Facebook Files: Nostalgic Distractions

Welcome to Facebook Files! This week, we’re discussing nostalgic distractions — those games that you’ve played to death but can’t help but go back to, every now and then, just because they feel so familiar or comforting or plain old fun. You can check out the full discussion here.

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Steven wrote:

I have quite a few newer games to play, but I always seem to have a burning desire to go back and play old favorites from beginning to end. Recently, it was Final Fantasy VIII for me. Usually though, it’s either Chrono Trigger, ALttP, Megaman X, Super Metroid, FFIV, and a few others. Now that I’m done with FFVIII, I would really like to go back and play Final Fantasy IX again (PSN release please). Most of the games I’ve listed here have been completed many times before and I just don’t ever get sick of them!

 

However, these drifts of nostalgia serve as distractions from my newer, more expensive game titles. So my question is, do you frequently (or occasionally) put your long (or short) list of new games aside, just so that you can return to old favorites?

 

Anton wrote:

Yes, quite frequently. In fact, as of late, I find myself playing old favorites more than newer games. For instance, I haven’t played Borderlands for nearly a month now just so I could start playing Star Ocean: The Second Story again. One of my all time favorite games and was also the first game I bought for the Playstation. =3

 

Other old favorites include Chrono Trigger, Breath of Fire II, Breath of Fire IV, and Super Mario World. In my opinion, they just don’t make games like that anymore.

 

Tim wrote:

A lot of people think the Ace Attorney series are a one time play, but I go back to those games at least once a year. And I recently started playing through Shenmue again even though I’m on a backlog. Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II, I play that with my brother a lot through out the years. I had the Dreamcast version but the CD is unreadable now, got a Game Cube version a couple years ago, played it through my Wii till recently. I can’t seem to find it anymore ><;

 

Raphael wrote:

A couple of games that I’ve constantly been playing for the last 5-6 years are Vagrant Story and Shadow of the Colossus.

 

In my case, Resident Evil 4 is probably the worst offender. I started replaying it on Professional a few months ago and realized how much more fun it was when you played on Pro. Lots of little details, like enemies positioned differently, attacks from blind spots etc. Amazing what Capcom achieved on that generation of hardware.

 

What’s your go-to nostalgic distraction?

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Ishaan Sahdev
Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.