[General Discussion] Unexpected RPG Positive Experiences

Out of all the RPG's we have ever played since we first got into the genre for the first time has anybody ever came across any rpg's that they had no prior knowledge and when we played it or seen it played for the first time we were so intrigued by it; we had to play it and it ended up being a positive rpg playing experience.

The reason why I ask this is that sometimes we allow ourselves to follow the hype of certain rpgs that sometimes other games can be completely overlooked not even in this day and age but even in terms of older games.

What I would like to ask from the Gamingforce Community is to share some stories of how a little unknown rpg to you, maybe not to the rest of the world, ended up being a positive rpg experience for you.

I personally have two small stories about two rpg's and one of them is actually my favourite rpg of all time.

1.) Xenogears: The only rpg's I have ever played for PS was Final Fantasy VII & Breath Of Fire III at the time. I had no idea that this game had existed, and I actually discovered this game just by going around college residence and I noticed somebody playing this game when he had his door opened. I asked him if I could watch him play the game, and he had no problems with it. I was instantly intrigued within 5 minutes because of the use of mechs as characters in this game. I was a big anime fan and mech anime tended to be my favourite type of anime at the time. I sat in his room watching him play the game for about 4 hours. That is just how much I got into the game and that was just by watching him play it. I really wanted to play the game for myself but it was a fairly rare game at the time; not very many people had it and the people that did have it were very protective about it. It was only after 2 years from seeing him play I managed to get a friend of mine to purchase a factory sealed copy on ebay with the guide for about 150.00 US. Ever since I took the time to play the game in its entirity for myself it has become my favourite rpg of all time.

2.) Thousand Arms: This was another rpg I came across by accident by a friend of mine that had a lot of burnt games, and I was looking to play another rpg at the time. I was just looking through his games, and i seen one called thousand arms and I took a wild stab at it, thinking it was an rpg because I was familiar with with the Wild Arms series. It wasn't a serious rpg by any means but it was definetely one of my favourite fun little RPG's due to whole dating simulation and all the voice acting. I had a lot of fun with this rpg and all the comical moments it had.

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