Games you didn't expect to like but ended up loving

SyWry · Apr 29, 2020

Pokémon conquest. I always loved Real time strategy games for being so complex and fun in the resource management to battle. When Pokémon conquest came around though, it wasn't a real time strategy, it was a turn based strategy which I had always disliked the genre for its lack of realism, turned based pacing, and the inability to use terrain in anything but stat modifiers. So when Pokémon conquest rolled around, I was reluctant to play it and only did it under the assumption that it was Pokémon and Pokémon was a fun turn based strategy. After a while of playing it however, I began to love the game and the style of game play. There was no definitive moment when I feel in love with the game, more a slow burn that made me like it more and more the more I unlocked things. Now I love the game and its my favorite Pokémon side game. I'm still resistant to turn based strategies (primarily because I still love resource management in battle), but I'm at least aware that I can have fun with them and wont reject them outright.

RadEmpoleon · Apr 30, 2020

I got a DS game for Christmas when I was 7 or 8 called The Legendary Starfy and I remember looking at the box, confused, thinking “what is this supposed to be?” (then again, I pretty much only knew what Pokémon was, so I didn’t know if I would like it.) I played through it and I loved it. Cute characters, not too challenging gameplay. It’s a fun game for new gamers (like myself that many years ago). I replayed through it recently and it was so nice to relive the memories.

Dawn · May 1, 2020

Halo 5 is a new one I can add to my very short list. After playing through the rest of the series back-to-back and being thoroughly fed up with the wasted potential of the narrative and truly awful characterisation - which reached a new low in Halo 4 with the heavily forced Cortana/Chief shipping - I was expecting more of the same from Halo 5.

What I got was a game with perfectly balanced weapons - FINALLY! - a lack of awful vehicle controls, and a plot twist that was thoughtfully executed and actually added some much needed character depth. It also tied up some loose ends left dangling since Halo 3 and got me interested to see where the franchise will go from here. It's by no means an original story, but it was well told, and that's the main thing.

Thechaosmaster · Jun 11, 2020

Let's see, a game that I didn't expect to like, but now I do? Hmm, tough choice, I guess I'll have to say, Bendy and the Ink Machine. I mean, I watched people play it, but I didn't think I would enjoy it, but, I do. Not gonna attempt the no death challenge though.

Katanaeyegaming · Jun 26, 2021

Nioh 2.

I love action RPGs to hell and back don't get me wrong but I got this game shoved down my throat by a friend until eventually buying it.

Well I should slap my past self for not liking it because the game is fantastic and certainly one of my best recent gaming purchases