games with zero replay value

[Distazo]

The last two major rockstar games before LA Noire for me (I haven't beat Noire yet but it will probably fit in this mold). I loved the endings to both Red Dead Redemption and GTA4 so much just for how much they affected me emotionally but to start those games again with knowing how the story ends . . . I just can't do it.

I suppose a lot of FPS linear FPS games have little to no replay value, but I have never wanted to play one again so I am not fully sure.

 

[Cavan]

I'm gonna go with portal and portal 2.

The jokes and unexpected things don't work if you've seen them already, and neither do the puzzles or plot twists.

Maybe terraria, for me.

 

[Dr_Horrible]

Umm... to anyone saying 'the Portal games,' I don't know about anyone else, but I replay them all the time for the humor and plot.

OT: probably Mirror's Edge or Assassin's Creed 1, I keep wanting to play those games again, but I get bored pretty early in.

 

[KafkaOffTheBeach]

FFXIII
So very, very much FFXIII.

 

[Zhukov]

Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Don't get me wrong, it's a good game. Hell, a great game. But there's no reason to play it more than once. It relies heavily on you not knowing what's around the next corner and not being sure what is a threat and what isn't.

 

[Julianking93]

Any game I hated.

I can find reasons to replay any game I enjoyed.

Agreed.

Though, I will admit, a game with next to no replay value isn't that great in my eyes.
Just those one time type games are boring. I like to get a bit more out of the money I spent on said game, but it takes a lot for me not to find any sort of enjoyment at all in a game and not want to replay it at least once.

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

Fable II, after that ended I was like "nope, goodbye and thanks for the crappy ending".

This. I can replay most anything (as a matter of fact, I've replayed several of the games already listed on this thread), but Fable II just... doesn't do it for me. I attempted to do a second playthrough and promptly got bored before I was more than a couple hours in.

 

[Ice Car]

Cooking Mama. My mom wanted it, and since I didn't necessarily hear anything bad about it from what I remember, I tried it. Played 5 minutes, then put it down forever.

 

[wolas3214]

Terraria, its a blast till the end. then its just dull and pointless

 

[I forgot]

Any Legend of Zelda, especially Twiight Princess. I just remember all the shit I have to do and go, "Well I'm not going through that again."

this. Anything puzzle/exploration based has a good chance of less replay value because you already know the answers. That is unless you haven't played it for a long time and have forgotten everything which is why I'm enjoying A Link To The Past again.

Also linear shooters, especially Half-life.

 

[legendp]

I think it is down to opinion. if you like a game you will think it has good re-playability. I have played through halo reach, portal and mirrors edge all each more than 5x (times) and still enjoy playing through the campaign's. Games I can not play again are ones I really don't like, for example I didn't like borderlands (played it by myself though) and do not feel like playing it again but I know that they're are plenty of people who would disagree and I wouldn't blame them. unless it is a really bad game (and as much as everyone dislike's black ops it is actually a half decent game, if people think black ops is bad then they have never played a bad game) pirate's of the Caribbean at worlds end for PS2 was a bad game.

 

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

To be honest, I enjoyed Indigo Prophecies more, and felt it had the most in terms of replayability

Heh. I was about to mention that as my game I will never replay under any circumstances ever, and then I saw your post. The first few hours of it were completely amazing, but then it degenerated into progressively more of a disaster at an increasing pace, and it was hard enough to force myself to finish it even once. It's like the video game equivalent of permanently ruining its own childhood just during the course of the game itself.

 

[Evaheist666]

ANY RPG. I've already spent 30-40-50 hours on it. I'm not going through that shit again.

That's exactly what happened with Mass Effect. I beat the first one and I got RROD 'ed and therefore had to buy a new 360. then I got Mass Effect 2 and I wanted to migrate all my ME1 saves and stuff so I could continue the story with my previous choices but I couldn't.

So I said **** it and bought the PS3 version of ME2.

 

[Kaanyr Vhok]

If a game is good I will want to play it again. I might not get to it but the yearn will be there. Games that lack replay value are simply bad games or very very long games and IMO most really long games are bad. So the worst games I have played recently have been Dante's Inferno, Dragon Age Origins, Fable 2, Fallout 3, and Arcanum. Arcanum was the best of the bunch but still very flawed and just not good for many reasons. It was also very long.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Singularity. All the endings were stupid, in my own opinion. Not to mention the HUGE plot hole that's noticiable in the beginning:

Spoiler

"Hey, I shouldn't save this guy. He's an ass. What makes him more special than any other russian here? Plot device, you say? No thank you. I HAVE to save him, you say? His statue takes the place of Stalin's statue after I save him, you say? Fuck me. And we're only 15 minutes in.

Seriously. The whole game fixing the mistake you HAD to make. You didn't even have to but the game MADE you.

Game, if you're going to shove plot devices down my throat at least buy me dinner first.

 

[Shocksplicer]

Any Metal Gear Solid Game. I enjoyed them the first time around, but on subsequent playthroughs I the insane amount of dialogue and cutscenes just make me want to stop playing almost straight away.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Terminator Salvation, never played it myself but my friend got with high expectations, You can only play through Storymode, no collectables no hidden difficulty nothing!

 

[tehlordofmyownworld]

Mass Effect 2.
I haven't even finished it once, but I considered replaying it just to see what all the other stuff I missed was. The scanning mechanic ruins the replay value for me. Sitting through that tedious radar scrolling up and down each planet every time I wanted an upgrade.

 

[Capt. Crankypants]

Simple. Mystery/puzzle games. Once you know, you don't really ever un-know, and you just can't play through again.

 

[legendp]

Umm... to anyone saying 'the Portal games,' I don't know about anyone else, but I replay them all the time for the humor and plot.

OT: probably Mirror's Edge or Assassin's Creed 1, I keep wanting to play those games again, but I get bored pretty early in.

I think mirror edge has great replay value, finished it several time's. the best way to play it is without using weapons and once you get really good at it, it's really fun. But I would agree with AC1, that one does not have much replay value