Have you ever bought a game you knew nothing about and upon playing it found it to be AWESOME?

[Firia]

Eons ago, in the PS1 era, I went down to my local EB Games (at that time, not owned by Gamestop), and was going to buy a game. I didn't know what, but I had some money and I was gonna get me a game. It was between this game with an interesting anime character on the cover made by my favorite rpg company, Squaresoft, and this bleak looking black and white cover of a game I'd never even heard of.

The anime dude had my favor, but I remember saying, "I'm not really in the mood for an rpg." At the time, I don't believe there was a distinction of "J"RPG. I asked the EB employee about the bleak looking game. The cover didn't do anything for me, but the back side had this line... something about terror and fear. I was already hooked on Resident Evil, and EB employee said this game was really good. I took a gamble and bought this unknown.

Ever since, I've loved the [em][strong]Silent Hill[/strong][/em] series. Recent installments, maybe not so much. But back then? I replayed the hell out of the game. I did later go back for the anime looking dude. Little known title... Xenogears.

 

[MetalDooley]

Fable:The Lost Chapters and Sid Meier's Pirates for Xbox.I had never really had any plans to get an Xbox(my buddy gave me his when he bought a 360 on launch day)so I knew very little about Xbox games apart from the big ones like Halo.Picked the 2 of them up because they were pretty cheap and they turned out to be great games.I still play them from time to time

 

[natster43]

Custom Robo on the Gamecube. They need to make another one on the wii or something, because that and the DS one are great.

Metropolismania on the PS2. It is a fun city builder. At first I hated it, now I love it.

Though It was a rental first, Amazing Island on the Gamecube. It is one of the funnest monster making games I have played.

 

[Malo_Tux]

Monster Hunter Tri... so much rage but so worth it

 

[sergnb]

Super Smash Bros. The N64 one.

I had no idea what it was about, but it had pokemon and mario, so it couldn't be bad.

And holy shit I was blown away.

Also GTA: Vice City. Same thing, cover didn't tell much... I heard the name somewhere else but didn't exactly know what was all the fuzz about.

And holy shti I was blown away, again.

 

[MrA]

Fable TLC. and it was AMAZING! such a great experience. Oblivion too, got that one as a gift. Now 100 hours of game time later it's safe to say I enjoyed it.

 

[woodaba]

I bought dark messiah of might and magic off steam, and Im having a lot of fun with it. Which is odd because all reviews everywhere claim that its quite bad.

 

[Rooster893]

BioShock was an impulse buy, but man, it was worth WAY more than that. It was one of the best gameplay experiences I ever had, with one of the most memorable storylines, awesome gameplay, and all in all just a kickass game.

 

[Jandipoo]

I picked up the Total Annihilation Commander edition (Game, expansions and a stratagy guide) for $3 in a bargin bin. It had a giant robot on it so I picked it up.


Honestly the best money I ever spent on a video game.

 

[Slayer_2]

Fallout 3. I knew next-to-nothing about the series until I got Fallout 3, and loved it. It's still one of my top games of all time.

 

[CRRPGMykael]

Oblivion,Fallout: New Vegas,Deus Ex seems to be fine,so is Thief II,Amnesia: The Dark Descent,and other stuff like Beyond Good & Evil,etc.

 

[York_Beckett]

Red Faction: Guerrilla

This was the first game I played in the series, and I loved it. The original Red Faction is also fantastic, but this one surprised me more; I just bought it to have something new to play.

 

[zyoto12]

a little game called 'barbarian'for the ps2 it was 2 bucks i bought it and it was pretty awesome
a little terrible... but still pretty ok

EDIT: god darnit everyone else's games are actually awesome


i read too many gaming websites and magazines so i know about all the awesome games ;_; (well most,)

Ha, I actually remember that game, found it in the bargain bin.

However, for me, that game was Rogue Galaxy on the ps2.

 

[Alar]

Afraid I can't say I've never known nothing about a game. That'd be a bit silly. Like picking up a book off a shelf in a bookstore and buying it without reading the back or the first few pages. It might be horrible.

 

[Pat8u]

Portal Yep I did not know anything about it (I never went on the internet) but I got it in the orange box (only game I knew about in it was cs) it was awesome
EDIT: can I mention that this was in 2009 when I got it so yea....

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

This is how I discovered Morrowind.

Was in Gamestop, saw the Xbox GOTY Edition on the shelf, saw it was cheap, and thought "Hm, looks like it good be interesting."

 

[GartarkMusik]

Mass Effect. I knew next to nothing about the game, but now I'm in love with the series and I cannot wait for 3! What a good impulse that was.