What games were you not sure of at first but ended up enjoying?

[rollerC]

Celeste was that game for me. I was tight on money and not really looking for a platformer but after hearing so many people recommend it, I decided I had to at least check it out.

I wasn't sold on it for the first 15 minutes, but boy is it one of the best and most deep games I've played in a long time.

 

[jae.]

It's kind of specific, but I would have to say the recent Link to the Past randomizer trend. At first, I was a bit iffy since I wasn't sure how it was going to work - like, you need SO many items to beat the game and there are SO many chests in Ganon's tower which is locked behind the crystals. But the community's done a good job of caring for the randomizer so that it doesn't spit out any unbeatable seeds. Now I'm addicted to them bahaha

 

[Lady Timpani]

Ooh this is an interesting question!

This is kind of a tough one for me because I usually try to read reviews on a game before I buy it (while avoiding spoilers), or if it's part of a series I know I love, I'll just buy it. I guess for me it would be Twilight Princess. I grew up watching family members play LoZ games but never played one myself, and when I got TP for Christmas one year I thought I'd be awful at it and it'd be too hard for me lmao.

 

[jvgsjeff]

For me, it was Splatoon. When they first announced it and showed the streams of people playing, I thought it looked interesting...but I quickly lost interest in watching other people play. I thought I'd like playing the game myself, but I wasn't sure how much. Basically I was desperate for some good online games on Wii U back then, so I gave it a chance. I ended up addicted to it, and I enjoyed it far more than I ever imagined I would.

 

[orangeboy35]

New Leaf! I bought it because of its high praise, and at first, I didn't like it. But once I looked into the franchise and everything about New Leaf, I ended up loving it, and that holds true to this day!

 

[AndroGhostX]

I think I would have to say Fantasy Life. I didn't think I would enjoy it but since it was one of those "must-have" 3DS games I decided to get and the reat is history

 

[MapleSilver]

Pikmin 2. I was a kid and thought the box art looked like a "baby game". Then for some reason I played it and it was amazing.

 

[vel]

Breath of the wild, definitely. At first, I wasn't sure, especially since someone told me the learning curve was high. I ended up really enjoying it, finishing the game and getting all the armor. Currently working on getting all the shrines and korok seeds.

 

[Cirom]

When I first played the VR game Rec Room, I initially looked at its somewhat Roblox-esque art style and was a little put off, but it was free so I decided to try it out anyway.

... Literally the best VR game I've ever played.

 

[rollerC]

Ah, I thought of another one--Super Mario Odyssey. I had told my friend that I hoped the humans in New Donk City didn't look like Sonic '06 characters, and when he told me that they did, I was really worried.

But I'm really glad I played Super Mario Odyssey, and now I'm 2 moons away from fully completing the game!

 

[Sweetley]

Cooking Mama. No, seriously. Back then when I was younger, I got this game along with some others for the DS. At first I wasn't really convinced about it, even thought that it would be a dumb game. However, whenever I took a break from another game, I played Cooking Mama, as I got curious and wanted to know more about the gameplay in general and give it a fair chance before. After a while, I start to like it more and more, at the end, it was pretty funny and enjoyable to play, like a good game for me when I just wanted to chill.

I also had doubts about WarioWare at the beginning, for some reasons, I thought back then that those games would be too complicated for me, so I wasn't really interested in them. When I then got Touched! for the DS as a gift, I just started to play it, as I got (just like with Cooking Mama) curious and wanted to see if I was right about my doubts. Turns out I was wrong of course, as I started to actually enjoy playing those minigames, became even a bit addicted to them at some point, lol. Touched! is now one of my favorite WW titles, followed by to Smooth Moves for the Wii.

 

[BambieTheMayor]

Doki Doki Literature Club

Oh my god was that worth every moment of my time. I almost gave up on it, too. So glad I didn't.

I recommend this game to literally everyone. It's free on steam!!

 

[betta]

this might be funny but it's Hannah Montana for ps2 LOL
at first I was like uh why would I get that ??? then my sister really wanted it so we got it & when we got home to play, it was litty af LOOL ( dont judge me for liking Disney/ kids songs)

second it would be Metal gear Rising, yoo I'm so glad I copped this game, i thought it would be hard at first but then I really really enjoyed it, definitely would recommend lmao

lastly, it's Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, I actually bought this game then I was like nah it doesn't look too promising so I returned it to get metal gear solid ( which was ****ty btw LOL cause I didn't know how to play anyway) then I saw like a glimpse of it on YouTube or something & it looked good so I got back the second day & got it LOL
( sorry for the long post!)

 

[BambieTheMayor]

this might be funny but it's Hannah Montana for ps2 LOL
at first I was like uh why would I get that ??? then my sister really wanted it so we got it & when we got home to play, it was litty af LOOL ( dont judge me for liking Disney/ kids songs)

second it would be Metal gear Rising, yoo I'm so glad I copped this game, i thought it would be hard at first but then I really really enjoyed it, definitely would recommend lmao

lastly, it's Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, I actually bought this game then I was like nah it doesn't look too promising so I returned it to get metal gear solid ( which was shxtty btw LOL cause I didn't know how to play anyway) then I saw like a glimpse of it on YouTube or something & it looked good so I got back the second day & got it LOL
( sorry for the long post!)

I used to have a DS Hannah Montana game that I was obsessed with, lmao.

 

[Loriii]

Mario+Rabbids. I mean, based from reviews, obviously it's a pretty good game but I'm not a fan of strategy-rpgs. I bought the game just because it's Mario (and for collection purposes) but I wasn't really keen on playing it but there was a time I got tired playing Splatoon and I was looking for something new to play then I got curious. I ended up being blown away by the gameplay, music and everything lol. It became one of my favorite Switch titles and I even like it better (slightly better) than Super Mario Odyssey.

 

[hestu]

i had a little bit of a hard time getting into skyrim bc i was so into breath of the wild at the time and i kind of wanted it to be like that, but now i can't stop playing honestly it's so fun

 

[AquaStrudel]

New Leaf, actually. I had never played an Animal Crossing game and the concept didn't seem that interesting at first. I ended up enjoying it a lot more than I thought I would!

 

[Jimmyjim]

Dark Souls 1

I bought this game on release because it was popular but I ended up quitting pretty early on because it was too hard. :[

I played it again recently and now it's one of my favorite games, excited to play it again on the switch!

 

[John Wick]

AC:WW.

I hated it at first, so I turned it off without saving after moving in.

Then I loaded it, and got Resetti.
I had no idea WTH was going on, but I hurled my DS at a wall.

It didn't break.

I then gave it another shot after googling it, and finding out it had fishing in it.

Been an AC fan ever since. (2005)

 

[rynlol]

ACNL. My sister made me play as a secondary character in her town, and I thought it was boring. I didn't really understand what to do and was confused. She then had an extra game and I eventually played it again as a mayor, I slowly fell in love! I still am a big fan of the AC series after 3 years of playing.