"Having said that, several games were showcased at E3 2010 that were much more surprising than I had ever imagined. The first of many was THQ’s Red Faction: Armageddon. "
Jack writes: "Yet again browsing the latest offers in the Steam Spring Sale has led us to track down the very best. In terms of price to quality, we don’t think that it gets much better than this. Portal 2 is now less than a dollar, and if you haven’t got it already, now is the time to pick it up."
Portal deserves to be one of steams highest rated games... It's almost tetris levels of perfect game design.
Gotta love Steam. Just got Portal 2 for .97 cents CAD. Should have been $1.29, selected the bundle with Portal 1 and 2, which gets a 25% discount, already have Portal 1, so it removes the cost of that, and still applies the full 25% bundle discount to Portal 2. 90% + 25% discount.
Given the medium's wild diversity, this primer of the essential video games everyone should try is a good place to start.
I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.
Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1
Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.
Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.
Isaac Clarke of Dead Space fame has appeared in many games, both as a playable character and an Easter Egg. Have you played them all?
Dance Central freaking rocks. hands down THE best Kinect game shown yet.
Now, I wouldn't call Red Faction: Armageddon surprising. I could have told you before it was even announced that it would look amazing. It's Red Faction after all! When has it ever sucked?
portal 2 was the only real surprise out of those games the rest will be forgotten soon.
Dance Central looks interesting but I just can't see myself spending money on it.
Even Portal 2 wasn't that suprising. We all knew it was coming for Xbox and PC, it was just pleasantly surprising to see Gabe Newell announce it for PS3 too.
Other than that, I think E3 was generally a disappointment where genuine surprises are concerned.
Even Jaffe's unveiling of Twisted Metal was a letdown.