This post reminds me of a friend of mine who likes a song so much, he will only listen to it twice a year, once on New Year’s and once on his birthday. He says each time is like the first time because “the pathways stay fresh”. He’s been consistent for at least 7 years.
If you’re curious: Toccata - OVERWERK
Very understandable that song is awesome
I basically listened to it on loop for a week and ruined the effect
Just listened to it. Yeah I get it
Sounds like songs from the game “The Messenger”.
Great game and great music.
I don’t know, I’d be worried if I did that then it wouldn’t hit the same for me the second time around. Who am I now compared to then? What state of mind am I in? I mean who knows how much a song or a a movie resonates with you has to do with where you are at that time?
Fucking hell I wasn’t prepared for the existential questions when I entered this thread.
Yeah I was thinking something similar. The first Game that came into my head was “Gothic” which I have played since forever (since ive been a little kid) and took me forever to beat for the first time. I don’t know if I would even start playing it today if I didn’t know and love it already. From my perspective today the graphics are outdated and the controls are clunky but it has such a unique heart.
100% there are songs and music that I adore that were heavily attached to who I was at the time, that, although I still adore, would not have the same impact now. Green day, RHCP, imagine dragons, all those are from different key times in my life that just would not resonate the same with level of impact today.
I would most definitely lose that value if I eternal sumshined it
Outer wilds.
Yeah, I’m sad that I could only ever play my favorite game once.
Stargate SG-1 TV series
Indeed!
I want to play either Skyrim or Breath of the Wild for the first time again, knowing nothing about what’s out there to be discovered or the limits of the sandbox. Those games cast a special spell in their first few dozen hours before you know where the boundaries of the world are.
i haven’t played skyrim since the last DLC was released, whatever that was. maybe my memory is sufficiently wiped at this point
Change ‘listen to’ to ‘watch’ and I’ll rewatch Eternal Sunshine for the first time.
I watched that movie knowing absolutely nothing about it going in other than the two leads, and it blew my mind. from that point on i swore off watching trailers and try to know as little as possible about every movie i watch.
Going in completely dark like that can be so damn good. That was how I watched From Dusk till Dawn for the first time. Also Barbarian another great one to go in totally blind.
Definitely the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy
Half-Life 2
I’m too young to have played the original as a kid, but I have fond memories of coming home from school to play HL2 on my shitty laptop.
There are a bunch of games that you can only play once cause the puzzles are based on finding information. So these are my picks: Tunic , Outer Wilds, Return of the Obra Dinn.
Oh man, Obra Dinn for sure. Nothing quite replicates that moment when all the pieces start to fit together. The game took me about 6 hours, I believe. Four hours were spent furiously trying to solve the puzzles, but the last two hours were a wonderful cascade of clues falling into place until I had a complete record of the ship’s crew and passengers. Masterpiece.
Eternal Sunshine would be on my list for sure, hahah. Such an amazing film. It would also be incredible to listen to Scenes from a Memory or Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence again (two of Dream Theater’s best albums). Hard agree with the other person who mentioned Fullmetal Alchemist, too. Good question, OP!
Ocarina of Time
For a game it has to be Outer Wilds…
And please do yourself a favor and play it the one time you’re allowed in this lifetime if you’ve not yet done it, as you can.
My answer too.
And also for the benefit of anyone who’s just played the base game: the DLC is basically a sequel, and I found it even more impactful than the base game!
Halo 2.
That game blew my mind when I was younger.
…wait… I’m the covenant?
🤯
Would love to experience Hollow Knight again
Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy. Both the books and the radio shows.
I am currently reading the books after a fairly long time. Boy, is it an absolute riot.
