Gaming gems you almost didn't play

[Arisato-kun]

I learned about Persona 3 via the internet. Went out and bought it after a week of researching. Almost didn't get it because I was a dime short. Found a quarter on the floor of the GameCrazy I was at. Last copy too.

A friend also got me into Warcraft III. I thank him and damn him because of it since I'm now totally obsessed with Warcraft lore.

 

[yoz13]

Mass effect, my friend kept on about how it was terrible but I'm glad I bought it great buy

 

[DanielBrown]

The God of War series. If I hadn't bought a PS3 and if the Collectors edition didn't come out I would never have played it. Same goes for the Prince of Persia triology, but I had Warrior Within to PS2. I didn't really understand the game back then though, so I didn't get very far.

 

[Blitzwarp]

Geometry Wars on the Nintendo DS. It was recommended in a Nintendo Magazine a few months ago now in a 'missed gems' feature, and is a mad space shooting game where you are trapped inside a geometric shape and have to shoot other geometric shapes to earn points. I saw it in GAME's pre-owned section for £4.99 and nearly didn't pick it up, but my mum saw me looking and put it away for my birthday. I'm so glad she did, I love the game. ♥

 

[Distorted Stu]

Batman. The only reason i got it because i won the gaming quiz at Uni and i had HMV vouchers to waste. I heard batman was good so i went ahead and got it. If i didnt win the quiz i wouldnt of went and got the game!

 

[Mutant_Fox]

Conker's Bad Fur Day. Holy crap was that one of the most fun games I have ever played! xD
Maybe that's where my interest in the 2nd world war started O:

 

[Codeknight]

Psychonauts, X-Com: Enemy Unknown (aka X-Com UFO Defense or whatever), and Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes. Each one was great. I haven't played any of the other X-Com games, mostly because I heard they went down hill or are the same as the first, but I will some time. I also see KUF getting a lot of flak, personally I don't see any valid points though. The 3rd person brawler combat mixed with the strategy of troop movement and ability use is really fun. Psychonauts needs no explanation.

 

[RobotNinja]

Deus Ex. I found it in a pile of CD's at my house. I thought, "what the hell, its free" and played it. It blew my mind.

 

[josemlopes]

Conker's Bad Fur Day. Holy crap was that one of the most fun games I have ever played! xD
Maybe that's where my interest in the 2nd world war started O:

HELL YEAH!!!

Such a good game, I only played the Xbox remake. When I got the game I was more interested on the multiplayer part of it but when I started the story it was SO good.

Also Timesplitters 2, I got that game when I got my Xbox and also Halo CE, Hitman 2 and Splinter Cell. I tried TS2 first but I got confused by the controls so I tried the other games, they were all good and only after a year I tried Timesplitters again. So many hours wasted in the Arcade mode lol.

 

[Ultress]

Tales of Symphonia, read an article about it's then upcoming sequel and figured I'd buy it to prepare for Dawn of The New World. Absolutely adored it. Oddly enough I never got around to buying DoTNW nor do I plan to.

Also Persona 3 FES,I'd heard about it but the dating sim aspect and only having one dungeon turned me off it.Saw it for $15 new one day and figured Why not,One of the best purchases I've ever made.

 

[8-Bit Grin]

I have a lot of games that could be listed under 'Gems Near Missed'.

I'm going to go with Ultima VII though.

I ran across it completely by accident on a PSP Homebrew forum.

It was a beautifully immersive experience.

I still laugh when I think about robbing a jewelery store via horse drawn cart and dynamite.

 

[Counterwise]

Master of Olympus: Zeus, Got it as a present from my granny.

 

[Grufflenark]

Team Fortress 2 (Before the hat craze)
Dawn of War series
Populous
Age of Mythology.

 

[Joggi]

Fallout 3. I played it back in the day, didn't really like the pip-boy, slow action feel of it so I quit. Around a year later I tried it again and LOOOOVED IT! I played it through my whole christmas break and explored everything I could. Now, it´s my favorite game.

 

[Hafnium]

Mass Effect.. had written it off after DRM issues, and somehow it didn't interest me.
Now the series is one of my favourites!

 

[Always_Remain]

I almost missed Dragon Age and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Dragon Age because for like a year and a half, it never sounded appealing. Then out of nowhere, I wanted to get it. Good decision.

Twilight Princess because I've never owned a wii but my friend left his(with LOZ:TP) at my house FOREVER. Seriously, it sat in my room for a month completely unused. Saw some good comments about the game, booted up the wii and was hooked.

(Almost didn't start to read Homestuck either but then after viewing a particularly funny image I was convinced. BEST. WEBCOMIC((Thing)). EVER.)

I had to edit that post way too much. Damn you early morning!

 

[Phishfood]

Would you believe I only recently played knights of the old republic?

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I have a few

Metal Gear Solid 3 - A friend of mine talked about the series for years. Never seemed like my thing. So, one day I was browsing through some PS2 games at a rental store, and saw Metal Gear Solid 3. I decided to give it a try. 3 days later, I finished the game, returned it, and went into my local EB games to find a copy. Took me a while to find one, but during that time I found MSG2. SO I wasnt to bothered. Ive finshed those games about 4 times each.

Half Life 2 - Let me get this out of the way. I dont like Half Life. Ive played it at random places since 2005, but never got into it at all. Anyway, I bought Half Life 2 on the steam sales end of last year, and recently downloaded it. I dont know why, but Im really enjoying it.

Persona 3 - I randomly purchased it from a shopping site. I was looking for a good JRPG to kill the time. Needless to say im happy with my purchase

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Legend of Dragoon. Thank god I looked in that bin......
I've put hundreds of hours into it.

 

[Darkauthor81]

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