What's a videogame you didn't think you would like, but ended up loving?

[jackleapp81 456]

Sometimes, you can just take one look at a game and know that you're not going to enjoy it. But what about the games that you didn't think you would like, but ended up loving to death? 

 

Recently, I experienced this with Terraria. I've never been a huge Minecraft fan, so when I downloaded Terraria on a whim, I wasn't expecting a whole lot. A good amount of my friends played it, so I figured "ehhh, I might as well give it a shot. At least to see why everybody seems to love it so much." 

 

Like I predicted, I was bored out of my mind in the first 20 minutes. Nothing exciting was happening, and I was just about to give up when...it clicked. All of a sudden, I just felt compelled to explore. One thing led to another, and pretty soon, I was crafting gold armor and swords, and adventuring to depths that I never imagined I'd reach. The game hooked me, and I spent an insane amount of time scouring every nook and cranny of my randomly-generated universe. I'm still playing in that same world, and I've barely even scratched the surface of all the game-play possibilities.

 

What about you? What are some games that you played recently that you didn't think you would like, but ended up loving?

Edited April 8, 2014 by jackleapp81

[Megas 27,626]

Bioshock, I thought it would be another overhyped shooter, then I played it and it became one of my favorite games of the generation

[Jorguil 54]

Viva pinata a game that looked boring because you garden and tame pinata.

Edited April 8, 2014 by Jorguil

[Frostgage 7,975]

I never expected to like inFamous. I only got it because it was one of the free games offered when PSN went down for a month a few years ago. Now it's one of my absolute favorite series' ever.

[long gone 8,929]

Kerbal Space Simulator. I don't know much about space, math or physics, but saw a video of a mission in KSP in progress so I got the demo, then later I bought the full game.

 

Fast forward two years, I'm running a Minmus colonization effort with a planned crew of 12 - 16 Kerbals and am building a space station so that they can have somewhere to live during the mission.

[yeet 2,027]

i didnt think borderlands 2 was gonna be very good, but its one of my best games. 

[TwilightFire 55]

Saints Row IV because of the series being bought by Deep Silver when THQ went under.

[Acoustic Cloud 2,202]

Viva pinata a game that looked boring because you garden and tame pinata.

 

Are you kidding....

 

Viva Piñata is the best thing ever!

You cannot even glance at this before playing it and think it is going to suck, it's just a magnificent game.

Made by one of the best game companies ever might I add.

 

The show sucks though.

 

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Anyways, a game I thought would suck then ended up liking would be... I can't really think of one, the only games I ever thought that would really blow are the newer battlefields and the newer resident evils, and I played them and they still blew very hard.

Edited April 8, 2014 by Rainbow Dashey

[Adachi 772]

Suikoden. At first, I thought it would be just another generic RPG. Boy, was I ever wrong 

[BayoUni2847 528]

I always thought Katamari Forever was the dumbest and weirdest looking game I every laid eyes on a few years back. One day a few months ago I was curious and looked up some stuff for it since it was on sale and purchased it.

 

Now I love the game's weirdness.

[Guest]

Borderlands/2

FPS aren't usually my thing but it's fun and has great characters

[Shawchert 120]

Kingdom hearts... i was abit against finalfantasy / disney mixture... but I loved it as soon as I saw it being played and got if for myself and yes... lahv

[Lonely 93]

team fortress 2 cause I thought it would a bunch of nine or seven year olds withmics cussing all the time but I love the game to death

[Espurr 449]

Animal Crossing. I doubted in that game so much and now I have a town to take care of. I guess that's not the only game. But I can't think of any others. If do think of some and someone posts under me and I forget where I put this post and that I made this post then i'll make a new post and either put down the new game, or put down animal crossing again. By the way, it's animal crossing new leaf if anybody wants to know.

[Shanks 10,816]

I suppose the Kingdom Hearts series, I had a hard time wrapping my head around how combining Disney and Final Fantasy would work. I have heard of stranger concepts working out but still.

[BastementSparkle 20,326]

Spelunky. I originally thought it looked really uninteresting, and stupidly difficult with the random generation and perma-death. But after playing and loving the Binding of Isaac, I gave it another shot and loved it almost as much as Isaac.

[Yourmomsponies 444]

Arma series CS:GO And DAYZ they all seemed to serious and tactical for me then I tried them and loved the shit out of them.

arma 8/10 would recommend 

CS:GO 10/10 go and play it now

[Moonlight Magician 494]

LittleBigPlanet! I remember the first time I saw it. I thought it would be a boring kiddy game. Boy was I wrong!

 

You can create ANYTHING your heart desires! Really! Only your imagination is the limit!

Edited April 8, 2014 by Moonlight Magician

[Dattebayo 2,850]

Mass Effect, ironically...

Now I'm the biggest ME fan I know. x)

[Harmonic Revelations 8,835]

F.E.A.R., I'm usually not too big on games that try to combine horror and action. However, the entire series is now one of my favorites of all time. I'm the biggest F.E.A.R. fan I know.

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Arma 2. I thought it would be one of those super duper, so complex you cannot even walk forward without 7 keys kinda games. And next thing you know, I am playing it almost every chance I get. Great game, amazing realism, only game were I've seen tracers in active use, that combined with the real weapon sounds just makes for one of the most immerseive combat experiences I've had outside of RECONDO.

[Noire Panzer 3,526]

Dead Island. As broken and buggy as the game was I LOVED IT. Some of the most game breaking bugs made it hilarious and very enjoyable! One moment me and a friend are launching our truck across the map and the next we are jumping around outside the map! The shenanigans to be had in that game made it very fun for me.

[-Inactive- 78]

i actually enjoyed playing toy story 3 and disney infinity just because of the creativity and it being 2 player so i could mess around making cool things with them and abusing the game being a kids game  

[jackleapp81 456]

Dead Island. As broken and buggy as the game was I LOVED IT. Some of the most game breaking bugs made it hilarious and very enjoyable! One moment me and a friend are launching our truck across the map and the next we are jumping around outside the map! The shenanigans to be had in that game made it very fun for me.

Exactly! Even though it didn't live up to the monstrous hype surrounding its release, the game was still pretty damn fun. I know it had issues, but the sky was the limit when it came to enertainment value.

[Avatar tag: shipping 299]

The only game I can think of like that was Oblivion. I was never a big RPG fan so running around fighting knights and wizards didn't seem fun at all. One day I had some money burning a hole in my wallet and for some reason I decided to pick it up. Thank Luna I did. That game opened my eyes to western RPGs and without it I may have never tried the Fallout series or that gloriously buggy pile of fun that is Skyrim. Still don't care for JRPGs though. Fire Emblem Awakening is alright but that's about it.