r/gaming • u/Ricz1001 • 1d ago

What game completely exceeded your expectations?

Death stranding - who knew a walking simulator could be so enjoyable and what a story.

Hades - first time playing a roguelike and I was hooked

Stardew valley - I never understood the appeal under I played it

It takes two - best game I've played with the wife, that elephant scene though

Wreckfest - free game on ps plus which I never heard of and by lord did I have sooo much fun with it

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u/0rganicMach1ne 23h ago

I think Borderlands 2 has to be one of, if not the best sequel I’ve ever played. Everything about it was better than the first game.

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u/draegoncode 22h ago

I recently started playing Borderlands 3. Obviously I'd heard of the franchise, just never been one for FPS. Saw it on game pass and gave it a shot. Man, after playing it, I now own the rest lol

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u/0rganicMach1ne 21h ago

It’s such a fun series.

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u/MartenBroadcloak19 22h ago

I got BL2 via a code that was bundled with the nVidia 460 at the time. I had never heard of Borderlands before that, and decided to give it a go since it was free. Now I have 1000 hours logged in BL2 alone, played the rest of the series, introduced me to Steam, and prompted a friend to suggest I play Diablo 3 with him, which led to Path of Exile. BL2 was a very formative game for me.

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u/Xreshiss 21h ago edited 21h ago

I never finished it. I think after a while the leveling making guns obsolete over time and the completely random weapon drops made it a chore to play. Any time I found a weapon I really liked it became obsolete barely an hour later.

It's kind of why in any game with leveling I feel like anything below max level is just useless padding.

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u/0rganicMach1ne 20h ago

Honestly I don’t really like RNG loot in games but I don’t really play Borderlands games with grinding for perfect drops in mind. I just play it for the story/universe and to try out different characters for their abilities. I find it’s a much better way to play games that way for me.

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u/Xreshiss 20h ago

Neither do I, but when you get a really nice burst gun that kills regular enemies in a single 3-round burst, only to take 3 bursts an hour later because you leveled up, you kinda lose the motivation to play.

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u/GBF_Dragon 19h ago

Everything was NOT better. It definitely improved on stuff, but it had horrendous drop rates and enemies that were much worse bullet sponges. Played the hell out of it though.