12 Most Surprising Video Games of 2014

This is an incredible time to think once again at everything that has happened this year in gaming, notwithstanding recognizing the games that astonished us. These are 12 games that we discovered to be more agreeable than they suggested. They may even be games that you missed that you ought to consider playing.

[tomylee]

Despite some minor hiccups, Inquisition is absolutely the realest of deals, and should be missed at your own peril.

[gellen]

In my opinion, this is the best RPG in the modern gaming world. Excellent work, Bioware.

[jasminlenovo]

yeah , this one also . but Brave Default is just awsome

[Gamingchange]

i am very glad to see my most favorite games in this list Shadow of mordor and Dragon age my most fav in this list

[shaw98]

I think one of the biggest surprising games is actually Captain Toad Treasure Tracker. It was announced at E3 2014. People did not expect a Captain Toad game at all. What made it so surprising is just how good and polished it is. 3d world came out only year ago and there is already an amazing Toad game with tons of content out right now. I liked it how at the end you find out it was a prequel to 3d world. It was a neat little touch. An underestimated title just like the character you play as.

[deafdani]

Did you seriously just spoil the end of a game that came out TODAY?

Seriously?

Come on, man, you should have some common sense. D:<

[shaw98]

Oh... oops. Not many people on this site play Nintendo games so I just put out a cool reason for the game. Though it is nothing super spoiler like. It was just a neat touch finding out how the captain got to where Mario was at.

[crashbash]

Shadows of Mordor and Alien certainly were welcome surprises. A lot of licensed games turn out to be typical cash ins but both of these did the franchises proud and did it in a very original fashion.

Alien in particular could have turned into another disappointment for Aliens fans, after the shameful way Gearbox treated it. But Creative Assemblies, a developer known more for RTS games schooled Gearbox on how to do it and in incredible fashion.

Both Monolith and Creative Assembies should be applauded for making these excellent games. And I hope they both get the accolades they deserve in the many GOTY awards that sites will be giving.

[Hamzaali]

Dragon Age: Inquisition is a fantasy game. That word—fantasy—is a sort of shorthand, with a bunch of connotations. The word suggests to us that this game has dragons, and elves, and magic. There will be knights, monsters, and probably an evil witch or two.

[DougLord]

Dragon Age should be GOTY. For awhile I was going to say it was in the running for GOAT, but I really am sick of searching for Elfroot. It would have been even better if they had cut out some of the blander fetch and collect quests and made a really tight 50-60 hour game instead of 100-200 hours. And NO the side quests really aren't optional. Im playing on hard mode and you really have to do a lot of grinding to level to stand a chance vs MOBS. Oh and did I mention Elfroot? Yeah FFF ELFROOT!

[jasminlenovo]

Brave default is best of them , Hand-drawn 3D backgrounds and a rousing score bring Luxendarc to life. Enter a brave new world of turn-based combat! Time your turns tactically and turn the tides in your favor with the new Brave and Default system. Flex your strategic muscle by combining more than twenty jobs with hundreds of different abilities. Summon friends characters to fight by your side, or borrow their abilities. Recruit citizens with the StreetPass feature to rebuild Tizs destroyed village. Be part of the community in this fresh take on the single player RPG!

[LAWSON72]

Bravely Default was hyped up to be good before it came, I don't understand how it was surprising