What games did you sleep on for too long?

2026-07-29 06:09 UTC

cross-posted from: 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?

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@TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2026-07-29 06:45

Undertale/deltarune. I played a demo for one of them (I forget which) and I found it too handholdy with not enough happening. Of course the games get a lot more fun after the tutorial section, but for me at the time it just felt too dragged out, so I didn’t properly play them until a few years later

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@swooper@lemmy.world 2026-07-29 06:53

Dark souls. I tried it a few times and dismissed. I returned to DS2 when DS3, at the request of a fanboi friend. The accepting defeat, dusting myself off and surpassing all odds changing my mentality and patience with gaming forever. Fuck me big bad boss, no fuck you

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@Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 2026-07-29 07:40

I just picked up titanfall and binding of isaac for peanuts in the last steam sale and I am having a ball!

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@thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-30 01:43

From Software Souls-like games. In fact, I’m still technically sleeping on them as I don’t know where to start. Assuming I can only play on a PS3 or Steam Deck - where would be the best jumping in point?

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