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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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ggroy

#15
April 17, 2011, 11:47:45 PM
Quote from: Akrasia;452166I 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.

Same here.

Perhaps Loz was given a lot more leeway and time for designing MRQ2, compared to other Mongoose projects?

Novastar

#16
April 18, 2011, 12:42:49 AM
Quote from: Malleus Arianorum;452144I overcame a lousy first impression to a botched sales pitch for Amber.
 
"Do you hate dice? Have you ever wanted to roleplay but without dice? Well now you can with Amber diceless RPG! The RPG that has NO DICE!"
This would be true for me as well.
Amber's actually one of my favorite PbP games now.
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#17
April 18, 2011, 12:49:53 PM
Unknown Armies, in my case.  I was so sure it was going to be a pretentious game for fucking hipsters; and it is, but it's also absolutely brilliant.

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#18
April 18, 2011, 12:51:31 PM
I liked MRQ II from the start, but I keep liking it more and more.

Melan

#19
April 18, 2011, 01:02:46 PM
I used to think I really disliked M.a.g.u.s, Hungary's dominant FRPG. After one of the best campaigns I played in my life, I had to re-evaluate that position: my problems were much more with the culture of play that had grown around it than the actual game itself.
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Daedalus

#20
April 18, 2011, 01:29:13 PM
For me it is D&D 3.5.   I didn't think I was going to enjoy it but it turned out that it was much better then I thought.

I still think the D20 system is way over complicated system so I have only learned what I need to learn and haven't learned the entire system.

I play it so rarely simply knowing what I know works

Benoist

#21
April 18, 2011, 01:31:13 PM
Quote from: Melan;452255I used to think I really disliked M.a.g.u.s, Hungary's dominant FRPG. After one of the best campaigns I played in my life, I had to re-evaluate that position: my problems were much more with the culture of play that had grown around it than the actual game itself.
Like me and 3rd ed. I actually really like 3rd ed. I just don't like a big chunk of the culture surrounding it.

Dan Davenport

#22
April 18, 2011, 01:51:50 PM
I suppose you could say that I didn't want to like WitchCraft, suspecting it to be a pretentious politically-correct New Agey sort of game. To say that I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement.

I was disinclined to like Tribe 8 as well, and for many of the same reasons, but whether it was the game itself or my friend's excellent GMing, it won me over in the end.
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#23
April 18, 2011, 02:57:05 PM
Quote from: Benoist;452248I liked MRQ II from the start, but I keep liking it more and more.
That was my experience too.
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#24
April 18, 2011, 03:22:24 PM
My game I didn't want to like, but did, is Rolemaster. I didn't think it was so realistic as the backcover claimed, and I didn't like classes and levels (nowadays I'm fine with them), but it has given me a lot of fun. It's more or less what I would like D&D to be, a high level character in Rolemaster can be very powerful, but even a puny goblin can ruin his day.
Grając zaś w grę komputerową, być może zdarzyło się wam zapragnąć zejść z wyznaczonej przez autorów ścieżki i, miast zabić smoka i ożenić się z księżniczką, zabić księżniczkę i ożenić się ze smokiem.

Nihil sine magno labore vita dedit mortalibus.

And by your sword shall you live and serve thy brother, and it shall come to pass when you have dominion, you will break Jacob's yoke from your neck.

Dios, que buen vasallo, si tuviese buen señor!

PaladinCA

#25
April 18, 2011, 03:31:50 PM
I did not expect to like Star Wars Saga Edition.

I hated the first two d20 Star Wars games with a passion that would equal the intensity of the heat given off by Tatooine's twin suns.

Despite its flaws, Saga Edition is such a good system that it allowed me to part with good old D6 and never look back.

jeff37923

#26
April 18, 2011, 03:55:59 PM
Quote from: Melan;452255After one of the best campaigns I played in my life, I had to re-evaluate that position: my problems were much more with the culture of play that had grown around it than the actual game itself.

Quote from: Benoist;452259I just don't like a big chunk of the culture surrounding it.

Hmmm, these statements will give me stuff to think about while at work tonight. There are a few games and settings that I just don't like the culture around them instead of the actual game or setting.
"Meh."

Ramrod

#27
April 18, 2011, 05:25:02 PM
3.X, 4th Edition and Savage Worlds. Going into them each one seemed like something I could never like but over time they've become some of my most played systems.
Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in.

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Akrasia

#28
April 19, 2011, 12:43:44 PM
Quote from: Claudius;452300My game I didn't want to like, but did, is Rolemaster. I didn't think it was so realistic as the backcover claimed, and I didn't like classes and levels (nowadays I'm fine with them), but it has given me a lot of fun. It's more or less what I would like D&D to be, a high level character in Rolemaster can be very powerful, but even a puny goblin can ruin his day.

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Imperator

#29
April 19, 2011, 01:06:06 PM
I can't remember any. I've had some pleasant surprises, but I've never found a game which had a premise I totally disliked from the beginning.

Hum. Maybe Legend of the 5 Rings. I still like RQ Land of Ninja better, but I recall reading it and finding better than I expected.
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