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Excluding obvious answers like The Guy Game, what game from the past that would never even be considered for release in today's world do you wish would get a remastered copy? Do you think that particular game could be edited down to be more tastefully crafted, or does it need to be respected as-is and left alone?

Video games these days are like playing through a movie, with in-depth character building, amazing plot twists and relatable character backgrounds. We start to grow attached to certain characters, to be angry at others, and to feel as they feel while the game evolves. But what was the first moment that you played through a game and a moment just hit you? The first few minutes of The Last of Us? How about Mordin in Mass Effect 3? Maybe Atlas in Bioshock stirred it? Maybe SHODAN in System Shock? What was it that first reached into you and made you FEEL the game?

Have you ever sat down to play a brand new release or brand new game to you and it triggered a nostalgic feeling that this game feels just like "X" game from the past? It could be something as simple as the way a car handles in a sandbox game, the weapon mechanics in an FPS, or even just a character's development and storyline. Have you managed to find that feeling? You start up a game and it feels like you've been playing it for years. It helps you develop a near instant connection with the game and makes it almost seem like an old friend. It's a fun feeling!

I've bought Star Wars KotOR and KotOR 2 at least three times each, I own the original Fable (As Fable, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Fable Anniversary) on Xbox, Xbox 360 and Steam, and I can't count how many times I've picked up the various Sonic 1, 2, 3 games and Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3.

I lost count a long time ago, I have 42 consoles and handhelds at this point, and multiple controllers for each console, so I've got at least 50, maybe 75 controllers? They're all stored with their respective system, but it's chaos at times finding what you need.

The original Borderlands. I couldn't stand Clap Trap's personality at first, and the gameplay didn't feel that tight, but the more I played it the more I started to enjoy the game, and then Borderlands 2, and Tales from the Borderlands, and so on. Good series!

I've done some basic game programming, I was a Java programmer by trade, so I dabbled a little bit in video game coding just to see if I had a feel for it. I found out I much prefer playing games to making them, lol.

Never properly finished the GTA V single player campaign. Just didn't interest me enough to finish it. GTA Online very quickly took over and they kept it updated, so...I turned to that for a while until it got stale. It never quite resonated with me.

As someone who WAS trying to complete my Saturn collection, but has had to stop because...I just can't afford it, yeah. I'm worried about the prices of games constantly rising. I am somewhat hopeful that the recent decline in the collector market popularity will indicate falling prices, at least somewhat, then I could snag some other games I'm looking for on other systems, but for the most part collecting as a whole is beyond me.

I just want to see them keep physical media alive. I know that's asking far too much for today's generations, but the collector in me hates that we're going to lose physical games very soon. I know most of them are essentially just serving as keys to download the rest of the game, but there's something about owning a physical copy of a game that makes it feel more certain. I own this, it's mine, it's right here. Digital games can be gone in the blink of an eye. It's entirely improbable that physical media continues for another generation, but it's the one thing I hope for.

Yeah, I can see the logic in shifting the IP elsewhere. The Arkham games are fantastic, but they've had their place and another one doesn't make sense. Now would be the right time for someone else to come in, do something different, put a new twist on things, and see where Batman can go. Rocksteady gets to work on new things, everyone wins!

Totally agree, games these days are exactly like playing through a very long movie, as was said above, so it makes no sense to take the immersion out of the equation. It's like watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy from the start of The Fellowship and then Skipping to the last 40 minutes of Return of the King. You miss the whole point.

That's the risk, definitely. There are going to be hunts where you find nothing or nothing of interest to you, and there are going to be hunts where you find a lot of "meh" titles, but that's what makes the hunts where you find the truly great stuff worthwhile. It's like anything in life, you've got your share of disappointments that aren't fun, but they make the great moments worthwhile!

Kingdom Hearts II, apparently. I was never a big KH fan, so I don't know if it truly was the best game of 2005, but it got rave reviews, I do remember that.

Such a shame, because it is a game well worth playing. Amazing storyline and the gameplay itself is fun. I'm glad I have it in my library and on physical media.