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Games You Didn't Want To Like, But Did

Started by RPGPundit, April 17, 2011, 02:46:15 PM

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April 17, 2011, 02:46:15 PM
A mirror thread to the whole "games you wanted to like but couldn't" thread; are there games that your first reaction toward was negative, but you ended up enjoying it in spite of yourself?

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April 17, 2011, 03:48:29 PM
Why would I not want to like a game?
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April 17, 2011, 04:20:35 PM
Quote from: Soylent Green;452109Why would I not want to like a game?
Good question.

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#4
April 17, 2011, 05:35:57 PM
I didn't want or expect to like Teenagers from Outer Space because I think it is stupid as fuck and I normally hate any kind of comedic mini-game like Kobalts Ate my Baby. The GM I had at the time had such a love for silly anime and had enough charisma to sell the whole idea.

I'm not sure I'd like TFOS run by anyone else, just like I've stayed away from BESM for the same reason, but at the time it was just about the most fun game I knew.

Ian Warner

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April 17, 2011, 06:03:35 PM
I think all my games are going to end up in this catagory for some people :)
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April 17, 2011, 06:41:01 PM
Initially, I was taken aback by some of the changes in D&D 3e. Now I consider most of those changes essential and had a great gaming experience with the game.
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April 17, 2011, 07:11:07 PM
Not really any for me. If I have a bad first reaction to a game, I won't buy it.
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April 17, 2011, 07:13:06 PM
Quote from: BedrockBrendan;4521243E. I didn't want to like 3E because the company that made magic was behind it, but ended up liking it once I played.

Quote from: Caesar Slaad;452129Initially, I was taken aback by some of the changes in D&D 3e. Now I consider most of those changes essential and had a great gaming experience with the game.

Yeah, this was me too. I was a real hard sell on 3.x but now I love it.
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The Butcher

#10
April 17, 2011, 08:21:22 PM
I wouldn't say "I didn't want to like", but I certainly didn't expect to like Savage Worlds as much as I do. And I'm talking about the original edition, annoying writing and all.

ggroy

#11
April 17, 2011, 08:28:10 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;452134Yeah, this was me too. I was a real hard sell on 3.x but now I love it.

Same here for a number of years, until I burned out on 3.5E/d20.

Malleus Arianorum

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April 17, 2011, 08:48:40 PM
I overcame a lousy first impression to a botched sales pitch for Amber.
 
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#13
April 17, 2011, 09:26:40 PM
Closest I come is AD&D 4E... I went into it with open hostility and came out of it with, 'meh'. I wouldn't cross the street to play it, but I wouldn't set fire to it either.

Akrasia

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April 17, 2011, 11:07:40 PM
I guess that I was suspicious of MRQII, given the shoddy job that Mongoose did with their first attempt at RuneQuest.

I knew that Lawrence Whitaker was in charge of writing MRQII (later joined by Pete Nash), so that was reason for optimism, but I expected Mongoose to ruin it nonetheless.

Now I think that MRQII is the best FRPG of the past twenty years (despite being produced by Mongoose).
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