cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/57413346
I played Nine Sols recently and it had a transformative effect on my gaming experience. I’ve found myself no longer getting mad at fairly structured games and deeply enjoying the personal refinement of my skill set in pursuit of a goal. Suddenly this shift in perspective has allowed me to see difficulty in a new light and truly savor the victory that comes after significant effort. With this new perspective, I decided to try the game that had made me hesitate the most with its reputation for difficulty: Sekiro
Its been truly eye opening to realize that my nervousness has only kept me from a good time. Or maybe I just wasn’t ready for it…
Following that trend, I started Celeste for the first time even though I never play pure platformers, and it has blown my socks off. Do I suck? You bet your ass I do. But I know it’s from a lack of detailed platforming, and developing that skill has been very fun and satisfying.
Now, I’d love to hear from others. What games made you regret waiting so long to try them?
Hmm… probably Vanquish because I don’t typically enjoy shooters and I typically play with controllers, not KB+M. I always assumed the shooting would ruin it for me.
Turns out it’s a shooter… but not really. It’s more of an action game where resource management and positioning are more critical factors than aiming, which’s mostly done in bullet time anyway.
I know people who are used to/are good at aiming probably enjoy it more, but I thoroughly enjoyed it as an action game and plan to go back eventually to get the 100%.
It also left me open to similar games like Evil West, if they exist.