Favorite late-discovered game

[dantheman931]

I'd been meaning to play Psychonauts ever since it first came out, but I never got around to it. Since I've started, I've done nothing but wish I'd picked it up sooner; I know it's (as Yahtzee puts it) a polarizing game, but I happen to think it's awesome.

Has there ever been a game that you loved that you didn't play until way after its release?

 

[DrDeath3191]

Beyond Good and Evil. SO good.

 

[meatloaf231]

Beyond Good and Evil. SO good.

This, and Baldur's Gate II. I only played it a couple years ago. I felt ashamed for missing it.

 

[dantheman931]

Beyond Good and Evil. SO good.

Is it worth $10 from Amazon, in your opinion?

 

[Plauged1]

Beyond Good and Evil. SO good.

Is it worth $10 from Amazon, in your opinion?

Yes. I personally despise it, but who would walk by a game that affordable?

DMC4. I know it isn't small time or anything, but as soon as it came out, I completely forgot about it.

 

[NeoDeath90]

Red faction 2. Its looked like it came out about three years before I got my hands on it, and I still regard it as one of my most cherished gaming experiences ever.

 

[quiet_samurai]

Shadow of the Colossus

 

[Christemo]

Titan Quest. bought it in late ´07. GREATEST RPG EVARR.

 

[YuheJi]

Beyond Good and Evil.
Got it on that Steam Ubisoft deal with four games for ten bucks. Far Cry and IL-2 Sturmovik were what I was really after, and BG&E along with Dark Messiah Might and Magic came as afterthoughts. But as it turns out, BG&E was the only game I enjoyed out of the four (Consider that it's 2009, and the others didn't age quite as well. Except Dark Messiah already wasn't that great of a game.)

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Half Life 2. I had a terrible computer when the game came out, and didn't get around to buying it until I heard that the Orange Box was going to have it packaged-in as part of the deal (along with Episode 1 and 2). Really regretted it for all the jokes and references that suddenly made so much more sense by the time I was done beating it.

Edit: On that note, if we count finally beating games as "late-discovered", I also hadn't beaten Half Life 1 until after I was done with Episode 2. Got close on a number of play-throughs, but never quite got there.

 

[Mr.Pandah]

Caesar III. I played the demo for years before I finally stumbled upon it in a video game retailer. Best day of my life.

 

[Dragon Zero]

Red faction 2. Its looked like it came out about three years before I got my hands on it, and I still regard it as one of my most cherished gaming experiences ever.

That game took hours of my life. I enjoyed every minute.

OT: I didn't get Rygar: the Legendary Adventure until late after its arrival and though nowadays it seems like a poor man's GOW, it actually distinguishes itself. Oh, and it was released years before Kratos first snarled his way onto a television screen. Another would be Crackdown, one hell of a game that was shamefully disregarded once the Halo Beta ended. Condemned was one I tried just this time last year and I am so glad I played it at all with its wonderful story, great gameplay, and tense atmosphere, now if only I could forget the second "game" if you could call it that. Galaga, but it whooped my ass hard. Alien Hominid, I got the downloadable Live version and am still astonished that I beat it (albeit on easy but still) and I got that AFTER I beat Castle Crashers. Finally the game that I played years after release and the one that I got my avatar from, Jet Force Gemini. If any employee of Rare or Microsoft is watching, I would GLADLY bear any burden (even children despite my limitations as a male) to see it either a) released on the Live Arcade b) Remade properly or c) a fullblown sequel is made.

 

[T3h Camp3r T3rr0r1st]

sadly Duke Nukem 3D and KOTOR

 

[Shapsters]

Orange Box, I just got it and was always interested in Half-Life. I don't really understand why I didn't buy it earlier. I got it for $20 brand new! Fantastic!

 

[Jurassic Rob]

It's gotta be Escape From Monkey Island!

Just totally awesome!

A rival to my Broken Sword obsession!

 

[Fizzlewinks]

Shadow of the Colossus. I only played it two years ago. After I got my Wii but before my 360 I went out to gamestop to get a game. Surprise, surprise the Wii had nothing good out. That's when I came across SOTC for 12 bucks. Always heard good things so I picked it up...then never put it down until I beat it.

 

[zakwak01]

yoshi's island as lame as it sounds

 

[N-Sef]

R-Type III: Third Lightning. I have the GBA port, it's great fun.

 

[Teachingaddict]

Grim Fandango
Psychonauts
Beyond Good and Evil
Baldurs Gate 1 and 2
Planescape Torrment
Resident Evil 4
Broken Sword 1 and 2
DoW series
Company of Heroes
Warcraft 3

 

[dantheman931]

Also, I bought Super Mario Sunshine not long after it came out, but I put it down and didn't end up finally beating it until just last year. Guhhh, six years...