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I have never understood why anyone would want to forget positive experiences, or that the how and when of those experiences didn't have a huge impact on how they were shaped.
The only way I could possibly see that being a benefit is if the initial experience was diminished by being too early and it's not yet too late.
Like, sure, I enjoyed Breath of the Wild when I played it, but what could have been foundational had I played it when I was young was just "a game" and I can't imagine anything fairing better.
Well, I think I played Earthbound for the first time at the wrong stage in my life (late teens). Either sooner or later (when I eventually replayed it for the first time in my early 20s) would have been a better experience.
...I can't really think of a Playstation title where I'd say the same thing, though, and the older I get, the easier it is to come to terms that I have already had the most impactful moments in my life and that is increasingly unlikely to change.
I also definitely wouldn't trade the early-20s replay experience for playing Earthbound for the first time *now* either, in this post-Undertale and post-Omori world. Both of those were good, but also would have been better if I played them (much) earlier in my life.
Even going super-recent, I think that having experienced Elden Ring at launch meant a whole lot more than it would if I started it for the first time now, due to how much cultural osmosis would have diminished the mystery of that world.
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This headline made me do a double take, if I didn't read any further I'd assume it was asking for fans to tell them which games they disliked so much they would want to forget and never experience.
Personally, I'd have worded it as "Tell Yoasobi what PlayStation Games you wish you could (Re-)Experience for the first time again" or something along those lines to make it clear that you don't just want to forget them.
I'm sure other people will cover the more popular games I'm gonna say Soul Sacrifice(vita) and Fate Extra(PSP).
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