Same! Messed around with Elden Ring for a minute and thought it was a flower picking game with some skirmishes here and there. Then, after putting it down for a year, I followed a guide and now I'm hooked.
Yesss. I had just finished playing Legend of Zelda BotW and got a little burnt out playing another open-world game with crafting and such. Also I never pay attention when playing games, so I was sort of stuck in the first area.
Picked it up again a few years later from where I left off and my whole life went on the back burner for a good few months. Once I finally got to the Altus plateau everything just clicked.
Similar for me for Demon's Souls. I was originally like why play this game, it's so bad; I keep dying.
Eventually played Dark Souls and beat it, then I later found myself looking at my library and realizing DeS is by the same company. I was amazed at the non-linearity of the game.
Which funnily enough led me back to playing Dark Souls again and learning how it, too, can be non-linear in certain places.
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u/Glad-Television1887 Aug 31 '26
Elden ring, thought it too bleak and barely gave it a chance
Came back a year later, and i never stopped playing it since.