Shadow of the Colossus. I knew absolutely nothing about it, and only bought it because it had a cool box art and was published by Sony. It went on to become my favorite PS2 and Sony game of all time!
I ignorantly shurgged off Parasite Eve 1 as a cheap Resident Evil clone and dropped it... then replayed a year or two later and fell in love.
Zone of The Enders 1 was a game that had me excited just looking at magazine screenshots, but the final product disappointed. Two years later I find its sequel sitting on a game store shelf, and something told me to buy it, I guess I was interested in where the story was going. It well exceeded my original ZoE expectations, and still stands as one of the greatest sequels in gaming history. It's a crime that this game isn't at least 10 times more popular than it is. An all time great imo.
Ring of Red is a game that I went into with moderate expectations (Konami branding and cool anime art were what sold me). Cool ass game, but it was somewhat challenging and I didn't have the time to "study" it due to highschool and an abundance of other great games taking my finite energy.
The truth is too many old games exceeded my expectations. Back in the day, we bought and borrowed games that we knew next to nothing about, so being pleasantly surprised was a regular occurrence.
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