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I played Nine Sols recently and it had a transformative effect on my gaming experience. I've found myself no longer getting mad at fairly structured games and deeply enjoying the personal refinement of my skill set in pursuit of a goal. Suddenly this shift in perspective has allowed me to see difficulty in a new light and truly savor the victory that comes after significant effort. With this new perspective, I decided to try the game that had made me hesitate the most with its reputation for difficulty: Sekiro

Its been truly eye opening to realize that my nervousness has only kept me from a good time. Or maybe I just wasn't ready for it...

Following that trend, I started Celeste for the first time even though I never play pure platformers, and it has blown my socks off. Do I suck? You bet your ass I do. But I know it's from a lack of detailed platforming, and developing that skill has been very fun and satisfying.

Now, I'd love to hear from others. What games made you regret waiting so long to try them?

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[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I loved Brütal Legend when I was a kid. I was obsessed with Psychonauts, so when I found out Double Fine was making a new game I went apeshit and gobbled up every bit of news I could find for it.

I even bought the game before I had a console to play it on.

Edit: and yes, so many Metal greats actually voiced characters in the game. Ozzy, Lemmy, Rob Halford (who plays two characters), Lita Ford...

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

The Cave is another great Double Fine game. Really fun and can be played couch co-op.