Best Surprise of 2019
VGChartz's Chinh Tran: "Every year, talented developers prove they can make games that take us all by surprise. This year’s nominees for Best Surprise are no exception. Perhaps unsurprisingly, though, all these titles are promising new IPs that may prove to launch brand new franchises. Obsidian released perhaps its best game in The Outer Worlds, Platinum Games once again showed off its specialty in the action genre with Astral Chain, Remedy's Control  ;proved it could still provide plenty of punch in action-narrative titles, Nintendo once again showed off the firm's penchant for innovation with Ring Fit Adventures, and finally Remnant: From the Ashes demonstrated that the Souls formula can work as a shooter."
