect experience that I'd love to do again for the first time.
Absolutely agree. Not a perfect game by any means, but one of the rare ones where the characters are brought to life so much that they feel like people you've met in real life.. maybe in a past life, it's really an amazing experience.
This might just be my tendency to overthink things, but I don't think I'd want to forget about any of my favourite games for fear I wouldn't like them as much next time. As much as I love Metal Gear Solid 2, or Deadly Premonition, or Max Payne 2, or 999, or Disco Elysium et al., I can't help worrying my love for them was at least in part a product of the time when I first played them. Maybe the final case of the third Ace Attorney game wouldn't resonate with me as much now as it did in 2008. It probably wouldn't. I doubt it would. My memories can stay, I think.
I agree. Deleting a game only makes sense when the opportunity of shock in watching the game unfold is more valuable to the play experience than the certainty of your memory of it.
Horizon Zero Dawn, of course. The first time you enter a cauldron completely disoriented by the new environment. Finding out what the Faro to plague would do. The last scene with the alphas. 16x playthroughs and counting.
We spend decades with Kratos... but just to relive the section in God of War "Hello, Old Friend" once more. I think we've all go a soft spot for Kratos now, and he's tried so hard to grow, only for him to have to go back to his past to save his son. Tingles.
Outer Wilds [ not to be confused with outer worlds ] all the progression is based on knowledge, so it is extremely prone to spoilers. This also gives it no replay value. It's a game you can't experience again
For me it has to be Skyrim. I love that there are modders out there that give us new quests. Edith Finch left me with a mixed bag of emotions. It was brilliant though.
I've never played a Yakuza game. I heard they were good but I'm not much for JRPG's, unless it's Pokémon or Final Fantasy. Is Yakuza more JRPG or it's own thing entirely?
This is an easy one for me. It has to be Final Fantasy X. I love that game sooo much but to experience it again for the first time would be absolutely amazing! 🖤
What remains of Edith Finch is such an indescribable experience. I am not sure if I wanted to expirience such sadness again. Every one of those chapters will just stick in your memory for a very long time. The game is full of shock and grief, yet beautiful.
Probably The Witcher 3: wild hunt. Otherwise, if I could choose a series of games I'd definitely choose the Mass effect trilogy. Especially playing them remastered/re-released on PS5.
Shout out to Hollow Knight and to Ash for mentioning it!! I absolutely agree with Ash and this is also my answer to this question. That first play through of Hollow Knight is just so memerable! Obviously this is an amazing metroidvania game so definitely worth replaying, but I would give anything to just have a fresh encounter again. The combination of desperately want to explore but also so scared about the new enemies that always seem just ever so slightly overpowering is so perfectly balanced. Every time you got sent back to the bench by a new boss, you feel frustrated but also you always think "OK, I got to try a different strat this time." And that's how the game pulls you into it before you realize. Also Ash can we get a Hollow Knight PlatiMonday maybe? I know this is excruciatingly hard but speaking for all the hollow knight nerds out there we would really love to see it!!
That would be Yakuza 1 from the PS2 era (and the rest of the games that followed as a result) - I picked that game up on Christmas week when I wanted to play something new. I just saw this on the shelf - I had no feelings about it at the time except 'Oh it's set in Japan'. I just decided to get it with zero expectations. I did not sleep that night because I was so engaged with it - I can still hear the old background noise (hearing the occasional 'nii-san!' in the crowd), the footsteps Kiryu made, the sound effects when inputting the direction buttons and selecting items, the sound of money being added to your inventory, the music playing when you enter Shellac, the feel of Kamurocho back then with 'Unrest' playing.... haa. Lovely.
Skyrim for sure. To walk into skyrim for the first time was truly amazing for me. I'll never forget my first playthrough. All the dungeons and random stuff you can do and encounter. I am not what you would call a true gamer. I usually don't play alot. My brother is a true gamer and even he doesn't have as much unlocked on skyrim as I do. I just can't help but explore.
Same. Skyrim was just so enchanting on the first playtgrough because of the learning curve and discoveries you made. It's never really the same on the second playtgrough as you know what things are and where to go. It's that feeling of developing in a game that makes it special
Journey. I've never been so emotional playing any game. There's like no dialogue but you don't need it. Meeting someone else along the way and traveling with them to the end was great. I remember the first time I played someone showed me the way. Then when I played it again I found a new person and helped guide them. It's just a beautiful game.
For me it's Kingdom Come Deliverance. And a note telling me to play it in hardcore mode. It was the most immersive game I've ever played but somewhat ruined by the bugs and texture pop-ins.
Yakuza: Like a dragon is one of the few games that made me genuinely laugh and cry during my playthrough. Ichiban is one of the best video game protagonist I've ever witnessed
Resident Evil 2 Remake! The first time going through east and west hallways is the equivalent to a first time rollercoaster/haunted house experience...but as you play it over and over the adrenaline rush and scariness that was captured the first time becomes less and less. The first time playing it reignited my love for Capcom and RE not only that but left me in total awe of what a video game can be and how far we have come since 1998s version. Love you guys good topic
I would've chosen the original. It's my game to forget to experience again for over years. In fact I've discovered this concept of memory erasing just because I wanted to experience it without any previous knowledge.
I'm a big Borderlands fan, so for me the twist at the end of Tales From The Borderlands genuinely stunned me, been a long time since I genuinely felt my jaw drop.
One of the things I enjoyed about Yakuza: LaD was that you're not playing the standard JRPG angsty teens, but a group of like 40-50 year-olds. Just a nice departure from the genre norm
P.T. is also one I'd love to experience for the first time again, I still find the atmosphere creepy, but there was something terrifying about not knowing what it was and then stumbing on that big reveal.
Absolutely love the outtakes and bloopers at the end of these fantastic check lists. I could watch an entire video of nothing but those behind the scenes and blooper moments.
Bloodborne. 100%. No other game complete absorbed me into the exploration of a world quite like that game. The absolute dread of what's lurking around the next corner (that would most likely kill me) combined with the anticipation of there being a new lantern or shortcut there instead was unmatched.
A few nevers. The Last Guardian, because I’ve never been so completely wrecked by a videogame, emotionally. Persona 5 Royal, because I’ve never fallen so deeply in love with people who don’t exist. Bayonetta, because I’ve never felt like all my interests were cooked together to make a game just for me before. Transistor, because I’ve never felt more like a mad scientist in a videogame and I love it SO much for that.
Any KingdomHearts game starting from the first one. I was absolutely thrilled finding each new world and I loved the storyline and the characters and emotional memories. All the angst and sad fates of several characters and such. Also Dragonage games, Fallout series and Sly Cooper series.
Probably Mass Effect 2 for me. I remember how awed and giddy I was experiencing the suicide mission for the first time, I thought that entire final mission was _so cool_ and I would love to recapture that feeling.
I JUST finished ME2 on the Legendary Edition for the first time and I think I've never been so stressed during a video game mission, it was so nicely done.
I was waiting for Nath, as I relate to him the most as a gamer and kind of know his answer too. For both of Us, it would be "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt"...
Rob, I chose the same game to be erased from my memory tp be played again as you. It's such a delightful experience to play, even considering all of the sadness you experience during it. It's a wonderfully crafted experience and I loved every second of it.
Dead Space is my choice. Still one of the most atmospheric games I’ve ever played. Just might be the perfect horror game…minus the asteroid sequence of course…
I started playing 'Hollow Knight' after the halloween streams, thinking 'that platforming challenge doesn't look that hard - I'll give it a try'! I was very quickly proven wrong. I've never been so in love and so frustrated with a game before and everything Ash said here is spot on. I'm nearing the end of the game (I think) and am so sad it will be over... Also, that creepy sound Rob made in the outtakes will haunt my sleep.
I read somewhere that the grubs in the end of hollow knight don’t actually get eaten. Apparently the grub father is using his body as a cocoon for the grubs who will undergo metamorphosis. I think this is backed up by the name of the achievement you get called ‘metamorphosis’ or something, and also if you dream nail the grubfather when he’s in the cocoon state it says something that supports the theory
Hollow Knight is a great suggestion. I love that game so much!! What Remains of Edith Finch was also an emotional ride. Along those lines I would also recommend "Gone Home".
Heavy Rain dragged me and my emotions all over the room. To be fair, Quantic Dream is top notch at replayablity, but I'd never experienced a game and narrative quite like that in all my years of gaming. Truly special.
Oh man, I wish I could experience again my first play through of Dark Souls. Not even playing the other games In the series for the first time made me feel the same way.
Oblivion. Walking out of the sewers for the 1st time and realising this huge beautiful world is mine to explore and do what I want is favourite gaming experience ever!
I would play Disco Elysium over and over again if I could. The insanely strong writing, the gradual reveals, the twists at the end. The grand reveal: That you were a former gym teacher, and that explains all the running. I love the game to bits.
A tricky one! Mine might be Monster Hunter World. I remember saying to my friend 'I wonder if this'll give me my money''s worth'. The answer is most definitely. I've played it for over 900 hours over the past 2 years and I would do it again. Learn the game again, be afraid of the monsters again, get better at the game again, be charmed by the game's world, music and atmosphere again, fall in love with the game again, triumph in the game again, minmax the hell out of every possible set again, really start to get better at the game again, beginning to master a weapon again, learn to time my dodge rolls again, master each individual mechanic again, but still feel very humble about the game's depth it still has left for me to uncover, face defeat again, try again, and again and again, and finally defeat Fatalis again. I'd do it all over again from scratch if I could. Also grats for reading this far :p
She has to be one of the most adorable girls on earth, great to see more girls who genuinely love gaming and have grown up with it, when I was a teenager 25 years ago it was an extremely rare thing!
14.22 i have no idea of what just happened but i am crying of laughter. I've had a really difficult week and this just made everything better. I just love you guys!!
I'm erasing ALL Tom Raider games. I'd love to go from the very first to the last, experiencing them all for the first time again. Even the poor ones (Chronicles/Angel Of Darkness).
Agreed. I got the plat for it but after finishing it once I can't play it again. It's one of those games I always point whenever someone asked if video games are art
I 100% agree with Rob on this one. I was so blown away by what remains of edith finch that I literally put the controller down and just stared at the screen for like half an hour and was like woah....
Listening to Rob talk about What Remains of Edith Finch was so moving! I played it based on his recommendation so seeing him tear up made me tear up... Then the end of the video played and now I know he was tearing up because he was trying not to laugh. XD
I love games like Yakuza Like a Dragon because you get really into every single character in the game and it makes you feel like your getting to know them in real life even though its a video game but you get so connected with them 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
100% there with rosie, what an amazing game yakuza 7 is. I’ve been a yakuza fan for a while now but Like a Dragon somehow topped everything else. By fav my fav in the series
I’d say Nier Automata, Fallout NV, and Skyrim probably. Very different games but each were amazing in their own way playing it for the very first time that you can’t get in a second play through. Especially Nier Automata.
HK was my first thought, but there's tons of replayability there. The answer should be the game that gets the most out of the first play over any others. So my answer is Subnautica. We can all relate to the desperate feeling of being surrounded by the deep. Once you know the lay of the land, where to do and how to survive, and the reality that lies under each later of the onion, Subnautica loses almost all its power. It's a great game but almost all the enjoyment comes from exploration and discovery.
For me that is exactly what The Witness is. That first play through when you know absolutely nothing and you begin to unlock the rules of the various puzzles but only through trial and error and critical thinking. Also, the first environment puzzle you discover too!!
The first time playing fallout 3 back in 2008 will never be forgotten , but I do wish I could experience it again for the first time. Even just to behold the megaton explosion for tenpenny.
Any of the Final Fantasy games, Skyrim or Ghost of Tsushima. However I think the excitement hit new levels for me when I first booted up my PS5 and experienced Astro's Playroom for the first time. How it beautifully weaves into the tech within the dualsense and how it acts as a tutorial of sorts for the adaptive triggers will always remain in my memory. I would love to experience the thrill and excitement I felt of that all over again. Plus it was an introduction to next gen gaming 😁
Rosie’s love for Yakuza is truly adorable. I wish I had any interest in playing it, her enthusiasm almost makes me want to try it. My obvious choice would seem to be Red Dead Redemption 2 because it is my favorite game of all time. However, I still play it and love playing through it. I might have to choose Myst, so I could play it for the first time as an adult.
I just played/beat Hollow Knight for the first time and it's just as good as Ash says. SO atmospheric, amazing sound design (hearing Cornifer and the grubs or just listening to an acid pit pop and fizz), lots of secrets and a good challenge.
I would, 100%, choose Skyrim - especially if I was starting again right now. I still remember how it felt, heading to the block, then Alduin drops in. When I figured out how to equip spells - I like to go in to new games as "blind" as possible - crafted a potion, crafted Ebony gear etc etc. Lots and lots of hours, and great memories, that I'd happily do over again. If talking non Playstation games - Legend of Zelda: Link to the past, from the SNES (have it on the Wii for my kids to experience). That was the 1st game I didn't finish in a weekend, as a kid. Absolutely loved it.
Erase a game from my memory so I could experience it for the first time again? For me, that honor definitely goes to Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. The pure sense of exploration and adventure. The simple but oh-so-satisfying combat. The sense of comraderie you build with Castaway Village. Dana, one of my favorite video game characters ever. That godly soundtrack. I wouldn't mind forgetting all of that to experience it all for the first time again.
@@hamburglr1 It was for me, at least. I can't say if it'll have the same impact for you, but for me, Ys VIII is one of the finest Action RPGs I've ever played, and one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. I highly encourage you to give it another go. And if you do end up liking it, maybe check out some of Falcom's other games, like their Trails / Kiseki series, or Tokyo Xanadu, or the rest of the Ys games.
@@hamburglr1 Yes and yes. It does start a bit slow, but I promise it picks up speed later. The investment is 100% worth it, in my opinion. If you need any more reason, this is the only game I've platinumed _twice._ Once on PS4, and then again on my Vita.
Uncharted 4. It's the best game I ever played. It's so good that each time I play it it's like the first. So probably don't need to erase my memory for it.
Let's hear your choices then! What single game would you erase from your memory so that you could experience it, in full, all over again?
Red dead redemption 2
@@Die-Angst You can only pick one!
The witcher 3 wild Hunt!
Ghost of tsushima or uncharted 2
ONE?!?! ONLY ONE??? omg.
First thing that comes to mind is Horizon Zero DawnbutthenrightafterwouldbeOuterWilds
I would really love getting to play Bioshock for the 1st time again. Every time I think about that ending I get blown away by how brilliant it was and would love to experience it again
Came to say this, the ending was crazy, but the most awe-inspiring, mouth gaping moment for me was the initial reveal of rapture. I had rented the game at the time and not heard of it. Didn’t know it existed in this incredible underwater art-deco city 🌃
I have played it recently for the first time and can vouch for your every word. It's an amazing experience, and I went on to complete Bioshock 2 and just started Infinite 😁👍
The game was decent, not amazing but definitely worth a play
Outer Wilds, hands down. There are so many games I would like to play for the first time again, but Outer Wilds is an entirely different thing, because it is kinda impossible to replay, because you already know the solution to the entire game/puzzle.
The Outer Wilds passed the first TWD Telltale season as my favorite game to watch people who don’t know what’s going to happen play it. Such an incredible game that I couldn’t recommend enough
This! Outer Wilds is one of the few games that you just can't play again. The mystery is the whole game, you can't just replay it and have the same experience.
@@sirprintalot yeah, it's one GIANT puzzle of a game,
I haven’t played it yet. I am about to as soon as I finish Guardians of the Galaxy. I look forward to it.
For me, it's either Horizon Zero Dawn (encountering each machine for the first time is so awesome) or Playdead's Inside because going into that game blind is such an *experience*
I feel the same way, a beautiful game and I love the storyline
Inside and Limbo both great games
Horizon, irresepective of the bad publicity is a piece of art for me.
Uncharted 4 for me. That game was a surreal experience!
Bloodborne, hands down. Absolutely my favourite game ever. First fromsoftware game and will never forget learning to 'git gud'. Have gone on to platinum all their games now. Best developer, not a bad game i can think of.
Same for me. It's one, if not the best game ever made.
same, hopefully they can remaster this on ps5 and I'll buy it again
It’s definitely one my all time favorites. My favorite PS4 game. I wouldn’t mind playing it and Sekiro again for the first time.
It happened the same here. And I was one of the biggest haters of souls games and Bloodborne... How ignorant I was. After all the struggle in Yarnham, I platinumed all other FS games since DS and now looking forward to complete my duties from Feb 22nd on.
Mine is Dark Souls, got plat on all the Souls games, got a ps5 to play Demon's Souls again (my first from soft game in 2010 after reading, and taking a punt on Demon's Souls). It's one of only a handful of games where I've wiped some tears away when I've finished and I've been gaming 34 years, never thought I'd finish it at times, had tried so hard, got stuck so many times, used guides, beat Ornstein and Smough with Solaire to even the odds, did all the other bosses solo cos I like to finish those games solo. I was proud, happy, sad and buzzing all at once when I finished that game, the ending credits music is awesome. For beautiful, dark, similar music there will be closer but check out Amber Asylum's album Sin Eater! Enjoy Elden Ring too, I'm counting down the days
Fallout 3 for me. First time I played it, the 50’s setting and music, the vats system, my mind was at awe. I remember the first time when I first arrived in the DC area, I exited this subway tunnel and there was this tall building in front of me with a horde of super mutants hold up inside.
I got close to the building and blam, the super mutants started shooting at me, I took cover and began using the VATS targeting system to take them out individually, while my pipboy played, “I don’t want to set the world on fire.” Truly an amazing game and an amazing experience.
Can’t beat the atmosphere of fallout 3
Beat fallout 4 for the first time recently have new Vegas and 3 installed but haven't properly tried either yet
God of War 2018 for me. Experiencing that game for the first time was simply magical
ohh yess
I played it once in 2018 and thought it was pretty awesome, and played it a second time just last week, and I gotta say it was even better on the second time!
Finished it 5th times. Can't wait for ragnarok
NieR Automata... completed 4 times on PS4, twice on PC but nothing felt like that 1st time getting to know the characters, discovering the lore, the enviroments... the music, but mostly because the rollercoster of emotions while playing...
I’d do nearly anything to replay that game with no memory of it, especially the boss in the circus. The music in that area is probably some of the best I’ve ever heard in a game and fits the atmosphere so well.
Life is Strange.
It's not the greatest game or even my favorite game, but it was the right game at the right time. An absolutely perfect experience that I'd love to do again for the first time.
that first playthrough was amazing.
That'd be a contender for my game to forget too.
@@artfulscruff when you say it like that it makes it sound like you want to forget it because you hated it lol
@@bigboychris446 haha, no. That'd be Twin Mirror.
Absolutely agree. Not a perfect game by any means, but one of the rare ones where the characters are brought to life so much that they feel like people you've met in real life.. maybe in a past life, it's really an amazing experience.
This might just be my tendency to overthink things, but I don't think I'd want to forget about any of my favourite games for fear I wouldn't like them as much next time. As much as I love Metal Gear Solid 2, or Deadly Premonition, or Max Payne 2, or 999, or Disco Elysium et al., I can't help worrying my love for them was at least in part a product of the time when I first played them. Maybe the final case of the third Ace Attorney game wouldn't resonate with me as much now as it did in 2008. It probably wouldn't. I doubt it would. My memories can stay, I think.
That's a really interesting take. Thanks for sharing, Mikeoneus!
@@PlayStationAccess thank you playstation access
I agree. Deleting a game only makes sense when the opportunity of shock in watching the game unfold is more valuable to the play experience than the certainty of your memory of it.
Horizon Zero Dawn, of course. The first time you enter a cauldron completely disoriented by the new environment. Finding out what the Faro to plague would do. The last scene with the alphas. 16x playthroughs and counting.
We spend decades with Kratos... but just to relive the section in God of War "Hello, Old Friend" once more.
I think we've all go a soft spot for Kratos now, and he's tried so hard to grow, only for him to have to go back to his past to save his son.
Tingles.
I choose Dark Souls and Horizon:Zero Dawn. I loved exploring those games and being surprised by the lore of the worlds.
Yes! Couldn’t agree more
Hzd 😳 damn you've been deprived of good games
Outer Wilds [ not to be confused with outer worlds ] all the progression is based on knowledge, so it is extremely prone to spoilers. This also gives it no replay value. It's a game you can't experience again
For me it has to be Skyrim. I love that there are modders out there that give us new quests. Edith Finch left me with a mixed bag of emotions. It was brilliant though.
Rosie's description of Like A Dragon was so heartwarming; she's convinced me to get the game!
You won’t regret it! It’s a phenomenal game ^-^ hope u enjoy!
@@BenAstridge cheers Ben!
Rosie already made me buy the game, lol. I haven't started it yet
@@BenAstridge I got it a couple of weeks ago and always ask myself why I didn't buy it immediately at release. So much fun.
I've never played a Yakuza game. I heard they were good but I'm not much for JRPG's, unless it's Pokémon or Final Fantasy. Is Yakuza more JRPG or it's own thing entirely?
This is an easy one for me. It has to be Final Fantasy X. I love that game sooo much but to experience it again for the first time would be absolutely amazing! 🖤
What remains of Edith Finch is such an indescribable experience. I am not sure if I wanted to expirience such sadness again. Every one of those chapters will just stick in your memory for a very long time. The game is full of shock and grief, yet beautiful.
Probably The Witcher 3: wild hunt. Otherwise, if I could choose a series of games I'd definitely choose the Mass effect trilogy. Especially playing them remastered/re-released on PS5.
Literally both my answers
Exactly! Took the words right out of my mouth!
For me, it is either The Witcher 3 or Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Shout out to Hollow Knight and to Ash for mentioning it!! I absolutely agree with Ash and this is also my answer to this question. That first play through of Hollow Knight is just so memerable! Obviously this is an amazing metroidvania game so definitely worth replaying, but I would give anything to just have a fresh encounter again.
The combination of desperately want to explore but also so scared about the new enemies that always seem just ever so slightly overpowering is so perfectly balanced. Every time you got sent back to the bench by a new boss, you feel frustrated but also you always think "OK, I got to try a different strat this time." And that's how the game pulls you into it before you realize.
Also Ash can we get a Hollow Knight PlatiMonday maybe? I know this is excruciatingly hard but speaking for all the hollow knight nerds out there we would really love to see it!!
That would be Yakuza 1 from the PS2 era (and the rest of the games that followed as a result) - I picked that game up on Christmas week when I wanted to play something new. I just saw this on the shelf - I had no feelings about it at the time except 'Oh it's set in Japan'. I just decided to get it with zero expectations. I did not sleep that night because I was so engaged with it - I can still hear the old background noise (hearing the occasional 'nii-san!' in the crowd), the footsteps Kiryu made, the sound effects when inputting the direction buttons and selecting items, the sound of money being added to your inventory, the music playing when you enter Shellac, the feel of Kamurocho back then with 'Unrest' playing.... haa. Lovely.
Skyrim for sure. To walk into skyrim for the first time was truly amazing for me. I'll never forget my first playthrough. All the dungeons and random stuff you can do and encounter. I am not what you would call a true gamer. I usually don't play alot. My brother is a true gamer and even he doesn't have as much unlocked on skyrim as I do. I just can't help but explore.
Same. Skyrim was just so enchanting on the first playtgrough because of the learning curve and discoveries you made. It's never really the same on the second playtgrough as you know what things are and where to go. It's that feeling of developing in a game that makes it special
Journey. I've never been so emotional playing any game. There's like no dialogue but you don't need it. Meeting someone else along the way and traveling with them to the end was great. I remember the first time I played someone showed me the way. Then when I played it again I found a new person and helped guide them. It's just a beautiful game.
For me it's Kingdom Come Deliverance. And a note telling me to play it in hardcore mode. It was the most immersive game I've ever played but somewhat ruined by the bugs and texture pop-ins.
Personally i have to say the witcher 3 wild hunt (and the dlc) genuinly such an amazing experience
You already know it
One from the vaults: The Secret of Monkey Island
great pick. curse of monkey islands.
Classic classic.
Yes! This one!
Yakuza: Like a dragon is one of the few games that made me genuinely laugh and cry during my playthrough. Ichiban is one of the best video game protagonist I've ever witnessed
I agree hard ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍
Resident Evil 2 Remake! The first time going through east and west hallways is the equivalent to a first time rollercoaster/haunted house experience...but as you play it over and over the adrenaline rush and scariness that was captured the first time becomes less and less. The first time playing it reignited my love for Capcom and RE not only that but left me in total awe of what a video game can be and how far we have come since 1998s version. Love you guys good topic
I would've chosen the original. It's my game to forget to experience again for over years. In fact I've discovered this concept of memory erasing just because I wanted to experience it without any previous knowledge.
Rosie is like a wind up toy when you mention "Like a Dragon", you can't stop her until the string has fully recoiled XD
I'm a big Borderlands fan, so for me the twist at the end of Tales From The Borderlands genuinely stunned me, been a long time since I genuinely felt my jaw drop.
One of the things I enjoyed about Yakuza: LaD was that you're not playing the standard JRPG angsty teens, but a group of like 40-50 year-olds. Just a nice departure from the genre norm
P.T. is also one I'd love to experience for the first time again, I still find the atmosphere creepy, but there was something terrifying about not knowing what it was and then stumbing on that big reveal.
Absolutely love the outtakes and bloopers at the end of these fantastic check lists. I could watch an entire video of nothing but those behind the scenes and blooper moments.
Bloodborne. 100%.
No other game complete absorbed me into the exploration of a world quite like that game. The absolute dread of what's lurking around the next corner (that would most likely kill me) combined with the anticipation of there being a new lantern or shortcut there instead was unmatched.
A few nevers.
The Last Guardian, because I’ve never been so completely wrecked by a videogame, emotionally.
Persona 5 Royal, because I’ve never fallen so deeply in love with people who don’t exist.
Bayonetta, because I’ve never felt like all my interests were cooked together to make a game just for me before.
Transistor, because I’ve never felt more like a mad scientist in a videogame and I love it SO much for that.
oh man what a great question! i'd have to say either Dead Space or Fallout New Vegas. possibly even Enter the Gungeon
What Remains of Edith Finch. Loved it so much I bought the vinyl. I agree with Rob about game of the generation. Great choice! 🖤
I am not sure if I wanted to experience it again. It's beautiful and magical, yes. But also dark and full of grief and sadness.
Any KingdomHearts game starting from the first one. I was absolutely thrilled finding each new world and I loved the storyline and the characters and emotional memories. All the angst and sad fates of several characters and such. Also Dragonage games, Fallout series and Sly Cooper series.
Undoubtedly, Outer Wilds.
God I love that game.
Got to be Persona 5 tied extreamly closely with Bloodborne. Both amazing experiences
Persona 5 Royal, I've completed it 4 times and I wish I could re experience that magic again.
Im playing my first persona game now. P4G. Have you played this one as well?
You could play the non-Royal version if you haven’t already. 🙂
@@bobthecrazydog2273 Done that twice as well 😂
@@l3loodyfingers I actually have not...
When Rosy started to say, "It made me feel like..." I continued to say "like a dragon".
Probably Mass Effect 2 for me. I remember how awed and giddy I was experiencing the suicide mission for the first time, I thought that entire final mission was _so cool_ and I would love to recapture that feeling.
I JUST finished ME2 on the Legendary Edition for the first time and I think I've never been so stressed during a video game mission, it was so nicely done.
Thank you Rob!!! I am so glad someone else felt as surprised by the transformation when the game kicked off as I was.
What an experience!!!
For me it's the first inFAMOUS game 😍
That first button push! 😍
Like A Dragon's ending... That hit my core. It felt very real
If I could forget a game to experience it over again it would definitely be the original Bioshock
I was waiting for Nath, as I relate to him the most as a gamer and kind of know his answer too. For both of Us, it would be "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt"...
Rob, I chose the same game to be erased from my memory tp be played again as you. It's such a delightful experience to play, even considering all of the sadness you experience during it. It's a wonderfully crafted experience and I loved every second of it.
The Walking Dead Season 1. The way I felt the entire time playing episode 5 was unlike any other gaming experience
12:35 Rosie's grub noise impression is on point!!! 🤣
For myself it would be either God of War, Ghost of Tsushima or Skyrim
Dead Space is my choice. Still one of the most atmospheric games I’ve ever played. Just might be the perfect horror game…minus the asteroid sequence of course…
Neir: Automata for me; closely followed by Horizon: Zero Dawn.
This is what I was looking for. After playing Nier Automata I truly felt like a changed person.
The Mass Effect Trilogy. Nothing has come close really. Maybe the Arkham series.
But if you could pick only one individual game, what would you choose? It's a tough one!
@@PlayStationAccess That really is a tough choice. But if I have to.... Mass Effect 2.
I started playing 'Hollow Knight' after the halloween streams, thinking 'that platforming challenge doesn't look that hard - I'll give it a try'! I was very quickly proven wrong. I've never been so in love and so frustrated with a game before and everything Ash said here is spot on. I'm nearing the end of the game (I think) and am so sad it will be over...
Also, that creepy sound Rob made in the outtakes will haunt my sleep.
I read somewhere that the grubs in the end of hollow knight don’t actually get eaten. Apparently the grub father is using his body as a cocoon for the grubs who will undergo metamorphosis. I think this is backed up by the name of the achievement you get called ‘metamorphosis’ or something, and also if you dream nail the grubfather when he’s in the cocoon state it says something that supports the theory
Was looking for this comment, I wish the Access team would read it :) The theory is that the father is actually sacrificing himself for his children!
Portal 2 - if only to get a go at puzzles that I know like the back of my hand.
I have not finished watching and already 100% agree with Rob. Great choice.
Hollow Knight is a great suggestion. I love that game so much!!
What Remains of Edith Finch was also an emotional ride. Along those lines I would also recommend "Gone Home".
So I work Tuesdays through Saturdays so the fact y’all do Tuesday checklists on a Wednesday really makes sense for me 😅
Heavy Rain dragged me and my emotions all over the room. To be fair, Quantic Dream is top notch at replayablity, but I'd never experienced a game and narrative quite like that in all my years of gaming. Truly special.
Oh man, I wish I could experience again my first play through of Dark Souls. Not even playing the other games In the series for the first time made me feel the same way.
So true. The first ever From Software game is life changing.
I haven't played any dark souls yet, is it good?
Going back a bit but it was released on the Playstation: Riven (the sequel to Myst). Still the best game I have ever played.
Oblivion. Walking out of the sewers for the 1st time and realising this huge beautiful world is mine to explore and do what I want is favourite gaming experience ever!
I had trouble deciding between Oblivion and Skyrim 😅
@@naji_aka_Tracey skyrim was too bleak and depression. I experience that on a daily basis here in cold damp uk 🤣
I would play Disco Elysium over and over again if I could. The insanely strong writing, the gradual reveals, the twists at the end. The grand reveal: That you were a former gym teacher, and that explains all the running.
I love the game to bits.
A tricky one! Mine might be Monster Hunter World. I remember saying to my friend 'I wonder if this'll give me my money''s worth'. The answer is most definitely. I've played it for over 900 hours over the past 2 years and I would do it again. Learn the game again, be afraid of the monsters again, get better at the game again, be charmed by the game's world, music and atmosphere again, fall in love with the game again, triumph in the game again, minmax the hell out of every possible set again, really start to get better at the game again, beginning to master a weapon again, learn to time my dodge rolls again, master each individual mechanic again, but still feel very humble about the game's depth it still has left for me to uncover, face defeat again, try again, and again and again, and finally defeat Fatalis again. I'd do it all over again from scratch if I could. Also grats for reading this far :p
I will tell ya I tried to get into it with my friend and we just couldn’t :(
Final Fantasy 7 original or Final Fantasy 10
Rosie’s gushing endorsement for Yakuza: Like a Dragon is all I needed to hear
She has to be one of the most adorable girls on earth, great to see more girls who genuinely love gaming and have grown up with it, when I was a teenager 25 years ago it was an extremely rare thing!
I played what remains of Edith Finch because of Rob's suggestion. He is so right about this game, it's amazing!
14.22 i have no idea of what just happened but i am crying of laughter. I've had a really difficult week and this just made everything better. I just love you guys!!
Definitely Fallout 3. That game was immense when I first played it. 👌🏻
I'm erasing ALL Tom Raider games. I'd love to go from the very first to the last, experiencing them all for the first time again. Even the poor ones (Chronicles/Angel Of Darkness).
Gone Home and Firewatch - Both games I adore but will never be able to get that perfect experience from before now I know the endings.
Rob's choice is on point... that game can't be replayed, honestly. So amazing.
Agreed. I got the plat for it but after finishing it once I can't play it again. It's one of those games I always point whenever someone asked if video games are art
Witcher 3, hands down, before I even watch the video.
I 100% agree with Rob on this one. I was so blown away by what remains of edith finch that I literally put the controller down and just stared at the screen for like half an hour and was like woah....
Listening to Rob talk about What Remains of Edith Finch was so moving! I played it based on his recommendation so seeing him tear up made me tear up...
Then the end of the video played and now I know he was tearing up because he was trying not to laugh. XD
Not surprised by Rosie's choice, if this keeps up I may have to add it to my library. One of the most enjoyable vids this year
I love games like Yakuza Like a Dragon because you get really into every single character in the game and it makes you feel like your getting to know them in real life even though its a video game but you get so connected with them 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I only realised the 2nd playthrough of edith finch that Unfinished swan is linked to it by one character. Both amazing games.
100% there with rosie, what an amazing game yakuza 7 is. I’ve been a yakuza fan for a while now but Like a Dragon somehow topped everything else. By fav my fav in the series
I’d say Nier Automata, Fallout NV, and Skyrim probably. Very different games but each were amazing in their own way playing it for the very first time that you can’t get in a second play through. Especially Nier Automata.
HK was my first thought, but there's tons of replayability there. The answer should be the game that gets the most out of the first play over any others. So my answer is Subnautica.
We can all relate to the desperate feeling of being surrounded by the deep. Once you know the lay of the land, where to do and how to survive, and the reality that lies under each later of the onion, Subnautica loses almost all its power. It's a great game but almost all the enjoyment comes from exploration and discovery.
For me that is exactly what The Witness is. That first play through when you know absolutely nothing and you begin to unlock the rules of the various puzzles but only through trial and error and critical thinking.
Also, the first environment puzzle you discover too!!
The first time playing fallout 3 back in 2008 will never be forgotten , but I do wish I could experience it again for the first time. Even just to behold the megaton explosion for tenpenny.
The Resident Evil 1 Remake. Unlocking that mansion for the first time is an irreplaceable experience.
Any of the Final Fantasy games, Skyrim or Ghost of Tsushima. However I think the excitement hit new levels for me when I first booted up my PS5 and experienced Astro's Playroom for the first time. How it beautifully weaves into the tech within the dualsense and how it acts as a tutorial of sorts for the adaptive triggers will always remain in my memory. I would love to experience the thrill and excitement I felt of that all over again. Plus it was an introduction to next gen gaming 😁
Rob needs to get back to doing Friday Features. Please.
Rosie’s love for Yakuza is truly adorable. I wish I had any interest in playing it, her enthusiasm almost makes me want to try it. My obvious choice would seem to be Red Dead Redemption 2 because it is my favorite game of all time. However, I still play it and love playing through it. I might have to choose Myst, so I could play it for the first time as an adult.
"What Remains Of Edith Finch" is my choice, too. Such a crushing game.
Left me devastated for days. How does someone come up just with the writing yet the the style and the execution....
I just played/beat Hollow Knight for the first time and it's just as good as Ash says. SO atmospheric, amazing sound design (hearing Cornifer and the grubs or just listening to an acid pit pop and fizz), lots of secrets and a good challenge.
Trover Saves The Universe. I laughed sooooo much.
Would Rosie also erase her memory of learning what the massaging wand weapon really was?
It’s close call for me but it’d be the totally underrated Days Gone.
Ghost of tsushima...first playthrough was magical
Rosie just wants to erase the whole 'back massager' incident :p
I would, 100%, choose Skyrim - especially if I was starting again right now.
I still remember how it felt, heading to the block, then Alduin drops in. When I figured out how to equip spells - I like to go in to new games as "blind" as possible - crafted a potion, crafted Ebony gear etc etc. Lots and lots of hours, and great memories, that I'd happily do over again.
If talking non Playstation games - Legend of Zelda: Link to the past, from the SNES (have it on the Wii for my kids to experience). That was the 1st game I didn't finish in a weekend, as a kid. Absolutely loved it.
Erase a game from my memory so I could experience it for the first time again?
For me, that honor definitely goes to Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana.
The pure sense of exploration and adventure.
The simple but oh-so-satisfying combat.
The sense of comraderie you build with Castaway Village.
Dana, one of my favorite video game characters ever.
That godly soundtrack.
I wouldn't mind forgetting all of that to experience it all for the first time again.
Is it really that good? I bought it on sale awhile ago but never got far in it only played like a half hour
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It was for me, at least. I can't say if it'll have the same impact for you, but for me, Ys VIII is one of the finest Action RPGs I've ever played, and one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. I highly encourage you to give it another go.
And if you do end up liking it, maybe check out some of Falcom's other games, like their Trails / Kiseki series, or Tokyo Xanadu, or the rest of the Ys games.
@@DaneTheDane did you find the beginning to be slow? Does it pick up as it goes?
@@hamburglr1
Yes and yes. It does start a bit slow, but I promise it picks up speed later. The investment is 100% worth it, in my opinion.
If you need any more reason, this is the only game I've platinumed _twice._ Once on PS4, and then again on my Vita.
@@DaneTheDane I will definitely give it another shot
Uncharted 4. It's the best game I ever played. It's so good that each time I play it it's like the first. So probably don't need to erase my memory for it.