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Which PC games are so good, you've purchased it more than once?


After having done so for a very few games, I realized this is a pretty good indicator of classics which stand the test of time (since the digital download evolution happened).

Off the top of my head, the Thief games & Medieval 2 Total War.

Red Devils Over Arnhem
Cod:Modern Warfare
Mafia

Operation Star by Graviteam!

I think many of these were due to getting all-DLC-inclusive digital versions of my older physical copies, or getting a digital version with less annoying DRM or update system.


Medieval 2 Total War

Knights Of The Old Republic I & II

Kerbal Space Program

AI War 

Civ IV

Icewind Dale II

Jagged Alliance 2

Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate

Star Wars Rebellion

Neverwinter Nights 2

Temple Of Elemental Evil

Great Battles Collection

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Divine Divinity

Freedom Force


That list ended up being longer than I thought.  :o



Edit:

Dragon Age: Origins

Steel Panthers I & II

Civilization II Multiplayer Gold

Star Wars Rebellion

Sid Meier's Pirates 1987 Original

Railroad Tycoon I & II

Silent Hunter I

Fighting Steel

Jane's F-15

Classic Harpoon

Mostly games from GOG

M.A.X.
Baldur's Gate
Lord of the Realms
Might and Magic n
Panzer General 2
Fantasy General
Privateer
Darklands
Master of Magic

Quote from: chemkid on December 05, 2016, 08:37:25 AM
Operation Star by Graviteam!

+1. Once it came out on Steam, the idea of having the Steam client automatically update and deal with all the add-ons was too tempting to pass up. Esp. on sale   ;)

Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale as well as the Gold Box series from GOG.

Quote from: sandman2575 on December 05, 2016, 10:39:50 AM

Quote from: chemkid on December 05, 2016, 08:37:25 AM
Operation Star by Graviteam!

+1. Once it came out on Steam, the idea of having the Steam client automatically update and deal with all the add-ons was too tempting to pass up. Esp. on sale   ;)

+2, exactly this.

Also:

Baldur's Gate 2 (three times! and I still have never progressed far...)
Dragon Age: Origins - DLC stopped working on Steam, had to buy again on Origin (annoying)
KOTOR
Star Wars: Empires at War
Medieval Total War
Medieval Total War 2
Silent Hunter 4

And at Christmas, my big prezzie may be Steel Beasts Pro:PE - trust me, buying that twice makes your eyes water...

Dominions 3 (x3 First at Shrapnel, then Gamersgate, then Steam)
Quake 2
Morrowind
Combat Mission Beyond Overlord
Operation Flashpoint/Cold War Assault
ARMA
Age of Empires 2
Company of Heroes (and I'm not that big a fan but I bought the Steam version)
TacOps 4
Red Baron 3d

Most of the above were second (or third) copies to replace games I had given to friends to try. Some were just to get the Steam version.

Civ IV 3 times
Medieval TW 2 2 times
Blitzkrieg 2 times
Graviteam Tactics (pre-mius) 2 times
East Front, West Front, Rising Sun - Buying JT's Campaign Series makes that equal 2 times right ;-)
Silent Hunter III 2 times
Warcraft the old DOS original 2 times
Empire Total War 2 times
Comandos Call of Duty 2 times

Full spectrum warrior
Black Hawk Down
Battlefield 3
Steel Armour Blaze of War
Ace Combat
Campaign Series

I have bought games twice only accident usualy because I havnt played them yet and there not burned into my memory, or games I want a beter DRM like BG1 2 IceWind1 2. I keep thinking of buying the command series middle east even though I have the first but not played yet, is it worth it.

Rome Total War and DLC
MTW2 and Kingdoms
Total Annihilation
Civ 4
Tropico (original and 2)
Baldurs Gate
Couple of AGEOD titles (3 IIRC due to a multibuy)
WW1 Centennial Edition (I had WW1 Gold)
XCOM 1,2,3
Empire Earth Gold
Dominions 3
Blood Bowl (upgrade to legendary edition)
Shogun Total War (Gold)
Medieval TW (and Viking Invasion)
Battlestations Pacific
Caesar 3
Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire

And probably quite a few others... some are Steam versions, some GOG games updated to play on Win 7.

Crusader Kings 2. Bought it at release on Gamersgate, then bought the CK2 Collection later that year on Steam with all the DLCs. This was before it required Steam.

Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
Fallouts 1-3 plus NV a couple of times
Morrowind, & Oblivion
SOTSE
CM1 all 3 of them
WOW at least twice
Witcher 3 twice
Most of the repurchases was for way less then the orignal with the DLC's thrown in which is why the repurchase
I am glad for steam and other distributors for keeping track of my games for me and letting me download multiple times the same game.

Quote from: Nefaro on December 05, 2016, 08:29:15 AM
Which PC games are so good, you've purchased it more than once?
....

Too many to list, but I'll jot down a few:
Panzer General II
Master of Magic
Disciples I and II
Master of Orion I and II
Strategic Command
Heroes of Might and Magic I, II, and III
Fantasy Wars
Port Royal I and II
Tropico I, II, III, and IV
The Patrician I, II, and III
Dungeon Keeper
Age of Wonders I, II, and Shadow Magic
Conquest of the New World
Darklands
Castles I and II
King of Dragon Pass
Wasteland
Jagged Alliance series
Ultima series
Imperialism I and II
Settlers II
Neverwinter Nights I and II
Wizardry VI, VII, and VIII
Wing Commander I, II, and Privateer
King's Quest I, II, III, IV, V, and VI
Pacific General
and on and on.

I repurchased many of my old favorites from Good Old Games so I wouldn't have to put the disk in the drive in order to play them and sometimes to get a copy of a game without its original onerous DRM (I'm looking at you, StarForce!).

^That's my take. I don't rebuy a lot of games but when I can legitimately get away from mounting a CD to play a game I will do it.

Armada 2526 Gold
Descent
Descent 2
Lords of the Realm II
Medieval Total War Gold
Neverwinter Nights (Diamond Edition)
SimCity 4 (Deluxe Edition)
Shogun Total War Gold
Star Wars: Empire at War Gold
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Quote from: DoctorQuest on December 07, 2016, 04:04:53 PM
^That's my take. I don't rebuy a lot of games but when I can legitimately get away from mounting a CD to play a game I will do it.

That's mostly the case for me as well.  That, and/or my original copy of the game in question no longer wants to run on my computer, whereas digital-download versions (whether from GamersGate, GOG, Steam, or elsewhere) generally run on my machine just fine.