Best Game You Gave a Second Chance

[Siris]

This is a thread dedicated to games you picked up, didn't like, put down, then tried again later and ended up loving.

My personal pick for this is, for better or for worse, Pokemon. I played up to Gen III's start (Ruby and Sapphire), then didn't pick up a single Pokemon game until Black and White came out. I'm glad I did though, as Gen V really is turning out well so far.

So what about all of you? Any favorites that didn't quite rub you the right way the first time?

 

[hazabaza1]

I dunno. Halo 3, I guess? Hated it at first, tried it again and it was pretty enjoyable.
Not to say it's a fantastic game, I just don't give many games a second try.

 

[Zeriphor]

Baldur's Gate 1/2. I couldn't get into either one the first time I tried. After trying them again years later, they became my favorite games of all time.

 

[Link55]

Mine would also have to be pokemon. I went up to Pearl and I didn't pick up one until black and white 2.

 

[ubersyanyde]

Half-Life 2

I first played it when I borrowed the Xbox 360 version off a friend but I just found it kind of unimpressive and boring, probably because the Xbox controls for Valve games suck.
For some reason I decided to purchase the Half-Life complete pack on Steam since I got a gaming PC and I love it. I now know why so many people fanboy over the series.

 

[Pearwood]

Dead Space. Played it, thought "eh it's alright, takes itself a bit too seriously though" then I really got into it. It's got that Resident Evil style B-movie charm and as soon as the plot starts getting completely batshit insane you can't exactly say it's taking itself seriously.

Currently farming enough IP to buy Ahri, all the cool champions would be 6300 wouldn't they? Just hope Nidalee isn't all the way up there as well. You're next gurl! XD

Don't forget Viktor, everyone forgets Viktor and he's awesome

 

[The Wykydtron]

Dark Souls, kinda. I gave it a while 5 month break so I could forget exactly how hard it was. I've actually (almost) completed it now! Fuck you Gwyn!

DS is still shockingly unfair at times, every death is fair my ass. Mimic no.1, Anor Londo Snipers, O&S without co-op etc etc.

Best would be League of Legends, I hated it when I tried ages ago but about a month ago I picked it back up for some reason and wooo new addiction activate!

I still handicap myself for only going for the interesting looking champions rather than the accessable champions.

Darius OP as fuck? Don't matter learn Orianna! Naturally the hardest to learn champion in the entire game is the most interesting so I have to play her.

[sub]Darius isn't overpowered anymore but shut up i'm making a point![/sub]

Currently farming enough IP to buy Ahri, all the cool champions would be 6300 wouldn't they? Just hope Nidalee isn't all the way up there as well. You're next gurl! XD

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

It might be Pokemon White after I hack the hell out of it so that I can only catch and train the original 150 Pokemon on a Gen 5 title.

 

[Zeriphor]

Currently farming enough IP to buy Ahri, all the cool champions would be 6300 wouldn't they? Just hope Nidalee isn't all the way up there as well. You're next gurl! XD

If you're looking for interesting champs, karma and twisted fate both have some unique mechanics as well.

 

[The Wykydtron]

Currently farming enough IP to buy Ahri, all the cool champions would be 6300 wouldn't they? Just hope Nidalee isn't all the way up there as well. You're next gurl! XD

If you're looking for interesting champs, karma and twisted fate both have some unique mechanics as well.

I know TF has a badass teleport that reveals everyone a friendly TF once teleported in front of 3 enemies when we were running the hell away. He just stood there like a total badass!


Y'know in an anime or a film where the main character takes on 50 guys at once while being a total badass? He looked like that for a split second until he got swiftly dogpiled and instakilled. Coolest TF i'll ever know...


It's not just mechanics i'm after, it's the Champion's actual feel and personality that I look for. Like how Sona is the simplest Champion in the game yet she's so awesome cuz she kills people with music


Plus she seems almost above the rest of the cast, like the amount of poise and elegance she has sort of elevates her above the usual "DEMACIA!" screaming Chapions XD

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I hated it at first, I was crap. Kept going, and WAHEY it's awesome


Also, Metro 2033. I kept dying due to lack of ammo, then turned out I had about 700 bullets I never knew I had.

 

[Indecipherable]

Dragon Age: Origins. I'm replaying it right now and I was fairly bleh about it the first time, enough so that I didn't bother even finishing it. But I'm having an absolute blast as is and thoroughly enjoying it. I think time had tainted my opinion and made me remember the poorer elements (which there are a few of) rather than the overall effect.

 

[Eclipse Dragon]

Monster Hunter Tri,
bought it, got sick of the grinding, put it down, just recently let my friend barrow it, and for some reason I started to REALLY want to play it again, now that it was temporarily out of my possession.

 

[gorfias]

Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I hated it at first, I was crap. Kept going, and WAHEY it's awesome


Also, Metro 2033. I kept dying due to lack of ammo, then turned out I had about 700 bullets I never knew I had.

Fallout 3 would be my answer too. Just felt nothing for several months. I don't even remember why I gave the game a 2nd chance but I did on PS3 and it was one of the best games of this generation (in my top 5). I do recommend the GOTY edition. All the extra chapters and that when the main campain was over the game was not made it a 150 hour game that 2nd time around.

Not the best game of this gen, but easily the best that took a 2nd try.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

mass effect

up until you become a spectre, i had no idea what was going on..put it down. came back probably 5 months later, played the beginning again, this time paying attention to all the details, and ended up loving it to death (still my favorite mass effect game)

 

[kyogen]

Shadow of the Colossus

It wasn't right for me when I first played it. I needed to get a bug for loud, button-mashy action out of my system first. So after killing time for a few months with God of War 1 and 2 as well as a few other noisy, shiny, unsubtle bits of fun, I went back to SotC and loved every minute of it--even the final boss who made me want to rage quit while trying to figure out how to get from its arm to its head. Grrrrr.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Vice City.
I got it for like $7 used and only really played it a little occasionally; not really doing missions, just messing around in the open world.

Then I played through half of LCStories on a business trip. After finishing LCS, I had to play through LC. After finishing that, I had to get San Andreas which ended up being one of my all time favorite games.

 

[Sixcess]

Lord of the Rings Online

It doesn't start particularly well and the first time around it struck me as a rather bland clone of WoW, only less polished. I went back to it a few months later and played longer. Once I'd walked through Bree, got lost in the Old Forest, and spent a uniquely pleasant afternoon wandering around the Shire it became one of my favourite MMOs.