Well, i guess the title explains it for itself.
I guess in the present times we've been facing a lot of games with similar architeture, even when it's really a great game. So the spirit of this thread is to tell us about the games that surprise us in a positive way.

I'll start with an old case, back on N64 days. I guess everyone remembers Zelda: Majora's Mask, that's an experience I'll never forget. I've been used to the linear flow of time in games, and Majora's Mask messed up with alot of notions i used to have untill it. I was expecting a regular sequel for the beloved Ocarina of Time, but that really was a brilliant piece of creativity. It even made me want to live all my days alot of time just to think of the possibilities that would appear for me while i've been doing any othe thing. lol

Guess I said too much, i'll let you all tell what made you go "wow" on your gaming lifes.

Super Mario 64. That game marked a paradigm shift in gaming from 2D to 3D... and it's still one of the best 3D platformers out there. I still remember getting my N64, popping it in and just being amazed at the fact I was jumping around, controlling Mario and being able to run and jump any way I wanted to.

LoZ: Ocarina of Time - That's still my favorite Legend of Zelda game, and probably my favorite single player game of all time. It was the first transition of Zelda from 2D to 3D, and it managed to pull it off virtually flawlessly. Great story, great gameplay, one hell of a game.

Halo 1 - while not the first FPS to integrate vehicles, the execution of it was amazing, and the game remains as one of my favorite first person shooters.

World of Warcraft - I hate the game, but when I don't feel like saying the full name it makes me go "WoW". lol

nice thread, shii!

hahaha. That's the main reason it took a while for me to think of another word to use instead of WOW! and i failed miserably D:

Can we talk in recent memory?

FEAR 2 is probably the scariest game I have ever played. Really clever tricks that they have in that game. It's hard not to say wow.

Resident Evil 4 or Some call it Biohazard 4. Great game completely different from the past games. makes you say WOW when you first see the difference compared to the past games

oh yeah, damn. I got to agree there, I love RE4. the game seemed to breathe new life into the third person shooter... that's why games like GoW's camera angle got dubbed the "RE4 over the shoulder cam", and it redefined survival horror.

Game that made me go WOW? Well not really WOW, but ARRRRR MUMMMMYY! was Doom (the original) lol.

thought that OKAMI was somethinng special. another great game!

King of Fighter '94!! Release date August 25, 1994, Made me go wow since it was my 1st game that I ever played

hmmm...

Shenmue on dreamcast

I spent waaayyy to many hours exploring every nook of virtual Yokosuka

that our super mario world first game I ever played or donkey kong country loved the music in that.

Games that "WOW"ed me...Where to begin? Chrono Trigger, for its generation-crossing storyline. Final Fantasy 6, for its amazing storytelling and character development. Earthbound, for mixing pop-culture with RPG-elements. Ocarina of Time for giving me the gift of a 3-dimensional Hyrule [also with, arguably, the best Zelda storyline to date].

First game to make me go "AAAH!!"? That would have to be Super Mario Bros. on the NES. I was absolutely terrified of the music that played during the Bowser's castle levels, and made anyone playing the game in my presence mute the volume. Chainsaw-weilding zombies had nothing on that!

i really love lost oddysey. it's my bloodtype. all is perfect. near end of disc 1 i was even crying. it was so sad...who played it know what i mean and the song was very nice...sad. i cried like small baby...

this maybe off topic bur don't we have this topic on the forums already? lol
anyways whats making me go wow at the moment is Blazblue <3

this post is like 5 months old bro! haha. what's blazblue though?