Recently someone posted a webm compilation of Besieged, which had a song called "I'm My Own Master Now", from Metal Gear Rising: Revengence. The song got me looking into the game and made me think, why the hell did I not play this? Story by Hideo Kojima and gameplay by Platinum and Hideki Kamiya? Fucking awesome!...and the soundtrack (which I've now listened to the whole thing) just gets you pumped. It's never too late, but I totally missed out on this game...
Other honorable mentions are:
Mass Effect series. I tried the first one, but I just couldn't get into it. The game caused so much controversy I've always wanted to really understand why people were so pissed.
World of Warcraft: I'm jealous of the community, it really would have been something awesome to be a part of. I didn't play it cause I just knew I would get too addicted.
What did you miss out on?
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[–] DeusModus 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Pretty much anything Pokémon. I truly don't understand its appeal. Or maybe I was simply too old to "get it" when it first came out.
I think I was sixteen when Pokémon hit the States, and it was pretty openly marketed as something for kids. Atop of the cartoon (and my dislike for anime in general), I think my interest was doomed from the start.
Add that to being a teenager in the late nineties: I had Grand Theft Auto, Diablo, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and the PSX rolling out its heavy hitters at the time; comparing Pokémon to those things, it couldn't be any lower on my list of gaming interests. I largely dismissed it as being another kid-fad anyway, like how pogs were a few years prior.
It still weirds me out to this day, honestly. I see the target audience/age demographic for the time, and they're all college kids now - going to University with their Pokémon things in tow. It immediately elicits some weird 4chan/b/v/ neckbearded-manchild association to me, which makes it even less appealing in my eyes. I'm not even sure if that's a fair assessment to hold for the series and its fans, but the outspoken fans I have met, didn't really make any strides to break that stereotype.
I did end up finally pick up Pokémon X last year out of curiosity and see what the hell the series actually is. I found it okay, but I ultimately put it down after about 8 hours. It's not a bad series by any means, but I've come to terms with the fact that the series just isn't really for me.