Wait. Wait this is really fun somehow.

[Pike]

What are some games that you didn't expect would be fun but actually are?

A big one for me is FFX. The whole game is basically just a bunch of corridors taking you through the story on a rail like Splash Mountain, and yet when I play I can't stop and I just have a blast. I still have no idea why it's so fun to me.

I just find it unusual because with most games - even "So bad it's good" games like EDF 2017 - I can pinpoint exactly why I find it fun. But I really can't tell you why I enjoy FFX so much.

How about you?

P.S. inb4 this turns into some sort of rehashed debate about FFX/Tidus/etc. That's not the point of the thread

[Dr Unne]

This week's Humble Weekly Bundle aka "donate $6 to Red Cross and get some free games" included DeathSpank. At a glance it looked crappy. I tried it out on a whim.

I discovered that it's surprisingly fun. Kind of a Diablo clone full of stupid humor. Turns out this game was designed by Ron Gilbert of Monkey Island fame.

[Skyblade]

Time and Eternity wins the award for me. It's not really a good game. But I still had a blast with it. Beyond its myriad problems is a core that I could really get into.

A big one for me is FFX. The whole game is basically just a bunch of corridors taking you through the story on a rail like Splash Mountain, and yet when I play I can't stop and I just have a blast. I still have no idea why it's so fun to me.

Because, no matter what the structure of the game itself, a well structured world can be incredibly engaging.

Sorry, enough about FFX.

[Spuuky]

Atom Zombie Smasher
BIT.TRIP Runner2
Divinity 2
Hotline Miami

I'm sure there are plenty of games I thought would be good, but were great, too. These are ones I expected basically nothing from and were at least pretty good.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

Final Lap Twin. I played it at a time where I just liked playing platformers and such (and I have never been a racing game fan), but I couldn't stop playing this game. It's a racing RPG for the Turbografx, complete with random encounters that consist of racing around the track. Your goal is to beat the best racer in each area. If you lose, you get sent back to your hometown, and your dad pretty much just tells you "You'll do better next time, here's $500." So fun.

On the racing front, I didn't expect to like Need for Speed Most Wanted as much as I did.

Also, surprisingly, Sonic the Hedgehog '06. I knew exactly what to expect, and I think the game is surprisingly pretty fun. The glitches just make it more funny for me.

[NeoCracker]

Digimon World 2. That game only has the grind. There is nothing else. No plot worth mentioning, no engaging characters, troutty non-involved dungeons, sub-par graphics, and it's only redeeming quality being a pretty decent battle system.

The only way you can play this game is if your are a massive grind whore like I can be, though even then you it's horrid.

Still enjoy it though.

[Bolivar]

Final Fantasy XIII.

[Pike]

Atom Zombie Smasher
BIT.TRIP Runner2
Divinity 2
Hotline Miami

I've played three of those four (I haven't played Divinity 2) and all three surprised me as well. Especially BIT.TRIP. I put a lot more time into that than I thought I would.

[Jessweeee♪]

Mobile Light Force 2

[Tigmafuzz]

Papers, Please is definitely a game that you wouldn't expect to be very fun, but it is.

Zafehouse Diaries is one you wouldn't expect to be fun unless you're into that kind of game.

DeathSpank

I've loved DeathSpank for a long time. It's really great.I absolutely love DeathSpank.

Hotline Miami

I played a flash game several years ago that played exactly like Hotline Miami. The guy who made that game also made some other top-down style game where you play as a medieval knight killing monsters or some such. Playing Hotline Miami just made me want to go play those old flash games again, but I couldn't find them ;_;

[Pike]

Papers, Please is definitely a game that you wouldn't expect to be very fun, but it is.

Nonsense, I knew that would be a blast the first time I heard of it!

[Madame Adequate]

Given that it began life as True Crime 3 I didn't expect anything at all from Sleepy Dogs, but it turned out to be amazing and it's one of my all-time favorite games in that genre.

[Karifean]

Call of Duty 4. No seriously, I never had had ANY interest in FPS games before, but it turned out to be pretty nice. It was most likely just because I was playing with a group of friends and we were all new to the genre so we all had similar skill levels and gradually got better together. It definitely showed me the fun side to FPSs.

[escobert]

I have no idea why but after 1000 or so hours of Civ V I can't stop playing.

[Pete for President]

Agreed on Hotline Miami. Braid too. At first I thought it was just some Mario game, but it was way more interesting than that.