Games That Suprised You (For Better Or Worse)

[Kahunaburger]

So why is he holding his two handed sword over his head and waving it like a little kid pretending to be in a sword fight?

That weird stance is

Spoiler: actually a thing.

They do it in kendo, too. The gratuitous backflips, on the other hand, have no excuse

That game surprised me a couple times:
1. When I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of barghests right outside the gate of the starting town - definitely a "shit just got real" moment.
2. SJGR moment #2 was when my actions in Chapter 1 caused the death of a reasonably important Chapter 2 NPC and totally messed up the investigation I was doing.
3. The endgame gameplay was the only time I'd say I was surprised in a bad way - it just got way too easy once your fire spell becomes a "crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women" button.

But the game that really surprised me was Super Metroid. I came into it thinking it was going to be pretty good, and it was so much better than I thought it would be in basically every possible way. And it was actually hard, which I liked.

 

[jedizero]

So why is he holding his two handed sword over his head and waving it like a little kid pretending to be in a sword fight?

That weird stance is

Spoiler: actually a thing.

They do it in kendo, too. The gratuitous backflips, on the other hand, have no excuse

Ah. I still swear that its the dumbest looking combat stance ever.

And he waves back and forth with it like he's doing a luau. I know, not all martial arts moves/stances look super graceful, but couldn't they have chosen a slightly less....dorky looking one for our main hero?

 

[Chibz]

For better:
Disgaea, Hour of Darkness. Again, I bought this game purely by accident. Turns out it was better than the game I actually wanted.

For worse:
Starcraft 2. I don't think Blizzard could've derped harder on this game if they tried. They herped so hard they derped.

 

[Cockney_Jesus]

Worms in 3D! How can that not be awesome!?

 

[Indecipherable]

I tend to somehow avoid most of the rabid fanlove so when a game is truly great I am pleasantly surprised.

 

[Blow_Pop]

Infamous.

I don't typically play games where I have to try and aim with one analog stick and then try and shoot and run all at the same time but I'm actually enjoying it. I think I might start trying shooters again......outside of PC gaming that is.....

 

[Vault101]

Portal 2

My expectations were reasonably posative

and it blew them out the water! in every single way...pure gaming extacy!

 

[NeoStar]

Paper Mario.
I was but a young, naive mini-gamer who judged the game on its title. Then I played it to find an immersive, humorous, fun RPG game that was unique and enjoyable. I'll never judge a game by the title again....unless it's something like "Hello Kitty's Cooking" or "Brokeback Mountain, the game", Those would obviously suck

 

[LordRoyal]

Spyro enter the dragon fly

I came into it expecting to be worth my 2$

and I wanted my money back when I saw the introductory cutscene.

So why is he holding his two handed sword over his head and waving it like a little kid pretending to be in a sword fight?

That weird stance is

Spoiler: actually a thing.

They do it in kendo, too. The gratuitous backflips, on the other hand, have no excuse

Ah. I still swear that its the dumbest looking combat stance ever.

And he waves back and forth with it like he's doing a luau. I know, not all martial arts moves/stances look super graceful, but couldn't they have chosen a slightly less....dorky looking one for our main hero?

With regards to the Witcher I found that Geralt's Silver Sword styles looked significantly cooler and more lore friendly. I tended to attribute his clunkyness with the Steel sword as being a monster hunter and preferring using the silver (I never read the novels/short stories so I don't know which sword Geralt used more)