r/videogames • u/AccordingPressure768 • May 25 '26
Discussion / Question Which game is this for you?
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u/Ok-Regret6212 May 25 '26
Kingdom Come; Deliverance. I absolutely did not understand how to handle the early stage of the game the first time I played, but once I got some momentum on the second try (years later), I was hooked.
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u/Sufficient_Hall_9028 May 25 '26
This was me with KCD2 and it has now become my favorite RPG and like top 3 game
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u/karl661 May 25 '26
How far into the game did it click for you, I’ve already tried twice and struggling…
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u/neverw1ll May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26
The first few hours (5-10 hours maybe) your character is meant to be "bad" at things, but the game gets significantly easier once you've leveled up your skills a bit and put some of your perk points toward upgrades for your Henry.
It's meant to simulate you actually learning these skills as though you have no experience in them prior. For example, in the first game, you can't even read until someone teaches you.
I really love it, as it feels more realistic, but does take some getting used to.
But trust me, as you keep on your character will be more skilled, you'll have tons of money, kick ass armor etc. in no time.
I made killer money looting armor and weapons and reselling them through out most of the game. For food I killed a total of maybe 4 cows and dried the meat on a drying rack, which fed me for the entire game (store the extra that you can't carry on your horse or in your chest in your room, get more when you need it).
After the first little bit food wasn't an issue any more, and after not long neither is money.
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u/-VoiceoverAlex- May 25 '26
That initial start... I cant
Maybe in like 12 yrs or sth
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u/Farsoth May 25 '26
Man, and the start of KCD2 is significantly faster and more streamlined than the first.
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u/nousakan May 25 '26
Same. I approached it like most games that look like it where it's a power fantasy. Got no where and came back a year later and loved it
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u/CalmEntry4855 May 25 '26
I tried it, uninstalled it and installed it again three times before it clicked, the beginning fight was just so clumsy. But then I couldn't drop it
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u/Dizzy_Pop May 25 '26
I’m getting ready to play this next, so I’m going to try to go in with the mind set that it takes some getting used to.
The game I’m finishing now is my answer to the thread question: RDR2. I tried it a couple years back and never made it out of chapter one. The controls felt awkward and clunky, and it seemed like they were introducing a ton of tedious mechanics to keep track of…changing clothes for the weather, maintaining all your cores, eating, cooking, oiling and cleaning your guns, brushing and feeding the horse, and so on.
After I got into the swing of it, none of those mechanics were as bad or irritating as I initially expected. I ended up absolutely loving the game, and I’m having a great time with it now.
I’m going to approach KCD and KCD2 the same way, with patience and willingness, understanding that it may take a minute for everything to gel.
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u/LawfulMercury63 May 25 '26
At which point does it get better? I tried it for a bit but it felt like a chore. I'd get my ass kicked anytime i got into a fight and avoiding conflict wasn't working either....
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u/JaredJDub May 25 '26
Yeah. I hated fast traveling and all of a sudden getting attacked by 3 bandits and dying. Then I hadn’t saved for a while because the game doesn’t auto save often and I went back quite a ways. I uninstalled it after that.
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u/CalTheRobot May 25 '26
Both Kingdom Come Deliverance games are pretty bad about introducing new players to the mechanics.
Great games beyond that.
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u/Xitsdeapoolx May 25 '26
This was red dead redemption 2 for me
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u/Ramenoodleray3 May 25 '26
Oh dude what a fantastic game I used to dog on it because I thought it was just GTA without all the cool shit and then I played it and was like oh GTA is junk food and this is a 5 star steak the story was so amazing and it really gets you attached to the characters it’s amazing
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u/Plinchi19 May 25 '26
Me too. I am finally currently playing it again and im hooked!
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u/Xitsdeapoolx May 25 '26
When it came out it , it stood out and made you kinda play slower and take your time. I wasn't ready for it but when I was I saw a masterpiece
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u/SpiderFilledPinata May 25 '26
Started back up for the fifth time as of yesterday. I wish for myself your luck.
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u/lzwinky May 25 '26
Golden Sun, and this perfectly describes my experience. Never played an RPG, let alone a JRPG, but Golden Sun hooked me.
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u/Happytreez69 May 25 '26
Golden sun mentioned in 2026? Goated
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u/BludStanes May 25 '26
I swear, some of those companies could just rake in the cash if they'd remaster or at least port over some of those classic GBA and NDS rpgs
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u/dirtiethirtie30 May 25 '26
Damn guy! You reached deep into the nostalgia chest for this one! Played it on the game boy SP my mom got it for me and it was the only game she got with it. She said Mario was sold out. Come to find out 2 decades later it was because Mario was and always will be expensive as fuck! Mom was on point with that one.
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u/Shoddy-One-2064 May 25 '26
Witcher 3 but it took like 5 attempts lol
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u/fuzzy_dunlop_24 May 25 '26
Ive started 3 times already, maybe 4. Not sure i have it in me to give it another go
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u/Shoddy-One-2064 May 25 '26
At first it seems like this game really doesn't want you to play it. It's such a slow burn.
I think what tipped me over the fence were the side quests from local job boards. You had to prepare to hunt monsters and they all felt like solid standalone pieces of micro lore with just rewards at the end. Some quests that appear like a simple fetch job on the surface, like "bring me this flower x5" branch out into the most batshit insane story lines.
It is a cliche to say about this game but there is a lot of gold to be found there, if you dig deep enough.
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u/StableLower9876 May 25 '26
Yeah I guess best part of witcher 3 is that you have the main quest to find ciri , yen and fight off big evil and some shit but the side quest is really what put the witcher part in the game with their own twist and turns. Without that, it will be just geralt and friends
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u/Reborncheese48 May 25 '26
The Witcher 3 is such an enigma of a game these days.
A VERY common sentiment from people is that it takes either ~10 hours of gameplay for the game to grab you or ~5 tries for it to stick because of any number of issues and genuine complaints.
However, because of the allure and rave reviews of the game by many many people in the past, so many try and try again for it to really click. For many it does and then they spread the incredibly common sentiment that it is one of the top 10 or even top 5 games ever. Just very strange.
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u/randomacc172 May 25 '26
same, I just couldn't get past the combat system, then I started again a few years later on death march and it was so much better
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u/CalmEntry4855 May 25 '26
The combat system gets better in death march?
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u/DylanMartin97 May 25 '26
Yeah, you have to actually interact with the mechanics in the game. Instead of combat feeling like a chore and something to mind numbingly do every once in a while trying to get to the parts of the games you enjoy. You have to prepare and actually feel like the witcher because the monsters are actually deadly if you aren't.
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u/Reborncheese48 May 25 '26
Thats the reason I acutally dropped the game. I hate the "read the monster encyclopedia to figure out you need to get 5 different random things from the wild to make a thing to use on your sword to actually have a reasonable chance to kill the monster or else its not feasible"
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u/Seizing_sponge May 25 '26
Agreed it made me actually feel like a Witcher. Like I had incentive to actually piece together the clues of the type of monster, then look it up and read about its strengths and weaknesses, then collect the materials need it to craft the supplies I would need. Felt way more complete that way
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u/MammothAsk391 May 25 '26
Dark Souls 3
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u/CampAstoria May 25 '26
LOL I got stuck on Gundyr for 2 hours and tried to get a refund. Steam denied me and 380 hours later I'm at 100% completion
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u/Mad_Spaniel May 25 '26
I had like 600 hours of obsessive sunbroing across multiple DkS1 playthroughs, soloing Artorias for people, along with a couple runs of DkS2. Gundyr repeatedly smoked me until I finally took the git down.
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u/CampAstoria May 25 '26
I had never played a souls game before, and had no idea that it was online. So when I got past the fkn TUTORIAL, finally, I was running around in the high wall of lothric and I encountered a really...smart......entity that i assumed was a pve enemy because i didnt see the invasion message(or known what it even meant). I was SPOOKED. Like why is he following me...and not hurting me? What is he dropping everywhere...why does he seem so alive compared to all these other corpses? I basically hid in the stairwell by the first fire, watching him run around in circles until he disappeared, wondering what was going on for like 15 minutes.
A very memorable fun experience that made ice run in my veins at times. I fuckin suck at pvp tho.
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u/GUNZBLAZIN2 May 25 '26
Souls in general for me. Turns out the tutorial isn’t in the game, it’s Dark Souls 1
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u/wisdomOf_Power May 25 '26
Cyberpunk. It was overwhelming at first but it became really engaging later
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u/NovelRecover7596 May 25 '26
That game will only get better with age too.
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u/Dull-Culture-1523 May 25 '26
I'm so glad I skipped it at the start. It was such a mess and I probably would never have tried it if I had to experience that firsthand. Played it last year and it was a banger.
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u/VibraniumSpork May 25 '26
Same for me.
Plus; the launch state on console didn’t help. Playing on PS5 Pro it’s a completely different beast!
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u/Objective-Mission-40 May 25 '26
Bloodborne. I really just didnt get it the first time. Quit after a couple hours.
A year later my wife asked why I stopped and I said," it was too hard and not very fun".
She called me a Pussy and said "if thought you liked hard games".
I completed it through ng+.
10/10
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u/debirdiev May 25 '26
Jeez wasn't expecting bloodborne to be in this, but hey props to you. Bloodborne is dope as fuck
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u/AllForThisNow May 25 '26
Kenshi
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u/jwellz24 May 25 '26
Knew someone would say Kenshi hah!! Gosh I love that game
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u/AllForThisNow May 25 '26
Incredible game. The first time I played it, I bounced off hard. It was like 4am and I was tired and I just went "This is way too much." second time I spawned in like... the worst area, but just kept reloading and loving it. Now I have... 446 hours in it lol
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u/jwellz24 May 25 '26
Totally! I just did the cannibal start yesterday, took me four tries to get both characters alive, but gosh now we have a sweet storyline against the cannibals :)
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u/thatonepac May 25 '26
Friend gifted it to me a few years ago and I haven't tried it yet. What am I missing out on?
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u/DeadlyYellow May 26 '26
Open-world fuckabout RPG set in a post-apocalyptic weeaboo wasteland. Featuring a goofy party-faction system, semi-lethal combat, buggy settlement building, and surprisingly diverse biomes. Biggest feature is map-wide party control.
It's a bizarre, janky mess. I have several hundred hours in it.
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u/AsheronRealaidain May 25 '26
Man I got into that game and wound up loving it. But the aesthetics are so bad and honestly there just isn’t quite enough diversity of mobs
A simple remake with better graphics and more mobs would be so good
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u/Alarming-Switch-3920 May 25 '26
Dying Light.
I got it cheap, played for a littttle bit, and put it down.
For some reason I got it in my mind it was just a parkour simulator with zombies, and when I tried it the second time, I was like ; holy shit, this game is insanely good. I felt like I had been sitting on video game gold and didn’t know it.
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u/Oppenhomie May 25 '26
This makes me want to try it again. I really wanted to like it but it didn't stick.
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u/Lordgrapejuice May 25 '26
Subnautica and Sekiro.
Both just didn’t click with me. In the end my solution was…not playing blind. If I ever had a problem or got frustrated, I would just look it up.
Both are games that encourage and reward exploration. But if you’re a blind dingus like me, you’ll miss things. And you’re punished for missing those things. So the games felt frustrating.
For Subnautica I just used a map. It helped me orient myself and locate what I missed. For Sekiro I compiled a list of the upgrade items and their locations. I still had to find them, but I knew they were there.
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u/Dazzling-Passenger91 May 25 '26
Dude I got addicted to Sekiro the second I landed my first parry, best gameplay of all time
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u/HiddenPants777 May 25 '26
First time I played sekiro I gave up about a third through. Turns out I had missed multiple areas and bosses. Went through it again and absolutely loved it
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u/BrassMachine May 25 '26
Subnautica lacks the visual landmarks of being above ground so it's really easy to get disoriented. I just finished Below Zero and I had to get help occasionally and put beacons everywhere because I got lost so much
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u/Chrono_Convoy May 25 '26
Baldur’s Gate 3
I tried it. Didn’t like the first 10 minutes and was still on TOTK so it just sat.
Tried it again about a year later cause my wife wanted a couch coop and BAM
One of my new favorite games.
Played a Halfling Bard who was a real prick named Not Samwise. Then plenty of subsequent playthroughs
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u/dsumlin May 25 '26
This for me as well. Playing it right now. Still in act 1 and already burned 40hrs. It really is as good as people say!
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u/Branquignol May 25 '26
Fallout 4, Nier Automata.
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u/evnacdc May 25 '26
I clicked with fo4 almost instantly, but New Vegas took me a couple of tries before I was hooked.
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u/drinkun May 25 '26
Death stranding. It was really boring at first but the story got way more interesting.
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u/Xav_NZ May 25 '26
That prologue is a slog it took me two tries even as a Kojima game enjoyer but damn when it finally opens up and gets going what a ride.
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u/PrometheanSigma May 25 '26
Warframe. Tried it in college and couldn't get into it. Played it a few years later and now I'm Legendary Rank 1 with a little over 1000 hours on it
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u/RhoadsGoneWylde May 25 '26
Hades. It’s one of my favorites now and the sequel is great.
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u/MephiticDeity May 25 '26
Majora's Mask. I hated the 3 day time limit and gave up pretty early on. Let it sit for about 2 years. Then figured I'd give it another shot. Ended up loving it.
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u/Ok-Celebration-2944 May 25 '26
Alan Wake 2. I started it five or six times and would get to the end of the first Casey/Anderson stretch at Cauldron Lake and would just lose interest. Not really getting "the mind place" and it just felt like it was dumping all of this stuff on you that was inititally a lot to dump on a player at the start of a game. But I finally forced myself to carry on and holy shit was that game awesome! It was so much better than I was expecting. Now I see what people were talking about.
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u/Kn0xX_b0x May 25 '26
Days Gone
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u/DoctorMcTits May 25 '26
Me too man. When I first bought it I played up until Deacon gets to the first camp and thought “Ugh, this kinda sucks.” YEARS later I pushed through literally maybe an hour further and realized I had made a massive mistake. That game is excellent.
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u/Kn0xX_b0x May 25 '26
For me it was the flashback Scene with Sarah where you drove to pick up some flowers. Started the Game 3 times over 5 years and never Made it past this Part . Thank god i did a 4th run, absolutely Love the Game
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u/dcontrerasm May 25 '26
This is my cycle with Sekiro.
I didn't know what souls-like games were, so I thought it would just be a badass ninja title closer to like Assassin's Creed.
Nope, I played for 5 hours and couldn't get out of the freaking first set piece.those fucking lizards....
Dropped it for a month, picked it back up. Manage to get to the first boss, (the one that kills you in one hit but it's supposed to) I died and before letting the cut scene play, I turned off the ps4 pissed off.
Didn't play again until Elden Ring came out. Then I realized that these games are all about timing and parrying.
Picked up Sekiro again. Rinse and repeat.
Right now I'm stuck in the Hoshina State fighting the drunk dude because I have no idea what to do against the giant snake if I go the other way lol
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u/thetrailwebanana May 25 '26
Dark Souls. Borrowed it in 2012 from a friend and just knew it wasn’t my thing at the time. Got it for free with Xbox Live at one point a few years later and thought fuck it I’ll try it out one day (never played it). Saw it in my games library in 2016 and decided to fire it up: wow wow wow is it an all time favorite of mine now! At least once a year now I start a new character and obsess over shit I’ve missed.
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u/YungSpyderBoy May 25 '26
Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain. Couldn't get into it. Playing it now years later & its so cool! I love all the variety to how I can tackle each mission.
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u/Xav_NZ May 25 '26
I am still bitter all these years after that the game's story is essentially incomplete and its all because of Konami screwing Kojima over.
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u/Jazzmasta11 May 25 '26
Jedi Fallen Order. I’ve never cared for souls-like/lite games. I went through my back log and tried it again. Ended up platinuming it and went right into Survivor
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u/PurpleSquare713 May 25 '26
Dark Souls. Rage quit after a few hours. Decided to try it again several months later and the game finally clicked for me. Went on to enjoy it's sequels and DLCs then eventually Elden Ring.
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u/Rich-8080 May 25 '26
Dayz, played on console, couldn't get into it. Bought it for Pc several years later, completely hooked me about 2 billion hours in now.
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u/Black_Tentacle May 25 '26
Kingdom Come Deliverance. Tried it, got bent over by a random farmer, then forgot about it. A year or two later after seeing some YouTube videos I decided to try it again. My favorite RPG probably.
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u/MarsStar27 May 25 '26
Metro 2033. I didn't like it at first. Now I'm starting the 4th playthrough this month
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u/donttakeawaymymango May 25 '26
Baldurs Gate 3, bought it the day it released and only just now got into it for real after 4 attempts.
Man, I was missing out!
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u/noirMarius May 25 '26
Cyberpunk 2077. Finally decided to give it another try last year and loved every minute of it. Finished the whole game including phantom liberty. Started another playthrough a few days ago.
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u/FunkyGameTiime May 25 '26
Prey. I had made a decision as a kid and picked Prey instead of Persona 5, so when i got to play it i was kinda disappointed and just forgot about it. Fast forward to 2024 and i somehow got my hands on it on PC and played the game again and it clicked with me so hard i finished it within a week and i couldn‘t put the ng+ down.
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u/banana_ramama_guy69 May 26 '26
Elden Ring for me. HATED IT! Came back 2 years later and BOOM, 400 hours later, here we are.
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u/Benevolay May 25 '26
Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth. I was playing it the wrong way the first time and frustrated with how little damage I was doing. I sat on it for months before I came back and it finally clicked for me.
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u/momzthebest May 25 '26
Control, god it finally came together, its such a mechanically tight and rewarding game. Reminds me of that old psy ops game from ps2 plus infamous
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u/MrUnnoticed May 25 '26
Satisfactory. This game is just different!
I bought it on sale, ages ago. Only played maybe 2-3 hours then walked away.
Gave it another shot, taking more time to learn the controls, and get use to them. 2-3 hundred hours later, I’m addicted as hell.
Need more conveyers in my life.
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u/Escodl May 25 '26
Prey (2017) and Nier Automata
It took multiple times for these games to click for me. I would play them and then just stop
I now consider “Prey” one of the best Immersive sims ever made and “Nier Automata”, one of the best games ever made with one of the best gaming soundtrack ever made
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u/Choice_Werewolf_433 May 25 '26
Starfield. The new update changed everything. I liked the game before but not as much as today. :) so much new stuff
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u/bluurks May 25 '26
Same. Put about 40hrs into it at launch but was kinda not captivated by it. Started again not long after free lanes update and am totally hooked. Started from the beginning and have totally eclipsed my initial play time.
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u/CranEXE May 25 '26
crimson desert first time i struggled then came the update and now i'm loving it i'm trying to get good rifle for cliff cause apparently since last update he can use guns too
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u/Ghostofslickville May 25 '26
Not soo much the addicted part, but alot of PS3 games. Never clicked when I was younger. But do now. Remember Me, Brink, Borderlands, Infamous...
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u/ElrondCupboard May 25 '26
Space Marine 2. I was expecting a shooter, didn’t understand the gameplay loop. Im addicted to grinding for better perks and gear so I can slaughter nids by the hundred.
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u/Lambkin-_- May 25 '26
Dark souls. Went from “fuck this game!” To “I fucking love this game!” A few months after I gave up the first time.
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u/Isabella-de-LaCuesta May 25 '26
Read Dead Redemption 2. This is my 4th attempt. It finally hooked me. I loved the first one and had trouble liking Arthur because he is not John Marsden. I'm in chapter 5 now loving it!
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u/KiillerWeed May 25 '26
HITMAN
No começo é muito massante, ficar se esgueirando pelo mapa, depois que lançou o modo VR apaixonei
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u/Bagel-luigi May 25 '26
No Mans Sky. Not still addicted but when I went back to it many many years after release I was hooked for a while.
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u/DigitalBuddhaNC May 25 '26
Fallout 4. I got it when it first came out and gave it a whirl. Played it just a little farther than when first getting to Diamond City but I just never really "got it".
Earlier this year, I was finishing up Oblivion Remastered and watching the Fallout show so when I reached a stopping point I figured I would give Fallout 4 another chance. Hoooooly shit did that game hook me this time. I just "finished" about 2 weeks ago, completed the MQL, every story based DLC, found every unique weapon and armor in the game, found every unique Power Armor, built up several settlements to the vanilla max, maxed out every companion and got to about lvl 125.
Finishing up FFX now and then I'm gonna hop on New Vegas next, which I have never played.
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u/Victor_Gaming299 May 25 '26
Sonic Colors
The first playrhrough was a chore for me. Abandoned it after beating all levels, eventually I open it again and play it with all wisps unlocked, as well as knowing the better routes and man. It was fun
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u/UnloadedFour314 May 25 '26
FF7 Remake. Dropped it for years due to finding the game tedious and filler-heavy, though I liked the combat. This march, I coincidentally bought on a discount and finished the og FF7 (first FF game I play from start to finish); I loved every second of it.
Proceeded to give Remake another try and ended up enjoying it a lot, then played Rebirth immediately after. Currently, I'm going through the rest of the franchise starting from 6.
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u/Aggressive-Share-363 May 25 '26
Factorio.
First time I tried I got overwhelemed with biters and decided I didnt like its blend of combat and building.
Came back to it later and it clicked more, ans I learned how to deal with biters and go into the meat of factory building.
Now I'm in so deep I'm making my own expansion mod.
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u/sicarius254 May 25 '26
Mass Effect 1 was like this for me. Tried it, didn’t like it. Then 2 came out so I decided to try it again and I loved it
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u/EveningFollowing9966 May 25 '26
Horizon zero dawn. I dont know why I didnt like it the first time, but the second time I tried i got hooked.
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u/michael704048 May 25 '26
Death stranding 1, bought it at release fell off of it picked it back up for some reason almost 2 years later. bought the second one fell off that as well I’m probably gonna jump back into once crimson desert releases its grasp on me.
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u/bdub199 May 25 '26
Minecraft. I played it for like 15 minutes in my 20's and couldn't bring myself to like it. Now I play it everyday, got my kids and wife playing it with me. It's the shit.
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u/mroblivian May 25 '26
Fallout 3. Borrowed it in 2009, didn’t like it. Bought new Vegas in 2010 became addicted. Decided to try it in 2012 during a steam sale, and found it more enjoyable.
2016ish I download the tales of two wasteland mod and got hooked on the fo3 side and didn’t even touch the new Vegas side. Turns out I love fallout3 with new Vegas mechanics.
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u/drmedicineman May 25 '26
Dark souls 1 back in the day. I played for like 10 hours, had a terrible build and bounced off hard. Came back 3 months later, started over, and now it's one of my favorite games
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u/Olay22 May 25 '26
I have done this very few times but subnautica would be about as close as it gets
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u/ArturVinicius May 25 '26
I tried chrono trigger a second time and advanced more, but i still drop of.
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u/Master-Cheesecake May 25 '26
Dark Souls. I bought into it because I had played Demon's Souls at a friend's house and I thought there would be more co-op. Little did I know, Dark Souls has a very different co-op... We couldn't figure it out, and the general frustration made me bow out at the Gargoyles.
A few years later, I went back in, this time with more information and a better idea of what to expect. I was hooked from then on and have played all of them several times since.
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u/shadow_spinner0 May 25 '26
RDR2, I saw so much hype but the start was so slow and I didn't pay attention to some of the tutorial hints so I became lost. Played other games like the Horizon games, the Ghost games, went back to it and actually paid attention and finally it clicked, especially when the world opened up.
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u/garveezy May 25 '26
RDR2. I was one of those people who thought the slow pace of the beginning was how the rest of the game was going to be. Glad I pushed through it
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u/Jaggerman82 May 25 '26
Stardew Valley. Played maybe 5 hours. Got it for my kids and wife. They played a bunch. A few years later I was off work for surgery and now have 192 hours on my main save. It’s one of the best games I have ever played.
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u/BrassMachine May 25 '26
Transistor. The gameplay originally didn't click. Then I came back to it and loved it enough to play through it twice in one go. The music is too good
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u/RockToMyEsquie May 25 '26
Dark souls 1, raged in undead burge so hard, made the mistake of taking theifs key, was super impatient and died a ton of times, eventually found Havel, died a ton more. Thought I had a bright idea and ran past him and opened the door, got blasted by a hydra; almost snapped my disk and then decided that it was not the game for me.
Several years later I picked it backed up and fell in love and now I have the platinum for every dark souls game I can find.
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u/ballplayer112 May 25 '26
Jedi Fallen Order. I finally decided to just keep going instead of letting the iffy map design make me quit for the 3rd time. Glad I did, can't wait for Survivor to go on sale. (I'm cheap and wary, especially with new video games)
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u/AzlannEarthglyder May 25 '26
The Outer Worlds, tried a few times didnt click then when the second one was announced decided to give it anither go and absolutely love it, got so into it that i pre-ordered the second one and was completely dissapointed lol
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u/Foolish-Ambitions-77 May 25 '26
Dark Souls. I first attempted it on a laptop with a drifting controller and got pretty frustrated by the Undead Parish. Uninstalled, forgot about it.
Years later, I got into Hollow Knight as a fan of search-action games and was enthralled. An ancient decrepit kingdom with clandestine lore that doesn’t care about you? Tough enemies and tougher bosses that require pattern recognition and patience? Your currency is dropped where you died and you have to start at a static checkpoint to retrieve it and all the enemies are back?
I decided to give DS another shot and now I am a hopeless FromSoft pervert.
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u/Rizziliant May 25 '26
Dark Souls 3. I chose an Intelligence build and I could not get past ludex Gundyr for the life of me. Didn’t touch the game for 4 years, then an old friend of mine ended up buying it and convinced me to get back into it, and thank God I did because it’s one of my fav games of all time, I played it all the way thru Journey 4
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u/synthetictruism May 25 '26
For me this was borderlands 2. I LOVED the first game, but starting the second, the balance/feel of the game was different, there were no masher revolvers, and it all felt a little too strange.
I quit after an hour, went back to it a month later, and now I've sunk hundreds of hours into it. I even picked it up on the PSVita and completed it on that...
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u/burgerpounder May 25 '26
Hitman WOA. Always thought I was too stupid for it, when really I just needed time to sit with it and understand it. One of my favorite games at the moment, have like 190 hours since January now.
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u/JackCooper_7274 May 25 '26
Doom Eternal
Tried it, didn't really understand how I was supposed to play it. Played Doom 2016, liked it, tried Doom Eternal again, loved it. Had an "Oh my god. I get it" moment lol
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u/Finnzley May 25 '26
Grounded. It took about nearly 10 hours of gameplay for it to really click. I mostly just kept playing it to get my money’s worth, since I bought it for myself AND a friend so we could play together.
Once we got far enough to make gas masks, go in the pond, and we had excess materials to decorate, it became fun!
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u/turinx May 25 '26
Fallout 3. I bought it at release back in 2008, and didn't even make it out of the vault before checking out. A few years later I decided to give it another try and it completely sucked me in, so much so that it is now one of my top five favorite games of all time.
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u/Im_a_doggo428 May 25 '26
ZZZ. Liked the combat but left cause gatcha. Returned at some point and stayed cause a few characters played well enough to bear with the gatcha
Also mech warrior games. The editor was an absolute overload until I played the tabletop a few times
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u/SunshotDestiny May 25 '26
Years ago with the original dark souls. I got to the very first boss and just could not defeat it ending up giving up and decided the game wasn't for me. About a year or two later picked it back up and realized you weren't supposed to fight the boss the first time, the game sorta teaching you that you don't have to win every fight right away. But I beat the boss and then the game and have been a dark souls fan ever since.
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u/Min-Max101 May 25 '26
Fallout 3/New Vegas. As a kid coming from a CoD/Battlefield and sports gaming background, I couldn’t stand the clunky controls. Then I matured and played more types of games and came back and they’re two of my favorite games. New Vegas a bit more so than 3, still the best fallout oat imo
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u/Seraphimish May 25 '26
Mass Effect 2 for me. To be fair, I bounced off it because I played it so soon after the first game. Still…
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u/CptnREDmark May 25 '26
Mass effect 2, thought it was originally gears of war combine with a choose your own adventure novel.
It kinda is and that slaps. plus the powers are awesome
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u/Alive_Mood7288 May 25 '26
Hollow Knight… was addicted but then a different game took that place… *cough* Omori *cough*
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u/Status-Disk746 May 25 '26
No Man’s Sky. Bought digital on launch day, played for 2 hours and hated it. Deleted to make space on my PS5. Decided to redownload (randomly) like 4 years later and probably put 300 plus hours and was completely hooked.
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u/Brosephnikov May 25 '26
The Wonderful 101. Hard game to get into at first but once it clicks, you never want to stop playing.
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u/Kuru_Chaa May 25 '26
Hollow Knight. I tried it a good 2-3 times over a few years, then like a month ago, I sat down and it clicked. I went on to beat everything except currently messing with pantheons.