Discussion Do you repeat playing games/ films/ series/ books you like?

[Forever Sleep]

I guess maybe music is the most forgiving when it comes to repetetive enjoyment. For me anyway. There's that weird sweet spot when I've listened to a current favourite song enough times to thoroughly appreciate it, before overlistening it- which is almost inevitable with my very favourites.

I'll happily put series and films I know well on in the background repeatedly although, I probably won't enjoy them quite so much to intently watch them again.

Games are different though and, I really wish they weren't. Once I've played a game through, it loses so much if I return to it.

Is it the same for you? Or, maybe it holds the nostalgic charm? There are two games that I wish I could play right now- but like it was the first time I experienced them: 'Spiritfarer' and 'Eastshade'. Not that I should be playing games at all at the moment! I have work to do. I'm just procrastinating.

But, are there games/ films/ music/ books/ whatever- that if you could, you could experience as for the first time? Places too actually. Some feel enhanced by repeat visits while others start to feel boring.

Not that I go out much now but, when I did, my best experiences were sometimes when I did no research, so had little idea what to expect.

 

[mysticatedwine]

sometimes when i need to feel certain emotions, i like to re-open mangas i've already read just to re-read one specific part (often emotive and intense moments). similarly, i like to rewatch certain movies/tv shows scenes every once in a while, some of them just hit a sweet spot in my brain that makes me cry or give me that tingle of emotion.

it rarely happens to me with places though. i don't really get the chance to visit places of my past

 

[InversedShadow]

Only my favorites games and animes and other medias

 

[Forveleth]

 

[EternalShore]

I think music is designed to make you want to hear it again and again~ hehe~

Anyways, yeah, I think I tend to repeat playing the same stuff a lot~ Mostly Wii and Gamecube games! :) or watching the same stuff a lot~ My interests are really specific, so it's hard for me to find things I'd like otherwise~ >_< I don't tend to re-read stuff as much anymore tho~ I kinda realized that my favorite types of books are easy fiction tho~ xD since they're not so serious and feature kids in prominent roles! :) I just wish I could convince myself to read them more, but I've generally read manga too, altho I wouldn't be surprised if I've read most of the good stuff either~ >_< I really don't know about books! :( I wish someone could like the same things as me and guide me with media ngl~ xD but well, nobody does! :(

 

[westerly_merlin]

I tend d to listen to the same audio books over and over. It helps me sleep

I had a playlist I used to default to for years, oddly now I have had a massive trauma and attempted to CTB I can't listen to it any more.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I tend d to listen to the same audio books over and over. It helps me sleep

I had a playlist I used to default to for years, oddly now I have had a massive trauma and attempted to CTB I can't listen to it any more.

I do that too- I listen to the same rain type soundtrack to go to sleep in the hopes it triggers my brain into sleep mode.

Oh no- that's really unfortunate to hear about your playlist. I suppose that's the trouble with music. It can bring back nasty memories and emotions, as well as good ones.

 

[Runescape2277]

I watch a lot of the same series over and over again. Evangelion and Bojack Horseman get an annual watch from me lol.

Same with music, except i like, hyper-fixate on a few albums at a time, then get burnt out and repeat the process after a month or two.

 

[Namelesa]

Yea i do go back to replay my favourite games, a lot for their nostalgia but as time passes that i am feeling less of that cus of feeling more and more empty. I mostly go back to the little big planet games and spyro 1 and 2 and Plants vs Zombies. Maybe put some extra challenge to it to make it more new like for papers please i did a run where i couldn't use the approval stamp and another for not using the deny stamp and detaining anyone (they are both possible to win with a good ending) Or if the game allows different strategies or builds like dark souls then thats another reason for me to play them. Of course I wish i could experience very single one of these games for the first time but thats honestly just with everything in life cus everything feels lesser when you repeat it.

 

[Buffy]

Yes, I like to rewatch certain TV shows and reread books I really love. Ive watched Merlin by HBO about five times now I'm planning to watch it again later this year. It's been a while.

There's a childhood book I brought with me on a vacation that ended up becoming permanent. By that point, I'd already read it about seven times. I was only allowed to bring six books with me (and, for once, I actually listened to my mother and did as she asked) and among those six were two that meant the most to me.

I'm lucky I brought them, because I never got to see the majority of my books again because they were destroyed in a flood :p

So rereading actually saved me from shedding a lot more tears.

 

[vira]

spiritfarer is such a rich and beautiful game, highly recommend. the art is gorgeous too.

 

[Dark Moon]

Yep, certain games I play through a few times at least sometimes more. Final Fantasy 7 Remake 5 times, The Last of Us Part 1 6 or 7 times, Gears 5 7 times, The Last of Us Part 2 4 times, various Call of Duty campaigns multiple times, there's more those are just some of them.

 

[darksouls]

every year I watched the movie Groundhog Day with my female dog, which is one of my favorite comedies, since her death in 2020 I have not been able to watch the movie again

 

[westerly_merlin]

every year I watched the movie Groundhog Day with my female dog, which is one of my favorite comedies, since her death in 2020 I have not been able to watch the movie again

Good movie, I have watched it loads of times too. Sad that you can't watch it again because of the dog, I know how gutted I will be when my doggo passes, he knows all my secrets, listens to my rands and only asks for a piece of my breakfast in payment. Dogs are by far the best therapists (IMHO)

Current go-to movie is The perks of being a wall flower.

 

[Mirelight]

I only play one game, (osu!) and you can pretty much play it indefinitely although I do take a few months break after playing for a month or two, mostly due to life.

I don't watch many films or series, but when it comes to books, there are some I've read twice, and one I've re-read about four times. I actually just finished my latest re-read and will probably pick it up again in a year or so :)

I think if you really love a book, it's worth reading at least once more. I really tend to miss a lot of details the author probably spent hours, days, or even months putting in, getting caught up in the rush and excitement of the plot. While re-reading I don't get that rush and impatience to know what happens next, so I can just slow down and appreciate the details and enjoy the book in a different way!

 

[Grav]

I'll listen to music more than once but rarely play a game, watch a movie or tv, or read a book over that I've read. There's too many that I want to see or read to spend time on past ones. My wife is the opposite and it is baffling to me.

 

[Wishingforadream]

Yes, listening to familiar music is nice when trying to learn (Classical or instrumental).

For games, many I play have near indefinite replaying, for games that don't I'm unlikely to play it again.

And for books I really recommend rereading them, it's a personal favourite of mine to reread some.

 

[_Gollum_]

I almost EXCLUSIVELY listen to music I'm familiar with and watch TV shows/movies I've already watched. I have a lot of songs from even 10 years ago that I still listen to daily, they never get old for me. To give an idea of how much of a "repeater" I am, a song I discovered in June (by the same artist that I usually listen to lol) now has over 500 plays in my library!

I watch a lot of the same series over and over again. Evangelion and Bojack Horseman get an annual watch from me lol.

Nice to see a fellow Bojack enjoyer, there's probably a lot of us on here. I must've watched the show through some 30 times by now lol, though there are some episodes I always skip on rewatches (namely That's Too Much, Man!)

 

[Still here]

For me The movie Manchester by the sea I've watched it countless times and I am going to watch it again this weekend .. I found it to be melancholic..