Fun: Pleasant Surprise of the Year

Mr E · 13-01-2010 11:47pm #1

Rules
- Pleasant Surprise of the Year on any machine or console!
- It can be a game that exceeded your expectations, or something great about a game that you weren't expecting.
- Wii/NDS/360/PS3/PSP/PS2/PC/iPod.
- No more than 3 Nominations per person, please.
- Please specify the game(s) and the console(s) they are on.
- Game must have been released on or after January 1st 2009 (search for the game on www.gamefaqs.com and look at the data tab for a release date).
- Nominations of Games for all regions are applicable, except Wii games and some 360 games (PAL Only). Use one of the following sites to check if its region free. url=http://www.play-asia.com]Play Asia[/url | Video Games Plus].
- Top 6-8 will go forward for the Vote (exact number dependant on number of nominations received).
- Vote will take place soon.
- Just one more batch of categories after this. Then its time to vote!

Nominees
UFC 2009
New Super Mario Bros
Shadow Complex
God of War Collection
Demon's Souls
Trials HD
Torchlight
Batman Arkham Asylum
Borderlands

Lands Leaving · 14-01-2010 12:16am

Batman: Arkham Asylum
UFC 2009: Undisputed

rizzla · 14-01-2010 12:51am

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

ciano1 · 14-01-2010 1:19am

Borderlands

Retr0gamer · 14-01-2010 1:21am

Demon's Souls
New Super Mario Bros. wii
Wii getting a lot of excellent but niche exclusives

mailrewop · 14-01-2010 2:50am

Arkham Asylum
Trials HD - never thought it would be so addictive

Mycroft H · 14-01-2010 3:23am

World of goo. Really good fun indie game. Fantastic physics game......

Lightweight aswell, works on a netbook really well

tman · 14-01-2010 8:04am

Borderlands
Torchlight

ShaneU · 14-01-2010 4:20pm

Shadow Complex
UFC Unsisputed
Demon's Souls

Jip · 14-01-2010 4:26pm

360: Trials HD

Nehaxak · 14-01-2010 8:21pm

Torchlight

Creature · 14-01-2010 10:41pm

Batman: Arkham Asylum. I didn't expect it to be half as good as it turned out to be, but then I wasn't following the build up or anything.

GothPunk · 14-01-2010 11:16pm

God of War Collection - gives me hope that there will be a HD Team Ico collection.
Shadow Complex.
Critter Crunch.

Wobbuffet · 15-01-2010 12:21am

Little Kings Story - Wii
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A Darklord - Wiiware

Otacon · 15-01-2010 12:30pm

Borderlands - There are not too many original IPs around that get me to sit up and take notice. This was the best original game of the year IMO.

Batman Arkham Asylum - Finally a superhero game worth writing home about! [though Batman isn't technically a 'super' hero] Every element of the game is well thought-out and makes sense in the Batman universe. And Mark Hamill is fantastic.

God of War Collection - There are a number of franchises in the Playstation library that could get this treatment and it would make huge money for Sony. I want to see Team Ico, Silent Hill and Tomb Raider Collections ASAP.