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Kenshi. I got it in 2013. It seemed interesing but ran so badly on my machine at the time that I gave up on it. Played it again when I got a better PC and some religious people came around to preach and hand out bibles, I put them in a skin peeler.
Baldur’s Gate 3. I tried it when it was in early access and thought it was too clunky. Tried it again a few months ago, absolutely love it.
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Guild Wars 2. Didn’t click with it at launch, tried it again a few months ago and oh my god so much has changed in over 13 years. I’m still playing plenty of other games but it’s nice to have an MMO (without monthly fees or any kind of FOMO) to come back to every couple of weeks.
I’m the exact oposite. I loved it at launch and played it extensively. But after Heart of Thorns I fell off. Ever since then it grabs me once in a while but I usually just fall off once the story content is over. Sometimes I play around a little longer but it just doesn’t stick anymore.
Disco Elysium for me! Didn’t understand it and thought it was weird. On the third try, it was amazing. I finally understood what it was trying to do. It was an art piece and I don’t think I’ll ever have that same journey again for a long while.
Check out Esoteric Ebb… I’ve only played a few hours so far, but it’s got a few things I actually prefer over DE
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check it out.
Dragon Age Origins. My third try it finally clicked, but a year after I bought it!
Get Wynne!!!
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For me, it was Witcher 2. The combat system felt very weird and unintuitive, so I barely got past the tutorial before giving up on it. Later decided to pick up the first game, and after that, the Witcher 2 system made so much more sense.
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similar, though for me it was less that it wasn’t resonating and more that even getting to that point is a decent amount of play time if you’re exploring
I think I finished the game in three distinct chunks each a year apart - up to the bloody baron, to the final quest, and then literally just the last two or three hours of the final quest because I didn’t realize how close to the end I was. and I had like a 1.5 or 2 year break between chunks 2 and 3 lmao
The Witcher 3. First couple of times it didn’t click. Now it remains one of my favorites.
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Dark Souls. Bounced off it a bunch of times on PS3 and PC, then got the remaster on Switch and it got its hooks into me and never really let go.
Skyrim.
I couldn’t stand the ultra hype. I didn’t see anything special about the game. To me it just looked like a dumbed down fantasy Fallout without guns.
Then like a decade later I picked it again.
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Oh so many mods.
I’ve never actually played the main story very far. It gets so boring so fast.
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I’m assuming you’re talking about this mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802
Never heard of it, but I stopped playing the game for the most part (except for the amazing total conversion Enderal) years before it came out, so it makes sense. It definitely looks interesting though.
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Ooooh no you don’t. I am not reinstalling Skyrim.
(Does this work on VR?)
Legacy of the Dragonborn? Can’t think of a reason for it not to work in VR.
I finally have a room that is large enough for this game in VR. We are both giving the worst ideas ideas to each other.
Slay The Spire. You never seemed to get powerful enough and the fights always whittled away my health. Much later I played Balatro and this sonehow inspired me to give it another go.
I do think some of the boss design is anti-fun though, or at least punishing you for not following the build the developers want you to. The sequel already seems to be better for letting you play it your way.
Arma 3 was a big reason why I built my first PC. Purchased it in alpha and fucking hated every second of it. Tried it again here and here but it just never clicked, everything was so confusing and it got worse as more dlc and mods were released…I just figured full simulations weren’t my thing but was still happy to support the game. In 2022 some friends had me join them for some KotH and I finally learned the basics. Then I joined an Antistasi group, told them I was new and they taught me everything. Now I own the entire series and routinely play A2, A3, and Reforger…I literally have a 2tb ssd just for Arma because I have so many mods, like I am full blown addicted to this shit now.
Arma is soo good. Some of my fondest gaming memories come from Arma 3.
Dark Souls, kinda. Got DS2 when it was pretty new, and couldn’t get into it at all. Then I tried DS1 years later and absolutely loved it. So I tried 2 again, and it still didn’t click. Then 3 released, loved it to bits, played through 1 again, tried 2 again, SotFS this time, and I still hate that game. The way everything moves in 2 is just awful, and I will die on the hill that it’s a poorly made mess, from the ground up.
The other souls games are great though. Still have to get around to BB since the frame rate killed it for me on the ps4, but it works great in emulator now, as well as DeS
For me, a friend let me borrow Demon Souls but it just didn’t click. Years later, I played Dark Souls and it immediately became my favorite game. DS2 was my least favorite of the series, in equal parts because of the much different control/feel and also the wasted mandatory levels you have to spend to get reasonable i-frames. It just feels clunky compared to the rest of the series. I do really like the level design and environments though.
Sekiro is what did it for me. I bounced off every souls like until Sekiro
You’re not alone. Loads of people (me included) just don’t like DS2.
GTA V. Also didn’t help that I was running it on integrated graphics.
I’ve been playing regularly for 8 years now.
Dwarf Fortress back in the day (I think it’s more user friendly now). I just couldn’t figure out how to do most things.
Then I just decided to like job it: watched some videos, took some notes – basically did my homework, then was able to build a base and last long enough to starve. And again. Then the next time ran out of booze. Then was doing great but eventually had too many dwarfs and starved again. Then goblins. Then a big monster. And it goes on like that and that’s the fun!
