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?
Love this!
I tried Hitman a few times as i knew I’d love it but just didn’t get it. This year I tried again and it took. I then played it for about 6 months exclusively. There’s just so much to do, threads to pull apart, lore to discover. Its baffling at first but then you realise all the clues are there if you pay attention. Amazing games.
Apart from the online thing. That’s a huge stain on an otherwise awesome experience
Once you play each map a few times, Freelancer is kind of an incredible addition.
It’s a blast because as much as you think it’s just brutal violence, it really isn’t. It’s about outsmarting literally everyone in the radius.
It’s more like chess than a shooter. Once that clicked for me, I was all in. Glad you’re having a good time with it. As the other commenter said, Sapienza is awesome but you’ve got some really top tier maps coming up in the other games. Enjoy!