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ITT: Games you've finished a hundred times but will never get tired of.

For me, the NES Castlevania games. It's honestly hard for me to believe some people prefer post-SOTN Castlevania.

>> No.3982694

My favorite Castlevania is Lament of Innocence. fyte me.

>> No.3982696

>>3982689
I've recently discovered playing SOTN on luck mode (weakened stats) with no equipment (except Alucard stuff for Shaft and Drac) and no save points (unless required) is actually a lot like classic Castlevania. You have to make careful use of your sub-weapons and limited healing capability, and you can only take a handful of hits.

But yeah, it's a shame that the two game formats haven't been able to coexist.

>> No.3982701

>>3982689

The first 4 are my favs but its hard to deny the appeal of the DS games and aria of sorrow.

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>>3982701
You should try Circle of the Moon

Any way, back on topic. I could play this fucker blindfolded. It's a perfect length, and fun twitchy action at the height of the formula. Shadow Man and Needle Man, along with the extra levels and music are bad bonuses either.

>> No.3982715
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This game is perfect. What makes it so good, of course, are that the core mechanics are simply fun. It is wildly fun to run circles around enemies, or to set traps, or to blow them up with massive fireballs. It is a great length where you can either beat it in a day, or do all the content and have it last you several. You can custom build a party, or you can play solo. You can beat it ironman, and the game provides all the items and spells you require to complete this task with a little skill. You can use several different strategies to approach enemy encounters and almost all are fun and effective. In terms of variety, replayability, and fun, other RPGs don't even come close. The graphics and music are nice, too.

>> No.3982725

For me, most of these games are multiplayer and don't have a way to beat them, which is perhaps why I enjoy them so much.

I do very very VERY much enjoy single player games just as much as multiplayer, but not endlessly. Not unless it's been so long since I've played it that it's able to surprise me again, either because I've forgotten how to play it or because I haven't played anything like it in so long.

>> No.3982728

>>3982705
I feel that way about 2 more than 3.

In 2, there's a circular relationship between bosses and weaknesses.. no matter who you start with, you can progress through by fighting a robot weak to the weapon you have. If I start with Air Man, I can go Air Man - Crash Man - Flash Man - Quick Man - Metal Man - Bubble Man - Heat Man - Wood Man. And Air Man is weak to Wood Man's weapon as well. MM3 doesn't work out so neatly. There's 2 different cycles happening.

>> No.3982731

Sonic 1 on Sega master system. I just love the atmosphere and music in that game.

>> No.3982732

>>3982728
I always bite the bullet and just start with Magnet Man in 3, then Hard, Top, ect.

>> No.3982736

>>3982732
I just go buster only on everyone but Docman and Gamma.

>> No.3982737

>>3982732
Yeah, but you reach a point where you have to fight somebody with the blaster. Snake Man is weak to Needles, Needle Man is weak to Gemini, Gemini Man is weak to Snake. It's a closed circuit.

>> No.3982829

>>3982736
I never loved Mega Man enough to do it with just the buster.

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I spent too much time as a kid trying to perfect this game. I can now finish with no deaths while drunk from muscle memory. Used to play through it at least once every few weeks, but I haven't in almost a year now.

>>3982737
Shadow Blades work pretty well for the first round with Snake Man.

>> No.3983039

>>3982689
Okay, can we put this to rest - people who prefer hardcore action prefer classicvanias. People who prefer action-adventure RPGs prefer igavanias.
There, they're very different kind of games even though they're both called Castlevania, one is about pure challenge, the other is about equipment builds and exploration. They're just different.

On topic - for me it's the Sorrow vanias. Something about the soul setup system really resonates with me, it's like being able to build your own character class on a whim and freely switch it around in a snap of fingers. Also, they're great for completionists.

>> No.3983059

>>3982689
I both agree with your choice and agree with those who prefer the Metroidvania Castlevanias.

The original game is easy to pick up and play through until you're tired of it or you beat it, it's not an investment, so I'll definitely play it way more than, say, Circle of the Moon. But I do really really like the complex maze format, even if I'll only play that game once or twice.

>> No.3983061

>>3982728
The circular relationship is true of basically all of them but three.

And I feel the way the two of you do about 4. Fun times.

>> No.3983062

>>3982829
When I was a kid, I only did it with the buster. I was super autistic about limited ammo, so I basically never, ever used the upgrades. I also had no clue about the weakness thing.

I made Mega Man needlessly hard on myself, in hindsight.

>> No.3983124

A Link to the Past

Fucker never gets old.

>> No.3983308
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Regular runs, 100% runs, speedruns, 1-character runs, gearless, roleplaying, magicless, whatever.

Might (get it?) start a new run later today.

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>>3982689
Good choice

>> No.3983332

It's weird but I never get tired of watching playthroughs of the King's Field games. Interestingly enough I don't feel like playing it myself but I've watched playthroughs of all the games several times and for a while I would even use it as a background noise to sleep.

>> No.3983337

I agree with OP, I miss old style vania games. It isn't that I don't like metroidvania but i believe there is room for both styles in the castlevania universe!

>> No.3983365

Super Metroid
Castlevania 2 and 3
The Guardian Legend
Phantasy Star Online

I could play these till the heat death of the universe

>> No.3985297

>>3982689
Never been a fan of Metroidvania. Classicvania on the other hand are among my favorite games ever. Ageed that they're pretty much infinitely replayable.

>> No.3985585

Fucking Actraiser. I never got sick of that game no matter how many times I beat kt.

>> No.3986143

Final Fantasy II (GB)
Survival Kids (GBC)
Survival Kids II (GBC)
Pokemon Crystal (GBC)
The Third World War (Sega CD)
Conflict (NES)
River City Ransom (NES)
GTA 2 (PC)
Legend of Zelda: Link's awakning (GB)
Paperboy (NES)
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert 1 (PC)
Dune 2000 (PC)

these are the /vr/ games I'll never get tired of playing, most likely ever.

>> No.3987015

Castlevania Rondo Of Blood, Ive 100 percented that game five times and it never get's old.

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I really like playing through the whole thing instead of warping around.

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>>3982689
Castlevania 1 is such a phenomenal game. I feel its like SMB1, it gets overshadowed by its more famous sequels but stands on its own well.

For me I can play Kirby's Adventure on repeat basically. I can't say what but something is just so amazing about it. I find myself playing the 3ds version more then most of my 3ds games honestly.

>>3982705
>>3982728
For me 4. 2 is a bit too easy and 3 is kinda buggy with some bad design choices like the doc robots. 4 has great levels, runs great, and good length. I will admit 2 and 3 have stronger soundtracks but 4's is still great.

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Mega Man X
Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2
Alien Soldier
Rocket Knight Adventures
Silent Hill
Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

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This mastery of platforming game design here.

>> No.3987307

>>3982689
Finished? 100 times? Castlevania? Why? Do you go for some aspie version of completing a game or something? Even then, why not get it right the first time you sperg to that level? Speed runner? Explain. Help me understand. Totally not not judging. Not a typo. I'm judging you as fuck until you explain why you did this crazy shit.
I might have finished a few quickly done casual arcade games 100 times and not got tired of them. Shit like Altered Beast was always a great way to get a nub to play because you could carry him and just flick pennies to continue. Turning into cool monsters was cool. Bubble bobble was a similar thing. R-Type was a bit of a dissimilar thing. But after you beat it the first time you should be able to 1CC it after that. The sheer magnitude of spectator response and ass licking and occasional literal cock sucking that happens when you do this inspired me to finish that game well over 100 times.

>> No.3987318

>>3987307
Why did you bother typing a 200 word essay? Why did I even bother to respond?

>> No.3987350

>>3982689
Zelda 2
River city ransom
Legend of mystical ninja
F-zero
Sim city

>> No.3987435

>>3987318
Because I can type 200 relevant words in less time than it takes you to read them. Also because OP asked for input not underage shitposts.

>> No.3987482

>>3987435
No one is gonna read whatever the fuck you typed. You're wasting your time and energy, bud.

sage

>> No.3987663

>>3987482
I read what he typed.

>> No.3987737

>>3987482
I guess that makes you a no one. lol

>> No.3988217

link to the past followed by yoshi's island.

>> No.3988303

>>3988217
Extremely shit taste there lad
0/10 apply yourself

>> No.3990086

>>3988303
How fucking rotten does a person have to be to shit on Yoshi's Island?

>> No.3990106

>>3987318
>200 word essay
>essay
Samus wept.

>> No.3990857

>>3982689
I've played a lot of old castlevanias but NEVER managed to like them. For some reason the time made me think like "OMG IM RUNNING OUT OF TIME WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING?" ofc I was 8 or 9 years at the time but the trauma remained lol. SOTN was love at first sight.

>> No.3990881

>>3990086
Theyre good games but i wouldnt play them more than once

>> No.3992014

>>3990857
youre missing out

And i cant recall ever running out of time

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>>3982689
One of the first NES games I ever finished, amazing playing it back on the Virtual Console back in 2010 (family was poor as fuck when I was in 9th grade)
Grew up with pic related on the GBA and played the SNES version on the Wii when we finally got internet.

>> No.3993951

>>3982696
So when do you heal? Just after bosses and stuff?

Also doesn't it just become really easy after you get the bat power and can just wing smash past everything?