Games that hugely exceeded expectations, what are they?

-Assassins Creed 2 (1000000x better than the original)

-Arkham Asylum

-Dead Space

-Nier (Got 5s, deserves 8s)

-Vanquish (Best pure shooter this gen)

Arkham Asylum was the first thing to pop into my head, I and a few other people thought it was going to be great but a huge portion of system wars thought otherwise.

The Ps3

People knew that the PS3 would be awesome

And...4 years later...well...

Just look at the number one console :)

Ps3 for life

I can think of a few, the first to come to mind is Braid because no one heard of it before it came out and it is now considered one of the best games this gen. Another would be Amnesia: The Dark Descent. I thought it was just going to be another dumb cheap horror game and it turned out to be one of, if not the scariest game I have ever played.

Demon's Souls

This gen? For me it was SMG, SMG2, DKCR and Demons Souls.

I haven't cared for Mario since the SNES and I never really liked 3d platformers in general, but SMG changed all that. Then somehow SMG2 managed to obliterate SMG. Very unexpected on both accounts.

Also the DKC games have never really been good platformers (flame shield engaged) and Retro doesn't really have a track record with side-scrollers or platformers. Yet DKCR is one of the best side scrolling platformers around.

And Demons Souls doesnt need explanation, that game took most of us by surprise.

Of all time though? For me it was Chrono Trigger. I was soooo hyped for the game and yet it still blew away all of my expectations. That never happens lol.

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I agree with a few other posts Bayonetta and Dark Souls. I was not expecting Dark Souls to be as good as it is. I'm really blown away by the game. I eat sleep and breath Dark Souls right now.It's the best game I've played in a long time and is underappreciated by gamers. More people need to play this gem.

Indeed, that games deserves any ammount of sales

I wonder if people dont buy it because they think it is extremely hard, which it is not really, it is just a challenging game in a world of cinematic games for the masses, not a very hard one, just reasonably challenging

Games that exceed expectation

Dark Souls

Bastion

Clash of Heroes (in a HUGE way)

Bayonetta

Games that were a million miles below my expectations

FF13

Kingdoms of Amalur

Uncharted 1-2

MGS4

Infamous 1

Killzone 2-3

loosingENDS

I'd really love a go at your time-machine, kind sir. :|

OT:

Batman Arkham Asylum - Fantastic game and one of the best atmospheric games out there.

MGS 4 - My first 7th gen game, and I did not expect to be blown away as I was....

Crysis Warhead - This game gets little mention around here because all talk about it's bigger brother, but this was definitely the best crysis game.

To The Moon - Cannot explain; play the darn game!

I would have to say Killzone 3, Crysis 2, Batman Arkham City, and FF XIII all disappointed me a bit, some more than others, but the biggest disappointment was Witcher 2. I don't know why it gets so many accolades. The story was interesting, and the game was beautiful, but I do not remember a more frustrating RPG in terms of gameplay. I've heard there have been fixes but I have been too lazy to go back :P

Demon's Souls would be the pretty obvious choice from this gen.

It received very little hype other then a small, yet vocal, import crowd, then went on to win GOTY at gamespot.

Your right about Killzone 2, my jaw hit the floor by how great it was.I loved Uncharted 1 so I knew the 2nd would be even better, not surpising to me. And I thought Assassin's creed 2 was a great jump in quality, AC 1 was so overrated IMO I have no idea how it got such high scores, it was too repitive. AC 2 was suprising.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

HR is now considered the best in the series

Blazerdt47

Not really,most of the fans of the original game still feel the first is the best,,and I agree with that as well tbh.

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution

HR is now considered the best in the series

Nanomage

Not really,most of the fans of the original game still feel the first is the best,,and I agree with that as well tbh.