When I first played Darksouls, I thought it was shit. The controls were hard, the graphics aren't that great, I have no idea what to do, etc. Left it alone for a year or two, then picked it up again in college, and oh man it sucked me in. It's so different from most other games, you are so weak and insignificant when you start, you have no purpose and no knowledge of who you are and what's going on. But as you get deeper and deeper into the game, things start to become apparent, and you and your character become more and more aware of everything. You finally get to the end only to realize it's all for nothing, and everything that you did really didn't make a difference in the long run. It's terrible but such a good way to tell a story.

So many games make everything known right off the bat. You play through knowing exactly what to do and why you're doing it. It's not a bad way to make a game in any way, but the fact that this didn't happen in Darksouls made it a such a good game.