Would you count NG+ as replayability? I know for Nier Automata and Armored Core 6, it's basically part of the story and you haven't finished until you've unlocked all of the main paths. There is enough new stuff each playthrough for it to be unique though.
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They don't exactly fit with your theme of short mystery and puzzle games, but based on your initial question most JRPGs and most story-focused games came to mind. Let's go over a few of them I'd recommend to everyone interested in those games:
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Persona 5 Royal: It's about a 100h and very story-heavy. There are some twists and turns which keep you engaged and you build relationships with a wide cast of characters. Besides the story and actual combat, there's a ton of side activities, all of which you only do a few times. It's probably my favorite game I'll never replay, because all these things are an absolute slog to play again. The same goes for Persona 4 and maybe 3, haven't played that one.
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every Etrian Odyssey: They are old-school dungeon crawlers originally released on the 3/DS and got remakes on steam and the Switch. You draw your own maps of every layer the dungeon has, which is a large puzzle in itself. However, once you know the dungeon, there is literally no point in exploring it again. You know every trap, every worthwhile detour and of course the path to take.
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Like a dragon 7/8: They combine an open world with lots of mini-games, funny and/or touching side stories and an epic overarching main story to follow. There are tons of interactions with your companions, all of them interesting. It's just, similarly to Persona 5, all these mini-games and interactions only carry themselves for the short burst you get them in and while they are fresh. Replaying them? It's an absolute slog. You know every punchline, you have optimized most mini-games and probably remember most of the great backstories each character has - you'd be skipping most of the content and the non-optional combat system isn't fun enough to carry itself on its own.
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If you liked chants of shenaar, check out heaven's vault. I think it does what chants of shenaar does, but better, and it did it years before. It was a bit strange to me to see chants of shenaar get so much hype, but have heaven's vault stay slept on.
I considered it as well, but this review made me reconsider. Would you say it is as bad as that review makes it seem?
Funnily enough, what that review said is basically what I said in my review about chants of shenaar, except without the glowing praise. Lots of tedious running across maps and very surface level language-puzzling, whereas I don't remember any tedium with heaven's vault at all. I guess different strokes for different folks?
I would say, it's such a unique and well-executed concept that I would give it a play yourself to see what you think. It's one of those games I haven't found a replacement for, even with chants of shenaar.
I'll give it a shot!
Well - I played both and I quite enjoyed Heaven's Vault as well.
I played HV through twice - once for the story and then a second time to see how far I could alter that story with different choices. My wife even played a third time to try for a really particular set of events.
The translation game in HV goes much harder than Chants'. After the first playthrough, you get longer and more challenging texts to decipher.
Also - there's no backtracking really required. The game is pretty strict about telling you where you can and cannot go and reacting to what you found or didn't find. You can cut whole plot lines in HV and it's no problem.
Which makes it one of the better games for replayablity in my mind.
It is - for sure - slow paced. Almost meditative.
I personally think the main series Danganronpa games alongside Despair Girls have enough of a play through the main story mode (don't know if there are any other modes for Despair Girls) and then you don't replay almost ever type of gameplay since they're visual novels, technically. (I don't consider them visual novels because I consider those to be just images/animations and a text box on screen with no control over a character).
The 3rd game even has a mode you unlock at the end that has replayability, though, so I don't know if that would disqualify it.
Also, another game I like with pretty much no replayability besides watching your favorite scenes play out would be the point and click adventure game Beyond the Edge of Owlsgarde. It's a game that, if you know what you're doing, can be completed in 2 hours. My first playthrough took a lot longer though, since I didn't know what I was doing. Also, it only has 2 endings and if you miss the good ending, you'll get a hint at the end of the bad ending which will guide you to the good ending.
I went so hard on Danganronpa. And I hate visual storybook games.
But the incredibly well written scenarios, the intrigue, and the overall wackiness really pulls you in.
I think about the series a lot.
Observation and Deliver us the Moon
Walking Sims, point and clicks, puzzles.