That game you bought as an afterthought that totally rocks.
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The Witcher. I picked it up for $30 bucks, said why not? Now I'm on my third playthrough of it and can't wait until the sequel
When I bought Resident Evil 4. I was actually really reluctant to buy it because I had just gotten out of a very bad relationship with Resident Evil: Outbreak, but the thing had beaten the original God of War for Game of the Year. How could I resist? Today, it remains my all time favorite.
Oh yes, for me that had to be Psychonauts. Impulse purchase when it was $2US on Steam. A flawed masterpiece, that game is. Reminded me so much of the platformers I used to play on my N64 when I was in primary school; Banjo-Kazooie especially. I only just realised how similar they are: platformer with good characterisation, unique themed levels connected by a hub world, each level gets you a new skill, which requires heavy use of it to finish that level and the list goes on. The only difference is that only one had a decent sequel. 
I TRIED to buy Red Faction Geurilla, but I didn't have any fucking ID. Played it at a friend though, lots of fun.
Actually, no. Orange Box. Found it at a flee market, loved Portal and Team Fortress 2, and managed to complete Half-Life 2 and all it's bastard offspring as a point of pride.
Actually, no. Orange Box. Found it at a flee market, loved Portal and Team Fortress 2, and managed to complete Half-Life 2 and all it's bastard offspring as a point of pride.
OH YES, OH YES, I've been waiting for this question for so long
I don't tend to buy games as an afterthought, but that only makes mine all the more special:
Rome: Total War,
Played it, loved it, forgot about it for a couple years, bought it cause I was bored, and 200 hours of only campaign gameplay later, I'm still addicted
It's also the game I thank for getting me into RTS's in the first place, and now RTS's make up at least 60% of my game time, WOW did Rome change my life and interpretation of video games as a whole.
I don't tend to buy games as an afterthought, but that only makes mine all the more special:
Rome: Total War,
Played it, loved it, forgot about it for a couple years, bought it cause I was bored, and 200 hours of only campaign gameplay later, I'm still addicted
It's also the game I thank for getting me into RTS's in the first place, and now RTS's make up at least 60% of my game time, WOW did Rome change my life and interpretation of video games as a whole.
Both recently, I saw Crackdown in the bargain bin, bought it, and it turned to out to hilariously fun. Not too deep, but good mindless fun and explosions for only $5.
Just the other day I bought Red Dead Redemption after never really bothering to read anything about it, I never really liked GTA, but I do like Westerns, and I've really been into sandbox games lately, so I bought. Wow. This game is freaking great, I may even like it more than Mass Effect 2, my favorite game of the year so far. Seriously, great game.
Just the other day I bought Red Dead Redemption after never really bothering to read anything about it, I never really liked GTA, but I do like Westerns, and I've really been into sandbox games lately, so I bought. Wow. This game is freaking great, I may even like it more than Mass Effect 2, my favorite game of the year so far. Seriously, great game.
Two, both for hand helds first was ninja 5-O for the advance and is still one of my favorites
and the second for the DS i had to buy just because of the name, Little red ridding hood's zombie BBQ...yeah, wierd ass name but was a great pick up and play sort of game.
and the second for the DS i had to buy just because of the name, Little red ridding hood's zombie BBQ...yeah, wierd ass name but was a great pick up and play sort of game.
Golden sun the lost age
was just buying games for a free gba back in the day and then, best game ever...
was just buying games for a free gba back in the day and then, best game ever...
Civilization Revolution for the 360. Laugh as much as you want I still enjoy playing it to this day, just because I find it so dam calming. If I want a challenge then difficulty levels scale up appropriately and I enjoy everything from visuals to simply how you can mess around
(Was good fun trying to make enough destroyer fleets to cover every ocean square, coming up around 1/3 short and piled a few hundred units into a single square, lag-tastic).
Hours of innocent and pure fun.
(Was good fun trying to make enough destroyer fleets to cover every ocean square, coming up around 1/3 short and piled a few hundred units into a single square, lag-tastic).
Hours of innocent and pure fun.
It was years ago, a game called Abe's Odysey, which you might know because it's an awesome platformer that's won a bunch of awards and stuff. I bought it because it was bundled with this other game called Excalibur 2099 or something like that. The Excalibur game turned out to be a forgettable piece of drivel and Abe's Odysey was, well, Abe's Odysey.