Baldur’s Gate 3. I tried it when it was in early access and thought it was too clunky. Tried it again a few months ago, absolutely love it.
What game had you like this?
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dosse91@lemmy.trippy.pizza 2 weeks ago
shy@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
100% same answer. For me, the big change was playing it in multiplayer. It’s worth all the trouble wrangling friends and their schedules together for this. I’m even comfortable playing solo since then, because of all the memories of good times and shared struggles
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I tried playing it after release and just didn’t really get into it, but I feel like at some point, I will and will appreciate it more.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Kenshi. I got it in 2013. It seemed interesing but ran so badly on my machine at the time that I gave up on it. Played it again when I got a better PC and some religious people came around to preach and hand out bibles, I put them in a skin peeler.
redwattlebird@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Disco Elysium for me! Didn’t understand it and thought it was weird. On the third try, it was amazing. I finally understood what it was trying to do. It was an art piece and I don’t think I’ll ever have that same journey again for a long while.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Check out Esoteric Ebb… I’ve only played a few hours so far, but it’s got a few things I actually prefer over DE
redwattlebird@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check it out.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh it’s a distant memory now, but I remember the first time I played RimWorld I bailed out again in less than an hour and didn’t touch it again for at least a year
Fast forward to now and I think it’s claimed 1500h of my time
amio@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FTL the space dogfight roguelike. Took me 10 years to revisit and I’ve gotten more than a hundred hours in it since then
zatanas@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
FTL for me as well. Fantastic game. Took me a while to get into it.
tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This happened to me with three games:
- Hollow Knight
- Steamworld Heist
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
In each case the game just didn’t gel with me on the initial play, even if I could objectively tell it was a quality game.
Currently playing through Stranger of Paradise again now. I think I expected a more traditionally “Final Fantasy” game my first time through and dropped it at 10 hours. Started fresh recently and am tearing past where I was and playing it enthusiastically now, it’s a lot of fun.
I’ve played some souls-like games in the interim which helped with the general gameplay loop and control scheme. Also have upgraded hardware since my first run, which makes a big difference as the game was previously a shimmery mess full of slowdowns.
Sunschein@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Hollow Knight for me too. It all started to click after getting a movement ability or two.
Overspark@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Guild Wars 2. Didn’t click with it at launch, tried it again a few months ago and oh my god so much has changed in over 13 years. I’m still playing plenty of other games but it’s nice to have an MMO (without monthly fees or any kind of FOMO) to come back to every couple of weeks.
illi@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I’m the exact oposite. I loved it at launch and played it extensively. But after Heart of Thorns I fell off. Ever since then it grabs me once in a while but I usually just fall off once the story content is over. Sometimes I play around a little longer but it just doesn’t stick anymore.
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Dragon Age Origins. My third try it finally clicked, but a year after I bought it!
mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Get Wynn!!!
U7826391786239@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
witcher 3
first time playing, i got to the bloody baron and for whatever reason i can’t explain, felt like it wasn’t resonating with me. went back some time later and was hooked enough to finish the main game and all DLCs.
fucking fantastic game
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
similar, though for me it was less that it wasn’t resonating and more that even getting to that point is a decent amount of play time if you’re exploring
I think I finished the game in three distinct chunks each a year apart - up to the bloody baron, to the final quest, and then literally just the last two or three hours of the final quest because I didn’t realize how close to the end I was. and I had like a 1.5 or 2 year break between chunks 2 and 3 lmao
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
[deleted]U7826391786239@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
pretty sure i bought that one on release day. i never felt the ragehate that a lot of people seemed to have at the beginning
howrar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
For me, it was Witcher 2. The combat system felt very weird and unintuitive, so I barely got past the tutorial before giving up on it. Later decided to pick up the first game, and after that, the Witcher 2 system made so much more sense.
Ghostie@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Fallout 3. When I first played it, it bothered me that there was no weather. Stopped playing it for like 2 years. Started a new game finished it, all the side quests, and the DLCs because suddenly I was just into it.
coolie4@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This reminds me that Death Stranding has no day/night cycle. There’s some Kojima-esque explanation involving
nanomachineschiral crystals, but it seemed like complete BS and never made any sense to me.Regardless the game is great, and I really need to get the second one.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Dark Souls
Eventually went back to it after beating Bloodborne.
luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I was stuck on Fatty&Beanpole for a while, dropped the game, came back and now I’ve got 800+h in it
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Disco Elysium.
First go was after finally playing Planescape : Torment and I just wasn’t in the mood for another text heavy game, even though it came highly recommended and had some voiceacting from some podcasters I knew about.
Then the Final Cut came out with all the professional voice acting and it was absolutely excellent.
PoopingCough@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This one is mine too. I think for me is that I’m always trying to minmax if not builds on rpgs then outcomes so i can see the most/best content on a single play through. But that is not a good way to experience DE; you really gotta let go and literally let the dice fall as they may.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
The voice acting (and writing) is some of the best in all of gaming
CyanideShotInjection@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hollow Knight
Bought it not long after it came out because I was so in awe with the visual style. Played it for some hours and thought it was fun, but it was not clicking with me as much as I thought it would. It got even worse when I got stuck in the progression. I put the game down and did not play it for a while. Fast forward 3 months and I decide to pick it up again. For some reason this time I found out where to go next and from that moment I could not stop playing it. I could not believe how vast the exploration felt. To this day it is still my favourite game of all time.
Harvey656@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Factorio. I really didnt understand it when It was first released. Got to my first steam generator and quit.
Freaking love this game now, so many hours. Conveyor belts are the same as happiness.
C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I checked the comments to make sure this had been mentioned. It was absolutely this game for me, got 2000+ hours now (I’m still shit at it, haha)
Harvey656@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t have to be good at a game to enjoy it.
sleet01@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Slay the Spire. I hated it when it first came out on the Switch, then got the itch to try it again after watching some challenge run videos. I got it on Steam during a sale, and now I’ve put over a thousand hours in the game ;_;
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Skyrim.
I couldn’t stand the ultra hype. I didn’t see anything special about the game. To me it just looked like a dumbed down fantasy Fallout without guns.
Then like a decade later I picked it up on some huge sale. Ended up first playing hundreds of hours on normal, then hundreds more on VR.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
[deleted]rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Oh so many mods.
I’ve never actually played the main story very far. It gets so boring so fast.
DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
I’m assuming you’re talking about this mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/11802
Never heard of it, but I stopped playing the game for the most part (except for the amazing total conversion Enderal) years before it came out, so it makes sense. It definitely looks interesting though.
HexaBack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
balatro
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Same, but be careful. While it’s engaging, it’s pretty empty
mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I predict that Cyberpunk 2077 will become this game for me in like 3-5 years
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
So many games but Hades lately. It’s so good!
Redacted@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Somehow they made Hades 2 even better.
not_so_handsome_jack@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Same here. Didn’t click with me the first time, now I have 100 percent’ed both games with almost 600 hours between the two.
defrostedLasagna4921@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
GTA V. Also didn’t help that I was running it on integrated graphics.
I’ve been playing regularly for 8 years now.
Overconfidentiality@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
As weird as this will sound, Skyrim. Picked it up, played a tiny bit then didn’t touch is for 3-4 months
kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same, I tried to play it several times but couldn’t get into it. Learned about some exploits and installed some QOL and graphics mods, and it’s a blast
toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
BOTW. First time played handheld and screen was too small to appreciate it. Picked up again years later on a tv and finally loved it.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Baldur’s Gate 2.
It was the game that took my CRPG virginity. However, I finished the escape from the dungeon (basically the intro) and stopped playing it for a couple of years.
Then I randomly tried it again one weekend in university while drunk and marathoned it.
Ashen44@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
Monster Hunter.
There’s a community saying: everyone loves Monster Hunter, they just haven’t played it enough yet. It’s an incredibly common experience for new Monhun players to hate it on their first or even second go around, but then eventually fall in love! It happened for me twice in fact. I played Tri on the Wii back when I was a kid, and then World on release in college, but did not get far either time. Then I tried it again a few years later and now I have played at least one monster hunter game from every generation as well as most of the spinoffs and it is my favourite series ever!
Napster153@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same. Didn’t click with me at first, but one day I put in some real effort and now I’m a capable Master Ranker of the New World
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I really don’t like the look of the game and not just because of the over the top fantasy aesthetic, but it just looks like you’re beating up animals? And then they try to limp away while you razor spin flash hecto cancel them or whatever?
It seems distasteful. I don’t think I’d have the stomach to get past the presentation.
DillDough@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Arma 3 was a big reason why I built my first PC. Purchased it in alpha and fucking hated every second of it. Tried it again here and here but it just never clicked, everything was so confusing and it got worse as more dlc and mods were released…I just figured full simulations weren’t my thing but was still happy to support the game. In 2022 some friends had me join them for some KotH and I finally learned the basics. Then I joined an Antistasi group, told them I was new and they taught me everything. Now I own the entire series and routinely play A2, A3, and Reforger…I literally have a 2tb ssd just for Arma because I have so many mods, like I am full blown addicted to this shit now.
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Arma is soo good. Some of my fondest gaming memories come from Arma 3.
hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Baldurs Gate 3. When I first saw it on the Fitgirl website I thought it was lame dork shit. I month ago I decided to try it out and have been hooked on it like crack.
learn2swim@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Outer Wilds. Wandering around in the village in the beginning was a bit boring so I put it down. Took it up again some days or weeks later and continued to play until I found the thorny seed on my home planet. That was the point where I was hooked and at the end it became one of my favourite games of all time.
davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I found it repetitive and got annoyed even after discovering the mechanics of a few planets.
I liked the flying part.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I haven’t heard that take yet. Usually if you like the flying (I loved it) then that’s the biggest hurdle to clicking with the game.
I didn’t even know you could …
spoiler
leave the planet
so I was pretty wrapped from that part on. Then they just keeping revealing more and more mystery. Like it’s a game about lore and puzzles, and the puzzles are tests of how well you understand the lore. It was like catnip for me.
iamericandre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Stardew valley was this game for me. I basically sped through getting married and then put the game down after maybe 20 or so hours. Then I got it on switch and have over 1.5k hours
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Same, except I bounced off somewhat earlier at first. Have nowhere near your hours though.
Also Death Stranding. Excellent game once I was in the right headspace.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I kept bouncing off that headspace. Good reminder that I’ll be there next week if I finish my chores this week
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For me it was Saints Row 2. When I first saw the game, I was like “what is this GTA knock off?!”. But when I finally played the game, I was hooked and went “Haha! It’s so funny spraying shit on buildings!”
Monster96@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Witcher 3. It had me for a bit then lost interest again. But, I’m planning on trying again.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
This is me and every Witcher game. I would probably just rather read the books from the sounds of it
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The books are great.
Anivia@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
The books are essentially a prequel of the games plot. But they are good.
I would still give Witcher 2 and 3 a chance. Only the first one is pretty bad
dimjim@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Same! I love the idea of the game, I’ve tried to play it like three times, and every time I just lose the motivation to play for some reason. I want to like it because I love the world that it’s in, but something about it just keeps losing me.