What feature "sold" you?

[Ironic Pirate]

Except for the multiplayer connection issues, I agree with you.

They were no worse than the issues in MW2, and MoH is still the beta. But yeah, I do hope they manage to do something about it.

I meant the Kane and Lynch demo, that froze up on me a few times. Never pre-ordered MoH, so I didn't get a beta.

 

[Tattaglia]

Customisation. I know it's really superficial, but I just really like it. Also, local co-op, preferably four-player, is often the feature that sells it to me.

Also when I heard that Far Cry 2 had persistent deaths in terms of buddies, when they die they die forever, I didn't realise how heartbreaking it would be to shoot a buddy in the head to re leave their pain though, I felt like I'd murdered a brother and I thought I was a monster.

 

[Borntolose]

Assassin's Creed: Stabbing people. I'm not sure I even knew about the free-running before I played the game. But the idea of playing a 13th century assassin had me hooked.

 

[II2]

Ever since Starsiege Tribes, I've been an easy mark for anyone offering a jetpack (or jump-pack) and guns.

Ever since Quake I and II mods, including Weapons Factory (TF-knockoff), it's been the same with grappling hooks.

Aside from Worms, no game has married the two. But if they do... *unsettling sex noise*

 

[kjrubberducky]

The writing/voices in Team Fortress 2. The art style made me take a closer look, but once I heard the characters talking, I had to buy it.

 

[qazmatoz]

For whatever reason, the fact that there are classes in Final Fantasy XIV dedicated to crafts and stuff really has me wanting that game.

 

[Nazz3]

The dynamic story in Heavy Rain.

 

[MassiveGeek]

Ouch, that's a tough one.

Well, I would like to say past experiences. For example, when I just started playing WoW, I was a gleeful skippy puppy at the sight of every new expansion since. The same goes for Portal 2.

 

[Enigmers]

Red Dead Redemption's duels. Everything else was just gravy.

 

[SnipErlite]

Shadow of the Colossus - Every single screenshot. The exploration and the ridiculously cool enemies.

I suppose they could both be summed up as the scale of that game. Ambitious and awesome.

 

[Geekosaurus]

I meant the Kane and Lynch demo, that froze up on me a few times. Never pre-ordered MoH, so I didn't get a beta.

I didn't have any issues with the Kane and Lynch demo, although I can confess I've probably only played through it twice.

I didn't actually pre-orde MoH, I found a video on YouTube that let me get it for free. I mean... no, I got it properly... *shifty eyes*

 

[Ironic Pirate]

I meant the Kane and Lynch demo, that froze up on me a few times. Never pre-ordered MoH, so I didn't get a beta.

I didn't have any issues with the Kane and Lynch demo, although I can confess I've probably only played through it twice.

The single player worked fine, but it took me five tries to get to the multiplayer, and three of those times it froze. That said, it was very fun once I did play it.

 

[Twilight.falls]

With Bioshock, it was because of the concept alone. Underwater city, shoot stuff out of your hands, scuba suited behemoths. Then I got engaged in the story and ended up finishing it. Awesome game.

With Starcraft, it was the Zerg, mostly.

With WoW, well, I had been obsessed with Warcraft, and nothing sounded cooler than traveling Azeroth in an adventurer's shoes.

 

[SalamanderJoe]

Vanquish has sold me with, 'The Who Powerslide Move' you can do. I'm easily pleased.

 

[TraitortoHeaven]

Any game with a good character customization AND implementation.
That's why I lvoed Modnation Racers: Because you can create a character AND see them in cut-scenes.
I liked Soul Calibur 4 because I can give all my girl characters big boobs.