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[angrod14]

Let's say you either got banned on your platform of choice, or lost all your physical games in a fire. What games would you purchase again, and how would you do it?

Personally, these would be the only games I would try to gain back:

PLAYSTATION:

Bloodborne.
Crash N Sane Trilogy.
Death Stranding.
Demon Souls.
GTA Trilogy DE.
GTA V.
inFAMOUS First Light and Second Son.
Resident Evil 4 (OG).
Resident Evil 4 Remake.
Resident Evil 5.
Spider-Man Remastered.
Miles Morales.
Spider-Man 2.
TLOU Part I.
TLOU Part II (my precious).
Top Spin 2K25.
Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection.
Uncharted: LoT Collection.
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XBOX:
Gears 1-5.
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Nintendo:
Zero f given.

The rest of my games I can honestly live without. I'm happy I played them but no intention to go back. But these listed ones are like essential games to me. I would try to repurchase them progressively as they hit sales, and would focus on new experiences.

 

[Hrk69]

Concord

No but seriously

Probably most of my management/farming games (Dyson Sphere Program / Stardew Valley etc)

 

[Sooner]

I'd rebuy the games when and if I wanted to play them. I don't make a habit of buying games just to own them.

 

[EDMIX]

The lolz, at my age, that means nothing to me.


Life is short. I'd only rebuy a select few.

FFX
FFIV
Metal Gear Solid 3
Resident Evil Code Veronica

etc

Then I'd just move on to new games.

Memories are great, but lets remember to build new ones too.

 

[Holammer]

I would pirate, a lot.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Let's say you either got banned on your platform of choice, or lost all your physical games in a fire. What games would you purchase again, and how would you do it?

Personally, these would be the only games I would try to gain back:

PLAYSTATION:

Bloodborne.
Crash N Sane Trilogy.
Death Stranding.
Demon Souls.
GTA Trilogy DE.
GTA V.
inFAMOUS First Light and Second Son.
Resident Evil 4 (OG).
Resident Evil 4 Remake.
Resident Evil 5.
Spider-Man Remastered.
Miles Morales.
Spider-Man 2.
TLOU Part I.
TLOU Part II (my precious).
Top Spin 2K25.
Uncharted: Nathan Drake Collection.
Uncharted: LoT Collection.
--------------------------------------
XBOX:
Gears 1-5.
--------------------------------------
Nintendo:
Zero f given.

The rest of my games I can honestly live without. I'm happy I played them but no intention to go back. But these listed ones are like essential games to me. I would try to repurchase them progressively as they hit sales, and would focus on new experiences.

Prolly stuff I replayed the most which are from this thread https://www.neogaf.com/threads/your-top-rttp-games.1673087/

Prey
Mass Effect Trilogy
Deus Ex HR/MD
Cyberpunk 2077
Hitman games(especially the modern ones)

Yeah I love sci-fi, shove that shit in my veins.

 

[Guilty_AI]

i'd pirate everything

 

[Ceadeus]

idk man, I think that would be it lol. Too much effort gone to the window.

I think I would eventually get a DS lite or 3DS. Something simple.

Edit: and maybe a CRT and PS2.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[ReyBrujo]

If talking about recent games, probably Labyrinth of Refrain and Labyrinth of Galleria for Switch. If talking about old games that'd be harder, some CIBs like FF6 and CT are extremely expensive so probably nothing. Most likely just get a R4 and fill it with games.

 

[Husky]

If I lost my entire library, I'd never trust a digital platform again. No more purchases. I need to behave myself when it comes to stating what I would do.

 

[stn]

I have a huge collection that I have amassed since I was a kid, so if I lost it I think the disappointment over losing it would just make me quit gaming.

 

[captainpat]

I'd rebuy just about everything. Most of my game library is on pc so it would not be that expensive

 

[AustinGAF]

If I lost my entire Computer gaming Library I'll only buy new games unless of course the game is free to play.

 

[Fbh]

Only the game I like the most and, in the case of the digital ones, I'd wait until they were on sale for like $5 or part of a bundle.

 

[Chad Warden]

What cardboard box do you live in op? Shitee I just rebuy it all, twice.

 

[Pelao]

I would pirate everything. I already paid for it once.

 

[Holammer]

I'd rebuy just about everything. Most of my game library is on pc so it would not be that expensive

With 4800+ games on Steam, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Many are delisted too, so it's literally impossible to rebuild it 1:1.
SteamDB lists "today's prices" as 44372€.

 

[Rambotito]

Xbox :

• Prey 2016
• Witcher 3
• Dragon's Dogma
• Rebel Galaxy
• Deus Ex Human Revolution
• Dustborn
• Quantum Break
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Gears of War 1,2 and 3
• Chivalry II

Playstation :

• Metal Gear Solid 4
• The Last of Us
• Resistance 2 (only if multiplayer supported)

 

[Nelly_Nel_7.1.3]

It all depends on how much I like or love the games.

 

[ReBurn]

I'd probably build a PC, get Mass Effect Legendary Edition, wait for Steam sales, and call it a day. I wouldn't do everything all over again.

 

[elhav]

First will come the stages of grief (excluding denial and bargaining). Then the relief of not having a backlog anymore, followed by a very careful purchase of a select few games that are important to me and that I know I would want to play again.

Let's be honest, we generally don't give a shit about most games we own. Losing them can feel more like a relief than a predicament when you think about it

 

[RoboFu]

The save games I always rebuy when they come out again lol

 

[IFireflyl]

I am not one to encourage or support piracy, but if I suddenly lost access to decades of paid content...

 

[angrod14]

With 4800+ games on Steam, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Many are delisted too, so it's literally impossible to rebuild it 1:1.
SteamDB lists "today's prices" as 44372€.

Jesus Christ. It would be like the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

 

[ap_puff]

slay the spire
maybe helldivers 2
probably nothing else right now, i don't replay a lot of games so it would be a 'if i get the urge to replay a game i'll buy it again'.

 

[Esparadrapo]

If I lost my digital library I'd go full Caribbean and never buy anything ever again because it'd be obvious I didn't own anything in first place.

 

[RavageX]

This is a wicked scenario to even ponder, but I would be sailing the seas if you know what i mean.

Edit: Seeing that so many of us want to become sailors if this were to happen, we might as well form a crew and have our own ship.

 

[Metnut]

I wouldn’t rebuy anything until I wanted to play it. So probably stuff like the FromSoft games and maybe an occasional RPG I want to replay. I’m into playing games not collecting them.

 

[angrod14]

If I lost my digital library I'd go full Caribbean and never buy anything ever again because it'd be obvious I didn't own anything in first place.

It's interesting to think that even the things we do "own" are subject to loss in one way or another. So, do we really "own" anything in this life?

 

[TGO]

What cardboard box do you live in op? Shitee I just rebuy it all, twice.

Name & avatar checks out

 

[Codeblew]

I would only re-buy any old games that I really liked and had the urge to play immediately. I have never bought a game and then not played it for months/years. Otherwise, all new games from there.

 

[Aion002]

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

probably only nintendo stuff

 

[jshackles]

I had my digital Xbox library taken from me a long time ago

I took them to court

They eventually settled

I didn't buy anything digitally for nearly a decade after that

Now I own thousands of digital games, I am not a smart man

 

[AndrewRyan]

I enjoy playing so many of my older quirky games on the SteamDeck. Would miss them if they were gone. Do wish Valve did a better job of managing huge libraries.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Losing physical games isn't foreign for many, I've had to track down games and I encourage rebuying child hood games many years later games like Majora's Mask, and Ocarina of Time matter.

 

[R6Rider]

I would buy the games I hadn't finished yet (be it in progress or not yet started) and then games I enjoy the most.

 

[Krathoon]

This is why I am kind of leery about digital because they can lose your account and all your games.

You are trusting them a little too much.

 

[WoJ]

I'd probably slowly rebuild it over time. First things I'd buy though are Mass Effect Legendary Edition. MLB the Show 20 and 23. And the new College Football game.

Then I'd start picking stuff up I genuinely want to play or replay again on sale. For me that would be stuff like Final Fantasy, Yakuza, Trails, Resident Evil.

 

[Dutchy]

2, maybe 3 games because I actually play them a lot still.

Video games have got to be one of the least interesting things to collect for me personally. Rapidly dwindling in value while retaining an unlimited digital supply and with plenty of physical copies around as well. I don't see a reason to immediately replace what was lost.

 

[Husky]

I had my digital Xbox library taken from me a long time ago

I took them to court

They eventually settled

Tight, man

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Gravity Rush 1 and 2

 

[MrRibeye]

Red Dead Redemption 2

 

[killatopak]

All of them? Nope.


Definitely my favorites though.

 

[Fahdis]

Knack

 

[ahtlas7]

F that, with my library size? I’d lawyer up!

 

[Big Baller]

 

[vaibhavpisal]

I don’t even know what all games I have across different platforms/stores.

If I lost them all, will just get what I wanna play next.

 

[Banjo64]

I haven’t replayed any single player games in years at this stage. I think Uncharted 4 was probably the last one, for the platinum.

Only games I’d re-buy are the online stuff, so a real small handful: Mario Kart, Smash, Splatoon, Gears, MCC, Sea of Thieves, Elden Ring.

I noticed when I re bought single player games on multiple platforms (got Skyrim on Switch for example) I just never replayed it.