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Games you didn't like but suddenly clicked (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by kadu@lemmy.world to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml

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Hey folks! Here's an interesting thing that happened with me: I love action RPGs, I love western RPGs, I was addicted to Skyrim. So when The Witcher 3 launched, one of the most well received open world action RPGs I loved it, right? Well... No. In fact, for some reason I can't really understand I could never play more than 2 hours before dropping it.

I restarted that game about 5 times before, never liked it, wished I could refund it.

Until about two weeks ago I randomly decided to try it again and... oh boy, let's just say I'm a child considering if I should sleep for work tomorrow or continue playing all through the night.

Does anybody else have a game that they couldn't like but it suddenly clicked and now they enjoy it?

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[–] VizualWarrior@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The first Dark Souls. At the time I had played Demon's Souls, but didn't really play games for the challenge so I was very much not used to those types of games. Was also a diehard FPS player.

But a good friend, the same one that introduced me to Demon's Souls, gifted me Dark Souls. It was a game a genuinely enjoyed, but couldn't quite find my groove. I'd create a character, get to a certain point, then feel lost or too frustrated to proceed. So I'd stop playing for a few months, then pick it up again and roll a new character.

This trend repeated for a while, and I DID progress farther every time. Eventually, I hit a wall with one of the bosses and raged quit. So fast forward to my inevitable return to the game, instead of starting over I just went right back to that boss and tried again, and again, and again... and actually won?! That was the moment I feel like my gaming potential was awakened.

From Software fanboy, but also truly invested in a good challenge.

Unrelated, but I'm polishing of Nioh 2 now with NG+ and the DLC

[–] bumblebeatdown@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Haha you and me both commented about dark souls literally minutes apart, what a world.

[–] socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I have DS3 sitting on my shelf and will probably play it some time. For me the reason I haven't even booted it up is the reputation... I'm a pretty good twitch gamer, but I play games to relax, not to feel stressed. I often turn the difficulty a layer or two down from what I can handle, because I'm not really playing to be seriously challenged most of the time. I get plenty of that in real life.