After Reading the recent purchase regrets thread I though I would start one on recent games you were surprised by how good they were.
Gradius 3 (Snes). - Had not played this before but was a very fun shooter.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii). - I hated the first two, both of which came with my gamecube and I gave away to friends. So when I seen a friend playing it I went out the next day and purchased it. This to me is the best single player FPS ever made and this is saying a lot coming from me because I own most of the FPS' made as well as RTS' and I have never had as much fun playing anything previous as I have with Metroid 3.
X2: The Threat (Linux). I had no idea of what to expect out of this game as I had not played a game even close to it before. It took a few hours to get into the game but once I did I spent many hours playing this game and trading and exploring and even decided to beat the game to experience the storyline.
The Battle for Wesnoth (Linux). Very fun and free 2D Turn based strategy game.
Company of Heroes (PC). The multiplayer is who can build tanks the fastest but single player is quite the experience. I was disapointed when I beat it and I plan on eventually getting the Expansion for it.
