Me?? Playing Madden 10???

[elbryan108]

OK, so I recently purchased a PS3 and some games, I wont go into the list here, but they are all nice. My wife came home yesterday with a copy of Madden 10 and said that she thought I might like to give it a try. I was speechless, Im not a sports game type and told her so, but I told her I'd give it a whirl.
I booted up the PS3 and inserted the dreaded game, thinking to myself that this was be quiet painful, but at least it wouldn't last long. The next thing I knew it was 5 hours later and I was having a blast. I was shocked.
So, the question I pose to you, fellow escapist, is this; Have you ever had a game that you thought you would hate, but ended up actually enjoying? Feel free to bash me for liking Madden, I have thick skin and a cold heart, I can take it.

 

[Curtmiester]

Nothing. When I hate something, I hate it.

 

[quack35]

Wii Music was amusing for an hour or two.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Madden rocks! I love it!

Lets play some fooootbbbbaaalllll

 

[PhiMed]

No, I don't play games I think I'm going to hate.

As far as Madden, I'm not going to bash you for liking it, because it's the only option you have if you want a professional football game. But I will say one thing. If you are old enough to be married, you play video games, and you were surprised by anything you found in a Madden game, it's because you've intentionally been sheltering yourself.

My conclusion is that you're either a contrarian who dislikes games simply because they are popular, or you're a gel-headed emo douche. If neither of these options are the case, then my guess is that your "Oh Mah Gawdz I likez Maddenz?!??" story never actually happened.

 

[Gxas]

No game that I can think of...

But the Twilight books did this to me.

[small]I still hate myself for it...[/small]

 

[xx Mini Mat xx]

Each to there own i guess...
OT. Pikmin and Shin megami tensai 3(sp?)

 

[SimuLord]

Sims 2 did this to me. I'd avoided The Sims as a shallow middle class materialism simulator and heaped derision on it, but when my then-girlfriend (now wife) insisted that I play it so we could share neighborhoods and such, I figured "OK, I'll play dollhouse with my girlfriend" and ended up loving the game. I ultimately bought all eight expansion packs (but no stuff packs, that just screams "lame cash-in") and downloaded a few dozen mods for it.

 

[EeveeElectro]

My boyfriend got that game and woke me up at around 7am playing it T_T
The replay thingies amused me though. They looked like real sports reports XD
I don't like sports games though, I don't think they mix well.

Everyone was telling me Mirrors Edge was crap but I actually enjoyed it =)

 

[daz_O_O]

I'm actually tempted to pick up Madden even though I'm English and have very little interest in American football or even rugby.
I guess it's just because I've never tried it, and it does get great reviews. Anyone think it's worth a buy?

EDIT: OT I honestly didn't think much of CoD4 before I played it, needless to say I have MW2 hardened on pre-order.

 

[New Troll]

I can enjoy most any game, even games I hate, if I'm with the right company.

As for Madden, I too am NOT a sports gamer. I'm not even a sports watcher. But I have played several sports games with friends of old and old roomates and had fun. At work I set up a 360 with Madden 10 and four controllers and got to play a little of it. I'm not good by any means, but it was still entertaining. I also set up a PS3 version of the game for a tournament we held on Saturday. I didn't actualy play other than just goofing around a minute here and there while waiting, but I watched (ran) the entire tournament which lasted almost six hours. Most everyone had lots of fun, even I. But I would have to say I probably wouldn't enjoy playing some of those kids in the tournament. Pure monsters at that game!

 

[elbryan108]

post was self removed for anger issues.

 

[elbryan108]

No, I don't play games I think I'm going to hate.

As far as Madden, I'm not going to bash you for liking it, because it's the only option you have if you want a professional football game. But I will say one thing. If you are old enough to be married, you play video games, and you were surprised by anything you found in a Madden game, it's because you've intentionally been sheltering yourself.

My conclusion is that you're either a contrarian who dislikes games simply because they are popular, or you're a gel-headed emo douche. If neither of these options are the case, then my guess is that your "Oh Mah Gawdz I likez Maddenz?!??" story never actually happened.

... or not. Maybe I just never got into sports games.

 

[megapenguinx]

I like Madden, although I'm terrible at it. I honestly didn't think I'd like Fallout 3 and I ended up loving it. On the other hand I thought I'd like Oblivion, but I ended up bored :/

 

[Hazy]

I thought Final Fantasy VIII was going to be a disgrace to the FF name, from the amount I had heard about it, alot of it bad.
But I actually enjoyed it!
I knew it was going to be a Love Story going in. And while it did have it's issues, I think the whole thing was blown way out of proportion.

 

[hazabaza1]

I didn't think I'd like the Gears games, because I heard it was all just shooty shooty gore fest.

It is that, but it's also fucking awesome.

 

[thatstheguy]

The Madden games are pretty enjoyable to play. It's just that they release the same game over and over again. Like Final Fantasy and most Nintendo games.