What PC games have you finished more than once?

[Colif]

There was a similar thread to this running yesterday but its not here anymore so I decided to recreate it, and to save the time of those who previously answered,

@Pifanjr said

"It's pretty rare for me to finish a game, let alone play it again. The only game that comes to mind right now is XCOM and I'm not 100% sure I finished the second run. "

@Colif said

" depends on how you define finish. Games like Diablo 2 and Sacred and TL2, you may finish the story in 2 days or so but you can keep playing the character in another difficulty.

If they count, Yes... I have returned to games to finish them on a few occasions, with a new character or a different class. Probably 100 times or more over the years.

Journey I completed hundreds of times...

but games where you can only play the story once? I don't know, I hardly play them, I like endless games, no restrictions, no story getting in the way. I liked the original SIm City as it had purpose, it just existed to have fun and make a city. Some games can't help themselves. Skyrim throws dragons at you even if you ignore the story line. "

@bh3bh3 said

"GTA San Andreas and Suikoden in PS. I played suikoden in several platforms such as PS, PC, and Mobile phone (emulators).

Now, this reminds me of how I love the story of Suikoden and it makes me wanna play it again. = "

@XoRn said "Man, I don't even want to think about how many times I've "completed" Diablo 3 and Path of Exile. lol. Roguelikes as well like Dead Cells and Hades would add dozens of more completions but I'm not sure those should count since a play through only takes 45 minutes after a while.

On the main topic of the thread I have completed a LOT of games multiple times. I'm just going scroll through my steam list and see which ones I remember completing more than once:

Call of Duty
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Call of Duty 2 (several times)
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty World at War
Call of Duty Black Ops
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
BioShock
BioShock Infinite
Batman Arkham Asylum
Darksiders (It's strange how I beat the first one multiple times but couldn't bring myself to finish either of the sequels)
Basically every Valve game with a single player component (HL, HL2, Portal, ect)
Fallout 3
Borderlands
Borderlands 2
Crysis
Doom
Doom 3
DOOM (2016)
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (I tried for WEEKS to get a Silent Assassin rating on every level).
Homefront (god knows why)
Mass Effect
Quake
Red Faction (yup. the first one)
Saints Row 3
Saints Row 4 (I haven't actually finished it twice yet, but I'm in the process of 100% it right now)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Something or another (I can't remember which one. Probably Clear Skies?)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

That's it for Steam games I see that I'm pretty sure I've completed twice. I know there are older games I never got digital copies of as well like C&C Red Alert 2, Crimson Skies, Delta Force 1 & 2.

Looking at my steam list has given me "incompleation" anxiety. There are a LOT of games I haven't even launched yet. Bleh. "

@Johnway said

"There are a fair few games i've played twice but off the top of my head:

Doom2
Doom2
path of exile every 3 months when a league kicks in, i have to play through the story every time.
World in Conflict
Xcom enemy unknown
Xcom 2 (once with collectors edition, again with the rest of the DLC and again with Wotc)
dead island
thief deadly shadows
Thief 2
Cod MW2
Alan wake (well, played through the game twice with new game+)
Half life generations 3
half life 2


I'm sure there are more... "

@Zloth said

"Not many, really. 4X games are often completed multiple times so I'll skip those.

The Last Remnant. Completed twice, nearly completed a third time (I was mainly after an optional boss, which I never was able to finish off)
Final Fantasy 7. Completed twice, once properly, once with a guide in hand so I didn't miss all that secret stuff. (Started MANY more times.)
BattleTech. Once in campaign mode, once in career mode.
XCom 2, just like @Johnway
X: Rebirth. Once in campaign mode, once without the story.
Sacrifice? Definitely finished once but I think I got through twice.
Final Fantasy X: Once on console, once on PC in HD.
Saints Row 3: Little difference between runs, but it's just so fun! "

@Brian Boru said "Right, question only makes sense for games with campaigns.

RTS

C&C 1 & 2 multiple times;
Red Alert 1 & 2 multiple times;
C&C Generals & Zero Hour multiple times;
Total Annihilation multiple times;
Dark Reign 1 & 2 multiple times;
Rise of Nations multiple times;
Supreme Commander & Forged Alliance multiple times.

Shooters / Lite RPGs

Half Life 2
Portal 1 & 2
Deus Ex
All Far Cry except FC2;
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3;
Crysis & Warhead multiple times;
C&C Renegade.

Casual

Royal Envoy series multiple times;
Northern Tales series multiple times;
Amazing Pyramids & AP Rebirth;
Lemmings series multiple times;
War Robots Planet Defender.

Loads more especially in the Casual space. "

what do you say? what games haven't you been able to stop playing?

edit: longer posts left unquoted for clarity

 

[Zloth]

Didn't that very first Lemmings game have a few jillion levels? Maybe I'm confusing it with some other game?

 

[Brian Boru]

Didn't that very first Lemmings game have a few jillion levels?

I don't remember how many, but I have no recollection of it being super-long.

 

[Volley]

Oh my, so many games over several decades, impossible to list all my replays, but here's the big ones I remember. Some of these I've replayed through over 10 times now.

System Shock
System Shock 2
Unreal
Unreal II - The Awakening
Deus Ex
Deus Ex 2 Invisible War
Deus Ex 3 Human Revolution
Deus Ex 4 Mankind Divided
Crusader - No Remorse
Crusader - No Regret
Cyberpunk 2077
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Wing Commander II - Vengeance of the Kilrathi
Wing Commander III - Heart of the Tiger
Wing Commander IV - The Price of Freedom
Wing Commander V - Prophecy
Half-Life
Half-Life Opposing Force
Half-Life Blue Shift
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 Episode One
Half-Life 2 Episode Two
Command & Conquer Tiberium Dawn
Command & Conquer 2 Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer Red Alert
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
Jill of the Jungle
Jill goes Underground
Jill saves the Prince
Star Wars Dark Forces
Star Wars Dark Forces II Jedi Knight
Star Wars Dark Forces II Jedi Knight Mysteries of the Sith
Star Wars Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Jedi Knight II Jedi Academy
Star Wars Rebellion
Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3D
Star Wars Rebel Assault
Star Wars Rebel Assault II
Star Wars X-Wing Collector's CD-ROM
Star Wars TIE Fighter
Star Wars TIE Fighter Defenders of the Empire
Star Wars TIE Fighter Enemies of the Empire
Star Wars X-Wing Alliance
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Serious Sam - The First Encounter
Serious Sam - The Second Encounter
Serious Sam 2 - The Third Encounter
Serious Sam 3 - Before First Encounter
Serious Sam 4
Crysis
Crysis 2
Crysis 3
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D - Spear of Destiny
DooM
DooM II - Hell on Earth
The Final DooM
DooM 3
DooM 3 Resurrection of Evil
Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem II
Duke Nukem 3D
Shadow Warrior
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Blake Stone - Aliens of Gold
Blake Stone - Planet Strike
Clive Barker's Undying
Red Faction
Halo - Combat Evolved
Halo 2 for Windows Vista
Aliens vs Predator
Aliens vs Predator 2
Aliens Colonial Marines
Alien Isolation
Descent - First Strike
Descent ][ - Counterstrike
Descent 3
Descent 3 - The Vertigo Missions
Warcraft - Orcs & Humans
Warcraft II - Tides of Darkness
Warcraft II - Beyond the Dark Portal
Warcraft III - Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne
Dune 2 - The Building of a Dynasty
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation - The Core Contingency
Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance
Batman - Arkham City
Black Mesa
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 6 - Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty 8 - Modern Warfare 3
Fahrenheit - The Indigo Prophecy
House Party
F.E.A.R. - First Encounter Assault Recon
F.E.A.R. - Extraction Point
F.E.A.R. - Perseus Mandate
F.E.A.R. 2 - Project Origin
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto V
Homeworld
Homeworld Cataclysm
Homeworld 2
Life is Strange
Life is Strange - Before the Storm
Mirror's Edge
Mirror's Edge 2 - Catalyst
Relentless - Twinsen's Adventure
Quake
Quake II
Portal
Portal II
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Strife
The Witcher III - Wild Hunt
Commander Keen 1 - Marooned on Mars
Commander Keen 2 - The Earth Explodes
Commander Keen 3 - Keen Must Die
Commander Keen 3.5 - Keen Dreams
Commander Keen 4 - Secret of the Oracle
Commander Keen 5 - The Armageddon Machine
Commander Keen 6 - Aliens ate my Babysitter
Raptor - Call of the Shadows
Galactix
Major Stryker
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 2

Coconut Monkey - Gravy Trader


and much.. much more.

 

[Marziidd]

God hand 2 👍

 

[Pr0udCh0sen1]

Skyrim, Halo and Gears of War series, oblivion as well, fallout series, gta 4 and 5 etc

 

[OsaX Nymloth]

Surely I am gonna miss something, but from what I could gather:

A Plague Tale: Innocence
Alien vs Predator 2
Baldur's Gate 1, 2
BioShock
Bulletstorm
Dark Souls 1, 2, 3
Dead Island
Dead Space 1
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Manking Divided
Doom (2016)
Dying Light
Elderborn
Evil Islands
F.E.A.R. 1, 2, 3
Fallout 1 and 2
Fallout: Tactics
Firewatch (what, I wanted the easy achievements!)
GTA IV
Half-Life 2
Icewind Dale 1, 2
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Metro Last Light
Metro: 2033
Operencia: The Stolen Sun
Portal 1, 2
Project Warlock
Puzzle Quest 2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Shadow Warrior (2013)
Shadow Warrior 2
Sleeping Dogs
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Vampyr
Wasteland 2
Witcher 1, 2, 3

 

[Brian Boru]

and much.. much more

What a wonderful list! I forget, how many lives have you lived…?

from what I could gather

No slouch there! Very nice

 

[kiruha]

Shadow Warrior 2
Call of Duty Black Ops
Crysis

 

[ranjooel]

Resident Evil

 

[OsaX Nymloth]

Got any non-spoiler tips for this one? I bought it a while back and it keeps popping up as folks saying the played it, liked it or recommended it. If it made your list, it must be pretty decent.

For me it was one of the best hidden gems of the year when it released. Yes it has it flaws and some of the concepts are not as deep as one may have wished for... but damn if I didn't had a blast.

I finished it twice, playing different styles and taking different decisions (because those matter: you kill someone or you save them? What will happen to others related to that person? Will then district be thrown into chaos?) and while - as I mentioned - the consequences may not be as deep , they are there and it was nice to see different outcomes.

Also VO is great, the atmosphere is wonderful and I just hope they make a sequel.

Just be vary the combat is way to easy once you get used to and since it's not rewarding, you may want to avoid unnecesary battles by just running away. I didn't mind it that much but then I did run past some enemies or just took another route to not be bothered by having another combat without any real reward.

Hope that helps.

Also I am still bummed I didn't get 100% achievements because on my second run I did ONE thing out of order and that blocked me from ONE damn room where some item was kept. I may return to it to just get that one damn thing.

 

[Zloth]

Tropico, 3-4 Many plays of the campaign,. 4+

Wait, you're supposed to finish the campaigns? I thought the campaigns were just tests to see how long you could refrain from doing a custom game!

 

[mainer]

I'll take a shot at this, though I'll have to dredge through some of my older brain cells going back to the 1980s.

Ultima Underworld 1 & 2
Ultima 6
Ultima 7 The Black Gate
Ultima 7.5 Serpent Isle
Wizardry 8
Might & Magic 6, 7, & 8
System Shock 1 & 2
Betrayal at Krondor
Crusader No Remorse
Dark Forces
Planescape Torment
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 and Throne of Bhaal
Icewind Dale 1 & 2
Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Deus Ex
Two Worlds
Gothic 2 & 3
Devine Divinity
Gothic 2 & 3
Diab lo 1 & 2
Dungeon Siege
Sacred 1 & 2
Half Life 1 & 2 and Episodes 1 & 2
Titan Quest
Fallouts 1, 2, 3, 4 and New Vegas
Elder Scrolls Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, & Skyrim
Dragon Age Origins, DA2, & Inquisition
Mass Effect 1, 2, 3 & Andromeda
Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2 Deadfire

That's what I can remember having completed more than once (and in some cases many times). Literally thousands of enjoyable hours of my life in those games.

 

[KingPSPC]

Hotline Miami (twice)
Hotline Miami 2 : Wrong Number (3 times on normal and twice on Hard Mode)
Papers please (4 endings)
Emily is Away 3 (2 endings)
Half life 2 (twice)
Mind Scanners (3 endings)

 

[Rhysling]

FNAF Series
G.T.F.O.
Inscryption
Age of Empires 2 & 3
At Dead Of Night.
Welcome to The Game 2
Forest & Sons of the Forest
Raft
Subnautica & Subnautica: Below Zero
Papers please
Death and Taxes
Slay the Princess
Amnesia
Observation Duty
And a sh$t lode of horror and simulation games...

 

[Brian Boru]

Happy 3rd anniversary to the thread!

Strange I didn't mention 4X and others in my earlier post.

4X

Civilization 4 & 5 & 6
Endless Legend

Adventure

Syberia 1 & 2
Secret Files series
Prince of Persia
Kings Quest
Adelantado Trilogy
Firewatch
Hero Of The Kingdom series
Indiana Jones series

Puzzle

Portal 1 & 2
The Talos Principle
World Of Goo

Casual

Ancient Quest Of Saqqarah
My Kingdom For The Princess series
Plants v Zombies
Storm Tale 1 & 2
Wordle 3

Action

Commandos series
Gods
Just Cause

 

[Hveðrungr]

As a mostly strategy and puzzle gamer I always find this kind of thread weird. Of course I've completed multiple games of Civ, Total War, Mini Metro, etc. The real question would be “which strategy / puzzle games were bad enough that I didn't even complete them once?”

 

[Colif]

Happy 3rd anniversary to the thread!

Must you wake them up?

I guess I finished the story in Diablo 4 since starting thread, and since it doesn't force new characters to play it ever again, I guess I finished it.

Might have finished Panorama a few times as well, but its hardly long.

 

[mjs warlord]

Witcher series
Dagon age series
Mass effect series
Skyrim
Witness
Manifold garden
Horizon Zero Dawn
The Thing
Grim Fandango
Stubbs the zombie.

 

[Smellincoffee]

ST Elite Force, ST Armada
Mafia (2002)
Mafia 2 (2008)
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA V
Red Dead Redemption II
Game Dev Tycoon

I mostly play open-ended games like Cities Skylines, The Sims, etc.

 

[Zloth]

Add Dark Messiah of Might & Magic to my list in the OP.

That's it, unless you count play-throughs of 4X games that are supposed to be played through multiple times.

 

[Rolfil]

Lots of the ones mentioned above.
What I've not finished is many modern games.
I think Cyberpunk (not including the DLC) and AC Odyssey are the only two that come to mind.

I've played a lot of ARPG's and other games that are open ended though. Maybe there just aren't as many good popular single player games around? I'm yet to play Baldur's Gate 3 though

 

[Aldarion]

Devil May Cry 4
Doom 3
Homeworld 2
Risk 2
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius
Sunrider: Liberation Day
Battle for Middle-Earth
Battle for Middle-Earth 2
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Rome Total War
Total War: Medieval 2: Kingdoms
Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 4

 

[Hveðrungr]

Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius

Now there's a deep cut! Have you played the other Sunrider games?

 

[Aldarion]

Now there's a deep cut! Have you played the other Sunrider games?

Mask of Arcadius, Liberation Day and Sunrider Academy. I mean to play Sunrider 4 someday, but I can't seem to get time.