Ever bought a game you never heard of and end up with a new favourite game

[henrebotha]

Worms 2.

 

[Hazy]

Unfortunately, no.
The one time I bought a game without extensive research, I ended up with Crysis - which I had never heard of before.

Never.
Again.

The only real reason to buy Crysis is for bragging rights/curing your curiosity as to whether you can run the damned thing.
Then... you realize that the game just isn't very good.


OT: Harvester. I had heard about it from a friend, and then once I actually got around to playing it.. I was astounded. Most underrated Point and click game... EVAR.

 

[Kelethor]

Dynasty warriors 4

Dont judge me.

 

[AvsJoe]

I rarely buy games I've never heard of so no. Even if it comes highly recommended I research it first before I buy.

The best game I've ever spent money on without knowing what it was was probably RTK7. But that was a rental, so it doesn't really count.

 

[Olikunmissile]

Kula World for the PS1

 

[Adzma]

Knights of the Old Republic. I had heard of it but knew nothing about it. I decided to buy myself a copy and to this day it still remains the game I consider the best RPG of all time.

 

[stone0042]

Kingdom Hearts 1

 

[hottsaucekid]

Kelly Slater pro surfer was fun 2 bad they dont come out with new ones

 

[Lord Krunk]

JetSet Radio Future. Never heard of it, but fell in love with it after a few minutes. It's the game that drove me to buy an Xbox in the first place.

I even have my avatar to prove how much I love the game.

 

[BioHazardMan]

Starfox 64 ftw

 

[Artemis923]

Unfortunately... MapleStory... but it was free so I don't think that counts.

You poor soul.

Ugh...Maple Story. It's hardly free when you buy tons of NexCash so you look kewlz. T-T

I kept seeing Culdscept Saga at the local Game Crazy, and I finally bought it.

Damn good choice.

 

[Akai Shizuku]

Games that come to mind include Crimson Sea for Xbox, as well as Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, also for Xbox.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

God of War. My mom got it for me for christmas, because I needed at least one game under the tree (my present that year was SCUBA diving off the Florida Keys). She grabbed it because it was mislabeled at $9.99 (20 bucks cheaper than what it was supposed to be), and I thought it would be a piece of mediocrity with bad gameplay.

Boy was I wrong...

Still patiently waiting for you, Number 3.

 

[Ohten]

Radiata Stories didn't get near enough marketing.

 

[sheic99]

Unfortunately, no.
The one time I bought a game without extensive research, I ended up with Crysis - which I had never heard of before.

Never.
Again.

Thankfully, I was played that via torrent. That way I didn't have to lose my money. Which I felt like doing after playing that game.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

You poor soul.

Ugh...Maple Story. It's hardly free when you buy tons of NexCash so you look kewlz. T-T

You're right... I unfortunately did fall into the NXCash trap once... but that was once and will never happen again. It's actually a pretty fun game and I don't really see the difference between a free game like MS and a big expensive game like WoW. They have basically the same elements and it's obviously much cheaper and less like crack...

 

[The_Echo]

Two words: Sly. Cooper.

 

[oppp7]

Warcraft 2. It isn't my favorite anymore, but it was at the time (its sequel replaced it). Also, my cousin burned me the cd, I didn't buy it.

 

[RavingLibDem]

Skies of Arcadia: Legends definitely falls into that category. I bought it at Gamestop back in the olden days when I didn't know what a JRPG was, and it enthralled me.

Same! I ended up being bought it for a birthday by parents who had simply picked a game out of the shop, it was a really interesting game, infuriating at times, but a brilliant story and plenty of random content to find. Oh the days I spent flying around looking for crew members...