Games you can never play again.

OpticalAmbush

Without going into alot of detail im going through a divorce. This isn't a pity post by any means. Just today I got in the mood to listen to the soundtrack from Yoshi's Wooly World. Maybe about a year or so ago my wife (at the time) and I beat Wooly World 100%. She loves Yoshi and that game to death. Crazy enough she wasn't into video games at all before we met. So as I was listening to the soundtrack it brought back such good happy memories. It also brought about some super sad emotions becasue of what is happening now. Then I thought to myself what it would be like replaying the game and I don't think I ever could becasue of the heavy emotional attachement it holds. So is there any games out there you can never play again. Not just for emotional reason but for any reason at all.

Sethresh

I was in a similar situation a few months back (no divorce but a very rough break up) and only now I'm starting to heal from it really. The games that hold a huge emotional attachment from playing them with her are Ratchet & Clank games and Thief I and II. Also Rayman Legends and Spyro games to some extent. I have no desire to play those games any time soon because of that, although I wager that eventually the emotional attachment will disappear as time moves on and you start to.. care less?.. or something like that and you'll again be able to enjoy the games for yourself  

VGS_fcgamer

I could have sworn there was a similar thread about this topic, but I'll bite (again). For me, one of those titles would be Yoshi, for NES / Famicom. I share similar emotions as you guys above.

Uncle Meat

It has happened with music for sure but it will get better man.

Otraotaku

I have a similar situation with that, My grandfather was diagnosed with cancer and he was dying around the time I remember playing Yoshi on the NES. Needless to say the feeling has just stuck and unfortuantely to a great game.

So funny that happens to us all I guess at some point.  



That is why now when I am sick or in a bad mood I always refrain from playing my favorite games.  

Quaze

For emotional reasons, music definitely has more of this effect than gaming.



I've had many games I can't go back to just because I've tried that before, and basically every time I do I'm shocked that the games really don't look or play the way I remember, so their memory is better left untainted. One game that fits this description that I said "I don't care, I'm playing it anyway" about was Goldeneye. I hadn't played it for 15 years when I went back to it, and oh my god did it look bad. The gameplay was incredibly linear and shallow....it just wasn't the game I remembered being so awesome when I was 12. I wish I would've left it (and its memory to me) alone.

BouncekDeLemos

I'm kind of the opposite. Even if a game I played had memories rooted with a loved one who's deceased, or a girlfriend that I broke up with, I'll still play the game. Maybe I just don't lament about it for too long, and it probably takes people longer to cope with, which is understandable.



Despite where I'm at now, no matter what, it's the memories that I cherish and what makes the game better for me. I actually even hold the game to a higher regard because of said memories morso than if I just played it on my own.

Gloves

Pac-Man 2 on the Genesis. It brings back bad memories of my first girlfriend way back in elementary school. I'm actually getting kind of upset just mentioning it, tbh.

OpticalAmbush

Originally posted by: Quaze



For emotional reasons, music definitely has more of this effect than gaming.



I've had many games I can't go back to just because I've tried that before, and basically every time I do I'm shocked that the games really don't look or play the way I remember, so their memory is better left untainted. One game that fits this description that I said "I don't care, I'm playing it anyway" about was Goldeneye. I hadn't played it for 15 years when I went back to it, and oh my god did it look bad. The gameplay was incredibly linear and shallow....it just wasn't the game I remembered being so awesome when I was 12. I wish I would've left it (and its memory to me) alone.

I did the same thing with Goldeneye as well. Amazing how looking back the graphics for that game seems amazing at the time. 

 

Bea_Iank

Pretty much anything Golf related.

My last ex was way into it.

DarkTone

FF13. No question.

Brachabre

Dragon Warrior 1 (NES). I 100% completed the game a year or two ago and have absolutely no desire to ever want to play it again.

dukeofhurl99

Mine isn't anything as deep as being connected to a person, but I can't play Blaster Master. I really loved it as a kid. Played it to the point of burnout. Anytime I hear the music or see the game it makes me feel bad. I guess I just wanted to be good at the game and beat it, but it just hammered me for years. Didn't know back then that it was universally known as a hard game. I just thought that it meant I wasn't any good at video games that I couldn't beat it. I can't even remember how many bosses I beat at this point, don't really care anymore.

Portabello

TMNT Hyperstone Heist (Genesis)... I will play Turtles in Time forever.

Banjo Kazooie (N64)... got stoned with GF and it will never be the same.

Toys (SNES)... that game really sucks!

Life Force (NES).... I'm terrible at shooters/SMUPs

Gauntlet Legends (GBA)... Worst. port. ever.

Myst (PC)... too surreal... freaked me out... JK, that game is awesome!

AstralSoul13

I've never found myself unable to play a game for emotional reasons. But for certain games one time is enough. Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls on PS3... fantastic movie based games but I'll never play them again. Same for the Walking Dead Telltale series. And the PS3 game Catherine. I kept them all but I still have zero desire to ever play them a second time.

SilvertongueBullet

Batman (Nes)..... It frustrates the fucking hell out of me. I have beaten some really hard NES titles. This one just frustrates me to no end I can't stand this game for some reason.