[DoctorEldritch]

Hello Legion Gamers!

It's a new week, and incidentally, I wanted to ask about New Game +

It is a bit of an enigma for me. I always only play the games once. Unless it's rogue-like and meant to be repeated by design, or it is an RPG with a diverse morality system where going either the "good" or "evil" route can impact the experience significantly enough to warrant a replay. But most of the time, once I reach the end of the game and titles, that's it.

So I was always puzzled about what incentive is it to play the game again after finishing it. Some examples I can understand, like Blasphemous or Nier Automata only revealed the "true ending" after you played them several times. Here you get extra content on your second (or more) playthrough, so I get that.

In some other cases, like God of War or Spider-Man Miles Morales, you could only get certain things (like armour or the final tier of skills) in New Game +. This is less of an incentive and, personally, not enough for me to play the game again, but I can see how it could be a factor for some.

And then there are those games that offer you nothing except allowing you to keep a portion of your resources and crank up the difficulty even more, and that's it. This I don't really get.

So I wanted to ask, do you play New Game + and, if so, what motivates you to do so?

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch God of War was one of those games for me. I played it over and over till I got bored with the idea.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot What made you play it again, though? You already know the plot. Was it that special armour?

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch I really liked the gameplay and yes it was about the special armour and the add ons. Me and my buds competed against each other with speed runs too.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot I never quite got the appeal of speed runs, those are too stressful for my taste. But if you have buddies to compete with, then I guess it adds another dimension to it and makes it more pleasurable.

But let me ask you this: God of War gameplay is not that much different from other RPGs. Witcher, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (and Survivor), etc. Maybe God of War has something else that sets it apart?

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch We only do speed runs when we have finished the game a few times. Diablo for instance have many collectable items and it takes a lot of time to acquire a full set of gear. The only way is to do speed runs on a hardcore level.

You're correct. God of War is not different from other RPGs. What I like about God of War is the graphics and the scale of the enemies.

I wish they would do a remake of Dante's Inferno. Now that would be a new adventure.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot I recently saw a video about Portal speedrun that used existing glitches and tricks to speedrun, it is amazing how much effort and calculations and practice can go into this:

Fair enough. God of War is a good game. Though I played it majorly for the story.

Maybe Dante's Inferno will get a remake still. Dead Space got one, and in general, remakes are more common these days, so there may be a chance.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch Hopefully they will consider remakes. I'm holding thumbs.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Remakes can be tricky. In discussion with @ChristianRasmussen I remembered No One Lives Forever, a good old game that got stuck in such legal limbo that you can't even buy it now, let alone remake it. But Dante's Inferno is a cult and belongs to EA, and many people are asking for it, so chances are it will be next. Here is to hope.

Though I have not played it myself, I heard it is a bit too souls. Is it?

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch There will always be red tape and issues. Too many law's and nonsense. Hopefully EA will consider a remake and maybe team up with another studio.