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artur-fernand on 13 September 2014

With the recent overhype of some games, I thought it could be fun to remember the opposite. I'm talking about those games that, for whatever reason, you just stumbled upon and thought "Heh, why not" - only to enjoy the hell out of the game. Let's keep it only to seventh and eighth generation games here.

 

For me, there mainly four games:

- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (one of my favorite fps ever)

- Rochard/Lara Croft: The Guardian of Light (got both on PS Plus)

- And Assassin's Creed II (thought AC1 was kinda terrible, wasn't remotely interested in the sequel)



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kljesta64 on 13 September 2014

Super Mario Galaxy

the only game from the last generation where I screamed "WOW"

 

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I didnt read the thread lol



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 13 September 2014

Wonderful 101 cause the game didn't look very appealing to me at the beginning cause of the character models but during a sale, I picked it up and I regret not picking it up sooner! Really great game imo, people should try it



                  

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Moonhero on 13 September 2014

Skyrim. I picked it up the day after it came out because of all the hype, and I had nothing to play at the time. Figured it would give me something to do for a week or two.
It blew me away. I took over my life. It is such a wonderful game, and really surprised me on how good it was.



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vivster on 13 September 2014

I only buy awesome games so I'm never surprised :(



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melbye on 13 September 2014

Xenoblade
Dragon's Dogma
Mass Effect 2
Darksiders
Assassin's Creed 1(yes 1)
Dead Space
Infamous



the2real4mafol on 13 September 2014

Assassin's Creed II
Sleeping Dogs
Skyrim
Hotline Miami
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Limbo



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OfficerRaichu15 on 13 September 2014

bioshock
viva pinata
last of us(hated the idea at first but started to like it)
endless ocean



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Jranation on 13 September 2014

Lego city - The story and the characters were amazing. The visual was not bad, the missions were ok too.

Luigi mansion 2 - i thought it would be quite easy, but it was actually hard.

Mario Teenis open - visual and difficulty was good. Lots of different options to win the game.



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AZWification on 13 September 2014

Super Mario Galaxy, Vanquish, Xenoblade, BioShock and Mirror Edge! Those are the only games I can think of right now!



                
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