For me, very few games 'suprised' this gen. They were either as brilliant as I predicted or failed to meet my expectations. The few that come to my mind:
Flow: no expectations and rather enjoyed the building up of a 2D organism
Mount & Blade: So simple in terms of gameplay, yet so adictive.
The Witcher: Wasn't expecting much from the RPG coming from a relatively unknown developer, but ended up being a truly enjoyable RPG.








