Pretty embarrassing on my end here with this situation. But after all, like everyone else, I was kid. When I originally started playing video games. It was always Adventure, Fighting, Shooting, and Puzzles. But like kids in the General Forum, I pretty much had a major dislike for RPG's like they have for Rap music. Funny enough, the whole point of this thread shows my point, since I had never really given RPG's a chance, nor looked for one that I may have liked. Always calling RPG's gay.
Now this is where it gets ironically funny from a different point of view. Remember when that Pokemon phase came around with the cards and video games? Well, I had a Game Boy color. And while I was still calling RPG's gay. There I was playing Pokemon Blue, Yellow, and Silver calling it the greatest game ever...little did I know I'd be calling a game from a genre I'd deemed gay an awesome one. Ha! And I'd play it for hours.
Then I get slightly older and start reading gaming magazines like GameInformer and so on and read up on what genres these games belong to. That's how I found out. Shocked to find out that it was that good, I was tempted to see what the big deal was about Final Fantasy. So I borrowed my friend's PS2 and his FFX game. (The first one I'd ever played) And wondered what the big titty was about these games.
Needless to say, I got hooked. The graphics, game play, story, characters, and etc kept me glued to the TV. That was years ago. Since then I've played FFVII, didn't like it. I prefer 8 to 7 with ease. I could relate to the story more, since it was kind of a High School theme, and that's about it. Still don't like 9 though. Couldn't even play 30 minutes of it. In fact, to show my complete dislike for that game, I actually enjoyed X-2 more than that one. And yes, I know that'll sound crazy to most FF fans on here. It's understood, but now you know how much I don't like that game.
So here I am, older. About to finish up on Lost Odyssey which could have easily been Final Fantasy 11 or any other. I start to wonder if only I had given that genre a chance earlier. Meh, the result would more than likely be the same.
Anyone judge a genre of game early before giving it a shot?