Just tought of another example: Ni No Kuni. I HATE JRPG's and I'm not a fan of animation either, wheter it's Pixar, Studio Gibli, Anime etc. I have watched a lot of gameplay videos and read a lot of reviews for this game and while it looks good and got great reviews (from both players and critics) it looked like something I would hate and I never bothered with it. Two days ago a friend of mine borrowed my GTA and brought me Ni No Kuni in return. I told him I am not interesed but he insisted I take it. I eventually decided to try it out (just so I can tell my friend I told him so) and boy was I wrong. I LOVE this game. It was hooked within minutes and I will definitely buy my own copy and try to finish it. Even though I still don't like JRPG'S or animation, I was able to look past all that and find a game I really enjoy playing. So while you might be able to tell if you will like something or not, you will not be right all of the time and the only way to know for sure is to play it yourself.
Don't really see how one's age is a factor. Maybe if you are really young, but I'm 29 and I still don't know if I'll like something until I try it for myself.
