Crisis Core is still my favorite Final Fantasy game. First FF game I've ever finished and replayed it many times. Excited to know what FFVII Remake will do to Zack.
I remember being blown away by the graphics of CC and the PSP in general. Especially on a portable console. The only other FF game I'd played was FFVII and I really liked the combat in CC compared to the older games. I'm still impressed at what the PSP could do in the 2000s. While I love my switch OLED, and I'm still super impressed it can play gorgeous games like the Witcher 3 portably, I think I was even more blown away at the time by the graphics of the PSP compared to the original DS and previous handhelds. Wish I still had mine, I "let" my parents sell it in a yard sale along with ALL my old consoles and games while I was in college... I'd been drinking with friends when they called me about the yard sale and I wasn't even thinking about what the consequences of saying "Sure! You can sell some of my old toys!" were....HUGE mistake. They practically gave them all away too. Didn't see a penny from it. All my money back then went into buying those consoles and games. Miss me some Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Syphon Filter, Burnout Legends, GOW Chains of Olympus, GTA Chinatown Wars, etc. Along with my GC, PS2, 360, N64 and all my games. Feels bad man...
Dude I love you for putting in Crisis Core. I loved that game sooooo much on my PSP. It gave such a cool back story to FFVII and it had big CGI cutscenes. Man I wish I could find that UMD again.
A game that really surprised me was sonic racing transformed for the Wii U . I love the old sega games levels. Also flying and boating adds a cool element to game play. Thought it was gonna b just ok but I hold it there right next to Mariokart. I hope they make a part 2 for switch.
I haven't tried Sonic Racing Transformed, as I don't have a Wii U, but Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was a great surprise on the Wii as well. Worth a pickup if you don't have it!
@@minimusing6098 I played it way back. It was cool. But the Wii U transformed is really good. Graphics are great. And wireless pro controller are so comfy.
For me my number 1 has to be Burnout 3. Burnout 1 was just alright and 2 was better and crash mode was super fun but 3 came up with the Takedown feature meaning it encouraged aggressive reckless driving and bashing into other racers. It really changed racing games for the better.
I would say Burnout 3 surprised me but after Beetle Adventure Racing on 64 my brain was ready for anything car games had to offer. I thought that game was gonna be such a joke and I LOVE IT.
One of THE very best arcade racers OAT IMO, so much fun and the takedowns/unlockables gave you a constant set of new options and reward progressions that just helped keep you hooked long enough to get really good at the game and treat each race as your own personal playground. I really wish they'd re-release it, I wouldn't mind if they don't bother fully remastering it just give it HD and 60FPS and I'll buy it on Steam and be as happy as a pig in sh*t.
"Burnout Three:Takedown," considering its sheer ingenuity caught in the very eye of its "a mi me gusta los boosters" vision, felt as if a Kubrick take on "The Fast And Furious" franchise. With "Paradise," though, it all becomes sluggish as a perusal, not least a perusal of "The [vast/sparse] Steppe" by Anton Chekhov, which is wrong. Only thing a Burnout fan wanna read while playing Burnout is the traffic, by electrified instinct which curbs on intuition. "Burnout, the game" is meant to be the polar opposite of "burnout, the word."
I know people are wondering if this is an April Fool's video. It is not. Legit topic I wanted to make a video about. Maybe next year on April Fool's I'll announce my OnlyFans page 😉
Hades has been my biggest surprise as of late! I was never into rogue like games or dungeon crawlers for that matter and I just assumed Hades was another game like that. But the interactions with Greek gods and long term storytelling and addicting gameplay loop sucked me in.
@@tylerpeterson5179 idk why but all the console ports of dead cells feel unpolished to me. Even on my laptop with shitty onboard graphics the game runs 100x smoother
Persona 4 Golden back in 2013 was a total surprise for me at time, i got it on a whim after the critical praise and now it's my favourite game of all time (closely followed by the Yakuza series) the characters are lovable and feel like true friends to me and the story is one of the best ones in gaming :)
Same for me, but I`we played original P4. I don`t know anything about Persona games and wanted to try it only because of a picture from P4G where Yu rides a Vespa :) It was blow my mind!
The most surprising game for me was Luigi’s Mansion on the DS. I thought it was going to be the classic “give me your money” franchise move but ended up being one of my fav game and series on the Ds-3ds-Switch
Crisis core final fantasy was the first game that made me cry at the ending. I was 11 or 12 at the time laying in bed just crying. Truly a masterpiece.
Sneak King for the XBox. I recently played it for the first time and my expectations were very low, especially since I don't like stealth games. I was very surprised to see that it's actually kind of decent and a nice way to spend a chill Saturday afternoon.
I'd add Portal to my own list. Initially it was advertised as a pretty straightforward stage-based puzzle game, the wider narrative was a joy to discover. Also, Donkey Kong on the GameBoy. The first 4 levels played as expected, but what happened next was quite the surprise.
I was completely convinced this was gonna be a long setup for an April Fools joke… but it never came. Having said that, I think the Tomb Raider reboot might be the most underrated trilogy to come out in the last decade. Those games are just awesome.
@@hazy33 Well different strokes and all that. Glad you enjoyed them. I think you will likely never see those types of puzzles again in the series as they weren’t exactly the most… highly revered parts of those games. Fun fact: the reason the developers originally put in those complicated/esoteric puzzles was to slow down the player and extend playtime. It saved on development cost. There are interviews were they talked about it.
Biggest surprise for me was playing Castlevania Symphony of the Night when I was 16. I was very skeptical playing a Castlevania game on the playstation cause it looked different but it blew my mind and that music is still classic.
Ys VIII and Gravity Rush were two big surprises for me. I got into them well after their initial launch but came to instantly love both franchises after playing them!
Great comparison between Rogue One and Crisis Core, tragic stories worth telling that bring a year to your eye. There's a sadness in the inevitability of the character's fates rather than feeling pointless like many prequels that contain plot based armor. Would you say MetalJesus became a hero?
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Great video and video idea! For me one of the biggest surprises was Singularity on PS3. When it came out I assumed it would be a simple budget title but I loved the time manipulation mechanic and the overall atmosphere and story. To this day I feel like I'm still on the hunt for surprisingly good "Singularity-like" games.
I found Wolfenstein '09 to be similar to Singularity in a few areas and its supposedly made by some of the Singularity developers and has the same feel to it... Both are some of my favorite games
Anytime someone mentions how surprised they were with astrbot I know immediately they never played the vr game. That was a top 3 experience on psvr and I knew after that any follow-up would be rock solid. Also tomb raider 2013 for life....
Mario Odyssey surprised me, not by gameplay, but by how convenient it was to not restart the whole level after getting a moon/star. I didn’t think it was a big deal until I replayed galaxy and it made me appreciate odyssey more, just wish they fleshed out more of the worlds and it would be my favorite 3d Mario game.
Beat Saber was definitely a huge surprise. Also Resident Evil 4 VR. Some other surprises for me were GTA: Liberty City Stories, Burnout 3, Skate, GTA IV, Portal 1 & 2, WarioWare Inc., Dying Light, Wipeout Omega Collection, Wreckfest, Urban Trial Freestyle, Kirby's Block Ball, and so many others. This comment could easily be a book lol
The games that surprised me was Gun-Nac for the NES, Hammerin' Hero for the PSP, What The Golf for the Switch, Hot Wheels Track Attack for the Wii, and the recent Hitman games.
I have been very busy with other games and can't wait to delve more into Super Mario Odyssey. I started it- then watched my wife play it and she is close to the end... again. What an amazing game. It's like they took the Mario 64 formula, upgraded the heck out of it, polished it and set it on its way.
Agree 💯 about Mario Odyssey. I wasn't expecting it to be bad by any means, but out of nowhere it easily became one of my favorite games of all time. It's soooo good!
MetalJesus I would recommend downloading custom maps and songs online with Beat Saber on PC there is hundreds of metal songs with cool maps that you can download that will never be added normally to license through the game and it's drag and drop should check it out makes the game perfect
A Plague Tale Innocence was a HUGE surprise for me. I don't even know why I picked it up, but WOW. Such an amazing, dark, but heartfelt story! The very real sense of anxiety and struggling alone in a bleak world with just a small group that comes together, overcoming each obstacle, was an incredible experience. I never dreamed a hidden gem like this would get a sequel, but it's on the way!
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The game that caught me by surprise was Motorstorm Apocalypse.Evolution studios got everything so right, I just can't get enough of it.If that's not sign of good game, I don't know what is.
No joke, one of the only reasons I’m considering trying to emulate the PS3 is the Motorstorm series. I still have a PS3 but… I don’t wanna hook it up. I’m kinda over having 15 systems hooked up to my tv at once. I either have modern systems connected or I have a few emulating avenues for my retro needs (is PS3 retro at this point?)
Apocalypse was great. I liked the challenge of the other 2 PS3 games better but I remember it being a fun run through. It was cool to see the 3d glasses getting some use too at the time.
@@theconsolekiller7113 I really wish Motorstorm RC was a better game since I’ve recently picked up a Vita. I don’t know what I was expecting but a micro machines clone was not it.
@@leeartlee915 Nice. I think I saw footage of that game but havent tried it. The micromachines games can be very good but its a different style. Definately prefer the regular racing style of the other games. Not sure if the RC version was done well.
South Park: The Stick of Truth! I love South Park so I knew it would be good but it totally crushed it. I was crying with laughter every 2 minutes! So funny. I went through withdrawal after finishing it. I'm still in withdrawal years after playing the sequel.
Absolutely agree, and somehow its underrated. It's like GTA 5, Zelda BotW, and RDR2 combined, but set in feudal Japan - how is this not the greatest game ever? They are even making a movie out of it.
That was interesting to watch. Crisis core was indeed a big surprise, also about the graphics for me, it was the first game I played on a PSP and that was awesome. Some games that really surprised me are Puzzle quest challenge of the warlords (such an amazing gameplay), Infamous, Anodyne, Oneshot...
For me, it was X-Men Mutant Apocalypse. It was a total blind buy at Kay Bee toy store back in 1994. But I was on the hunt for games for my SNES that I had recently bought second-hand from the newspaper classifieds. I was a little hesitant because I had played some pretty bad X-Men games on the NES. But I took it home, fired it up, and it’s one of my favorite games to this day.
I agree with so many of these, but I think comparing the tank controls of Resident Evil and Katamari Damacy is a bit misleading. Resident Evil has tank controls only in the sense that you control turning and forward/backwards movement independently and non-simultaneously. Katamari has true tank controls in that the analog sticks act like the treads of a tank and need to be controlled as such.
Crisis core was one of my most loved games. I loved the game so much that I named my son who is 18 months now Zack because of my love for final fantasy and how much I loved crisis core.
Ohh man, I do the SAME thing with Mario Odyssey every year leading up to Christmas. My son and I break it out, try all the different costumes (mostly Santa), and just have a fun time playing different levels. I didn’t expect to fall for Odyssey, but did I! To me, it’s the best Mario game ever created. Absolutely incredible!
Katamari Damacy is still such a unique game to me. Easily the most esoteric and beautiful soundtracks ever made. Have most of the games and the vinyl. If you are a fan please try Wattam. I have that vinyl framed up hanging next to my Katamari Damacy vinyl. Beat Saber struck me as an interesting approach to music games but being someone that trained with swords in my youth it REALLY was an incredible experience. Once I git the patterns and rhythm for certain songs I could even incorporate bits and pieces of old kata that I used to do. Epic game in my eyes. Awesome vid good sir!
Morning, MJ! As you scoured the shelves for a surprising game, I remember these few gems which were meant to be the "redemption" of their particular series. Right off the bat is the sequel to the PS3's Warhawk(I guess it was called "Starhawk"), which was phenomenal. Problem was the meagre online community for it. There was also the sequel to that Ubisoft launch title for the Wii, "Red Steel 2." It was drastically better than the debut, and it still feels I'm speaking in euphemisms. The same MUST be said about "Rocksmith 2014" and "No More Heroes 2". Geez, even "Excite Bots"[Wii], a direct sequel to the tepid "Excite Truck", was a humdinger! Some of these "second chances" were SO much better than the inception of a series that we're talking about leaps that scratched the "resurrection level", rather than redemption alone. The biggest example of a full-on "resurrection," in all of gaming history, is obviously the second iteration of Street Fighter! Talk about a leap!
One game that surprised me on PS2, with how good the graphics were, how quickly I learned (& mastered) the controls, and just how rocking awesome the soundtrack was / is, adding up to one of my all-time favorite games through my lifetime playing games on various consoles, mobile, & yes, even pc... Burnout 3: Takedown.
There have been tons of welcome surprises over the years. Super Mario Bros knocked my socks off after having played only Atari 2600 games at home to that point. I had no idea that console games could be like that. Keith Courage was my first taste of 16-bit gaming, and stunned me with how it looked. For a real surprise, though, Giga Wing on Dreamcast really took me off guard. I had played shooters a bit over the years, and while I had some that I liked, they had become somewhat a thing of the past to me... and then Giga Wing just exploded with so many bullets and colorful graphics. It completely made me fall in love with shooters again, old and new.
Maniac Mansion. I bought that one for the Commodore 64 back in the day purely based on the box. "This game looks cool!" Took that bad boy home and was amazed by what that game did. It was so clever that you could pick the kids you wanted to play the game with and they all had their own special personalities and abilities... and depending on who you took, the experience was different. Certain puzzles could only be accomplished with certain kids, and you got different results and endings depending on who you took, which made that game extra special for the time. The writing was a riot, as well... definitely a huge selling point. Point-and-click adventures were never quite the same after that one... Maniac Mansion really made me come to love the genre... and I just happened to stumble into it one day knowing nothing about it!
I took my family to a 3D arcade to play Beat Saber. I thought it was only going to be a little bit of a warmup thing we'd play for a few minutes before moving on to something more impressive. But we actually couldn't get enough of it and played it the whole time we were there. The controls are on point, the music is great, and the entire experience is just so engaging. I was surprised by how fun it is, too.
I just picked up Super Mario Odyssey yesterday and I am loving it so far. Been thinking about it for awhile, the Hat concept sounded really cool. I met Charles Martinet in Indy on Friday and forgot to ask what his favorite Mario game was, so searched the internet and this was one ( SM64 and Sunshine being others from what i seen) so I looked and Walmart had it for 40 bucks! Also, dude, i would have LOVED to come to Wisconsin to meet yall, but Indy Comic Con and Megadeth tonight got me tapped. Rock on and safe travels!
Shovel knight and Ace Combat Legacy + and resident evil revelations on the 3ds were fantastic to me, Half life and Deus Ex on the PS2 are great special versions with their own flare and bonus content/features, Hollow Knight on the switch was such a joy and so where many third party ports which idk how they got them on the switch, and Metroid Prime wowed me when I could unlock armor and the nes game if I linked my finished Metroid fusion game with my GameCube, and for the DS metroid prime hunters and other rumble/3D games that I never imagined would be possible on a handheld but yet we got them.
Didn't expect to see Crisis Core here! I believe they haven't re-released it due to Gackt's likeness used for Genesis's character model. They don't have the rights to use it anymore, and they would have to redo the character model along with all the pre-rendered cutscenes. I think it's worth it, as unfortunately it's one of those PSP games that was only released physically.
I really can't tell if this is an April Fool's vid or not (especially around the Odyssey section), which is the best kind of April Fool's Day upload. Kudos.
Hades comes to mind as a recent surprise. Kind of bought it on a whim and it's been one of my favorite games of the last few years and on the list for favorite all-time.
Some great choices. Crisis Core is one of my favourite games of all time. Katamari is such bizarre fun and I'm glad they remastered Damacy. I actually sold my copy of Super Mario Odyssey because I wasn't fully into it at the time, but I think I'll have to get another copy eventually.
Yoshi's woolly world! I played it expecting level of any other Yoshisl game and I got so much more out of it! Having not much time on my hands to play something I don't know if I would like that or not I very rarely run into positive surprises. I have a good judgment in advance about how a game will turn out, so occasionally I might end ilup with a game that starts sucking at one point but 99% of the time get what I expected from games. Woolly World was one of the rare exceptions that went beyond my expectations! Masterpiece!
Olliolli World is so fun on the Switch, it makes me feel like it is the Skate Or Die game I wanted and never could have had in the 1980's. Great colors, somewhat basic gameplay with a progressive challenge. I need a thunbstick cap though, it turned to dust doing advanced tricks.
Pitfall 2. I adored Pitfall, so I was extra excited to try the sequel. WOW! Pitfall 2 blew my mind! It was truly sprawling and expansive with what you could explore and gather... not just running right or left endlessly. It felt truly huge for the day! I know that the cart for the Atari 2600 included extra memory to handle how big the game was and even extra channels for music/audio... I can testify that they certainly put that extra memory to good use! Mind-blowing game for me back in the day! Easily one of the best games on the 2600 system... probably the most technically impressive game for it, at least.
The most latest for me was Gran Turismo 7. I'm not a gearhead and I haven't played one since 2. But the craftsmanship and attention to detail had me hooked.
If you like Beat Saber, I'd highly recommend Synth Riders. Not only is it a more active game, but the mod scene is so much friendlier than Beat Saber to allow custom songs in any genre you can think of.
I'm pretty behind the times, but I just started Mario Odyssey a couple weeks ago and I've been nothing short of blown away. I've only got 250 or so of the 999 moons and I've only burned through half the levels so far, but it feels like I've already played through two full Mario games.
Super Mario Odyssey really surprised me too, but probably quite differently. I thought is was a decent game. Entertaining, but not a must own. But then I decided to go for 100%. Beat all the challenges, get all the moons, unlock every costume, beat my friends in the mini-games. And that's when it really opened up to me. The late game freaking killed it! It was so rewarding to just keep pushing for that next impossible challenge. I thought I'd never get the triple jump, for example, but there's a race in there that absolutely requires it. So learn it I did! I've never played a game that paid just as much attention to late-game progression as early-game. Phenomenal.
great list! The most recent game to surprise me was Death Stranding. Even though it's fair to expect something off-the-wall from Kojima, no one expected a hardcore traversal sim! While "walking sim" became a derogatory term for DS, it actually creates unique gameplay mechanics and meta for something that is featured in so many games and therefore taken for granted.
Definately an intriguing game. I did get bored with the game but something still compells me to go back to it and see it through. Maybe ill resume on the PS5 version when it gets cheap.
For me some of the biggest surprises were, Resident Evil 4 on the GC, God Hand, Vanquish and Dead Space 2. Dead Space 1 was great but didnt expect the second game to be one of my favorites of all time. RE 4 I wasnt even anticipating and is still one of my favorite all time games. God Hand was a game I picked up with my PS3, despite it being a PS2 game, and didnt even know what it was. Its still one of my favorite games. Vanquish was a game I only played a demo of, but didnt click with me until I purchased it. Again, one of my top games. I would add Ninja Gaiden for Xbox in there, but I knew about it for a while before picking up the Xbox. Its what sold me on the console along with Halo 2. I regard Ninja Gaiden Black among the best games as well. Gears Of War was one I was hyped about for a while so I cant say it was a surprise, but had a huge impact on me as well.
Katamari Damcy i got back on the PS2 Local EB Games employee recommended it when I returned a copy of THUG 2. Played it and fell in love with it and have played them all both on PS2 then PSP then Xbox 360 then PS3 then PS Vita. Each game is slightly different like stages and different game play style like PSP uses the d pad plus face buttons and PS Vita uses the touch screens.
@MetalJesusRocks I personally enjoy listening and watching you play games , despite what you said early in this video. I’m hoping to see more of you and the crew create videos where you play examples of all these great games 🎸🤘🏿
I already beat Spiderman on PS4 but I’m replaying the remaster on PS5 and I truly can’t believe how great it is the second time around. Running at a buttery 60 fps and beautiful graphics with an amazing story, it’s a must play.
Thanks! I’m about to play outrun now.
Finally I can scratch my MJR itch I've had for over a week. I need my fix!
100% agree with Crisis Core. I now feel that I need to play it again. The ending battle really creates some humility.
Crisis Core is still my favorite Final Fantasy game. First FF game I've ever finished and replayed it many times. Excited to know what FFVII Remake will do to Zack.
You can litteraly play ff 1-9 on psp you monster.
I remember being blown away by the graphics of CC and the PSP in general. Especially on a portable console. The only other FF game I'd played was FFVII and I really liked the combat in CC compared to the older games. I'm still impressed at what the PSP could do in the 2000s. While I love my switch OLED, and I'm still super impressed it can play gorgeous games like the Witcher 3 portably, I think I was even more blown away at the time by the graphics of the PSP compared to the original DS and previous handhelds. Wish I still had mine, I "let" my parents sell it in a yard sale along with ALL my old consoles and games while I was in college...
I'd been drinking with friends when they called me about the yard sale and I wasn't even thinking about what the consequences of saying "Sure! You can sell some of my old toys!" were....HUGE mistake. They practically gave them all away too. Didn't see a penny from it. All my money back then went into buying those consoles and games. Miss me some Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Syphon Filter, Burnout Legends, GOW Chains of Olympus, GTA Chinatown Wars, etc. Along with my GC, PS2, 360, N64 and all my games. Feels bad man...
@@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026 Understandable. Was really sad when we had to sell my PS Vita so we could pay for the PS4. Didn't sell my games though.
Dude I love you for putting in Crisis Core. I loved that game sooooo much on my PSP. It gave such a cool back story to FFVII and it had big CGI cutscenes. Man I wish I could find that UMD again.
If you can't find it try modding your psp its super easy and let's you play loads of psp games you wouldnt have tried otherwise!
A game that really surprised me was sonic racing transformed for the Wii U . I love the old sega games levels. Also flying and boating adds a cool element to game play. Thought it was gonna b just ok but I hold it there right next to Mariokart. I hope they make a part 2 for switch.
I haven't tried Sonic Racing Transformed, as I don't have a Wii U, but Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing was a great surprise on the Wii as well. Worth a pickup if you don't have it!
@@minimusing6098 I played it way back. It was cool. But the Wii U transformed is really good. Graphics are great. And wireless pro controller are so comfy.
Just got that for the Vita
For me my number 1 has to be Burnout 3. Burnout 1 was just alright and 2 was better and crash mode was super fun but 3 came up with the Takedown feature meaning it encouraged aggressive reckless driving and bashing into other racers. It really changed racing games for the better.
I would say Burnout 3 surprised me but after Beetle Adventure Racing on 64 my brain was ready for anything car games had to offer. I thought that game was gonna be such a joke and I LOVE IT.
One of THE very best arcade racers OAT IMO, so much fun and the takedowns/unlockables gave you a constant set of new options and reward progressions that just helped keep you hooked long enough to get really good at the game and treat each race as your own personal playground. I really wish they'd re-release it, I wouldn't mind if they don't bother fully remastering it just give it HD and 60FPS and I'll buy it on Steam and be as happy as a pig in sh*t.
Burnout 3 was my introduction to the series. Loved it. The fourth one really blew me away with the racing but for crash mode part 3 was the best.
"Burnout Three:Takedown," considering its sheer ingenuity caught in the very eye of its "a mi me gusta los boosters" vision, felt as if a Kubrick take on "The Fast And Furious" franchise. With "Paradise," though, it all becomes sluggish as a perusal, not least a perusal of "The [vast/sparse] Steppe" by Anton Chekhov, which is wrong. Only thing a Burnout fan wanna read while playing Burnout is the traffic, by electrified instinct which curbs on intuition. "Burnout, the game" is meant to be the polar opposite of "burnout, the word."
I know people are wondering if this is an April Fool's video. It is not. Legit topic I wanted to make a video about. Maybe next year on April Fool's I'll announce my OnlyFans page 😉
Hades has been my biggest surprise as of late!
I was never into rogue like games or dungeon crawlers for that matter and I just assumed Hades was another game like that. But the interactions with Greek gods and long term storytelling and addicting gameplay loop sucked me in.
Me too! One of the best games ever. After Dead Cells (fantastic all timer itself) I thought I didn’t need more rogue, I was wrong.
@@tylerpeterson5179 I have Dead Cells own loaded off of Game Pass, gonna be trying it soon
@@tylerpeterson5179 idk why but all the console ports of dead cells feel unpolished to me. Even on my laptop with shitty onboard graphics the game runs 100x smoother
Metroid prime really blew me away. I just couldn’t wrap my head around Metroid being a 3d game but they nailed it.
Agreed, Prime is still one of my favorite games of all time, better than most games today for sure
Persona 4 Golden back in 2013 was a total surprise for me at time, i got it on a whim after the critical praise and now it's my favourite game of all time (closely followed by the Yakuza series) the characters are lovable and feel like true friends to me and the story is one of the best ones in gaming :)
Same for me, but I`we played original P4. I don`t know anything about Persona games and wanted to try it only because of a picture from P4G where Yu rides a Vespa :) It was blow my mind!
9:58 lol i love how you kill people with the sword and it says CONFLICT RESOLVED
The most surprising game for me was Luigi’s Mansion on the DS. I thought it was going to be the classic “give me your money” franchise move but ended up being one of my fav game and series on the Ds-3ds-Switch
*3ds. Amazing game though and more difficult/challenging than I expected.
You mean GC,3ds,switch.... No DS
@@eviljigglypuff2254 My bad! I get confused easily!
I just love how positive your channel is man \m/
Crisis core final fantasy was the first game that made me cry at the ending. I was 11 or 12 at the time laying in bed just crying. Truly a masterpiece.
And now all these years later you find out Zack isn't really dead
Sneak King for the XBox. I recently played it for the first time and my expectations were very low, especially since I don't like stealth games. I was very surprised to see that it's actually kind of decent and a nice way to spend a chill Saturday afternoon.
5:08 Don't apologise MJR that was art in motion
I'd add Portal to my own list. Initially it was advertised as a pretty straightforward stage-based puzzle game, the wider narrative was a joy to discover. Also, Donkey Kong on the GameBoy. The first 4 levels played as expected, but what happened next was quite the surprise.
Totally agree on Donkey King xD
Portal is an excellent choice! I think everybody was blown away by just how creative and fun that game is
I was completely convinced this was gonna be a long setup for an April Fools joke… but it never came. Having said that, I think the Tomb Raider reboot might be the most underrated trilogy to come out in the last decade. Those games are just awesome.
One of the best modern series after the reboot.
I love them too. I just wish they had the confidence to put in the huge awe inspiring puzzles like the early games had.
@@hazy33 Ehhhhh, have you played some of those early Tomb Raider puzzles? Some of them were good but some of them? Ooof, horrible.
@@leeartlee915 Yes I did. You look and go how on earth am i going to solve this!? All part of the fun, well to me anyway 🙂
@@hazy33 Well different strokes and all that. Glad you enjoyed them. I think you will likely never see those types of puzzles again in the series as they weren’t exactly the most… highly revered parts of those games. Fun fact: the reason the developers originally put in those complicated/esoteric puzzles was to slow down the player and extend playtime. It saved on development cost. There are interviews were they talked about it.
Biggest surprise for me was playing Castlevania Symphony of the Night when I was 16. I was very skeptical playing a Castlevania game on the playstation cause it looked different but it blew my mind and that music is still classic.
Ys VIII and Gravity Rush were two big surprises for me. I got into them well after their initial launch but came to instantly love both franchises after playing them!
I have a PS5 and have never played Astro's Playroom. I'll check it out, over the weekend. Thanks and Rock ON
Great comparison between Rogue One and Crisis Core, tragic stories worth telling that bring a year to your eye.
There's a sadness in the inevitability of the character's fates rather than feeling pointless like many prequels that contain plot based armor.
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Absolutely love it, Metal Jesus! Please do a new game pickups with Reg!!! ❤️
My first PS3 game that i played was Uncharted 3. I had no expectations and it blew me away. One of my all time fav games for sure.
My 1st PS3 game I've played was Heavenly Sword.
My first and fav ps3 game is MGS4. Love it or hate it such a fun game to mess around in
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Great video and video idea! For me one of the biggest surprises was Singularity on PS3. When it came out I assumed it would be a simple budget title but I loved the time manipulation mechanic and the overall atmosphere and story. To this day I feel like I'm still on the hunt for surprisingly good "Singularity-like" games.
Yes!.... I have it on 360 and the game is amazing to say the least!
I found Wolfenstein '09 to be similar to Singularity in a few areas and its supposedly made by some of the Singularity developers and has the same feel to it... Both are some of my favorite games
Anytime someone mentions how surprised they were with astrbot I know immediately they never played the vr game. That was a top 3 experience on psvr and I knew after that any follow-up would be rock solid.
Also tomb raider 2013 for life....
Mario Odyssey surprised me, not by gameplay, but by how convenient it was to not restart the whole level after getting a moon/star. I didn’t think it was a big deal until I replayed galaxy and it made me appreciate odyssey more, just wish they fleshed out more of the worlds and it would be my favorite 3d Mario game.
Beat Saber was definitely a huge surprise. Also Resident Evil 4 VR. Some other surprises for me were GTA: Liberty City Stories, Burnout 3, Skate, GTA IV, Portal 1 & 2, WarioWare Inc., Dying Light, Wipeout Omega Collection, Wreckfest, Urban Trial Freestyle, Kirby's Block Ball, and so many others. This comment could easily be a book lol
The games that surprised me was Gun-Nac for the NES, Hammerin' Hero for the PSP, What The Golf for the Switch, Hot Wheels Track Attack for the Wii, and the recent Hitman games.
Astrobot rescue mission VR really surprised me. The music ,gameplay and charm 10/10 game for me.
Awesome vid as always! I saw around 4:45 you have some Trigun figures in the background..awesome!
Yep! Huge fan of the original anime series.
I have been very busy with other games and can't wait to delve more into Super Mario Odyssey. I started it- then watched my wife play it and she is close to the end... again. What an amazing game. It's like they took the Mario 64 formula, upgraded the heck out of it, polished it and set it on its way.
Yes. It's a high quality video game. Polished. Nintendo seal of quality.
Agree 💯 about Mario Odyssey. I wasn't expecting it to be bad by any means, but out of nowhere it easily became one of my favorite games of all time. It's soooo good!
MetalJesus I would recommend downloading custom maps and songs online with Beat Saber on PC there is hundreds of metal songs with cool maps that you can download that will never be added normally to license through the game and it's drag and drop should check it out makes the game perfect
A Plague Tale Innocence was a HUGE surprise for me. I don't even know why I picked it up, but WOW. Such an amazing, dark, but heartfelt story! The very real sense of anxiety and struggling alone in a bleak world with just a small group that comes together, overcoming each obstacle, was an incredible experience. I never dreamed a hidden gem like this would get a sequel, but it's on the way!
Mario Odyssey is an amazing Mario game. It pays tribute to the history of the franchise in all the amazing ways.
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The game that caught me by surprise was Motorstorm Apocalypse.Evolution studios got everything so right, I just can't get enough of it.If that's not sign of good game, I don't know what is.
Yeah, the Motorstorm series just got better and better as it went along. Great choice!
No joke, one of the only reasons I’m considering trying to emulate the PS3 is the Motorstorm series. I still have a PS3 but… I don’t wanna hook it up. I’m kinda over having 15 systems hooked up to my tv at once. I either have modern systems connected or I have a few emulating avenues for my retro needs (is PS3 retro at this point?)
Apocalypse was great. I liked the challenge of the other 2 PS3 games better but I remember it being a fun run through. It was cool to see the 3d glasses getting some use too at the time.
@@theconsolekiller7113 I really wish Motorstorm RC was a better game since I’ve recently picked up a Vita. I don’t know what I was expecting but a micro machines clone was not it.
@@leeartlee915 Nice. I think I saw footage of that game but havent tried it. The micromachines games can be very good but its a different style. Definately prefer the regular racing style of the other games. Not sure if the RC version was done well.
I played KATAMARI DAMACY after seeing one of your videos and LOVED IT!!! THANKS METALJESUSROCKS!!
South Park: The Stick of Truth! I love South Park so I knew it would be good but it totally crushed it. I was crying with laughter every 2 minutes! So funny. I went through withdrawal after finishing it. I'm still in withdrawal years after playing the sequel.
Congrats, Sammy!
Ghost of Tsushima. I didn’t have much in way of expectations but it’s not only brilliant to play but the visuals are astounding especially on PS5.
Absolutely agree, and somehow its underrated. It's like GTA 5, Zelda BotW, and RDR2 combined, but set in feudal Japan - how is this not the greatest game ever? They are even making a movie out of it.
That was interesting to watch.
Crisis core was indeed a big surprise, also about the graphics for me, it was the first game I played on a PSP and that was awesome.
Some games that really surprised me are Puzzle quest challenge of the warlords (such an amazing gameplay), Infamous, Anodyne, Oneshot...
For me, it was X-Men Mutant Apocalypse. It was a total blind buy at Kay Bee toy store back in 1994. But I was on the hunt for games for my SNES that I had recently bought second-hand from the newspaper classifieds. I was a little hesitant because I had played some pretty bad X-Men games on the NES. But I took it home, fired it up, and it’s one of my favorite games to this day.
Eastward - such a great game.
Just finished it, so much fun.
As a casual gamer, Uncharted 2 blew my mind. One of the greatest experiences!
Yeah, Uncharted 2 is still my favorite in the series. So many great moments
Uncharted 2 is my favourite uncharted game by a mile. So so epic!
I appreciate a gentleman who properly uses the adjective "addictive" instead of substituting the verb "addicting!" Bravo!
I go back and replay particular stages on Katamari Damacy purely to listen to it's soundtrack. It's just too good!!
One of my first downloads for Xbox game pass on my series s. It's just as memorable as when I played it 15+ years ago.
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance was a real surprise to me. Such an awesome series.
Elden Ring surprised me. I knew it would be good, but I had no idea it would be this good. And there are just so many secrets to discover.
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On a Friday, MetalJesus. It's going to be a great weekend.
I agree with so many of these, but I think comparing the tank controls of Resident Evil and Katamari Damacy is a bit misleading. Resident Evil has tank controls only in the sense that you control turning and forward/backwards movement independently and non-simultaneously. Katamari has true tank controls in that the analog sticks act like the treads of a tank and need to be controlled as such.
Crisis core was one of my most loved games. I loved the game so much that I named my son who is 18 months now Zack because of my love for final fantasy and how much I loved crisis core.
Ohh man, I do the SAME thing with Mario Odyssey every year leading up to Christmas. My son and I break it out, try all the different costumes (mostly Santa), and just have a fun time playing different levels. I didn’t expect to fall for Odyssey, but did I! To me, it’s the best Mario game ever created. Absolutely incredible!
Pokemon: Red & Blue and FF8 were the most surprising games growing up. That opening video in FF8 made me realize the future was going to be awesome.
Katamari Damacy is still such a unique game to me. Easily the most esoteric and beautiful soundtracks ever made. Have most of the games and the vinyl. If you are a fan please try Wattam. I have that vinyl framed up hanging next to my Katamari Damacy vinyl. Beat Saber struck me as an interesting approach to music games but being someone that trained with swords in my youth it REALLY was an incredible experience. Once I git the patterns and rhythm for certain songs I could even incorporate bits and pieces of old kata that I used to do. Epic game in my eyes. Awesome vid good sir!
Morning, MJ! As you scoured the shelves for a surprising game, I remember these few gems which were meant to be the "redemption" of their particular series. Right off the bat is the sequel to the PS3's Warhawk(I guess it was called "Starhawk"), which was phenomenal. Problem was the meagre online community for it. There was also the sequel to that Ubisoft launch title for the Wii, "Red Steel 2." It was drastically better than the debut, and it still feels I'm speaking in euphemisms. The same MUST be said about "Rocksmith 2014" and "No More Heroes 2". Geez, even "Excite Bots"[Wii], a direct sequel to the tepid "Excite Truck", was a humdinger! Some of these "second chances" were SO much better than the inception of a series that we're talking about leaps that scratched the "resurrection level", rather than redemption alone. The biggest example of a full-on "resurrection," in all of gaming history, is obviously the second iteration of Street Fighter! Talk about a leap!
One game that surprised me on PS2, with how good the graphics were, how quickly I learned (& mastered) the controls, and just how rocking awesome the soundtrack was / is, adding up to one of my all-time favorite games through my lifetime playing games on various consoles, mobile, & yes, even pc... Burnout 3: Takedown.
There have been tons of welcome surprises over the years. Super Mario Bros knocked my socks off after having played only Atari 2600 games at home to that point. I had no idea that console games could be like that. Keith Courage was my first taste of 16-bit gaming, and stunned me with how it looked.
For a real surprise, though, Giga Wing on Dreamcast really took me off guard. I had played shooters a bit over the years, and while I had some that I liked, they had become somewhat a thing of the past to me... and then Giga Wing just exploded with so many bullets and colorful graphics. It completely made me fall in love with shooters again, old and new.
Maniac Mansion. I bought that one for the Commodore 64 back in the day purely based on the box. "This game looks cool!" Took that bad boy home and was amazed by what that game did. It was so clever that you could pick the kids you wanted to play the game with and they all had their own special personalities and abilities... and depending on who you took, the experience was different. Certain puzzles could only be accomplished with certain kids, and you got different results and endings depending on who you took, which made that game extra special for the time. The writing was a riot, as well... definitely a huge selling point. Point-and-click adventures were never quite the same after that one... Maniac Mansion really made me come to love the genre... and I just happened to stumble into it one day knowing nothing about it!
I took my family to a 3D arcade to play Beat Saber. I thought it was only going to be a little bit of a warmup thing we'd play for a few minutes before moving on to something more impressive. But we actually couldn't get enough of it and played it the whole time we were there. The controls are on point, the music is great, and the entire experience is just so engaging. I was surprised by how fun it is, too.
Crisis Core was my first FF. Wow... I love this game. Spend so many hours with my PSP.
Also, I agree Katamari Damacy is actually my favourite intro theme tune in gaming
I just picked up Super Mario Odyssey yesterday and I am loving it so far. Been thinking about it for awhile, the Hat concept sounded really cool. I met Charles Martinet in Indy on Friday and forgot to ask what his favorite Mario game was, so searched the internet and this was one ( SM64 and Sunshine being others from what i seen) so I looked and Walmart had it for 40 bucks! Also, dude, i would have LOVED to come to Wisconsin to meet yall, but Indy Comic Con and Megadeth tonight got me tapped. Rock on and safe travels!
Shovel knight and Ace Combat Legacy + and resident evil revelations on the 3ds were fantastic to me, Half life and Deus Ex on the PS2 are great special versions with their own flare and bonus content/features, Hollow Knight on the switch was such a joy and so where many third party ports which idk how they got them on the switch, and Metroid Prime wowed me when I could unlock armor and the nes game if I linked my finished Metroid fusion game with my GameCube, and for the DS metroid prime hunters and other rumble/3D games that I never imagined would be possible on a handheld but yet we got them.
Didn't expect to see Crisis Core here! I believe they haven't re-released it due to Gackt's likeness used for Genesis's character model. They don't have the rights to use it anymore, and they would have to redo the character model along with all the pre-rendered cutscenes. I think it's worth it, as unfortunately it's one of those PSP games that was only released physically.
I really can't tell if this is an April Fool's vid or not (especially around the Odyssey section), which is the best kind of April Fool's Day upload. Kudos.
Hades comes to mind as a recent surprise. Kind of bought it on a whim and it's been one of my favorite games of the last few years and on the list for favorite all-time.
Some great choices. Crisis Core is one of my favourite games of all time. Katamari is such bizarre fun and I'm glad they remastered Damacy. I actually sold my copy of Super Mario Odyssey because I wasn't fully into it at the time, but I think I'll have to get another copy eventually.
Yoshi's woolly world!
I played it expecting level of any other Yoshisl game and I got so much more out of it!
Having not much time on my hands to play something I don't know if I would like that or not I very rarely run into positive surprises.
I have a good judgment in advance about how a game will turn out, so occasionally I might end ilup with a game that starts sucking at one point but 99% of the time get what I expected from games.
Woolly World was one of the rare exceptions that went beyond my expectations!
Masterpiece!
Woolly world is awesome! It is the reason that I bought Wii U this year.
Olliolli World is so fun on the Switch, it makes me feel like it is the Skate Or Die game I wanted and never could have had in the 1980's. Great colors, somewhat basic gameplay with a progressive challenge. I need a thunbstick cap though, it turned to dust doing advanced tricks.
I wish Astro’s Playroom was longer. It’s amazing.
Outrun 2006 is awesome. With burnout revenge my favorite racing game
Pitfall 2. I adored Pitfall, so I was extra excited to try the sequel. WOW! Pitfall 2 blew my mind! It was truly sprawling and expansive with what you could explore and gather... not just running right or left endlessly. It felt truly huge for the day! I know that the cart for the Atari 2600 included extra memory to handle how big the game was and even extra channels for music/audio... I can testify that they certainly put that extra memory to good use! Mind-blowing game for me back in the day! Easily one of the best games on the 2600 system... probably the most technically impressive game for it, at least.
Great episode man. The game that surprised me is actually a new game Elden Ring , I never played a souls game and this games is awesome.
More of this, please!
Really great observations in this video!
The most latest for me was Gran Turismo 7. I'm not a gearhead and I haven't played one since 2. But the craftsmanship and attention to detail had me hooked.
Get Beat Saber on your PC, then you can mod it like crazy and add whatever songs you want from a huge variety of community made levels.
Great video! I would like to see more games that surprise you. I really enjoy these types of videos with specific categories in mind.
If you like Beat Saber, I'd highly recommend Synth Riders. Not only is it a more active game, but the mod scene is so much friendlier than Beat Saber to allow custom songs in any genre you can think of.
I have played that game and you're right it's very fun! Just different enough from Beat Saber to feel fresh and different.
Do the "Top 5 games that DISAPOINTED Me!" video please!
Me and my babinos loved Astros play room, I too was pleasantly surprised.
I'm pretty behind the times, but I just started Mario Odyssey a couple weeks ago and I've been nothing short of blown away. I've only got 250 or so of the 999 moons and I've only burned through half the levels so far, but it feels like I've already played through two full Mario games.
Gotta love that game. SMO is a high quality collect-a-thon adventure. It's a blast.
Super Mario Odyssey really surprised me too, but probably quite differently. I thought is was a decent game. Entertaining, but not a must own. But then I decided to go for 100%. Beat all the challenges, get all the moons, unlock every costume, beat my friends in the mini-games. And that's when it really opened up to me. The late game freaking killed it! It was so rewarding to just keep pushing for that next impossible challenge. I thought I'd never get the triple jump, for example, but there's a race in there that absolutely requires it. So learn it I did! I've never played a game that paid just as much attention to late-game progression as early-game. Phenomenal.
great list! The most recent game to surprise me was Death Stranding. Even though it's fair to expect something off-the-wall from Kojima, no one expected a hardcore traversal sim! While "walking sim" became a derogatory term for DS, it actually creates unique gameplay mechanics and meta for something that is featured in so many games and therefore taken for granted.
Definately an intriguing game. I did get bored with the game but something still compells me to go back to it and see it through. Maybe ill resume on the PS5 version when it gets cheap.
@@theconsolekiller7113 The first couple hours are the biggest hurdle, but it's smooth sailing after that
@@themcfaceman Nice. Im probably about halfway through the game. I may resume at some point.
For me some of the biggest surprises were, Resident Evil 4 on the GC, God Hand, Vanquish and Dead Space 2. Dead Space 1 was great but didnt expect the second game to be one of my favorites of all time. RE 4 I wasnt even anticipating and is still one of my favorite all time games. God Hand was a game I picked up with my PS3, despite it being a PS2 game, and didnt even know what it was. Its still one of my favorite games. Vanquish was a game I only played a demo of, but didnt click with me until I purchased it. Again, one of my top games.
I would add Ninja Gaiden for Xbox in there, but I knew about it for a while before picking up the Xbox. Its what sold me on the console along with Halo 2. I regard Ninja Gaiden Black among the best games as well. Gears Of War was one I was hyped about for a while so I cant say it was a surprise, but had a huge impact on me as well.
the game that surprised me the most so far was Blood Will Tell on PS2, GOW for the PS4 and Ghost of Tsushima
I absolutely loved CC when it just came out. I bought a psp component cable to play it on the tv just for this game
I was honestly expecting an April fools video with a bunch of joke games.🤣
Great video though g
Katamari Damcy i got back on the PS2 Local EB Games employee recommended it when I returned a copy of THUG 2. Played it and fell in love with it and have played them all both on PS2 then PSP then Xbox 360 then PS3 then PS Vita. Each game is slightly different like stages and different game play style like PSP uses the d pad plus face buttons and PS Vita uses the touch screens.
Crisis core is possibly my all time favorite game ever. If we don't get a Remake in the same way vii did then I'd probably cry.
The game that surprised me was Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Gave it chance and now I’m an AC fan. 😃
CCFFVII is awesome, I loved playing through this time in the car in long road trips back in the day
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I personally enjoy listening and watching you play games , despite what you said early in this video. I’m hoping to see more of you and the crew create videos where you play examples of all these great games 🎸🤘🏿
I already beat Spiderman on PS4 but I’m replaying the remaster on PS5 and I truly can’t believe how great it is the second time around. Running at a buttery 60 fps and beautiful graphics with an amazing story, it’s a must play.
I was eating some chipotle flavored almonds while watching this video...🤘🏼😋💯✔️