10 Great Video Games You'll Never Play Again (And Why) - Commenter Edition

Replay value? Never heard of her.

by Josh Brown
Nier Automata
PC Gamer

Even more so than going back to your favourite films or books, revisiting your favourite video games offers such an appealing comfort blanket for fans. It's partly why overdue remasters are so successful; as a species we love things that are familiar and habitually return to the media we love to squeeze every last drop out of them.

This goes double for games, which are often replayable by design, with alternate endings, optional playstyles and secondary missions all encouraging players to return to a title time and time again.

All this said, there are some games that a good chunk of fans will never be able to face playing again. They're not bad - far from it - it's just that they were either so demanding, emotionally draining, or strangely structured that one time through is more than enough.

We've compiled a list of these before, but the following ten were entirely chosen by you.

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Josh has over 11 years of experience as a published writer, having worked nine of those years as a full-time content producer at WhatCulture. In that period he has created hundreds of articles, videos and podcast episodes for multiple WhatCulture channels, specialising in gaming, horror and film & TV. He now primarily works as a senior content producer and presenter on WhatCulture Gaming where he co-hosts the WhatCulture Gaming Podcast, a top 3 UK most listened to gaming podcast that he co-created in 2018. Over the years he has reviewed several high-profile gaming releases, covered industry events with on-site reporting, opined on breaking news, and even kicked off his interviewing career by chatting to childhood hero, Tommy Wiseau.