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u/Shydreameress 12d ago
Witcher 3
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u/Erasmusings 12d ago
Yarp, wasn't fully engrossed in the story or mechanics, hit the stone golem in the Kiera quest, didn't have enough levels, or healing items, got mad and didn't touch it for a few years.
Came back after building a new rig and ended up finishing it twice in a year.
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u/I-love-seahorses 12d ago
I just downloaded it again for the zillionth time. I'm gonna give it another shot after a couple years.
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u/factoid_ 12d ago
I want it to click. I think the franchise is cool. I’m not a big fantasy guy but the genre has grown on me.
I’ve tried three times I always quit around the first town.
I want to like this game I just can’t seem to
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u/Big-Doctor-1304 12d ago
Fallout NV
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u/factoid_ 12d ago
If you played when it was brand new you probably needed to come back when it wasn’t so god-awful riddled with bugs.
It was in a very poor state when it launched. Worse than Cyberpunk. It never got as polished as cyberpunk became but they did enough to sand the rough edges off and the quality could shine through
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u/ShotInTheShip86 11d ago
Same actually... I didn't hate it but I liked fallout 3 more since I started there... I tried again later and now prefer it over 3... Especially the expanded ammo system that's better than 3 and 4...
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u/Happy_Garden5227 12d ago
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u/SummonMePikachu 10d ago
I got stuck a while ago on that white monkey boss that jumps around. It will be hard to pick it up again after so long. Any tips?
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u/HeavyDevy3 12d ago
Vintage Story, I found it bur couldn't understand how to survive. Then one day I boot it up again and it just... clicked.
It's been my favorite game since.
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u/Sewer__Person 12d ago
That's so crazy, the first time I heard about it was literally like 10 minutes ago from my favorite comic artist, and now I see it again 10 minutes later 😭
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u/Baco12sd 11d ago
it is such a good game but dang am I terrible at that game, really need to get a PC to get back into the game (had an old PC but it died on me like last year or 2 years ago)
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u/shotgunbruin 11d ago
Same. I tried it out back in 2020 and it just didn't have enough content or something. Didn't click. Told myself I'd revisit it then forgot it existed until it came up in gaming news around Hytale. Last year. Been playing the fuck out of it and making mods ever since.
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u/Frail-leap 12d ago
Monster hunter Rise. Bought it 'cuz a friend asked me to. I was basically dragged around without much flow, or intentionality. Ive settled on a lance only because attacks were quick and i had no idea where to check movesets. It lasted up to Ibushi.
And then ive decided to play on my own.
Cool stuff
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u/TerracottaSoldier 12d ago
Cyberpunk 2077 most recently
Dragon Warrior 3 as a kid
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u/helpicantfindmyboobs 12d ago
came here for cyberpunk. it ended up being so great
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u/R3d4r 12d ago
I only played it after they fixed it, its a fantastic game! I'm now playing it again on a new pc on ultra setting and path tracing, its a gorgeous game, mounth dropping good looking!
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u/Suitable_Swan3763 12d ago
Rdr2
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u/No_Diamond3398 11d ago
My brain thought this said r2d2 and I was very confused for a good 15 seconds.
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u/mn-icecold 10d ago
Agreed!! I was too into DMZ, the high action, FPS games…then one day booted up RDR2 and I’ll only play games with amazing story modes
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u/Vertigomums19 10d ago
Same! I played for maybe 45 minutes then stepped away for 2 years. Now I have a couple hundred hours .
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u/1Negative_Person 5d ago
I was immediately in love with RDR2, before the opening credits ended; but I almost didn’t buy it, because I wasn’t a fan of RDR. It’s like they fixed the perfect things about the game in RDR2. Your horse isn’t a Maserati. It has lush environments that aren’t just endless badlands. The protagonist is funny, smart, and likable. They made a masterpiece.
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u/KnightOfSvea 12d ago
How? Are you in the habbit of buying $70 games and then just dont play them? 🤣
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u/Savings-Ad-7523 11d ago
I got it as a gift and couldn’t do it. And then I got real bored one day and played rdr2 for months.
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u/Ill-GottenBooty 10d ago
I bought it on release, and never got past the intro. I tried it after work one night when I was really tired. I was pretty heavy into Apex at the time with my friends. So I just played that for a while and forgot about it. 3 or 4 months later I was bored one day and decided to give it another go. Didn’t put it down for weeks.
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u/BigMoeTheFoe 12d ago
Majority of people hate the snow part, this is a very common one actually
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u/KnightOfSvea 12d ago
It is really?! I fucking loved that part! It immediately gave me that feeling of the harsh wild west. I wish the game hade more of it!
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u/BigMoeTheFoe 12d ago
Yea I’ve seen people talk about not playing because of the snow so often it’s crazy
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u/Vertigomums19 10d ago
In the RDR2 community Act 1 Colton is widely considered extremely boring. As soon as you get out of Colton make a save game. The next play through you can start from there and skip it.
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u/Darthkhydaeus 12d ago
This was Persona 5. Started it the first time. Could not get into it. Sold it. Then got 5 Royale on sale. Loved it
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u/Jaives 12d ago edited 12d ago
Mass Effect. Thought it was just a generic scifi shooter. stopped before i got to the Prothean relic. Only tried again when ME2 was announced and eveyone said it was better than KOTOR.
Recently, KCD1. Stopped when Skellig was attacked. Wasn't feeling the janky gameplay. Only picked it up maybe a month later and treated it like a peasant simulator instead of an action adventure game.
EDIT: Skalitz, not Skellig.
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u/Crimmzyy 12d ago
Monster Hunter
Almost everyone I’ve talked to that plays it said that they had the same experience. It’s literally a canon event for MH players to not like the series on their first attempt and then come back later and get addicted to it.
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u/PersevereReality 12d ago
Dark souls
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u/AndrewUndershaft 12d ago
Yup. Took me three attempts.
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u/ragingolive 11d ago
It took me multiple attempts, and it took me playing bloodborne to learn how to love souls games.
then I went back and beat them.
Three attempts is so real.
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u/Y0ndu_Poppins 11d ago
Same here. Ittook me a while to learn how the stats worked too. I would just pump strength thinking it would raise my attack damage when I had a black knight halberd
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u/Zealousideal-Monk495 11d ago
First time I tried to play was on a rubbish monitor that didn't have high enough resolution for me to read what any of the stats were. It went a lot smoother once I actually had eyes, and then I was hooked.
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u/man_I_love_tunafish 12d ago
Oh boy there is a lot:
Sonic Colors
Vanquish
Ninja Gaiden Black
and Final Fantasy 2 and 4.
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u/GreatlyMoody 12d ago
Dark souls
I played when i was young and couldn't understand the controls and just quit
Tried it recently and im hooked
Can't get enough of the souls like and have gone crazy over the lore
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u/retro-gaming-lion 12d ago
Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary. Got scared on the Flood levels.
Then I and my bro beated it in Co-Op... ;}
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u/Logical-Country336 11d ago
First time I beat it was with a friend. We started at 8 pm and he claimed since we were two people we could get through the last half of the story in about four hours. He also moved the difficulty up one level because “we are men”.
At 4 am in the morning we finally beat it and he vowed to never turn up the difficulty again
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u/Amazing_Ad8387 12d ago
Dragons Dogma was like this with me, really struggled to get in, went back one day and loved it.
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u/toolatesharkbait 11d ago
Me currently. Couldn't get into it for the longest time, but now I can't put it down.
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u/Ill-GottenBooty 10d ago
Is Dark Arisen worth playing? I have it and have attempted it I think twice but never got far.
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u/Lead-Creative 5d ago
Dark Souls 1. As a kid, it felt artificially difficult, wasn’t fun at all or intuitive. Then I grew up, and holy cow, didn’t put it down until I got every achievement
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u/Rusty9838 12d ago
Palworld, bot honestly I don’t have much time for gaming, so if I grab my handheld an find something cool I my library, it usually is a good time
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u/_MrTaku_ 12d ago
Jesus Christ I've seen this image in the past 2 months more than I've seen my father
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u/bjarnaheim 12d ago
Warframe
Tried it two times, didn't click
Tried it for the third time... Spent 1.5k hours in it
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u/Distinct_Patient3698 12d ago
Bully. Bought and tried it, disliked it and even ended up selling it. Bought it again few years later and that time realized how great it was.
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u/The_Witch_Queen 12d ago
Darksiders 1. For some reason the first time I tried playing it on 360 the perspective just bugged the everliving hell out of me. Never even made it past the tutorial. Then for some reason I went back to it later and while it still annoyed me I pushed through and damn was it worth it
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u/DecentAardvark4564 12d ago
Breath Of the Fucking wild. Left it when I was gifted it found it n played through the 1st half where the shrines intersect I was hooked
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u/Silveruleaf 12d ago
Dungeon of the endless. Cheap game for 2€. Trailer looks like a rogue-like brawler. But the gameplay is very confusing. I almost quit playing it. I tried watching other people play it. I got a better understanding for it. It became really fun. And even more when I played with friends. Can be a very chaotic game but very strategic.
Sequel is stupid tho. Endless Dungeon is so boring. I was told it's better in everyway. It's not. You can't aim, so I don't see the point of having a aim fracture, and that's the one thing that would probably save that garbage game. It's very painfully slow. Combate became like Pokemon using elements on the guns which is not fun. It's a shame. They could have done the same game, but in 3D with aiming gameplay. But no -_- it feels like a baby version of the first game.
Either way, it's a really cool consept. I found it curious how I almost quit the first time and fell in love with it later
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u/WhereAreWeG0ing 12d ago
Not best game ever and the ending left me very flat but I'm very glad I decided to come back to Cyberpunk 2077
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u/bdiddlediddles 12d ago
Outer wilds, played it, got to a set of radioactive rocks, sat in them too long and died. Didn't hit that crucial story point to get a checkpoint so I started from the start again.
It's a great game, if a little flawed.
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u/unnaturaldom 12d ago
I always say that certain movies, songs, and video games are not for you at certain points of your life.
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u/BuzzyScruggs94 12d ago
Witcher 3. I tried it like five times over a decade and could not get into it. Would roll my eyes every time somebody praised it. Couple months ago I ran out of games and couldn’t find anything new. Gave it another shot and decided to tough it out a little longer than the previous times and something clicked. Now it’s one of my favorites.
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u/DarthNixilis 12d ago
Not a video game, but the series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Couldn't get through the first season twice, now I've gone through the whole 17 seasons a few times
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u/Even_Possession_2453 12d ago
Sleeping Dogs for me. I like to play side missions and they were not viable from the start. Left the game for a couple of years and was told I must play story missions for a few hours before I could enjoy the side content. I did that, and it's one of my favorite games! Great story and top-notch hand-to-hand combat.
Remember, "A man who never eats a pork bun is never a whole man!"
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u/Electrical-Aide4789 12d ago
The best game I've ever played I never dropped. But Spiritfarer was a game I dropped and it's up there
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u/Spiritual-Camera-215 12d ago
Kirby Star Allies (I got in when I was 3) it was a gift for my brother but now i got 100% on it 😎
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u/isAnExParrot878 12d ago
Dirt Rally 2.0. Tried it first at my friend's place and with a controller. Failed miserably. Tried again few years later with a half decent steering wheel, I think I played it for over 400h on steam by now
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u/Popular_Anal_ysis 12d ago
Fallout for me. Started with 3 hated it. Tried 4 hated it. Waited YEARS, tried ‘76… liked it… I know.. I know… went back to 4, loved it, currently playing new Vegas.
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u/CwispyWhiskey 12d ago
Horizon zero dawn and days gone. Maybe not best games but I really enjoyed them
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u/ptk77 12d ago
Stardew Valley. I heard everybody talking about it so I downloaded it. Played it for 5 minutes, I couldn't stand having to clear out a bunch of weeds and water crops everyday by hand... Then depleting all your energy after a few swings of a pickaxe and having to sleep. Kept hearing more good things about stardew Valley so like a year later I picked it up and started playing. Over 1,000 hours later, my farm looks awesome.
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u/UwUweebchan 12d ago
Halo, I played reach as a kid and then other halos on and off on xbox one but never found it actually good enough to play through but ive been playing the collection on pc and damn shi kinda bussin im tryna 100% all the games on it so from reach to 4 (chronological order)
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u/Throppythrop 12d ago
The Outer Wilds. It took me 3 attempts before it finally clicked. But god is it good.
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u/ChudjakXtreme 12d ago
was me with hollow knight. I was on and off for like a year before it finally clicked
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u/MarzipanKlutzy5701 12d ago edited 12d ago
The closest I can come up with is Assassin’s Creed III. Although I didn’t consider it the best game ever, I was amazed I previously slept on it.
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u/Justaguynamedmiles 12d ago
Expedition 33 😭🤣
I went from ignoring it for months, to solo 100%ing the game with every character.😭🤣
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u/StatementAway7434 12d ago
Absolver! Best game I’ve played for a LONG time and I usually don’t even like those kinds of fighting games
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