What game in 2008 surprised you?

[Narilka]

I'm in the Left 4 Dead camp. I was really ho-hum about it (in fact, I didn't really want it, as I figured it had no story and was all about the multiplayer). However, it was given to me for Christmas, and while it definitely lacked in the places I expected (and some places I did not, like the controls, which drove me up the wall for the first day of playing because my melee button wasn't where I expected it to be), it was a ton more fun to play then I thought it would be.

[Tippler]

For me it wasn't a positive surprise: Call of Duty: World at War. The only redeeming factor for this game was the zombie level. The game itself was average for me and my friends here.

For a positive surprise though, I'd go with Left4Dead. Don't have the game yet because it's always out of stock, but the demo blows me away!

[Judge-Azrael]

Fable 2. I didn't like the first one. I couldn't get the hang of the ranged combat. because of that i didn't get very far past the begging of the game. I thought fable 2 was over-hyped too. But it turned out to be really fun and addicting.

[Sandman3030]

I am surprised that everyone was really surprised about Left 4 Dead. From the first time I saw it I knew I was going to like it. I was surprised the most by Mirrors Edge, I really did not see it working till I got my hands on the game and played around with it. I was glad to see EA come out with some new IP and not just the new batch of sequels.

[TNcomposer]

I was pretty surprised about Braid. Sure, it looks like a Super Mario clone at first, but there's really a lot to it.

[SinisterDragon]

LittleBigPlanet. The game look fun and addicting but I didn't know it was going to be THAT fun. Jus the whole social networking aspect of it surprised me on how well it actually delivered. I hope MediaMolecule Keeps it up to date and continues to support it