Great games you almost never played

[d21lewis]

Slimebeast said:

Vanquish - I dismissed it as being a Japanese pathetic Gears of War badass wannabe. But people kept praising it here on VGC and then I saw this argument here about its humour, on wether it was tongue in cheek or not, so I had to check it out and decide for myself. And it was awesome in every way imaginable - the humour, the style, the gameplay mechanics, the challenge.

Dante's Inferno - When announced it looked so exciting, building on a famous myth and with a setting in Hell of all places. Then reviews came (73% on Metacritic) and everyone said it was a poor man's God of War and the demo sucked, so I dismissed it. Much later I again came to think of the fact that it takes place in Hell, and even if it was a weak game I wanted to experience that theme, so I bought it. And it was fantastic. The gameplay was fun and the story presentation superb.

Dragon's Dogma (75% Meta) - None of the trailers and previews looked promising. The game had very bad hype and looked weak on every aspect. But then I saw this preview from Xbox magazine UK or something, who praised it as being original and addicting and blending elements even from Oblivion, so I made the decision to get it. And it was simply amazing. 100 fantastic hours. Easily my GOTY 2012 so far (although I haven't yet played Dishonored or ACIII).

Hunted: The Demon's Forge (61% Meta) - d21lewis kept on joking about how he often got caught by hype towards crap games, Hunted being one of them, and later he recommended it to me so I decided to try it out. And it didn't disappoint. I still have fond memories of its special atmosphere.

Even better in co-op.  Remember, kids: don't drink the sleg!!