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[Gambit2483]

do you like ladybugs?

My favorite 90s guilty pleasure!

 

[Filben]

Good mix of both. Some old(er) games aged like milk and are very rough to play compared modern standards. Some games are still great and are so much fun to play even without all the QoL features and modern standardization.

 

[Durin]

Better option than either: wait until newer games get older, and go back to play them for the first time for cheap.

I've played tons of older titles in the last few years, especially through emulation...but I wanna play stuff I missed, not just repeat the greats. Combo that with smaller devs making new stuff that is cheaper out of the gate, so I don't need to wait as long to give them a chance. AAA is losing my interest each year though.

 

[March Climber]

I can't replay games, I can't stomach playing games I've sank a lot of time into over again, I get unbearably bored. When I finish games, I've permanently done with them 99% of the time with rare exceptions of games that have entirely different game scenarios like RE2 for example. Or games that are remade many years later. I like having new experiences.

What about rare cases like Goldeneye or Perfect Dark where you unlock entirely new explorable zones/areas and mission objectives on the higher difficulties? Or enemy randomizers?

 

[Arsic]

Both.

If nothing new is hitting I'm excited for, then I'll replay or finish something in my backlog.

I prefer new. Chasing that dopamine high.

 

[Hideous Snake]

I definitely do both but since there's no voting option for that, I went with try new games. Until when I'm going to replay old games?

 

[DragoonKain]

What about rare cases like Goldeneye or Perfect Dark where you unlock entirely new explorable zones/areas and mission objectives on the higher difficulties? Or enemy randomizers?

Usually don't bother with those. Most of the time I don't even jump back into games that I liked that have DLC expansions either. There are lots of games I had a lot of fun with that released DLC with whole new areas and I just never bothered. Like Horizon Forbidden West most recently and God of War Ragnarok's DLC.

 

[kiphalfton]

Games you know are known quantities. You know what they're going to be like and you know how much time you need to invest in them.

Sometimes I look at a new game and wonder how long I'm going to be stuck in cutscenes and tutorials and if it's really worth risking my precious time.

That's how I feel about dating.

Wonder how much BS I'll have to deal with, how much they put out, etc.

Tldr;
"is the juice worth the squeeze"

 

[WoJ]

I mostly play new games in the sense that they are games I haven't played before. At this point, most of those games are old. There are exceptions though. Last year I played FFVII Rebirth and this year I played Clair Obscure. But up next for me is probably a more focused playthrough on Sea of Stars and another Mass Effect Trilogy play through.

 

[Pimpbaa]

Both. Plan on buying Death Stranding 2 soon, and I'm currently replaying Witcher 3.

 

[Ryūtō]

I'd 100% want to have a new experience. It's one of the reasons I opt to finish games instead of complete them. I've probably only platinumed less than 5 games all the way from the PS3 to now.

I know a lot of people give subscription services flack, but for someone like me who has owned many consoles yet not had much of a library on any of them, being able to have games I can just pick and play is a boon

 

[LavitzSlambert]

Definitely a mix of both. I am always playing new-to-me games (whether they're new releases or decades old that I never played). Sometimes you need a hit of nostalgia or some comfort gaming. I have backlog that I consider more of a library and it's so nice to look at a catalogue of my all time favorites whenever I want, even if it's to play a bit.

I played Day of Defeat and Counter-Strike 1.6 the other day, just to experience some old school fun for a few hours here and there. I do a RE4 (OG) replay every couple years. Many ways to enjoy replays along with the new.