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Buying the games I avoided for some reason

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 Last week I bought 3 games, Dead Space 2, Darksiders and Marvel VS Capcom 3. The weird thing is each of these games are games that I would typically avoid for one reason or another be it my lack of skill at fighting games ,my nervous disposition that stops me from enjoying a good scare or just plain old disinterest in the case of Darksiders.

Recently though I have become bored playing with shooters and with a few weeks to go until Dragon age I decided to just Bite the bullet and pick up a few games to tide me over and the strange thing is I really love each of these games.  

      
      
 With MVC3 the fighting system works really well with a control pad and seems a lot more accessible at a low level than street fighter ever did, its great when buddies come over, drink a few beers and just go at it.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Darksiders started off slow, if you watch the quick look you’ll see what I mean, the one button combat and weird combat challenges but once you hit the dungeons and get a few items the game really picks up. I love the story, its cliché and totally weird to hear the joker voice from Arkham Asylum again.I Cnt believe I had no interest in this when it came out.
 
 
 
 

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Lastly Dead Space 2, normally I wouldn’t even play games like this, I hate being freaked out but recently on the pod cast I heard Jeff mention that he played it on easy and just played it like a shooter and didn’t worry about running out of ammo or any of that inventory stuff, so I bit the bullet and bought it. I’m about 2-3 hours in (chapter 4) and I love it, sure it makes me nervous but the gameplay and story make up for it.

The best thing was I only payed roughly $21 for it because I actually purchased Dead Space 1 but the foreign lady at the till put the wrong version in my bag.

 
I’d love to hear if any of you guys ever bought a game you would normally avoid and enjoyed it.    
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 Last week I bought 3 games, Dead Space 2, Darksiders and Marvel VS Capcom 3. The weird thing is each of these games are games that I would typically avoid for one reason or another be it my lack of skill at fighting games ,my nervous disposition that stops me from enjoying a good scare or just plain old disinterest in the case of Darksiders.

Recently though I have become bored playing with shooters and with a few weeks to go until Dragon age I decided to just Bite the bullet and pick up a few games to tide me over and the strange thing is I really love each of these games.  

      
      
 With MVC3 the fighting system works really well with a control pad and seems a lot more accessible at a low level than street fighter ever did, its great when buddies come over, drink a few beers and just go at it.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Darksiders started off slow, if you watch the quick look you’ll see what I mean, the one button combat and weird combat challenges but once you hit the dungeons and get a few items the game really picks up. I love the story, its cliché and totally weird to hear the joker voice from Arkham Asylum again.I Cnt believe I had no interest in this when it came out.
 
 
 
 

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Lastly Dead Space 2, normally I wouldn’t even play games like this, I hate being freaked out but recently on the pod cast I heard Jeff mention that he played it on easy and just played it like a shooter and didn’t worry about running out of ammo or any of that inventory stuff, so I bit the bullet and bought it. I’m about 2-3 hours in (chapter 4) and I love it, sure it makes me nervous but the gameplay and story make up for it.

The best thing was I only payed roughly $21 for it because I actually purchased Dead Space 1 but the foreign lady at the till put the wrong version in my bag.

 
I’d love to hear if any of you guys ever bought a game you would normally avoid and enjoyed it.    
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@buft: 
 
Yeah, I bought Demon's Souls, and I've mostly enjoyed it. Although it's still best in modest quantities.
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@Dizazter:  i can imagine it gets frustrating, it looks great but by the time the european release happened my ps3 was broke
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i never bought a fighting game. i rented soul caliber but it was just alright. i beat it in like an hour. it was just kind of weird to do that. i know it's all about the online though. dead space i just never played. i watched my friend play 2 and it was scary. we both jumped at a part in chapter five with chamber corpse things.

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@iam3green: yeh i cant play the online, everyone just seems so much better than me and with dead space i had the same thing, it scared the shit outta me for a few chapters then it started to lose some of its impact, still gets a few jumps form time to time though.
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For some reason I never play fighting games with other people.

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I can't speak for MVC3 but Deadspace 2 is the real deal, I love that game. I also bought Darksiders in a Steam sale  a while a go, it's OK, I think the gaming press lost it a little on this game, but that's a case of horses for courses. Darksiders is a perfect example of a good midrange game, it's OK to buy and play a '7'.