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Which video game did you bounce off of at first, but then tried again later for it to become one of your favorites of all time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by rip_art_bell@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thief: The Dark Project

My brother had acquired a pirated copy for me. But the videos and dialogues had been stripped out to save space. He was gushing about how your footsteps would make different sounds on different floor types, but I already knew that from Jedi Knight. So I really didn't get what the fuzz was about.

Don't know how much time later I got a full copy and completely fell in love. It's one of my all time favourite games. The atmosphere is the best. And the different footstep sounds actually serve a gameplay purpose.

[–] rip_art_bell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nice. Definitely check out the Hitman series and the Dishonored series if you love stealth

[–] dokapuff@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

The binding of Isaac. I played about 10 hours of the flash version. 10 years later my friend gifted me afterbirth and repentance and I've played almost 1000 hours

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Auralux 2

[–] Mint_Raccoon@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Etrian Odyssey

I tried the demo for the fourth one and just didn't really like or get it. A couple years later Atlus announced Persona Q (which has mostly the same gameplay as Etrian Odyssey) so, I decided to give the demo another try and it just clicked this time. I have no idea why I didn't like it the first time around.

[–] H1jAcK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Binding of Isaac

[–] arirr@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 years ago

Shattered Pixel Dungeon

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Witcher 2. I died so many goddamn times in the intro scene, rage quit, came back years later and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I started and quickly lost interest. I think I forgot the role mechanic while going through the first real dungeon. Bosses are hard without rolling

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Andor's Trail

Like just about everyone, I started the game by forgetting to equip the armour and weapon. Instadeath and rage at the weakest mobs.

Came back to it later and read some of the hint text, which helped to pass the first map. Then several months to grind away and complete every quest. Top game with an eclectic sense of humour. Very recommended.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.gpl.rpg.AndorsTrail/

GPLv2 RPG fun.

[–] RustedSwitch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

PS4 God of War

I’ve been Xbox, Nintendo, PC my whole life, and eventually borrowed a PlayStation during the pandemic to play through some exclusives. I barely got through the tutorial before putting it down for two years. Got a ps5 eventually and gave it another try… and loved it.

[–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Donkey Kong County Returns. Played it back when I was younger and it didn't click with me. The platforming was too challenging and honestly I think I got too swept up in the hype around the game at the time.

Coming back to it later, I really appreciate it now. The music, animations and platforming is all sublime. It's sequel, Tropical Freeze is my favorite 2d platfomer hands down. It's an absolute joy to play

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