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What was the Game(s) that Surprised You the Most?
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거북이는 목을 내밀 때 안 움직입니다
After a frustrating learning curve I really got to like this game. I liked being a hero, I liked the gameplay, I LOVED the combat.
But the most surprising thing to me was most definitely the community. I had never been in a game where people were so helpful to noobs, and so willing to go the extra mile for fellow 'heroes.' The people playing this game wanted a real superhero experience! Even though the faces changed, you never had to go far to find a group of people on the same page as you.
How much did I like this game? I level capped 12, and had at least 6 others in the 40s that I was too lazy to cap to 50. I had 4 of my level caps VERY well equipped, and I had a player for just about any role on a team. It took a lot of time and grind, but it was worth it to fill the need for many, many task forces and important incarnate missions.
The world is going to the dogs, which is just how I planned it!
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Plot twist after plot twist, and all this before the age of YouTube.
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The depth of the skills, slotting them and even secondary specs were great.
Shadowbane, I have never been a big PvPer, but there was something about that game
It was a culture shock coming from AC to shadowbane, but there was something about the game that no other had. You could take to the forums, and there were real politics involved. If you went to the forums running your mouth, you could log on the next day and find bane stones on all your cities, you could find different guilds making alliances just to slap you for running your mouth on the forums. Your actions had real consequences.
And then there were evil bastages who would take over the entire map.
If I was a billionaire, I would remake shadowbane, with todays tech but the original character creation and game play.
MMO- BnS. Wasn't on my radar. Tried a couple weeks after it released and was hooked.
Single Player- Far Cry 4. I had played Far Cry and Far Cry 2. They were passable shooters, but the story and characterization in Far Cry 4 were really good. Very fun all the way through.
There were a few things I read about it that appealed to me, but I just loved the graphics and artwork in 2D games at the time. The 3D games I had played (shooters) looked terrible to me. In my mind, they were all low resolution pictures pasted on blocky squares roughly in the shape of a humanoid. So, I often referred to it as EverQuake.
I was totally sold on 3D RPGs and the game world from Day 1.
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Overall, I'd say WoW was the biggest surprise.
I'd sworn off the genre completely, and the beta did little to change that.
However, I still decided to play it cooperatively with my ex-GF - and the more I played it, the more I was surprised at just how absorbing it was.
The two most surprising things about it were probably the world design and variety of zones coupled with the instances - which I'd never heard of before. Those two things were absolutely amazing to experience back then.
But, most of all, I think it was the simple nature of playing cooperatively with my partner. I've never shared a game on that level before - and I probably won't ever again.
I'm not a fan of first-person games and generally don't like this style of game either but decided to commit to it. It took me 3 attempts to make it past the first zone (I got bored) but once I'd played 4 or 5 hours and made it to the second zone, I was hooked. I went full stealth and just got mega-absorbed in never raising the alarm.
Prison Architect
I'm old enough to remember games that looked this crap when they were considered cutting edge. I've pretty much exclusively avoided all indie / alpha type games and have never regretted it. However, a couple of friends played PA during their lunch breaks and, through watching, I became convinced it was actually worth paying. I wasn't wrong. The game took over my life for a month or two, only quit when my prison got too big that fast-forward stopped working.
In fact, and this is rather embarrassing, when I bought the game I did not realize that other people would be playing in the same world that I was. I logged in and after a few minutes I was like "hey, waaaaait a minute."
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
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Darkfall came close but 7DTD...wow.
what surprised me?
1. 'crafting' sure all games have that, but who has 'high action intense crafting'?
2. zombies...oh please so friggin tired of seeing zombies and i even hate the genre...but its fun in this game.
3. Loosing several hours of work to a zombie horde because of one small flaw in my base design is the first time I felt a true 'impermanence' in gaming.
4. save you file? no F you buddy you better get it right..
love it
Kerbal Space Program
1. A engaging, exciting, intense game that is based on reality and not intentionally killing something? and I learn real physic as well? get out!
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