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Snap. Tried the first game one day out of boredom, it introduced me to true stealth & ended up becoming one of my favourite games of all time. Playing through it again now actually.
Games you underestimated?
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Snap. Tried the first game one day out of boredom, it introduced me to true stealth & ended up becoming one of my favourite games of all time. Playing through it again now actually.
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Although I do not play that game, I can understand that. Sometimes it's nice just to play something easy again after having so many challenging games.
Things like that are why I like NFS Undercover on the PS2, I like how easy it is because it's a nice change from all the other NFS games they had done prior and it's like a nice stroll through the park.
Black Ops is actually my favorite game for zombies out of all the others. I got to thinking, I am sure the campaign is good, but it's just not for me. I never really cared for anything outside of zombies in COD for some reason and I don't know why, it just never interested me.
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Test Drive Off-Road 2.
So I grew up playing Test Drive 5 a lot and was quite a fan of the game as a kid. That said, I noticed inside the case, it showed the cover of Test Drive Off-Road 2, which depicted a yellow Hummer driving through a river and kicking up water. Okay, not only did I love Hummers as a kid, but the simple idea of going offroad, being able to drive through a flowing river was something that fascinated me back then (heck, it still does
) and the fact it was Test Drive was another. At a young age, I really wanted the game and a lot of wild fantasies as to what it would be like and thought it would be fantastic, but I didn't have an easy way to get it for a long time and never saw it anywhere.
Fast forward to 2015, many years later, I finally found it in a game store for like $2 and some change. While I was happy to find it, I didn't get my hopes up too high because I had gotten some games I wanted as a kid, namely 007 Racing and Twisted Metal 2, and ended up not caring too much for them. I didn't necessarily think it was going to be bad, it's just I had got older and I deemed a lot of what I had expected it to be as a kid as unrealistic expectations based games I had gotten in the past and didn't think it would be as good as I originally anticipated.
I was so wrong. The game was every bit as good I had originally anticipated as a kid, perhaps even better and I thoroughly enjoyed playing it. Theirs a lot I could say, but the vehicle selection was interesting and had ones I had never heard of. The tracks were a total blast to drive on, especially since driving through water was required on some of them. The AI was not as absurdly overpowered as Test Drive 5 and actually felt beatable, unlike the others I played. So, not only did it live up to my childhood expectations, but it exceeded them! So much so, it completely overtook Test Drive 5 as my favorite Test Drive game even with nostalgia included. It's easily the 2nd best PS1 game I have ever bought and is somewhere in my top 5 list of games I bought in the 2010s. Years later, I still find myself wanting to play it at random times rather often and it's become a staple of my PS1 library now.
So I grew up playing Test Drive 5 a lot and was quite a fan of the game as a kid. That said, I noticed inside the case, it showed the cover of Test Drive Off-Road 2, which depicted a yellow Hummer driving through a river and kicking up water. Okay, not only did I love Hummers as a kid, but the simple idea of going offroad, being able to drive through a flowing river was something that fascinated me back then (heck, it still does
) and the fact it was Test Drive was another. At a young age, I really wanted the game and a lot of wild fantasies as to what it would be like and thought it would be fantastic, but I didn't have an easy way to get it for a long time and never saw it anywhere.Fast forward to 2015, many years later, I finally found it in a game store for like $2 and some change. While I was happy to find it, I didn't get my hopes up too high because I had gotten some games I wanted as a kid, namely 007 Racing and Twisted Metal 2, and ended up not caring too much for them. I didn't necessarily think it was going to be bad, it's just I had got older and I deemed a lot of what I had expected it to be as a kid as unrealistic expectations based games I had gotten in the past and didn't think it would be as good as I originally anticipated.
I was so wrong. The game was every bit as good I had originally anticipated as a kid, perhaps even better and I thoroughly enjoyed playing it. Theirs a lot I could say, but the vehicle selection was interesting and had ones I had never heard of. The tracks were a total blast to drive on, especially since driving through water was required on some of them. The AI was not as absurdly overpowered as Test Drive 5 and actually felt beatable, unlike the others I played. So, not only did it live up to my childhood expectations, but it exceeded them! So much so, it completely overtook Test Drive 5 as my favorite Test Drive game even with nostalgia included. It's easily the 2nd best PS1 game I have ever bought and is somewhere in my top 5 list of games I bought in the 2010s. Years later, I still find myself wanting to play it at random times rather often and it's become a staple of my PS1 library now.
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A Plague Tale: innocence.
"Oh here is another mediocre free ps plus game I've never heard of, suppose I'll give it a quick go... " were my first thoughts then I started playing it and wow, my game of the year for 2021 (I know it was released before).
Loved the setting, the story and the gameplay mechanics. The sequel is now one of my most anticipated games.
"Oh here is another mediocre free ps plus game I've never heard of, suppose I'll give it a quick go... " were my first thoughts then I started playing it and wow, my game of the year for 2021 (I know it was released before).
Loved the setting, the story and the gameplay mechanics. The sequel is now one of my most anticipated games.
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Wreckfest.
Having played Destruction Derby in recent years and liking it and generally being a dirty driver ever since I started gaming, it was natural I would eventually take an interest in Wreckfest. When I first saw it, I was quite pleased with what I was looking at and eventually considered buying it. While I didn't expect it to be "bad", my expectations were not too high and I had a feeling it would be one of those games I would probably try for a bit and not touch again for a long time since that's how I often reacted to newer games.
However, this could not have been further from the truth. Upon playing it for the first time, it connected with me on a personal level and I quickly became addicted to it, something that rarely happens. It looked good, it ran good, the car list was great, the damage was the best I've ever seen and it normalized pretty much every bad driving habit I've ever had in gaming and it just felt more "me" than most games I had played. The first 2 days I had it, I played it until my thumb hurt and the last time I did that, was back when I beat Need for Speed Carbon in early 2008. This game quickly became a huge favorite of mine and was easily one of the best racing games I had played in many years. So much so, it made my list of top 10 favorite racing games only months after getting the game, when the other games had years' worth of time before being listed, but it really didn't need it to make the list because Wreckfest was just that good!
I had many reasons for getting an Xbox Series X, one of them was to play Forza Horizon 4 and while I did give it a try, Wreckfest stole the spotlight for me and I never even played FH4 much at all afterward simply because I'd rather play Wreckfest. I played the game every day for about 6 months straight and that is very unnatural for me because most games never last that long, but it did and it was fun! Nearly a year and a half since I got it and it's still a game I find myself wanting to play fairly often. Been surprised before, but this one was like no other.
Having played Destruction Derby in recent years and liking it and generally being a dirty driver ever since I started gaming, it was natural I would eventually take an interest in Wreckfest. When I first saw it, I was quite pleased with what I was looking at and eventually considered buying it. While I didn't expect it to be "bad", my expectations were not too high and I had a feeling it would be one of those games I would probably try for a bit and not touch again for a long time since that's how I often reacted to newer games.
However, this could not have been further from the truth. Upon playing it for the first time, it connected with me on a personal level and I quickly became addicted to it, something that rarely happens. It looked good, it ran good, the car list was great, the damage was the best I've ever seen and it normalized pretty much every bad driving habit I've ever had in gaming and it just felt more "me" than most games I had played. The first 2 days I had it, I played it until my thumb hurt and the last time I did that, was back when I beat Need for Speed Carbon in early 2008. This game quickly became a huge favorite of mine and was easily one of the best racing games I had played in many years. So much so, it made my list of top 10 favorite racing games only months after getting the game, when the other games had years' worth of time before being listed, but it really didn't need it to make the list because Wreckfest was just that good!
I had many reasons for getting an Xbox Series X, one of them was to play Forza Horizon 4 and while I did give it a try, Wreckfest stole the spotlight for me and I never even played FH4 much at all afterward simply because I'd rather play Wreckfest. I played the game every day for about 6 months straight and that is very unnatural for me because most games never last that long, but it did and it was fun! Nearly a year and a half since I got it and it's still a game I find myself wanting to play fairly often. Been surprised before, but this one was like no other.
