Games that you got into way after everyone else.

[Chalacachaca]

Well op, I'm in fact a millionare... but that's only because inflation is so silly here that 107 dollars, makes a little more than 1.000.000 bolivares (which is our currency).

On topic, I picked up Metal Gear Solid just a few months after Sons of Liberty was released, same deal with Soul Reaver, Silent Hill, Hitman, and Tenchu: Stealth Assassin's.
It's like I always wait for a second game to come out before I try playing the first one.

And the exact opposite happened to me like 8 years ago. I was like crazy looking for "Game of Thrones" on every bookshop but I always got the same answer from the cashier "Game of what? look if you're interested in fantasy we're having a 30% discount on Harry Potter books". Now I find it everywhere I go to, but I already lost interest in the damn series after years of frustration of not finding any of the books.

 

[Sneezeguard]

Morrowind. I tried getting into it a few year back after I played oblivion but I couldn't due to how bad it looked compared to then and I felt really slow. I got it recently and add the overhaul mod and made such a big difference to me.

I now love it and think it's amazing and can't believe I almost missed such a great game.

 

[PatrickXD]

XCOM and Fallout 1/2.
XCOM was released before I was born, and I started playing that when I got a steam account. Fallout 1/2 I started playing when Fallout 3 was announced.

 

[baddude1337]

Arkham Asylum. I thought I'd see what the big deal was with the game and wanted a decent Batman game after watching some of the films. I was hooked, and with Arkham City 3 or so months away when I finished I pre-ordered it.

 

[jjjonesy27]

Diablo 2, the Bioshock series, the Elder Scrolls series. Think that's about it.

 

[Dsaprox]

Kingdom hearts
Kingdom hearts 2
Deux Ex
Bioshock

 

[Dethenger]

Uncharted. Only started playing after the third one was released.

 

[scorptatious]

Well I recently played through Batman Arkham City GOTY edition. The original version is about 7 months old, so any discussion for the game has long passed.

Also I played a bunch of Final Fantasy games over the past 2 years. They include (in order I played them)

VII
IX
X
IV DS
XIII

 

[Smithburg]

Because of the indie I just got into psychonauts

 

[rhyno435]

Bioshock. I already knew the twist thanks to my friend, but man that game was worth it anyway. Awesome game.

 

[Yopaz]

Well, I got into Batman Arkham Asylum around the time that Batman Arkham City launched on consoles. However the reason for this is that my PC wasn't good enough to play it properly.

I just recently got into Assassin's Creed. I plan to finish the first game over the summer.

 

[Quingfang]

Resident Evil 4 for the Gamecube. I bought it in 2010 after having quickly learned that the Wii does not hold a plethora of titles that are terribly engaging to me, so I started working through a backlog of GC games in the hopes of finding something that I clicked with. Lo and behold, RE4, which I have easily replayed more than any other game I own.

 

[jollybarracuda]

I've actually just recently been dying to get my hands on Shadow of the Colossus. I've wanted to play that game since it came out in 2005, but either i didn't have the money or, more recently, my PS2 had been broken. Just recently got around to fixing the thing, and now all i need is an HDMI cable for my PS2 and the actual game.

 

[Murmillos]

The only game I really only started playing well after it passed its "BEST GAME EVAR" time frame was Red Dead Redemption. When I first look at it, I wasn't really all that interested in the western style theme of the game. Then I saw Unskippable's video on the opening and I'm like I don't know why, but I'll get it; and I'm still kicking myself in the ass that I didn't get it sooner. John Marston has to be on like my top 5 all-time best game charaters ever done.

 

[BytByte]

TF2 like three times. I always come back a month after an update. Too late to score anything interesting.

 

[Austin Howe]

PS1 JRPGS that aren't Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, or Final Fantasy IX. Even then, I had those games about between 2-4 years after they all came out, but that was still when they were fresh in people's minds, like if I were to start talking about Arkham Asylum right now. I'm JUST NOW getting into stuff like Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Persona 2 and Star Ocean: The Second Story.

 

[decaINNERdence]

I just bought Dead Island about 2 months ago.

I started Stalker about Mid Last Year.

I got Mass Effect around when the third installment of the game was released.

I bought Batman Arkham Asylum last year in august.

I came into minecraft about 7 months into its release (alpha release)

and there are plenty others, its funny going to college to study game design severely held my gaming back.

 

[Kingjackl]

Heaps, particularly in regard to current gen games, since I didn't get a console until 2010. The one that springs to mind is Grand Theft Auto IV, since it was pretty much the biggest thing since sliced bread when it came out in 2008, and everyone was talking about it. Cut to 2009 when the expansions come out and everyone is talking about them. Then, I finally play it in 2010 and it just feels like...I'm late. I'm late to the party that ended 2 years ago.

 

[Vault101]

alot of games I guess...but the feeling of "late to the pary" I think is stronger with some than others

like if somone said "mabye Ill try mass effect, portal or half life 2" I would be like "dude! you havnt played them?!"

but somthing like Infamous for Dead space its like "eh" (not to say they are bad games, but I guess not as "iconic")

speaking of which Infamous was my first ever PS3 game on my first ever current gen console..just last year

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

The only game that I can think off at the moment is Zelda Windwaker.

A friend of mine bought it for me as a birthday present, it was like a year after it came out, and it sat on my desk for the longest time and then I played it a few months ago.

To be fair, I'm kinda terrible at starting games right away, but still, that was a great game that I wish I played earlier.