A friend of mine showed me footage of minecraft back when survival mode was in it's early stages. To be honest I dismissed it as a boring puzzler of sorts that was about nothing but building roller coasters. Then came the day when the site was down and notch announced a free to play weekend. With me being bored I decided to see what the fuss was about and take about ten minutes to play it. I didn't stop until three hours and several wiki page references later. I am now eagerly waiting for adventure mode and all it's addictive glory.
Games you originally hated and/or dismissed but later played and loved
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Here Here! It took forever to move around in that game, it was a core to get to missions making the sandbox work against the game. Bad sandbox design.gphjr14 said:
Ditto, and since i should probably add one of my own,Aetera said:
Xenosaga. The characters are weird, the battle system seemed strange, and the difficulty curve is a vertical line, but it all comes together nicely in a way that i know would leave me pleasantly content if I could finish the damn things. (I suck at turn-based games)
Metal gear solid 4, so many people described it as awful and as having poor writing but I can't really see either of these complaints. Yeah some missions annoyed me (like tailing the world's stupidest rebel) but I think it's really awesome and I love the boss fights.
I think KOTOR1 and S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl.
I wasn?t really enjoying gameplay in KOTOR, couldn?t even get past the tutorial section. But after some time I really loved the story and characters and played it ?till the end.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl is another story. I wasn?t interested in that game at first. Then I played it a bit at my friends computer then bought it and since tha I?m fan of the franchise and can?t wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
I wasn?t really enjoying gameplay in KOTOR, couldn?t even get past the tutorial section. But after some time I really loved the story and characters and played it ?till the end.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl is another story. I wasn?t interested in that game at first. Then I played it a bit at my friends computer then bought it and since tha I?m fan of the franchise and can?t wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
I just have to say that your joke glasses Yukiko avatar is hilarious.AbstractStream said:
OT: Um, I don't know if I have one. I don't remember playing a game that I've disliked outright. If you want to talk about the reverse situation, I might have gotten a bit bored with Oblivion and wanted something faster paced than Street Fighter 4.
Please forgive me, I know this is HERESY! of the highest HERESY! order, but mine would be Knights of the Old Republic.
When I first played it, I almost instantly dismissed it because of the combat system. A few months later, I picked it up again, then put it down four hours later. Had a snack, then kept on playing. I spent a good portion of my half-term playing KotOR, and it now ranks as one of my favourite games of all time.
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When I first played it, I almost instantly dismissed it because of the combat system. A few months later, I picked it up again, then put it down four hours later. Had a snack, then kept on playing. I spent a good portion of my half-term playing KotOR, and it now ranks as one of my favourite games of all time.
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World of Warcraft. It started out with hearing enthousiastic stories from a friend who was playing the original beta at the time, and deciding that I didn't really care too much for a weird-ass fantasy world you had to pay ?15 a month for.
Tried a free trial some two years later (patch 1.12), and sort of kept playing.
Some 3-4 years and a good 400 days playing time later I decided to call it quits.
Tried a free trial some two years later (patch 1.12), and sort of kept playing.
Some 3-4 years and a good 400 days playing time later I decided to call it quits.
Halo. "Dur hurr, only ten year old males play that crap!"
Except its plot is awesome. And the characters are pretty darn cool. And it's really fun. And...oh crap, I actually like this!
Whoops.
Except its plot is awesome. And the characters are pretty darn cool. And it's really fun. And...oh crap, I actually like this!
Whoops.
X-com
I was 9 when it came out, way to complicated for me back then, later and up to now its a damn great game.
I was 9 when it came out, way to complicated for me back then, later and up to now its a damn great game.
the original fallout games.
i bought them in a collection for about $15 and spent several days trying to figure the damn interface out. i really hated it for the first few days but then it just clicked and i found it really fun.
i still find the combat kind of wierd though
i bought them in a collection for about $15 and spent several days trying to figure the damn interface out. i really hated it for the first few days but then it just clicked and i found it really fun.
i still find the combat kind of wierd though
Halo 3. I claimed it was filled with horrible fanboys and sucked, yet never played a lick of it.
Played it then, than fell in love. One of my favorite Series.
Played it then, than fell in love. One of my favorite Series.
Starcraft 2, played the originals and never really got into them, I cheated my way through the campaigns and didnt have a good enough connection to try the multiplayer.
Friend of mine bought it and didnt shut up about it for months, I finally gave inand agreed to try one his guest passes- I bought the full game the next day.
EDIT= 1000 posts, oh yeah
Friend of mine bought it and didnt shut up about it for months, I finally gave inand agreed to try one his guest passes- I bought the full game the next day.
EDIT= 1000 posts, oh yeah
Borderlands.
I seriously hated that game with a passion the first time I played a mere 10 minutes of it. Didn't play it again for months and months until finally I decided to try it out again and played some more of it. I basically fell in love with it. :3
I seriously hated that game with a passion the first time I played a mere 10 minutes of it. Didn't play it again for months and months until finally I decided to try it out again and played some more of it. I basically fell in love with it. :3