Most Underrated Game Series Ever?

[Sovvolf]

A series is rarely underrated and for all the screaming we few on this forum that hate Halo there are a legion of loyal fans that made Halo 3 one of the biggest launches in gaming history. I rarely hate games and I don't hate Halo, its an average game, I hate the fans. As a matter of fact that is the reason I hate Final Fantasy so much.


Ah well, on topic, as I said if its a SERIES its most likely not underrated because it sold enough to warrant a fucking sequel.

With that being said, underrated games are Planescape: Torment, Septerra Core, Psychonauts, and Beyond Good & Evil.

I second this.

Max Payne. Seriously, that series was as close to perfection as it could be, and you lot didn't fucking buy it!

I did, thought both games were awesome . but to be honest, the game didnt need a sequel, the game was good enough on its own.

 

[Scythos]

I really loved the Timesplitters series on the original Xbox, and I don't remember a single commercial for that at all, and I haven't heard much about it from anybody, either. Ever. It was so much fun, and, for its time, it had a lot of really amazing levels and weapon choices! I loved it!!!

Agree totally I loved playing team deathmatch with my mate on his xbox...and the campaign was crazy fun, we neve managed that Neo-something level though always too slow following the person xD

but yeah there too busy making a mess of Haze to do any new timesplitters I think =[

The most underrated series I know of have to be Red Faction (they were pretty good games in all honesty and I'm glad they're finally making another one) and Alone in the Dark (the recent one on the PS2, 360 and PS3 was crap but the older games like the new Nightmare was pretty damn groovy in the day.

Also, Twisted Metal. Driver, shooter and multiplayer game all in one (with a post apocolyptic theme I might add)...Mario Kart was nothing next to this.

one thing for you my friend...

...REEED FAAAACTION !! (runs to death)

I've only ever played the first one (and it's still in my top 10 favourite games), the others any good ?

1st i think the halo series is the most OVERRATED series evar
but the most underrated would have to be God of War

God of War isn't underated in the slightest still has one hell of a load of fans, it's just Microsoft does a much better job of ramming it's products down your throat than Sony does

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Maybe not underrated, but the Ultimate Spider-Man game is awesomeness incarnate. It's about a million times better than Spider-Man 2, yet no one seems to like it. It's pretty much a comic book in video game form.

For a straighter example, Klonoa 1 & 2 are pretty much the greatest platformers ever made.

I thought the Story missions had a very uneven difficulty curve and were pretty frustrating. Still, everyone else about Ultimate Spider-Man was indeed awesome. I've played a bit of Spider-Man 2. From what I can tell, it's really not as good.

 

[Green Tentacle]

Monkey Island series is underrated these days.

 

[Acaroid]

Frontmission, it gets no love here in australia but I still cant but love it XD

 

[morpher80]

The Sly Copper series for the PS2 nobody really talked about it or was reviewed and posted on tv or online.

 

[veloper]

Monkey Island series is underrated these days.

The games are not rated at all these days. BACK in the day the reviews for 1 & 2 were very positive.
A game with rave reviews can hardly be considered underrated, even if it is great.

(it's not just you though, this also applies for Max Payne, Planescape, etc. and half the games listed in this thread)

 

[Neosage]

[sup]Team 17's worms. Absolutely amazing game, hilarious yet at the same time very strategical and it had some amazing voice acting.[/sup]

 

[a51himself]

Zone of the Enders. No one I know even knows of it. Great graphics, interesting story, fantastic score...DAMN YOU KONAMI MAKE A THIRD ONE!

I love that game.. But i am majorly stuck just before a boss in the second one and and i can't go anywhere..

 

[a51himself]

PEGGLE!!!!!!!1!!!1!1!!!!!!

 

[high_castle]

Fable is an Action RPG, it doesn't count as a true RPG. I mean, it barely has RPG elements at all - dialogues, equipment and spell upgrades? You might as well consider Crysis an RPG.

Oblivion? A bit more, but still... There were a lot of better games.

Fallout 3 can be considered an RPG. Sure, it's an FPP game, where you can shoot, but it does have active pause (sort of). Mass Effect? How dare you forget about this one. Dungeons and Dragons Online can count, too, as it's more DnD than MMO, and of course Neverwinter Nights 2, even if much worse than NwN in terms of gameplay and multiplayer, is still a decent RPG.

Alright, I'll give you Fable being more of an Action than an RPG, but it was MARKETED as an RPG, at least in my area. Oblivion, though, as part of the Elder Scroll series, was definitely an RPG. It just wasn't very good. And I say this as a fan of Morrowind. The game took a major step back in character development and setting.

And I keep my opinion that Fallout3 was a bit schizophrenic. It never knew what it wanted to be more, an FPS or an RPG. And so it incorporated bits from both genres, but ultimately felt a little disjointed to me. I know a lot of people loved it, I liked Fallout2, but I just couldn't get into the third game to save my life.

Mass Effect? Haven't played it yet. It's sitting near the top of the heap, but I keep hearing mixed reviews so I haven't gotten around to it yet. NWN2 was a huge disappointment, but again, I liked NWN1 because it was another spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate. The BG series represents what I like in an RPG: good writing, creative story, interesting characters, interactive setting. They're all very crucial to what's ultimately a game built around the story and characters. I think you can make some gameplay sacrifices as long as the world and the people in it are really fascinating (I know I'm disagreeing with a lot of people here). What seems to be a common thread in the recent RPGs and RPG-hybrids I've played is the lack of any real depth. The stories, characters, and settings are very superficial and shallow. I could sit at the PC and play BG for hours without getting bored or checking the time. My mind is forever wandering when I'm playing Oblivion or Fallout3. So many of the quests seem like chores. There's no point to them. They don't further the stories or the characters. They're just...there. For the sake of something to do. Whereas the quests in BG always felt like they had a purpose. Same with the original NWN game. I reiterate, if they made more RPGs like Baldur's Gate, I'd like the genre a whole lot more.

 

[BloodSquirrel]

Fable is an Action RPG, it doesn't count as a true RPG. I mean, it barely has RPG elements at all - dialogues, equipment and spell upgrades? You might as well consider Crysis an RPG.

Alright, I'll give you Fable being more of an Action than an RPG, but it was MARKETED as an RPG, at least in my area. Oblivion, though, as part of the Elder Scroll series, was definitely an RPG. It just wasn't very good. And I say this as a fan of Morrowind. The game took a major step back in character development and setting.

Fable was a sandbox RPG, especially Fable II. It had both equipment and spell upgrades, so I'm not sure where you're going with that. It also had the good ol' Karma meter (Fable II had two of them), marriage, kids, game-changing choices you could make, real estate, expression-based social interactions, etc etc. Unless you count dialogue trees as your sole qualification for being an RPG is was much more of an RPG than Mass Effect (not that I didn't love Mass Effect).

 

[Zydrate]

Timesplitters, anyone?

God damn I had a ball with those mapmakers.

 

[jebussaves88]

Oddworld Strangers wrath. We have an unfinished plotline because of YOU! Yes, you, the reader, I can see you, with your beady little eyes and your money grubbing little fingers, YOU SAW THE GAME IN THE STORE! Did you buy it? Noooo... You went and bought another game... I BLAME YOU!

(if you bough OWSW, then disregard that entire starement...)

Consider it disregarded

Right now, very unfairly I might add, the Halo series.

Also I've beaten this dead horse for a while but Otogi deserved a lot more attention than it did, as the only hack and slash game I actually like.

You have my sword.

I myself would like to add Rainbow Six Vegas series, along with Hawx and the Advanced Warfighters. I haven't got a hard on for military games, but those were some fun and absorbing games that kept me playing.

Also STALKER, though I'm yet to play Clear Sky

 

[Zetona]

Sadly, no one seems to give a crap about Age of Mythology.

AoM > Starcraft (though maybe that's just because I suck at Starcraft).