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?
Doki Doki Literature Club
I didn’t know it was free to play, so I ended up spoiling myself on the plot before finally playing it.
Still got caught off guard.
To me it’s a case study in good presentation value and cinematic timing. I had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen, and still when it did it was deeply affecting.
Harkens back to old Shakespeare methods; where you would have the core story of the play told to you ahead of time and it was still a thrill to watch.