Great games that are hard to get into initially

[Ack]

Forgot to say, but no - these games didn't have to grow on me. I can just see how most people would be initially put off by these games.

It took very little of Way of the Samurai on the PS2 for me to fall in love with the series. I think all it took was an in-store demo.

I heard the title and was in love with Way of the Samurai.

And yeah, Virtua Fighter I would think is the king of this conversation. It's terribly difficult for most folks to get into it, but once you do, oh man. It's pure gold.

[Limewater]

Nethack. At first you die and die and die, but then you start to pick up on it and you die less often. Then it starts to get fun.

Also, don't forget the huge amount of documentation you need to digest to learn the rather cryptic interface.

What is that left parentheses doing there? Why am I being attacked by the letter 'k'?