I realized all of my most played games on Steam were the…
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I realized all of my most played games on Steam were the games I almost refunded
All of my most played games, the ones with hundreds of hours on them, are games I seriously thought about refunding within the first two hours. Not a "meh it's ok" kind of feeling either. More of a "what did I just spend money on" type of regret, thinking if I will ever even play this game again.
**Grim Dawn** was probably the worst first impression of the bunch. Bought it chasing that old Diablo 2 high as a 40-something nostalgic fool does lol. Honestly I always end up comparing how a new ARPG feels with how it felt to play D2 for the first time. Nothing really captures that magic anymore and I am starting to think it’s mostly just nostalgia at this point. Anyway the opening hours of GD felt grey and clunky. It looked dated even back then and I really didn’t like the skill animations. I distinctly remember alt tabbing to check the refund window and thinking yeah this ain't it. But probably out of pure stubbornness I kept going (I kept reading about how good the game was so I figured it gets better). Then I hit the Devotion constellation system and started actually understanding how the dual class combos work. It was like playing a completely different game from that point on. That was years ago and I still loop back to it every single year, probably gonna play again when the new dlc comes out.
With **Last Epoch**, I went in also with really high expectations because I’m just used to expecting a lot from ARPGs and MMOs xD. I booted it up hoping for that old school rush and my immediate reaction was a bit lukewarm because it was genuinely different than the other games I played in the genre, and I wasn’t sure if I liked that or not. I was even considering a refund probably about an hour in. But I stuck with it until I started messing with the crafting system and the skill trees, which happened to be my absolutely favorite parts of the game. Now it is my absolute go to game for when I am exhausted from work and just want to zone out. I can throw on a podcast and mindlessly grind for hours without stressing. It’s probably my favorite APRG for trying stupid homebrew builds, for some reason they end up working out most of the time.
**Factorio** was even worse because at least with the ARPGs I understood the genre going in. With Factorio I had no frame of reference for what an automation game even was. The tutorial kind of explained how to navigate things but I really had no idea what I was doing. I sat there at hour one going alright, people sink 2000 hours into placing belts on the ground, what's the point? I was about to quit but decided just to see if anything more interesting happens if I keep playing a bit. What ended up happening was I lost track of time and sat there building my first factory for way too long. I kept trying to research one more thing on the tech tree and got completely addicted. The whole game loop is just so simple and elegant but it all ramps up in complexity so fast as well that I just kind of get lost in the game when I play it. I wanna try to get a buddy into it next so I have someone to try multiplayer with.
Lastly, **Divinity: Original Sin 2** I bounced off from twice before I stayed with it. First time the sheer volume of systems and dialogue at Fort Joy overwhelmed me. I grew up on BG2 and Planescape Torment so being overwhelmed by a CRPG is kind of embarrassing to admit at my age, I don’t think it helped that I mostly played it at night when I was already a bit tired. Second attempt I made it further but the combat difficulty wore me down. I was trying to run this weird hybrid battlemage build and it turned out that doesn’t really work so well in this game. Third time a friend dragged me into co-op and for whatever reason everything just fell into place, I was having way more fun with someone to comment on the story with and he explained a bit about the combat and the (somewhat confusing) armor system. We did two full playthroughs back to back and basically lived in Rivellon for a month straight.
I guess there's something weird about my taste in games, it's like I’m super selective with my first impressions but then I can overlook some flaws after I play a game for a while.
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All of my most played games, the ones with hundreds of hours on them, are games I seriously thought about refunding within the first two hours. Not a "meh it's ok" kind of feeling either. More of a "what did I just spend money on" type of regret, thinking if I will ever even play this game again.
**Grim Dawn** was probably the worst first impression of the bunch. Bought it chasing that old Diablo 2 high as a 40-something nostalgic fool does lol. Honestly I always end up comparing how a new ARPG feels with how it felt to play D2 for the first time. Nothing really captures that magic anymore and I am starting to think it’s mostly just nostalgia at this point. Anyway the opening hours of GD felt grey and clunky. It looked dated even back then and I really didn’t like the skill animations. I distinctly remember alt tabbing to check the refund window and thinking yeah this ain't it. But probably out of pure stubbornness I kept going (I kept reading about how good the game was so I figured it gets better). Then I hit the Devotion constellation system and started actually understanding how the dual class combos work. It was like playing a completely different game from that point on. That was years ago and I still loop back to it every single year, probably gonna play again when the new dlc comes out.
With **Last Epoch**, I went in also with really high expectations because I’m just used to expecting a lot from ARPGs and MMOs xD. I booted it up hoping for that old school rush and my immediate reaction was a bit lukewarm because it was genuinely different than the other games I played in the genre, and I wasn’t sure if I liked that or not. I was even considering a refund probably about an hour in. But I stuck with it until I started messing with the crafting system and the skill trees, which happened to be my absolutely favorite parts of the game. Now it is my absolute go to game for when I am exhausted from work and just want to zone out. I can throw on a podcast and mindlessly grind for hours without stressing. It’s probably my favorite APRG for trying stupid homebrew builds, for some reason they end up working out most of the time.
**Factorio** was even worse because at least with the ARPGs I understood the genre going in. With Factorio I had no frame of reference for what an automation game even was. The tutorial kind of explained how to navigate things but I really had no idea what I was doing. I sat there at hour one going alright, people sink 2000 hours into placing belts on the ground, what's the point? I was about to quit but decided just to see if anything more interesting happens if I keep playing a bit. What ended up happening was I lost track of time and sat there building my first factory for way too long. I kept trying to research one more thing on the tech tree and got completely addicted. The whole game loop is just so simple and elegant but it all ramps up in complexity so fast as well that I just kind of get lost in the game when I play it. I wanna try to get a buddy into it next so I have someone to try multiplayer with.
Lastly, **Divinity: Original Sin 2** I bounced off from twice before I stayed with it. First time the sheer volume of systems and dialogue at Fort Joy overwhelmed me. I grew up on BG2 and Planescape Torment so being overwhelmed by a CRPG is kind of embarrassing to admit at my age, I don’t think it helped that I mostly played it at night when I was already a bit tired. Second attempt I made it further but the combat difficulty wore me down. I was trying to run this weird hybrid battlemage build and it turned out that doesn’t really work so well in this game. Third time a friend dragged me into co-op and for whatever reason everything just fell into place, I was having way more fun with someone to comment on the story with and he explained a bit about the combat and the (somewhat confusing) armor system. We did two full playthroughs back to back and basically lived in Rivellon for a month straight.
I guess there's something weird about my taste in games, it's like I’m super selective with my first impressions but then I can overlook some flaws after I play a game for a while.
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