Thirith on 10/3/2016 at 16:37
Have you got games that took you several failed attempts before you really got to enjoy or even love them? I mentioned recently that XCOM only took the third time I got started; before that I enjoyed it, but it just didn't maintain my interest enough. Similarly, I only got into Thief (or specifically Thief 2) after playing the "Life of the Party" demo several times over a couple of years, and Operation Flashpoint and Arma 2 were similar in this respect. (I've yet to finish the Arma 3 campaign, even though I've had phases where I played Arma 2/Operation Flashpoint almost excessively.
Which makes me think I should give Hitman: Blood Money another chance. I started it once and got to the second or third job, but it just wasn't fun. Not quite sure why, though I think in part it's that the game's mechanisms seemed opaque to me: when does someone notice me, when not? However, having just read a couple of reviews of the new Hitman game and knowing that Blood Money is considered the best in the series by many, I think I should give it another chance.
Anyway, I'd be curious to hear if any of you have had similar experiences with games that didn't click... until suddenly they did in a big way.
Manwe on 10/3/2016 at 18:08
The Splinter Cell games, more specifically Chaos Theory. At the time of their release I played them on ps2 and hated them. I was younger then and was into my ultra-elitist phase. I thought they were too simple, their gameplay "dumbed-down" and their levels too small. I recently rediscovered Chaos Theory on PC and enjoyed the heck out of it. I also realized it had a lot more depth than I originally suspected, despite the compact levels.
Another series I couldn't get into for the longest time was the original Tomb Raider series with tank controls. I'd only ever finished 2 and 4 when I was a teenager, but after tank controls became outdated during the ps2 era, I could never get back into them. Until recently that is. I fired up 2 out of nostalgia using my 360 pad with xpadder and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I still had muscle memory for most of the complex jumping puzzles. I had a blast and before I knew it I was on a binge replaying the whole series (I'm nearing the end of 5 now). I think I'd have to thank Gmdx_dev for changing my mind about these old games.
I had the same thing happen with the 2.5 D build engine games. I tried and tried time and again to get into them but could never go beyond the first levels. Then someday it just clicked and now I absolutely love them.
Also believe or not but I used to hate metroidvanias. I simply couldn't wrap my head around the concept of the sideview map. Then one day I actually forced myself to play Super Metroid beyond the first five minutes to see what all the fuss was about. At some point I fell into a pit and was stuck for a while. Then when I figured out how to perform the special move that would let me out by looking at some background element, it was a complete revelation. This game is now in my top five best of all time. It was so great I actually finished it twice in a row. Now metroidvania is my absolute favourite genre.
Finally, I'd have to say Dark Souls. Took me a while until I could see its beauty. But I imagine that must have been the case for a lot of people. It's not exactly the most accessible of games. Although I have to say it has the smoothest difficulty curve of any game ever. This thing is as meticulously crafted as a Swiss watch.
N'Al on 10/3/2016 at 19:12
GTA IV
Thirith on 10/3/2016 at 19:23
Roman wear you down, did he?
Pyrian on 10/3/2016 at 19:25
I bounced off Mirror's Edge a couple times, once as long as six months. (If you think ME's story is incoherent, try taking a half-year break in the middle of it. "Who's that guy?") I had to watch playthroughs to complete several of the levels. But once I knew all the layouts and good pathways, I became addicted. I could beat the game in about an hour and a half, and did so repeatedly.
N'Al on 10/3/2016 at 19:29
Quote Posted by Thirith
Roman wear you down, did he?
Nah, it was the driving model, actually. Now that I've completed the game (and its expansions) I've grown to love it.
faetal on 10/3/2016 at 19:49
Assassin's Creed
The Witcher
Lockpicker on 10/3/2016 at 20:00
Quote Posted by Thirith
Which makes me think I should give
Hitman: Blood Money another chance. I started it once and got to the second or third job, but it just wasn't fun. Not quite sure why, though I think in part it's that the game's mechanisms seemed opaque to me: when does someone notice me, when not? However, having just read a couple of reviews of the new
Hitman game and knowing that
Blood Money is considered the best in the series by many, I think I should give it another chance.
Anyway, I'd be curious to hear if any of you have had similar experiences with games that didn't click... until suddenly they did in a big way.
I did the exact thing this week. Read some reviews of the new HITMAN and saw the glowing remarks about Blood Money. Had Blood money in my Steam Library so I reinstalled, and fired it up. Took me less than 30 minutes to remind myself that the key bindings and controls are so bad, really makes it difficult to play for me. Uninstalled it. But I did reinstall Absolution and played that for a bit to get ready for tomorrow's launch. Stoked!
faetal on 10/3/2016 at 20:13
Oh yeah, the Hitman games.
Nameless Voice on 10/3/2016 at 23:24
The first time I played Deus Ex, it really didn't "click" with me, and I never finished the first level. The fact that my computer at the time couldn't run it didn't help.
Later on, when I had a newer computer, I remembered it as something that I couldn't really play before, and gave it another go. Note that I had no idea what the game was even about when I first played it, so I was quite surprised to find things like terrorists actually raising valid points and being portrayed sympathetically - at a time when most games were more in line with painting soldiers as brave heroes mowing down evil faceless mooks.
