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A Pixy July 15th, 2009 11:49 AM

Have You Ever Randomly Stumbled Upon Something You Liked?
 
So, today I came across an NES game on an NES emulator website. I was looking for the 2D shooter Gun-Nac but instead I found Gun-Dec the Japanese version of Vice: Project Doom. Awesome name. And basically this game was a rip off three other games, Spy Hunter, Ninja Gaiden and Operation Wolf. This may make it seem schizophrenic, but they mesh just well enough not to make you go WTF? The graphics are, well, better than Castlevania, let's leave it at that. Decent music, story and truly fun gameplay are what makes this game quite adequate. But I have to say it's great because it's making IGN do something good with their lives!

Click to play Spy Hunter, Ninja Gaiden and Operation Wolf


IGN does something good?

Rokusasu July 15th, 2009 1:09 PM

Many a time; randomness has led me to discovering Persona, Dragon Quest and Phoenix Wright. o: All of which are excellent series. :D

.Wolfie-kun. July 15th, 2009 1:15 PM

I stumbled across Persona 3 last year and remembered that a friend told me that it was great. So I picked it up (It was quite cheap at the time compared to now :O). I fell in love with it instantly.

So as soon as Persona 4 came out in the UK, I made sure I bought it and I loved that too, possibly even more! I CAN'T DECIDE ><

Anxiety. July 15th, 2009 1:54 PM

I randomly brought Persona 3, and loved it, the same with Phoenix Wright and TWEWY

To be honest, all the games I love I have just randomly found, well, most of them anyway.

Dunsparce July 15th, 2009 3:23 PM

I randomly stumbled upon Persona 3, like many other people. I made sure to Pre-order 4 and loved that even more!

I've also randomly stumbled upon Chrono Cross for PSone at a video rental store many years ago, and now the whole Chrono Series(Chrono Trigger, Radical Dreamers, and Chrono Cross) is my most favorite videogame series EVER!

Klippy July 15th, 2009 3:49 PM

I stumbled on the Phoenix Wright series. I was in a game store in town that was going out of business and they were doing a buy one, get one free deal. So I got Pearl, I believe and then saw the third game of the series on a rack and grabbed it to check it out. XD; I made a wise decision.

Captain Fabio July 15th, 2009 3:52 PM

Ummmm!
I don't think there is anything I have stumbled on.
I nearly always know about the games out.

Ummmmm... I can't think of anything at this current moment in time.

Aether July 15th, 2009 8:05 PM

I picked up Final Fantasy IV for the DS on a whim. I don't regret it.

Mitchman July 15th, 2009 8:42 PM

I randomly stumbled onto Pokemon so yeah its kinda one of my first gaming stumbles.

Vigilante July 15th, 2009 8:42 PM

Hrm, yes, the Dark Cloud Series, which is where I got my name. I based it off of a character in the second game.

Åzurε July 15th, 2009 10:25 PM

That's how I found WEWY. =3 Couldn't put it down till I got all the one-of-a-kind equipment and everything.

Emily. July 15th, 2009 11:46 PM

Yeah, I have, actually.. I bought a game, and it came with another one, free. So I thought, "Oh, this game is gunna be rubbish." But, it wasn't. Said game was Neverwinter Nights. After completely the game, I found that there was an expansion for it, so I bought the expansion, and completed that, too. I then grew bored of the game, after attempting it a second time, and gave it to my father to play, as I thought he'd like that sort of thing - which he did.

After that, I moved on to play Neverwinter Nights 2, but, I'm yet to complete that, as I ended up disliking the game.

Fox♠ July 16th, 2009 2:24 AM

I've brought loads of (PSP) games on a whim, Tales of Eternia I brought just because it was cheap, same with Deadhead Fred. Both were pretty okish games. Eternia was a bit boring to start with but was playable. Fred was hilarious and original but the controls were God awful hahaha.

But I was pretty impressed with both considering they were like, £5.

Blaziquaza July 16th, 2009 2:33 AM

I randomly stumbled into Godzilla Unleashed last year.Don't regret it.

Captain Fabio July 16th, 2009 3:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox♠ (Post 4862850)
I've brought loads of (PSP) games on a whim, Tales of Eternia I brought just because it was cheap, same with Deadhead Fred. Both were pretty okish games. Eternia was a bit boring to start with but was playable. Fred was hilarious and original but the controls were God awful hahaha.

But I was pretty impressed with both considering they were like, £5.

Actually, I have done this! XD
Thanks Matt ^_^

I bought Tales as well, random YU-GI-OH games. If it looked pretty and it i cheap, I might buy it! XD

Cherrim July 16th, 2009 5:09 AM

...the ONLY game I can think of that I bought on a whim without really hearing *anything* about it beforehand is... possibly Assassin's Creed? How I managed to avoid all the hype surrounding the first game, I don't know. I just remember renting it mainly because it was a new-ish game and I wanted to play an HD game on my PS3 that wasn't boring. XD; I ended up really liking it.

Otherwise, I've yet to pick up a game that I haven't already heard good things about or previously looked into before the purchase. (Or that I don't know the franchise for already.) :s

Cynic Kaka July 16th, 2009 5:22 AM

For me, it was Battle Network 4, which then led me on to the Starforce series.

I did play Megaman X long before that, and the original Megamans.

MastaMind July 16th, 2009 5:33 AM

i stumbled across Ape Escape... Hardest game i think i ever played.

I Laugh at your Misfortune! July 16th, 2009 5:38 AM

Yah. I was just kinda browsing Gamepsot and I actually clicked on an advert and found Deadly creatures

which, by the way, is a can of win condensed into a game :D

mew² July 16th, 2009 6:12 AM

I stumbled upon Musashi for the PS2 years back believing it was Kingdom Hearts 2 when it was released in Japan. I got it and I couldn't set it down. o:

TRIFORCE89 July 16th, 2009 10:42 AM

All I can think of is Banjo-Kazooie.

I don't normally spend money on something that I haven't heard of or have no interest in, so I wouldn't just stumble upon a game by accident usually.

However, Banjo-Kazooie was Christmas present.

That Christmas I got my N64. I also got Mario Kart 64 that morning. That night visited some relatives and from one of my aunt and uncles I received Shadows of the Empire (which I had heard of because another uncle had that game and I played it before) and Banjo-Kazooie. Never ever heard of Banjo-Kazooie before. I think I picked it up and had a "Huh?" look on my face. It was just a game with a weird name to me. My uncle said the clerk at the store said it was good.

Banjo-Kazooie now stands as one of my all-time favourite games.

Neko July 16th, 2009 3:43 PM

Since I've been dating my boyfriend, it's become common for me to randomly stumble upon awesome games. XD Right now he's letting me borrow Punch Out Wii, and that game is awesome! Before that it was Mega Man, then before that Animal Crossing. :3

thedestinedblade July 16th, 2009 4:13 PM

Shenmue for the Dreamcast is the only one I can think of. I randomly rented it at Blockbuster years ago, and to this day it remains one of my all time favorite games.

Shem July 16th, 2009 6:37 PM

FF7, I was in a really cruddy electronics store, saw it for $15 new and bought it. One of my favorite games.

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ July 17th, 2009 5:19 PM

The Legend of Starfy sometime last week


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Kirbychu July 17th, 2009 5:46 PM

I bought Klonoa Dream Champ for GBA, because it was $5.00. I absolutely love the franchise now.

I Laugh at your Misfortune! July 18th, 2009 4:13 AM

Oh, I just remembered, I actually stumbled onto FFVII by accident XD

Like, the first ever game console we got was a PS1 and when me and my brother got one at christmas, some of our friends were getting an xbox and selling their PS1. Because of that, they gave us their old games for free which was epic and among them was FFVII and, actually, FFVIII as well. I just got into 7 more because they also gave us the strategy guide >:D

jmadude July 18th, 2009 9:52 PM

Well, one time I was given Kingdom Hearts by my cousin's boyfriend and he told me that the game sucked and I could have it. After playing a few minutes it became one of my favorite all-time games, and of course I bought Kingdom Hearts 2 after. I remember when I was first playing I tought Sora was a girl. XD

xxxLatiasxxx July 19th, 2009 2:51 AM

Can't say I ever have randomly stumbled upon something I liked.

chanchimi July 19th, 2009 11:04 AM

I've randomly stumbled upon Megaman Battle Network 2, which led me to get many other Megaman games, and I also stumbled upon Gundam Federation v.s. Zeon, and now I love the Gundam franchise!


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