What games have you been playing/played that you would consider "a pleasant surprise". not games that were "OMG I HAD NO IDEA THIS GAME WAS SO FUCKING AMAZING" ala Arkham, more like "hey that was pretty fun, wasnt expecting that". Trying to get people to post games that are pretty good, but dont get the limelight.
Toki Tori 2 Plus was on of thos games I picked up in a bundle a while back and didnt realize I had even bought. I remember some murmurs a while back about it, so I installed it on my current crappy laptop with a busted keyboard. Turned out to be one heck of a fun little game. Takes simple two action premise (whistling and butt stomping) and uses these actions to there absolute limit, surprisingly large game as well with multiple paths that take you to vastly different areas, all the while with incredibly unique and clever puzzles. Game is super cute to boot.
Joe Danger takes everything I love about physics based puzzlers and trials game, but removes everything frustrating about them. Really quick levels that take around 2min to complete with multiple objectives that require vastly different ways of playing the level. Just a very fun and difficult, but not wholly frustrating game. Anything that fucks up is your fault and you never feel cheated. Add in 10 costumes and some insane amount of levels (gotta be near 100) and you got yourself one hell of a good pick up and play game.
Toki Tori 2 Plus was on of thos games I picked up in a bundle a while back and didnt realize I had even bought. I remember some murmurs a while back about it, so I installed it on my current crappy laptop with a busted keyboard. Turned out to be one heck of a fun little game. Takes simple two action premise (whistling and butt stomping) and uses these actions to there absolute limit, surprisingly large game as well with multiple paths that take you to vastly different areas, all the while with incredibly unique and clever puzzles. Game is super cute to boot.
Joe Danger takes everything I love about physics based puzzlers and trials game, but removes everything frustrating about them. Really quick levels that take around 2min to complete with multiple objectives that require vastly different ways of playing the level. Just a very fun and difficult, but not wholly frustrating game. Anything that fucks up is your fault and you never feel cheated. Add in 10 costumes and some insane amount of levels (gotta be near 100) and you got yourself one hell of a good pick up and play game.