I re-played FFIX recently and I have to be honest; it wasn't all I remembered it to be. The storyline was just as fun but I think I'd lost the spark that made me love it. I remembered when I first played it and I got up to Dali. Even though it was only a short way in I felt like I'd accomplished so much. As the story unfolded I really got into it. I felt for characters, I really went out of my way to explore and find items. In this recent play-through I breezed through. I found all the best items right away and beat bosses using techniques I had learned (Such as potions for zombies and such). It just really wasn't the same and never will be.

Another of these was Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In my first play of it I got to Jabu Jabu and thought the game was nearly over. I was excited but sad. Then I found the temple of time and became an adult and was amazed. I felt like I had a whole other game to explore. That's why I consider it one of my all-time greats. Yet, recently, I can't play it. Not because it isn't great any more, because it is. It's just that it's all so familiar. There's nothing I haven't done on it so the adventure isn't as fresh.

Does anybody have similar experiences/ problems?

Hyz.