Let’s hear about some games you maybe were told were not worth your time, or had bad reviews but you managed to love regardless.
I’ll go first. I’m not embarrased to admit that I played the shit out of Elder Scrolls Blades (the easily forgettable Skyrim-esque mobile game). I had to wait for it to release on Switch which had the benifit of the shitty timers being gone by then.
Once I started to think of it as a kind of advanced ‘Swords and Sandles’ type game I was hooked.
Genshin Impact.
Listen. I understand that the entire thing was hyped up upon release. It was, after all, a gamechanger for mobile gacha games. We went from turn-based games to things like Honkai Star Rail and Tower of Fantasy and of course, Genshin Impact. Honkai Impact 3rd existed, but it wasn’t quite the same as these ones.
However. Despite the hype, there was a problem that made me reluctant to play it.
I really suck at gacha games. Every gacha game before then I would drop within what, 6 days? I love the characters, love the story, hate the game.
So imagine my surprise when I logged into my settings the other day and found out that oh, It’s now been over 500 days logged, lmao. I’ve taken breaks from it once in a while, but I haven’t quit it yet. What have I become?
Honestly I super agree, I got into Genshin so I could have something to play during the texas freeze and I’m glad it sucked me in during that time because it’s SUPER fun – the story isn’t remarkable all the time, but it’s cool getting a serialized narrative through the form of a game like that. I’m really glad I got into it, even if hoyoverse doesn’t seem interested in adding more endgame content at all
Spec Ops: The Line looked like yet another generic first person shooter, but it is full of surprises and gets deep in a way I never expected. Highly recommend it, and go in as spoiler-free as possible.
Blasphemous. I was told by some that it was a very shallow game with boring lore, and that it only succeeded cause it was marketed at a basically Platformer Dark Souls.
Not true. There is a lot of lore I find really interesting, the map is much larger than I originally thought, there are tons of secrets and hidden passages, and it’s pulled all the best parts from Metroid, Castlevania and Dark Souls and combined them into a very well polished game.
Currently going for a 100% completion run before 2 comes out.
EDF 4 was one of my big ones. Bought it after seeing the strangely high steam reviews. Turns out it pretty much captures the feeling of that fun game that you played on your friend’s PS2 after school on Friday. Something about chucking increasingly large explosives at piles of giant ants really just does it for me.
EDF! EDF! EDF!
The Walking Dead Season 1. I knew it was good but I didn’t realize how good
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. It was a short game that was more story than game so I was hesitant that I wouldn’t like it. I played through it in vr and it became my favourite game to date.
To anyone who wants to play it, whether it’s flatscreen or vr, you must have a good pair of headphones to fully appreciate it.
I know it’s a bit of a darling, but Persona 5. Thought it was too anime, but picked it up after my partner suggested that it might be fun. 300 hours later I 100% completed it, finished P4G and am starting P3Fes. Next stop: P2IS/EP
Vampyr. On release a lot of people and reviews said it was clunky and not very good, it has a 72 on Opencritic and 55% of critics did not recommend it. It also got a lot of negative reviews from the community.
Well I think those people were high, it was one of my favorite games of that year! It’s not a perfect game by any means but it was a ton of fun. Great atmosphere, great gameplay, good story… I never really got the hate.
A fellow Vampyr enjoyer in the wild! I played the game without killing anyone (which is considered the “boring” way of playing) and still had a great time.
I think Halo 5 is one of the best Halo games, in terms of both single player and multiplayer. Fight me
I would but they never released it on PC still lol
All I know is that the campaign is apparantly trash and halo 5 multiplayer being alright. I know competitive players enjoyed it and it had the best forge possiblities during that era.
It’s not a remarkable game, but watch dog legions was nowhere near as bad as the original reaction made it out to be. Better than 2 I think, I didn’t like The protagonist in 2
I got that game for free with my gpu and had a lot of fun playing a demented hacker grandma causing mischief.
couldn’t tell you what the story was about though
