Europa Universalis 4. It took me a couple of attempts to get the hang of all of the intricacies involved, but once I did, I ended up having a blast. Prior experience with Victoria 2 and Crusader Kings 2 definitely helped.
Vicky 3 was what finally got me into Paradox games, after I had just bounced off of Sellaris and HoI4. I’m revisiting HoI4 now to see if I can get over the initial learning curve.
Imo HOI4 is weird because stuff like “optimal” unit composition is extremely important and there’s basically no way to know what’s best unless you look up a guide online.
If you can handle Vicky 2 you’ve already defeated paradox at their most paradox lol.
Funny enough, I found CK2 harder than Vicky 2. A modern nation-state is a lot easier to get my head around than feudal politics.
easier than feudal
Tribal has entered the chat and refuses to leave without a marriage alliance :pain:
this is me with sekiro right now, it’s finally clicked with me
NieR Automata.
Heard from friends that it’d be right up my alley. Didn’t even complete the tutorial the first time I tried to play it. Sat on my computer for, like, 2 years before I bothered to boot it up and give it a proper bash. Would seriously recommend it if you can get past the
character designs and anime bullshit.I like any game that is fanservicey across the board. Couldn’t get into the gameplay, though.
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I played through all three ending
“there’s actually 26 endings so you’re wrong.”
I can’t actually think of any. Either a game hooks me and I play the shit out of it, or I drop off like 5hrs in and never come back.
Ori and the blind forest
Didn’t click with the floaty movement and combat. But once you get through the first hours, the game is a delight
Digimon: Cybersleuth. I played for the first hour, tops, set it down, and came back to it like 3 years later, totally obsessed.
Yo, try and explain it to me please.
I loved it until the part where you go to the real world and would like to get last that bounce off.
I stopped when I was still a mess of static, so that helped me. A lot of people didn’t like the human world segments, but I personally loved the bouncing back a forth. Any one part is repetitive, but EDEN, the physical world, and your storage box are all locations you should be frantically bouncing between. Most of thr quests manage that once the ball starts running.
Damn, it sounds like I quit right before it got good.
Thanks for the response. I’ve always been Digimon adjacent without really getting into it ll, time to fix that.
Path of Exile.
Years ago I tried it, hit level 2 and opened the skill tree, closed the game an uninstalled.
A while later a friend convinced me to try again and taught me enough to get started and now it’s my favorite game.
Hell yeah, are you in the Hexbear guild? It’s been a bit quiet this league despite it being a very very good league.
Dragon Age Origins is a game I’ve owned since launch, but only finally actually played all the way through a couple of years ago. I didn’t connect with the combat system, nor the initial linear part of the story, but it becomes much more interesting once it opens up.
Dark souls
Makes sense
Sekiro, played it for a bit at launch and didn’t really click with it
Came back a few years later and the combat fell in to place, now it’s one of my favorite games of all time. Ended up going NG+7 without Kuro’s charm + demon Bell and getting my only platinum trophy
This War of Mine
I keep seeing this pop up as a switch sale for $2. Might have to give it a shot for the hell of it
I dunno whats wrong with my brain but I do this with pretty much every game I end up enjoying.
Oblivion - made a bad character and got bored getting owned
Fallout 3 - same thing, made a bad character and got bored, INT isn’t optional on a first playthrough apparently
Doom 3 - “This game is just jumpscares”
Final Fantasy Tactics - This one I just got tired of getting owned over and over until I figured out the systems.
Resident Evil 4 - “What do you mean I’m supposed to shoot their legs I ain’t doing that” to “Its way more fun if you shoot them in the legs”
Monster Hunter Tri (Wii) - “This game controls like ass with the wiimote” (This is true, but hammer mains DGAF apparently)Doom 3 did get a lot of flack for a lot of random jumpscares and slow combat. I remembering being awed by the graphics at the time though.
Also, who’s fucking idea was it to keep the flashlight in the weapon slot? fucking stupid move, man.
For me it would be Caves of Qud. I bounced off hard, like less than an hour of playtime, before getting back into it and really enjoying it.
I think the updates to the UI and ignoring the common advice to not be a psychic right off the bat are what changed that.
Being able to see the future is absolutely busted. Being able to hijack the bodies of a high level esper hunters who also have the dominate skill is a great way to “level up” as well.
Persona 5
echoing Sekiro cuz i tried playing it like other from soft games first run. embraced that it was different second attempt and its one of my faves now.
