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Despite having no replay value, it does not take away from the efforts of the developers to deliver an amazing experience to the players. These games are entirely awesome and are worthy of recognition for their accomplishments as video games.
8 Portal 2
Portal 2 is one of the greatest games of the modern age. It provides audiences with a bounty of interesting puzzles, which they will have to use their mind to solve. These puzzles are satisfying upon completion, and unique and innovative when paired with the gameplay and the story.
However, where Portal 2 falters is not its fault. Portal 2 has a host of fresh puzzle elements in its many devious test chambers, but replaying the game lacks the fact that players already know how to solve the puzzles they are replaying, making for a quicker experience than the last.
7 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
It had been a great number of years since the Star Wars franchise received a well-received solo experience. In Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the game took clear inspiration from the ‘souls-like’ genre, like the Dark Souls trilogy, and put a focus on exploration, Force powers, and most importantly, lightsaber combat.
What makes the Dark Souls games replayable is the difficulty and versatility in builds and PvP. Since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is a solo experience, there’s no PvP to challenge the player, or keep them engaged once they explore 100% of the many interesting planets. It’s a wonderful Star Wars experience, with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor set to continue the great story of Cal Kestis.
6 Batman: Arkham Asylum
In 2009, fans of the DC Universe and Batman were hyped to see the character return, from comics to the video game scene. In Batman: Arkham Asylum, the Batman mythos is greatly explored and respected. The game features the colorful cast of Batman’s characters, with great gameplay, innovative stealth, and combat, as well as challenging Riddler trophies and riddles.
Considering Batman: Arkham Asylum is somewhat linear, replaying the game doesn’t have the same experience as the first time. Players will know the twists, and the story beats, as well as the best ways to beat the escaped inmates. The latter games like Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Knight feature an open world, with far much more to do.
5 Far Cry 3
Players can create their first-person shooter adventure with Far Cry 3. The game features an exotic island unlike any other. Fearing heavily armed warlords, where outsiders are hunted for ransom money. With a great cast of characters and an iconic villain with Vaas, Far Cry 3 is a great experience in an open-world game.
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Despite an island of danger and discovery, Far Cry 3 doesn’t remain the same experience as the credits roll. Considering the base game offers so much content, it can be tiring to replay the game, especially once the story has already been experienced.
4 Ghost Of Tsushima
There are many hidden wonders to be found on the Japanese island of Tsushima. Ghost of Tsushima features an open world action-adventure that is an iconic homage to not only Japanese cinema, but the riveting culture. Players will engage in exciting combat of both the honorable samurai and the new age of stealth.
With such a beautiful story about the samurai versus the Mongolian invasion, experiencing it again is not a downside, but the combat itself may feel somewhat repetitive. There are a great number of ways to fight, but with so much death, players may find it repeating on them.
3 Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor
Taking place in the beloved world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s genius of The Lord of the Rings, this game takes the role of a third-person action role-playing game. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, is the non-canon gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It’s a story of revenge and slaughter, as Talion avenges his family in Mordor, directly in the hands of the enemies.
The game features a plethora of supernatural powers thanks to Celebrimbor, and a greatly innovative Nemesis system, which has enemies rising through the ranks and developing specific rivalries with the player. However, after countless hours, this effect wears off, and a replay isn’t as exciting.
2 The Last Of Us
In the post-apocalyptic United States, The Last of Us tells the story of Joel and Ellie, a man and a young girl working together to travel across the west to find a cure to the fungal plague that has decimated the human race. It’s a great work of literature, with an amazing script, gameplay, and actors. The Last of Us is an emotional and brutal experience for many, and its conclusion leaves fans reeling.
Considering the game is a hard play, for its deep roots in emotion, many may find experiencing The Last of Us again difficult, because they’ve already experienced it once, and feel no need to do so again. Joel and Ellie’s story is reprised in The Last of Us Part 2, and the remake of The Last of Us Part 1.
1 L.A. Noire
Players will experience the story of Cole Phelps, an LAPD detective amid the post-war boom. Cole is thrown into a city suffering from its success, where corruption and murder are around every corner. There are plenty of cases to be solved in L.A. Noire, and many opportunities to play a true detective. L.A. Noire features revolutionary facial animation to capture the nuance of an actor’s facial performance to help players figure out if a character is lying or telling the truth.
L.A. Noire suffers from its technology, as replaying the game makes it predictable. Players will know when a character is lying, or where the clues are because they have played through it before, thus making L.A. Noire a one-time, yet brilliant experience.
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