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Everybody has played games that are addicting and are fun to play a bunch. Well almost everybody. Some people play Call of Duty because they think it is replayable. Well, suck my balls, that isn’t replayable, it’s just addicting. It’s the same stuff over and over that you enjoy. So technically you are “replaying” it, but that doesn’t make it a “replayable” game.

What makes a replayable game? Well, let me get started…

• You play a different version of the game
• You play a different level of the game
• You play with different strategies

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Play a different version? Nope. Different level? Nope. Different strategies – nope.

Now, you’ve got to keep in mind that you play on different levels in Modern Warfare 2, but those are the only levels you’ll get for a very long time. You use different strategies per game type, but those are the only types of strategies you’ll use for a very long time.

Now that you’ve got what a replayable game is, let’s get started.

Note: These aren’t in any specific order.

3: Halo 3

Halo 3. Two years in, and people still play you. You’ve got online multiplayer, campaign, and a level-editor.

Yes, Halo 3 has a level editor in case you didn’t know. If you didn’t know, just Alt-F4 right now. Srsly. It’s called Forge, and you can do almost anything inside the levels you want. Make a castle defense map, go ahead. Make a maze, go ahead. A race, a war-setup, a pit, a cannon, a tower – whatever, it’s your choice, it’s your freedom.

Put a weapon here, put a vehicle there. Make sure people spawn in the right spots, make sure they don’t die unfairly. Set the rules for the game, the limits, and the score-sets.

Halo 3 replayability level:

60% monkey.

2: Trackmania United Forever

The racing game many have played and gotten addicted to. In fact, Trackmania Nations Forever is a very popular free download, and that’s how the franchise’s popularity sky-rocketed.

It’s a racing game, like I said, but here’s the difference between Trackmania and another racing game like PGR4: Loops. Boosters. Jumps, wall-rides, water-jumping, all that crazy shit. And it has a track-maker, allowing complete replayability within the level. Thing is, there are six types of level: Stadium, Snow, Coast, Island, Rally and Destert. Each has a different type of car and different controls for the car. I.e. Snow cars have pinpoint turning, whereas if you tap left in a Coast car, you’ll start sliding. Makes for a bunch of replayability.

Toss in crazy people who make crazy tracks with everything available (roads, loops, walls, decorations) and a place to download tracks, and you’ve got a very fun replayable game that almost never, ever gets boring. Literally. LITERALLY. LITERALLY!!!

Trackmania United Forever replayability:

70% popsicle.

1: Little Big Planet

Aw, you’re so cute! Wrong. You can do anything you want in Little Big Planet. Anything. ANYTHING. ANYTHING!!! Except extend the limits of the level.

Now, unlike Halo 3, your level is not set for you when you enter the editor. You have to make your level with the material available to you. You can use glass, stone, wood, metal, and more. Once you have an idea for what you want to make – and you can only make what you can imagine – you can make the level. Make it for players, put down the spawning spot and check-points.

Put music wherever you want, make vehicles from all the objects you have at your disposal, make talking computors, doors, and keys for doors. Make big monsters that move around and need to be squished, or even make the whole level move.

Put your level up for download, or download anybody else’s game. The fun never stops. Literally. LITERALLY. LITERALLY!!! lol I’m done with the triple statements.

Like I said, you can only make what you can imagine, making this the most replayable game in the world of games. Like a boss.

Little Big Planet replayability:

100% applesauce carton.

December 12, 2009.