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That's pretty generous of EA, three games for $50.
 

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That's pretty generous of EA, three games for $50.

I paid $29.99 for the 1 year EA pass on Christmas. great deal imo. already beat jedi fallen order, so technically that pass already paid for itself. and i still got 11 months to go and a bunch of other games that look interesting. this is a great business model imo. makes gaming so much accessible. Microsoft deserves credit for bringing this model to the industry imo, their game pass is also an excellent deal at 10 a month. I'm not currently subbed to that, but when I was I was very impressed with it.
 

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EA's not doing that well right now. It's a bit of a cash-grab.

the EA Play 1 year thing is cash grab too to stay financially solvent is my guess, I knew that going in to it, pretty great deal still imo. about 10 games I want to play, and i get 10 hr demo time on Squadrons, which is really all I need to get my enjoyment
 
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I knew that going in to it, pretty great deal still imo.
And that's a good point. The down side is that you don't own those games. You're renting them. If you don't care about owning your games then yeah, it's an incredible deal for certain.

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You know some dim-wit is going to try... LOL!
 

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And that's a good point. The down side is that you don't own those games. You're renting them. If you don't care about owning your games then yeah, it's an incredible deal for certain.


You know some dim-wit is going to try... LOL!

I don't care about owning, most games I play are single player stories, and who the hell has the free time to replay games. I sure don't. I plan to have a family soon too, so even less so coming up. So I finished Jedi Fallen order and I have no intention of playing it again even though I liked it a lot, there will be other games in future I want to play, and also I have a huge backlog I still want to finish. So it's all good.

If you have more free time and plan to replay or its a game you truly truly love and its a part of your existence, like nostalgia days of ps1 and ps2 for me, yeah there are a couple games from that era I like to own on disc even though I will never play again. I understand that kind of stuff.
 
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When you love a game, you take the time.
Sometimes it's a matter of personality, some people just don't like replaying games, rewatching movies or rereading books. It either bores them when they already know the story or they feel like they're wasting their time and only crave new experiences.
 

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any system - just what you enjoyed replaying the most.

Are you asking for a top five list of [any game] or a top five list of [game completed more than once] or a top five list of [game maybe completed but maybe not but played many hours]? I mean I've never fully completed all the campaigns in Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with the expansions but it's definitely on a top five list. I've never *completed* Rimworld (launch the ship) but I have hundreds of hours in it. I have probably only completed Deus Ex twice but can't count the number of times I've played ir pretty far. And I've finished the "campaign" in Crimsonland a bunch of times, but versions. And are we counting stuff like New Game+ sime games have, meaning you basically play the game again but with carry over skills and stuff and it's harder?
 

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Are you asking for a top five list of [any game] or a top five list of [game completed more than once] or a top five list of [game maybe completed but maybe not but played many hours]? I mean I've never fully completed all the campaigns in Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with the expansions but it's definitely on a top five list. I've never *completed* Rimworld (launch the ship) but I have hundreds of hours in it. I have probably only completed Deus Ex twice but can't count the number of times I've played ir pretty far. And are we counting stuff like New Game+ sime games have, meaning you basically play the game again but with carry over skills and stuff and it's harder?

i was mainly just curious about any game whether finished or not what you enjoy replaying the most, nostalgia aside. but we are starting to get off topic lol so i dunno
 
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Secret Of Mana(SNES), Crystalis(NES), Super Metroid(SNES), Command & Conquer 3(PC), Legend Of Zelda 1(NES). That list doth go on... and on...

but we are starting to get off topic lol so i dunno
We are getting a bit off-topic so let's continue this topic here;
 

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i was mainly just curious about any game whether finished or not what you enjoy replaying the most, nostalgia aside. but we are starting to get off topic lol so i dunno
With some games it's a hard question. Crimsonland is just a mindless shooter, but it's such a pure experience I still love playing it, trying to beat my own high score, but I wouldn't say I' replaying it. Building cities in a Simcity game, does that count as replaying it? And if the game is substansially different depending on how you play, does "finishing" mean playing through the story (if any) or does it mean seeing everything the game has to offer? I assume you mean "playing through a story driven game more than once" and id the game is just purely story (say Call of Duty campaigns) then no, I probably wouldn't play them again. But OTOH the first time I played Fallout New Vegas I did so pretty comprehensively, but I'm like 30h in a new game now and I'm thoroughly enjoying it again. I've finished The Curse of Monkey Island a whole bunch of times. Some games are just nice experiences. Some movies are too, as are some books. And if the game/movie/book is good enough you will even discover new things each time you go through them (but I admit games is lagging in that regard IMO).
 
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cheapest it has ever been, ori and will o the wisps for 9 bucks. i paid 30 on launch, its 10/10 game. i'd recommend watching a story summary of first game, as its not as polished as second.

@R-T-B if you have no played this on your OLED monitor... you are missing out. this is about the most gorgeous game there is for an OLED panel
 

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