Fallout 3. It was my first RPG, so I didn't know what I was doing and lost interest within an hour. I came back to it in a few months, started a new character, and promtply proceeded to enjoy the hell out of it.
Best Game You Gave a Second Chance
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Metal Gear Solid 3. I couldn't get the feel for the controls for looking around. That and after about 3 1/2 hours into the game, I realized that only about 1 1/2 hours of that was actually gameplay; the rest was cutscenes. A week later I gave it another shot. It turned out to be a pretty good game after I figured out the controls, but I still think the cutscenes drag on for way too long.
Half-Life 2.
Didn't really get it the first time round, played it again, then it hit me like a shit tonne of bricks.
Didn't really get it the first time round, played it again, then it hit me like a shit tonne of bricks.
Dragon age: orgins.
I started playing it as a dwarf warrior, and the first place I went to when I could was back to ye olde dwarf hole. Then I couldn't get past the spider queen/brood-mother (cant remember) and just stopped playing it for a while.
One night I was bored though, I tried it again, as a human rouge, and not going to the dwarves first. Then I figured it was a fun game, as I didn't get stuck at the first big boss.
I started playing it as a dwarf warrior, and the first place I went to when I could was back to ye olde dwarf hole. Then I couldn't get past the spider queen/brood-mother (cant remember) and just stopped playing it for a while.
One night I was bored though, I tried it again, as a human rouge, and not going to the dwarves first. Then I figured it was a fun game, as I didn't get stuck at the first big boss.
A little RPG called Live A Live, on the SNES.
Now, props to anyone who's heard about it/played it because it was never released in the west.
The only way to play it is to get it on an emulator with an English patch.
Anyway, it essentially is a collection of seven fairly lengthy stories of seven different characters.
Two of these stories I could never finish, because I'd get stuck (sue me, I was young), so I wrote it off as a decent Square RPG.
A year or so ago, I revisited it, and managed to clear it in its entirety, and holy crap was it good.
It's one of those rare, obscure titles that is really good, and while clichéd in it's stories (they seem to be takes on the classic martial arts, western, ninja, future/space and anime settings) the twist was really cool, and the choice of endings (yeah, a choice of endings in the early 90s) was a nice bonus.
Now, props to anyone who's heard about it/played it because it was never released in the west.
The only way to play it is to get it on an emulator with an English patch.
Anyway, it essentially is a collection of seven fairly lengthy stories of seven different characters.
Two of these stories I could never finish, because I'd get stuck (sue me, I was young), so I wrote it off as a decent Square RPG.
A year or so ago, I revisited it, and managed to clear it in its entirety, and holy crap was it good.
It's one of those rare, obscure titles that is really good, and while clichéd in it's stories (they seem to be takes on the classic martial arts, western, ninja, future/space and anime settings) the twist was really cool, and the choice of endings (yeah, a choice of endings in the early 90s) was a nice bonus.
Team Fortress 2. I played it on The Orange Box when I first got the game, I thought it was terrible.
But after I beat all of the other games on The Orange Box, I decided to give TF2 another try.
Next thing you know, I have over 80 hours clocked in to every class!
But after I beat all of the other games on The Orange Box, I decided to give TF2 another try.
Next thing you know, I have over 80 hours clocked in to every class!
Metroid Prime 2.
I started it thinking "this is nowhere near as good as MP1" but persevered. Eventually I got past the annoyance that is Torvus Bog and really got into it.
I started it thinking "this is nowhere near as good as MP1" but persevered. Eventually I got past the annoyance that is Torvus Bog and really got into it.
I'd say Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.
Not because I thought they were bad, but because they both seem to have their own unique steep learning curve, that turn the first 6 hours of either into Super Meat Boy.
I haven't gotten back to playing 3 yet and getting through that curve, but I plan to.
Not because I thought they were bad, but because they both seem to have their own unique steep learning curve, that turn the first 6 hours of either into Super Meat Boy.
I haven't gotten back to playing 3 yet and getting through that curve, but I plan to.
