I’ve never beat a video game twice or done an NG+ run

Some games ramp the difficulty up a little too high in NG+.

What is the point of having all of your stats and weapons if you are just as weak starting out as the original play or even weaker.

I seem to recall being an Uber God at the end of Surge 2 and then NG+, i couldn't survive the opening tutorial.

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I’ve never beat a video game twice or done an NG+ run

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End game in Nioh/Nioh 2 doesn't even start until after NG+4

But aside from those games, I rarely play NG+ or beyond. Although, DS2 SotFS has an awesome NG+ with different enemy placement/red phantoms/etc.

If you haven't New Game+'ed ChronoTrigger, you're straight up missing out.

I've done it for the trophies. My second playthrough tends to be quicker just because I know what to do and have the controls down but I can't help myself from doing all the side missions and getting the collectables again. Of course if you want to go back to the NES era, there were plenty of games you could beat in 20-30 minutes so I beat those plenty of times.

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I’ve never beat a video game twice or done an NG+ run

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Besides FromSoftware games I typically don't beat super long/big games multiple times. For jumbo sized games, I just do one thorough play through, trying to 100% it and call it completed.

Just as a personal rule of them I'd consider a game under 20 hours short, a 20-50 hour game medium, 50-100 long, and 100+ extremely long.

If the game isn't extemely long I almost always end up doing multiple playthroughs when I first buy the game. I often never touch it again after those initial playthorughs though.

Many games these days are designed for multiple playthroughs so to fully experience them you do need to do it multiple times. There may be multiple endings or optional content only down one particular path, etc. Doing the game a 2nd time at a higher difficulty is also common for me.

If you're trying to see all the content or get all the achievements, multiple playthroughs are almost mandatory.

But it really depends on how long the game is and how big my current back log is. I don't get many games these days and there's usually nothing else immediately on deck so I enjoy multiple playthroughs after an initial purchase.

If you have 10 games sitting in your personal queue I totally get not repeating them,

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If you haven't New Game+'ed ChronoTrigger, you're straight up missing out.

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My first thought as well, that 2nd play-through opens up a lot of options.

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My first thought as well, that 2nd play-through opens up a lot of options.

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Didn't know that. I beat it years ago but recently downloaded it on steam. I'm going to take my time with it here and there but I guess I'll have to see what this second run is all about.

Really depends on the game but lately I find myself more and more going back to play older games that havent played in years. Usually shorter games. Immersive sims and games like Mass Effect series that truly have branching story lines that can differ from playthrough to playthrough also call me back.

I think a a few Zelda and Mario games lend themselves to being beaten twice Ocarina of Time, Link to the past/between worlds, Odyssey. These are games with enough action and problem solving to keep you entertained but they aren't massive enough to hit the wall of getting tired of mechanics or repetition