What game were not able to connect with until later? (1 Viewer)

[Matthew]

Any of you play a game and it doesn't click until years later? I just had that experience with Ghost of Tsushima. I bought years ago on PS5, and then again on PC and it never clicked for me. Not sure why, maybe it was the combat. I started it again recently on PC and now I'm plowing through it. Combat has clicked and it's very satisfying once you learn the techniques and acquire more abilities.

 

[ShortieGamez]

This would have been Destiny 2. I remember the first Destiny I played a lot of, it became quite an addictive game, but when the second game was released, I couldn't get into it like I did the first game, and it took a while before I started playing again.

Once I got playing and it clicked with me, I had to be careful as I could spend hours on the game without even realising.

 

[Aught-O-Matic]

Super Mario Galaxy. My brother and I got it near launch in 2007 after loving Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, but we played Galaxy about an hour and then shelved it. In late 2009 I had to stay home from school after having an incident with medicine, so I was feeling really weird and got a craving to try Galaxy again. At the time I was also getting into console gaming and Nintendo again thanks to discovering the Angry Video Game Nerd and watching a ton of his videos. It was the perfect storm, that day I started Galaxy again and couldn't put it down. I played all the way through that school year, just in time for Galaxy 2 to come out in May 2010. Hit the ground running with Galaxy 2, I was super-hyped for that one.

 

[Scorpion]

For me it was Dark Souls. The first time I played I bounced off hard felt too punishing and obtuse. Then Came back like a year later with more patience and suddenly it clicked. The combat felt deliberate instead of clunky and I got obsessed. because Sometimes you just need the right mindset or timing to appreciate a game properly.

 

[Ravenfreak]

For me it's definitely Shining Force on the Mega Drive. When I first played it, I couldn't get into it since I wasn't really a fan of tactical RPGs at the time. Then I picked it up again a few years later and something just clicked, I liked it and I ended up beating the game. I started playing the sequel not long after beating the first one but I got lost and haven't picked it back up lol.

 

[Tyler]

For me it was The Witcher 3. I dropped it like twice because it felt slow, but when I forced myself to really sit with it, the game opened up like magic. Now it's one of my favourites ever.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

Mine was Elden Ring. I first played it and got frustrated instantly. Later I came back with more patience and understanding, now I can't even stop recommending it to people.