What game was better than you thought it woulb be?

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#1 jmartin1016
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Gears of War redefined my expectations for videogames in the future.

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#2 Trickshot771
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Crackdown.
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Goldeneye on N64. For x360 it was Guitar Hero II. Never thought it would be so addicting.
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#4 RushMetallica
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Halo 3 was worse than I thought it would be, and Dynasty warriors Gundam was better than I thought it would be.
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#5 TTDog
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Eternal Sonata, thought it would be just a twee little JRPG but its play really well.
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#6 flintgijoe
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Portal.

Just plain awesome. The dialog, the final "battle". I was simply blown away.

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#7 Links14
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Gears of Wars and Halo 3 were way better than I except.
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#8 SoralinkGS
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Halo 3 was worse than I thought it would beRushMetallica

is it me, or do people just think they need to state "Halo 3 is bad"? That wasn't even part of the question!

Anyways, The Godfather ended up being better than expected for me at least...

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#9 JASONNoonan
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shadow of collosus, i thaught i would hate the concept of pure boss battles but it really worked
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#10 jmartin1016
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The Darkness. It captured my attention from the opening scene.
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#11 G1ll
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Probably King Kong. I wasn't really expecting anything since it was a game based off a movie, but I was pleasantly surprised and it turned out to be quite a blast.
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#12 insane_metalist
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Skate, Halo 3
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#13 DrDazzle
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Hmmm.... Well I didn't think when I bought GHII that it would be so fun, of course now I rarely play it at all. I would say GRAW 2. I played the first and didn't like it too much, but GRAW 2 was great.
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#14 awexom01
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team fortress 2

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#15 x-2tha-z
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Command and Conquer 3, Oblivion and Hitman Blood Money were all better than I thought they'd be.

I never have huge expectations of any game I play to be honest. I never read reviews and previews because I like to know as little as possible about the game I'm playing. Am I the only person like this?

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#16 branketra
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Oh, man Gears of War.
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The Darkness. It captured my attention from the opening scene.jmartin1016

The ads didn't really catch my attention, but the clerk at EB told me it was great, and what it was about. Excellent game.

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#18 Fogotmypantz
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Call of Duty 4. Was sure if i was going to get it but i played the BETA and I am getting it on day 1!!!
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#19 Fogotmypantz
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Wasn't sorry ^^^
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#20 BioShockOwnz
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TimeShift
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#21 GRIMSAGE
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I thought that Psychonauts on the original XBox was alot better than I expected it to be.
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#22 Stephenjag2004
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Actually for me Halo 3 really beat my expectations for what I though it would be. Also Gears of War beat what I thought was going to be a great game so that was really cool. Dead Rising I thought was going to be like Dynasty warriors or something horrible like that but it turned out to be one Xbox 360s top noch titiles.
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#23 Strife88
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Have to go with Bioshock, it was too good.
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#24 goallie
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Geometry wars, what a phenomenal game.
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#25 nelpi
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!!!Lost Planet !!!!
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#26 griever_basic
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Gears of war.. It was addicting

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#27 mariokart64fan
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goldeneye on the nintendo 64 , on 360 project gotham racing 4

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#28 w7w7w7w7w7
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The Simpsons Game. Actually worth renting.
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#29 RedDaemon
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Portal, Episode 1, Episode 2,and Ace Combat 6.
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#30 blue-fish
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Before it came out I couldn't have cared less about Gears of War, I was very surprised. DEAD RISING was also a VERY pleasant surprise (and looking at all the good reviews) I'm shocked TimeShift is any good, the demo made me want to cry I was so bored.
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#31 killerfist
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!!!Lost Planet !!!!nelpi

same. lost planet turned out to be a great game. shooting, running, Mechs, big bad bosses every thing a game needs.

dont play it much anymore tho:P

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#32 Alpha172
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For me, Two Worlds, wished they made less problems in it, used a better engine for graphics, better animation, smooth gameplay and easy to use inventory space etc.
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#33 Alpha172
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[QUOTE="nelpi"]!!!Lost Planet !!!!killerfist

same. lost planet turned out to be a great game. shooting, running, Mechs, big bad bosses every thing a game needs.

dont play it much anymore tho:P

Lost planet could have been awesome if it wasn't for the puny human character.
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#34 ghstbstr
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I thank that Transformers: The Game is really enjoyable and is alot of fun.

To me Bioshock is not as good as everyone is saying, it does have great graphics but really that is all that it has.

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#35 NightRain
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Blue Dragon.

I wasn't sure if would be a great RPG because of the reviews but I really love that game.

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#36 killerfist
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[QUOTE="killerfist"]

[QUOTE="nelpi"]!!!Lost Planet !!!!Alpha172

same. lost planet turned out to be a great game. shooting, running, Mechs, big bad bosses every thing a game needs.

dont play it much anymore tho:P

Lost planet could have been awesome if it wasn't for the puny human character.

yeah well I think otherwise. why would there be another character. makes no difference IMO. it is an realy enjoyable game for me and the MP was great aswell. but then again, I dont play it much anymore. wonder why that is, maybe it just isnt that great.:P

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#37 Ket87
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Fable, I thought it was dumb looking at first but then after playing it blew me away I've beaten it 8 times already.
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#38 JimJackJose
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Viva pinata
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#39 marukazz
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devil may cry 2 (ps2) okami(ps2), fear(pc), halo3(maybe that i dont hawe xbox live:?) world of warcraft

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#40 SizeMatterzz
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Crackdown.Trickshot771

agreed

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#41 spetsgaruda
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GRAW 2! i was never a fan of GRAW but i gave GRAW 2 a try and it was awesome.

Hmmm.... Well I didn't think when I bought GHII that it would be so fun, of course now I rarely play it at all. I would say GRAW 2. I played the first and didn't like it too much, but GRAW 2 was great.DrDazzle

I agree dude it was awesome MUCH MUCH better than i expected

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#42 Korvell88
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My first to games for the xbox360 were GOW and Forza 2. I think they suck... But Juiced 2 is waaaaaaay better than i thought :)
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#43 Superstar1014
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No doubt,Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion
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#44 karram
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Halo 3.
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#45 Warlord20
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From the trailers i knew rainbow six vegas was going to be good but it was still better than i expected. That game is great.
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#46 jmartin1016
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Geometry Wars is the only game I still play from the original games i got with the 360.
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#47 Necromancer5
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Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion.

First game I got for my 360 cuz it was used for $20 and I was soooo surprised at all that I could do. Its truly and incredible game with almost too much variety.

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#48 DZBricktop
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Both Crackdown and Just Cause. Crackdown was a surprise cause everything i had read about the game up until the demo came out, i didnt care for. But thats what demos are for, i tried it, liked enough to buy the game, and loved every second of it. Just Cause REALLY surprised me. When it came out, i got it because i was jonesin for a new game bad. Love it.
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#49 BigRobbyP
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na not just you dude, ppl are always tryna bash even in topics completely different that don't even relate to halo. haters will hate and notice how evry1 has to compare all other shooters to halo...i.e. your just proving how good the game really is by trying to say oh this game is better

back to da point now actually for me it was Skate. i tried it didn't even pay any attention to it but yea great game...

[QUOTE="RushMetallica"]Halo 3 was worse than I thought it would beSoralinkGS

is it me, or do people just think they need to state "Halo 3 is bad"? That wasn't even part of the question!

Anyways, The Godfather ended up being better than expected for me at least...

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#50 Magical_Zebra
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Hands down Chromehounds and Crackdown. Each deserves an 8.5 IMO... ;)