What Generally Keeps You Invested In Games?

[DioShiba]

I suppose it's as simple as this: How much fun am I having?

I replayed and beaten Banjo-Kazooie more times than I can count. It's hard to explain why.

This is really the same reason why I invested my time beating Super Mario World dozens of times since I was 5.

If I had a solid explanation to why I still will play that game it's simply because it's fun to find new ways to beat a level. I remember how hard it was to pull of using the P-Balloons in Tubular until I found a way to use the cape and the blue yoshi together, or being able to get that huge collection of 1-ups at the end of the forest of illusion's fortress by managing to use the cape.

In short, if there's room for experimentation, the more likely a chance that I can replay the game, the more likely I can replay a game the more fun I will have.