I guess I have a few games that have really wowed me so far this gen.
Heavy Rain: I was a little skeptical if I would really enjoy this game but decided to try it out anyways. I'm playing through it right now and I must say I'm kind of shocked at how much I'm enjoying this. It looks amazing, the story is very interesting and the gameplay is quite unique. Despite it being QTE's, I get a rush whenever I'm fighting to stay alive wich you don't get from too many games. The uniqueness of this game has shocked me.
Demon's Souls: The difficulty shocked me. Plain and simple. I knew it was going to be hard but you don't really know until you finally start playing. Which makes everything you accomplish feel all the more rewarding. I know when I first went up against the Tower Knight and saw how big he was, I just stood there and thought "Wtf should I do?".
Valkryia Chronicles: How they combined strategy, action and TPS into the battle system surprised me. The artstyle, gameplay and how the story was told was all very fresh and unique to me.
NHL 09: The game that has shocked me the most probably. I've been playing NHL since 94 and every year it's the same thing. Update the roster, improve the graphics and add some small gameplay enhancements. I didn't like NHL 08 since it was still in the gameplay transition from the old style to the new style. Then NHL 09 got it perfect and completly changed the series all for the better. Made it so much more realistic and overall enjoyable. I guess what really shocked me was how EA stepped up and made some drastic changes to th series when they didn't have to. And it paid off, it got great reviews and a bunch of rewards for sports game of the year.
I suppose those are the four that stood out the most for me. Uncharted, MGS4 and CoD4 all shocked me to some extent as well.
