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What video game did you not expect to like as much as you did? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 46 points 8 months ago (12 children)

Horizon Zero Dawn - From what I saw from the marketing seemed just odd. Relatively primitive looking humans fighting animal shaped robots. It just looked a bit too gimmicky. Several years after it's initial release I saw that it was on sale and gave it a shot. I was genuinely surprised by the depth of the story. It was much more emotionally impactful than I expected and the story now feels almost prescient.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago

    This is the one I was going to say - I got it second hand somewhere, on a whim because I had a voucher to spend. Had never even heard of it before, but boy oh boy, what an amazing decision that turned out to be!

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    This game was a real rollercoaster for me. I had low expectations for HZD and became obsessed with completing it. I was then totally hyped for HFW and gave up halfway through, utterly disapointed.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Haven't played the sequel yet. Waiting to get it on sale if/when it shows up on GOG. That said, I don't have big expectations. Sequels rarely live up to the original.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I, on the other hand from the person above, really like both games. I don't really know why some folks hated Forbidden West. Even if it is a little "worse" than the first game (and I don't really subscribe to that), that still makes it one of the best action/adventure games out there. I ended up getting the platinum in both games by the end.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I had the opposite experience. I was looking forward to it and disliked it. I still haven’t completed it yet.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    If you don't mind me asking, what specifically didn't you like about the game?

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I found it a bit confusing. It wasn’t really explained what the optional weapons were. I found a few guides online but really hoped the game would guide a bit better. Also the fact that you need to blow bits off the enemies to make them weaker wasn’t fully explained.

    Also didn’t really gel with the story. I put it on easy to make progress and got bored.

    Not saying it’s a bad game. Just not for me.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Fair enough. There were a lot of weapons and variations of the weapons and I'd agree that some things weren't explained well or at all. But for me part of the fun was experimenting and figuring out what worked and what didn't.

    As for the story, it really didn't click for me either until later in the game when the how and why of that world became clearer. Prior to that it felt like just another derivative (post-post-)post-apocalyptic story. But from that point on I was fully invested, which made the ending all the more impactful for me.

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