by OL » Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:36 pm
I get that urge at some point with, literally, almost any game I like. If I truly love a game, it's rare that I'll only play it during one period of time, and leave it alone forever afterward.
Narrowing it down is kind of difficult though.
Barring old 16-bit, 1-2 hour long games from my childhood (which I've been going back to for years and years, without fail), I always seem to find myself returning to the Onimusha and Tenchu series.
Parasite Eve has had the same effect as well (espicially since it's really short for an RPG, so it's easy to plow through for the story, then set down until the next time).
On the subject of current gen games, I tend to go back to The Club every so often just for a bit of self-challenging, high-score rampaging. I imagine I'll keep going back to it every so often for a very long time, too. It gets addicting when I really get into it.
I'll probably keep going back to Mirror's Edge too, just for the atmosphere and sheer enjoyability it has for me. Already gone through at least three distinct phases where Mirror's Edge was the perfect scratch for the itch I had at the time.
Man, I could sit here naming games all day. Bushido Blade, the Ratchet series, Breakdown, Otogi, Wind Waker (or Twilight Princess), Cybernator, Siren, etc etc, ad nauseum.
Basically if I like something, it counts. I go back to just about everything.