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DivinePaladin on 02 July 2016

So I did a quick check and didn't find any half-year surprises threads, and I have just been playing a game that hugely surprised me. I figured why not open a discussion about the games that have surprised us the most from 2016?

 

The one that I just started that absolutely blew me away so far was Tokyo Mirage Sessions. It's such a disjointed concept but it's executed INSANELY well. I'm impressed, a JRPG hasn't hooked me this way in a while. 

 

Another one which may be a cop-out to some is Uncharted 4. I expected Uncharted front to back with a shoehorned-in new character but we actually got an incredibly different style of Uncharted, one that left me fully satisfied where I expected to end up mad. Plus that game has the best pacing in its series which came as a total shock as well. I wasn't expecting possibly the best Uncharted with 4, that's for sure. 

 

What about you guys? Any games that blew past your expectations so far?



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 02 July 2016

"Biggest surprise of 2016 (so far)?"

How awesome my Galaxy s7 is!

But in terms of games, I will say how zomg worthy Zelda looks and how awesome the world is with its physics and etc.



                  

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DivinePaladin on 02 July 2016
Captain_Yuri said:

"Biggest surprise of 2016 (so far)?"

How awesome my Galaxy s7 is!

But in terms of games, I will say how zomg worthy Zelda looks and how awesome the world is with its physics and etc.

Yeah, Zelda did come out of left field with all of its additions to the formula. Though, in fairness, they did sort of reveal that plan back in 2011 when Aonuma kept praising Skyrim, so maybe that shouldn't be a huge surprise. I'm just surprised it runs as well as it seems to. 



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LudicrousSpeed on 02 July 2016

Battleborn, Inside, Dead by Daylight, Zelda



Fei-Hung on 02 July 2016

My biggest surprise was hire good Battlefield Hardline is ace I only I paid £3.99 for it.



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jason1637 on 02 July 2016

Neo and Scorpio



hershel_layton on 02 July 2016

People constantly denying JRPG's :P

My biggest surprise is Metal Gear Solid for the 3DS. I haven't played a metal gear game since...well, forever, and playing through it is a blast.

The 3d is godly. I'm telling you. If you want to see a game with amazing 3d, play Metal Gear. It's also half the price of most retail games(20 bucks)



 

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Proxy-Pie on 02 July 2016
hershel_layton said:
People constantly denying JRPG's :P

My biggest surprise is Metal Gear Solid for the 3DS. I haven't played a metal gear game since...well, forever, and playing through it is a blast.

The 3d is godly. I'm telling you. If you want to see a game with amazing 3d, play Metal Gear. It's also half the price of most retail games(20 bucks)

I've been considering it, but eesh, the framerate >.<



Ganoncrotch on 02 July 2016
jason1637 said:
Neo and Scorpio

you are surprised by something which hasn't been announced? I mean that is some next level surprise right there.



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hershel_layton on 02 July 2016
MohammadBadir said:
hershel_layton said:
People constantly denying JRPG's :P

My biggest surprise is Metal Gear Solid for the 3DS. I haven't played a metal gear game since...well, forever, and playing through it is a blast.

The 3d is godly. I'm telling you. If you want to see a game with amazing 3d, play Metal Gear. It's also half the price of most retail games(20 bucks)

I've been considering it, but eesh, the framerate >.<

I mean, sure it isn't exactly the best, but the framerate is the same as the original version on the Playstation 



 

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