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

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It kinda happened for me with Fallout New Vegas. I was maybe 11 and never played anything from the series. I spent my time killer hobo-ing my way through but I always felt like I was missing something, then I started reading negative opinions about it online and got influence by that, so I dropped it. After some time I played Fallout 3, liked and thought it was much better than New Vegas and decided to give NV another shot (I was at 12 or 13 by then). I loved it to the point where it is probably on the top of my emotional top 10. It got me into 50s/60s music, got me interested in politics and ethics, made me become a fan of science fiction and old school RPGs focused on story and a variety of approaches. Really a fantastic game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

NV is by far my fav Fallout game. I think I've replayed it more than any other game. And I still find new stuff every playthrough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same here, even if tbf I almost never finish new playthroughs. I usually get lost in some side quest I never encountered, or ones I never approached that way (think about the cannibals in the strip)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I was on like the 5th playthrough and somehow realized I never encountered the Boomers. No idea how I didn't make it to that part of the map before.

[–] VizualWarrior 2 points 2 years ago

That's what's up 🤙