What games surprised you?

[SlowPokemon]

Have you played the sequel? 
http://i.imgur.com/ZW0BV.png

Not yet but my friend is going to send it to me eventually. She also sends me that picture a LOT

[Sebastian]

I just started playing Super Mario RPG. Has anyone else played it?

[MaestroUGC]

Ah, yes. Paper Mario Prime.

Wonderful game.

[Sebastian]

You played it?
I was surprised by the difficulty.

[Roz~]

Wind Waker is definitely noticeably different so it makes sense you'd like the others and not this one. From what I've played of it though it's actually a very enjoyable game and the art style is beautiful.

Yeah, I guess so. It's definitely a great game, and it has its strong points (the art style, as you said, is pretty damn gorgeous)
I have the HD remake, so maybe I could play that and see if it's fun or not. 

You played it?
I was surprised by the difficulty.

I used to think it was hard.
I played it not too long ago, and was surprised it wasn't as tough as I remembered.

[MaestroUGC]

It's harder than it seems on a first playthrough. After that it's generally not too bad. So it's like every other RPG made by Square in that regard.

[Sebastian]

It's harder than it seems on a first playthrough. After that it's generally not too bad.

That's true.
Paper Mario is easy. TTYD is easy except for the pit and Shadow Queen.
Super Paper Mario is probably the easiest game I've ever played.

[melroycen]

Knights of the Old Republic. I played it long after it came out. And was amazed by how much I enjoyed it (I avoided RPGs at this time, was more into strategy games), but the 'big twist' really shocked me. Hadn't seen it coming. I was sad when it was over.

[Maelstrom]

The 4th stratum of Etrian Odyssey 4 was completely unexpected and awesome.