I dont know if its just me but i seem to have this problem of not enjoying myself when playing through a game for the second time. Especially if you explored most of the story in the first playthrough and since Im fairly methodical when i play games i never really miss any content the first time through. This is just a thought that occurred to me while trying to replay Dragon Age 2. Its not that i didnt enjoy the game but the game itself was still fresh in my mind when i played it when it was first released. I had this plan going into this second playthrough that i would go and play Dragon Age Origins again and go through the Awakenings expansion after that so i can create a tale that was specifically how i wanted to happen in this game world. I enjoyed myself immensely while playing through the first game again but heres the thing. I have not played DAO in about a year so it was a refreshing to experience all that content again. Some moments that occurred i may have forgotten but when i watched was happening again it felt like i was experiencing it for the first time again.
So i guess what Im saying is that theres a digesting period. The game just doesnt seem to satisfying when you play a second playthrough in quick succession. So maybe thats what Ill do with Dragon Age 2. I played about three hours again with a new character and was basically bored out of my mind and rushing through all the dialog and combat so i can just experience the good parts of the game. Its not what i want to do, i think i need to give the game a long break. Then when i come back to it Ill be refreshed and happy to experience the game again.
Looking back at some of the games Ive played it seems I have unconsciously done what Im writing in this blog about for some games that i really enjoy. The Mass Effect games which i enjoyed a lot i have played through multiple times but i did not go through a second playthrough right away. I did take some fairly long breaks between playthroughs and that seemed to help me enjoy replaying those games immensely.
