Unexpectedly good games
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Alpha Protocol - Bought it as part of a "2 for ?30" offer.Wasn't expecting much but it turned out to be one of my favourite games of 2010
Beyond Good and Evil.
hear me out.
My friend told me it was a game about a photographer who lived in a world populated by pigs. Not the best sell eh. Anyway, I was staying over at his house and couldn't sleep so I figured a crap game I'd never heard of would be a good distraction. As it happens, that's now one of my favourite games ever.
hear me out.
My friend told me it was a game about a photographer who lived in a world populated by pigs. Not the best sell eh. Anyway, I was staying over at his house and couldn't sleep so I figured a crap game I'd never heard of would be a good distraction. As it happens, that's now one of my favourite games ever.
Demon's Souls.
I expected this game to be crap and overall a test of patience.
What I didn't expect was one of the best role-playing games this generation.
I expected this game to be crap and overall a test of patience.
What I didn't expect was one of the best role-playing games this generation.
Shame on you, for having previously thought less of that game.Mr Thin said:
And I liked the original even better, since between missions, we got to experience a beautiful and tranquil fantasy land being slowly converted into a hellish nightmare.
Mount and Blade - I was bored, had some spare money and it was the only thing interesting that I could find in the Steam store. I wasn't expecting much but was utterly blown away by how fun the campaign and mods were.
Gothic 3 - Was expecting it to be an allright timewaster while I was waiting for Gothic 4 to be released. (I got it in a package deal) Instead I was bored to death by Gothic 4 and enjoyed the hell out of Gothic 3. (I just realised that I might have made a pun.)
Europa Universalis 3 - I was expecting a pretty boring, complicated Grand Strategy game. Instead I got an epic, not so complicated once you get into it Grand Strategy game with some of the greatest multiplayer campaigns I've ever played in a game. There's nothing like seeing the nation that you've put dozens of hours into rise and fall. Although, hopefuly not the latter.
Gothic 3 - Was expecting it to be an allright timewaster while I was waiting for Gothic 4 to be released. (I got it in a package deal) Instead I was bored to death by Gothic 4 and enjoyed the hell out of Gothic 3. (I just realised that I might have made a pun.)
Europa Universalis 3 - I was expecting a pretty boring, complicated Grand Strategy game. Instead I got an epic, not so complicated once you get into it Grand Strategy game with some of the greatest multiplayer campaigns I've ever played in a game. There's nothing like seeing the nation that you've put dozens of hours into rise and fall. Although, hopefuly not the latter.
Amnesia
Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life
Mount & Blade
Revenge of the Titans
Risk: Factions (Even though it is frustrating as hell)
All of these I had either moderate or low expectations for.
On another note, I was disappointed by Dead Space 2 and Trials 2 for PC which was a terrible port.
Sid Meier's Pirates! Live the Life
Mount & Blade
Revenge of the Titans
Risk: Factions (Even though it is frustrating as hell)
All of these I had either moderate or low expectations for.
On another note, I was disappointed by Dead Space 2 and Trials 2 for PC which was a terrible port.
Magicka
Picked it up for the $10, thought what the hell. Played through the tutorial. Grabbed the first friend I could find on Steam and said "OMG YOU MUST BUY THIS". Ended up having many laughs after exploding ourselves with beams that should not be crossed.
Picked it up for the $10, thought what the hell. Played through the tutorial. Grabbed the first friend I could find on Steam and said "OMG YOU MUST BUY THIS". Ended up having many laughs after exploding ourselves with beams that should not be crossed.
Dead space 2. I had fun with the first but I didn't have high expectations of the sequel. As it turned out, they took everything that made the first game good, and made it awesome. It still isn't horror, and I still think you're not supposed to take the game (and story) too seriously, but I had a blast playing it.
I legitimately wasn't expecting anything of Dragon Age: Origins.
I greatly enjoyed it (at least as a mage. The melee classes are rubbish).
I greatly enjoyed it (at least as a mage. The melee classes are rubbish).
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (or something like that).
What I expected: A bland hack 'n' slash game where you play as Kong and you attack some dinosaurs.
What I got: A kickass survival FPS with freaky enemies, great level design, nice pacing, and cool scenery.
The moments where you play as Kong are confusing and stupid as all hell though.
What I expected: A bland hack 'n' slash game where you play as Kong and you attack some dinosaurs.
What I got: A kickass survival FPS with freaky enemies, great level design, nice pacing, and cool scenery.
The moments where you play as Kong are confusing and stupid as all hell though.
Minecraft.
Now before you all say "What!?", let me give some background. I jumped in at the very start of the Minecraft craze - mid 2009, before it was even buyable. There was a multiplayer creative mode but nothing else, and I wandered around a bit building houses and airplanes.
Then, I left.
A year later (before Minecraft hit ten thousand buyers, IIRC), I came back to find a very similar creative mode and this tantalizing "Survival mode" trapped behind a money-gate. Having no idea what it entailed, I agonized for quite a while over whether to actually buy the thing. Eventually caving and buying it, I proceeded to waste literally thousands of hours over the next four months.
Now before you all say "What!?", let me give some background. I jumped in at the very start of the Minecraft craze - mid 2009, before it was even buyable. There was a multiplayer creative mode but nothing else, and I wandered around a bit building houses and airplanes.
Then, I left.
A year later (before Minecraft hit ten thousand buyers, IIRC), I came back to find a very similar creative mode and this tantalizing "Survival mode" trapped behind a money-gate. Having no idea what it entailed, I agonized for quite a while over whether to actually buy the thing. Eventually caving and buying it, I proceeded to waste literally thousands of hours over the next four months.
Soul Calibur 2.
Thought it was just gonna be a generic fighting game with nothing to impress me.
I was shamelessly addicted to it during middle school.
Thought it was just gonna be a generic fighting game with nothing to impress me.
I was shamelessly addicted to it during middle school.