What games surprised you?

A lot of threads ask about the best/worst games you've played. I want to know what games you reluctantly gave a chance and were pleasantly surprised? Any game on any console/system/PC. For me it was Civilization Revolution-I was addicted to the demo! Also, Saints Row, and Condemned. I was surprised by Soul Calibur IV because I usually don't play fighting games. It's depth is fairly impressive. I picked it up because it was only $10.

I was surprised at how good Wolverine is. Movie based games rarely are as good as it is.

None so far I purchase games after knowing just about everything about them. Though I guess Braid because I expected it to be an ok game but it turned out great.

I was surprised how gloomy and depressing 'The Godfather' was. The music was all sad and the lightings were dark, but I guess it's just like the films.

[QUOTE="II-FBIsniper-II"]Battlefield Bad Company. It is so much fun. Multiplayer makes you feel you actually are on a battlefield.[/QUOI agree totaly

games that surprised me on how good:

I was surprised too on Civilization revolution demo sooo good plan on buying it..... also lost odyssey never thought i would be so addicted to that game.. ohh and mass effect one of the best games ever.. never expected anything from these games

games that surprised me on how bad:

halo 3 and oblivion :evil: waste of money :x

it will be fable 2 and SF4 they are GREAT

Ledt 4 Dead .. It was a lot of fun ..

games that surprised me on how good:

I was surprised too on Civilization revolution demo sooo good plan on buying it..... also lost odyssey never thought i would be so addicted to that game.. ohh and mass effect one of the best games ever.. never expected anything from these games

games that surprised me on how bad:

halo 3 and oblivion :evil: waste of money :x

Riddick, I saw it and thought I might try it. Now I am hooked on Butcher Bay. I had never even heard of it before.

Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Braid, Fable 2, Tom Clancy Endwar. all surprised me on how good they were.

Red Alert 3, was a game that i was initially highly anticipating, but once i got through the campaigns, it just lost it's shine. it's online multiplayer is just like every other RTS on the market.

Left 4 Dead was a big one for me. I was so out of the loop on that one, I didnt know about it until about a week before its release. I got the demo, fell in love immediatly and baught the game right away on release. Been responsible for many many lost hours ever since.

Ive actually got Civ: Revolution on the way now too. Im excited to try it, anybody who's actually played it seems to rave.

I found Mercenaries 2 surprisingly addictive (destructable environment, loads of easy ways to earn money) despite it's awful reviews

Crackdown also surprised me as I knew very little about the game until I rented it for two days and subsequently purchased.

Bioshock and Mirror's Edge. They were cheap so I decided to buy them after looking at reviews and gameplay movies. Bioshock turned out to be my favourite game!! , but mirror's edge was still good (8/10)

Call of duty 3. Alot of people gave it a bad rep so I ended up renting the game and loving it. Then I finally ended up buying the game. The biggest one was probably Perfect Dark Zero. ALOT of people hated that game so I ended up buying it for dirt cheap one day and Loved it ever since.K1LLR3175

Ya call of duty 3 is a great game

I was surprised at how good Wolverine is. Movie based games rarely are as good as it is.

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Viking Battle for Asguard.

I usually don't like hack and slash games. And this game got horrible reviews and nobody liked it. But I played it and I loved it! :)

wolverine and skate 2

Mercenaries, that blew away my humble expectations. As did Oblivion, which has hooked me on RPGs ever since.

Definitely The Darkness. I had a few bucks left over from getting COD4 so I decided to get another game. The Darkness looked ok so I got it. When I started plaing it, it was so much fun, I stayed up all night playing it.

Call of Duty 4 suprised me a bit as well as Fallout 3.