Going back to the Nes, here is a game my cousin had that was way beyond our heads.
Metal Gear (Nes)
I remember liking this game but barely understanding it, Keep in mind i was like 8 and barely knew english, my cousin only had 3 Nes games,
Mario 2, Centipede and this game. Given what i know now i had no idea how far the franchise was gonna go but i remember thinking it was just another war game like
P.O.W or
Ikari warriors
The more i played it though, the more i saw it was a completely different kinda war game. Even back then MG focused on stealth making this a weird Nes game for the time cause almost every war game for the Nes was either a beat'em up or a shoot'em up, tactical spyonage games weren't very popular.
Even though the game dropped obvious hints like that my first instinct was to kill the guy.