Name some underrated games that everyone should play

[Technomage333]

Can I say Psychonauts? Highly rated but way underplayed!

 

[Malty Milk Whistle]

bastion will see you now.

 

[Malty Milk Whistle]

Drakengard- Ok, this is, in most respects not exactly a good game. The combat, while workable, is rather boring and the environments grow rather stale after a while. BUT, simply for the fact it took what every J-RPG did at the time and still do and completely did the absolute opposite to create, arguably, the most depressing and dark game ever created. I think it should be one of those games people should atleast play through once, especially if someones tired of some of the more typical J-RPG's. But, avoid the sequel like the plague and simply get Nier instead.

Oh my god i loved that game. I almost cried when my dad accidentally stepped on it >.>

 

[blindthrall]

System shock 1-2 (Seriously, why the heck did these games not sell well? System shock 2 is the best shooter ever made (it is not a pure shooter, much like Deus Ex, it has a strong CRPG element))

It is the best game I've ever played (the only reason I play Dead Space is because sometimes, if I'm drunk enough, I can fool myself into thinking they remade SS2), but there's a difference between underrated and underplayed. Anybody who's actually played it puts it in the top five.

Arcanum is underplayed. Every reviewer talked about how it had the most iterations of character creation they'd ever seen (beat it 7 times-each with a completely different character) and a unique world, but nobody bought it.

Alpha Protocol was underrated. I see alot of it in Deus Ex:HR, especially the talking duels. And misplaced boss fights. It just wasn't as flashy and had more bugs. I can forgive the bugs because none of them broke the game for me, and I beat it 4 times. But the end level was kinda...retarded. Which stood out in such an otherwise intelligent game.

Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines was massively underrated. Story and gameplay were great, it had a somehow fresh idea, and the graphics were great for their time. It just had some bugs so people didn't play it, but if that game had gotten a console release, Troika would still be around.

 

[JayDig]

....Outcast.....

Oh man I remember that one.
An open-world, sci-fi, third person shooter, rpg doesn't sound that original these days, with Mass Effect 3 around the corner, but in 1999 it was amazing.

 

[Von Dean]

Breath of Fire 4 (PS1)
Vagrant Story (PS1)
Front Mission 3 (PS1)
Dino Crisis 2 (PS1)
Powerstone (Dreamcast)
Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast)
Star Wars:Jedi Power Battles (Dreamcast)
Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube)
Paper Mario:Thousand Year Door (Gamecube)
Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)
Prototype (Xbox 360)
Borderlands (Xbox 360)
SplitSecond (Xbox 360)
The World Ends With You (Nintendo DS)
Advance Warsual Strike (Nintendo DS)

Mainly rpg's because that what I play most and i've tried to avoid naming games i've already seen listed

 

[Popeman]

I don't know about underrated but underplayed is Ratchet and Clank and Sly cooper. They both got kind of overshadowed by the Jak series but I liked them more.

 

[Kyle1527]

Alan Wake was an amazing game! It really should have sold better - that's the only "underrated" game I've ever bought.

 

[KingWein22]

Secret of Mana (SNES)
Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)
Guilty Gear (PS1)
Star Ocean: The Second Story (PS1)
Goldeneye 007 (Wii)
Lufia: Curse of the Sintrals (DS)
Bubble Bobble (NES)
Guilty Gear 2: Overture (Xbox 360)
Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox)
Pokemon Puzzle League (N64)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)
Pokemon Snap (N64)
Noctropolis (PC)
Age of Empires III (PC)
Bust-A-Groove 1 & 2 (PS1)
Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES)
Blackthrone (SNES)
Rock N Roll Racing (SNES)
Top Gear 3000 (SNES)

Note: Some of the games I think are/were underrated may have been mentioned by others.

 

[ResonanceGames]

One word: Marathon.

Yeah, Marathon is good fun. It's pretty much the first FPS I can recall that actually a whats-it-called? Plot.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

I play a lot of games that don't get the attention they deserve, which is a shame because they are all very good.

Persona 3 and 4 (PS2/PSP)
Brutal Legend (PS3/Xbox)
Resonance of Fate (PS3/Xbox)
Lock's Quest (DS)
3D .Dot game Heroes (PS3) Think Zelda 1 but with legos.
Rayman: Origins (PS3/Xbox) Extremely over-shadowed by Skyrim and CoD. One of the best platformers ever created.
Dark Cloud 2 (PS2)
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (Gamecube)
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (Gamecube) Before Sonic hit rock bottom.
Viewtiful Joe (Gamecube/PS2)
Psychonauts (PS2/Xbox)
Grim Fandango (PC)
Banko & Kazooie: Nuts n' Bolts (Xbox) ...I liked it.
A Space Shooter For Two Bucks! (PS3/PSP) If you have $2 bucks and a ps3 or psp, get this game! It's hilarious and can be quite challenging.

And soon to be added to the list:
Lollipop Chainsaw

 

[Jaeke]

Well time to repeat my weekly answer for this question...

Chromehounds
LOTR: BFME 2
Shadowrun
Viking: Battle For Asgard
Too Human
Brutal Legend
Splinter Cell: Conviction
(and according to this website ) Dragon Age 2
Edit: almost forgot about Kameo.

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Anything by Suda 51
Resident Evil Mercinaries 3D
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
& Bulletstorm.
Alan Wake also.

 

[karcentric]

Grim Fandango.

Great game, but I'd be hard pressed to call it underrated, since it's pretty much unanimously considered the greatest adventure game of all time (with Monkey Island and The Longest Journey nipping at its heels).

And Sam & Max!

 

[ResonanceGames]

Grim Fandango.

Great game, but I'd be hard pressed to call it underrated, since it's pretty much unanimously considered the greatest adventure game of all time (with Monkey Island and The Longest Journey nipping at its heels).

And Sam & Max!

I like all the Sam and Max games, from Hit the Road to the last S&M (tee hee) chapter from Telltale. But I'd be hard pressed to rank any of them with those games. That's just me though.

I forgot another (genuinely) underrated game: Singularity. It's not going to set the world on fire, so to speak, but it's a genuinely fun, well-made nuclear apocalypse shooter that Lackovision kind of threw to the wolves. I'd recommend it to any FPS fan without hesitation.

 

[katsabas]

Have to add some to my previous list:

Kurushi Final
Muppet Racemania (aside from being an awesome kart racer, it had the best transition of the Muppet Show opening song. Ever.)
Colin McRae Rally. The 1st one.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX Maximum Remix (the rag doll physics make me wanna play this just to crash in mid-air)
Soul Blade (before boobs took over, this and Soul Calibur were some of the best fighters out there)

Also, Pure and Split Second. Black Box had impressive new mechanics nailed on these 2 games and they were a lot of fun to play. I even named my ATVs.

 

[WaReloaded]

In my experience these are some underrated games that I found to be quite enjoyable:

Enter The Matrix (PS2).
Fight Club (PS2). It received terrible reviews, but I found the fighting mechancis to be visceral and worth the very small price I paid for it (keep in mind it's been quit a long time since I've played it though).
Duke Nukem: Forever (PC). It wasn't THAT bad, well, for $17 AUD it wasn't bad.
Two Worlds (PC).
Hoard (PC). An enjoyable way to kill 15 minutes every so often.

I should of gone into more depth, but oh well.

 

[AnotherAvatar]

RPG heads:
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
Fallout 2 (I can find like 3 people in my age group who have beat it, COME ON!)

Horror heads:
Illbleed
Penumbra Series
Rule of Rose

Trippy shiz heads:
Killer7
LSD Dream Simulator (PSX)

And music games:
Rez
Guitaroo Man
Frequency

 

[pwned123456]

Nobody has mentioned Okami yet?

I'm disappointed in you all, I've taught you better than that.

if you mean the wii version it was not underrated at all if you are talking about the original ps2 version i completely agree

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Nobody has mentioned Okami yet?

I'm disappointed in you all, I've taught you better than that.

if you mean the wii version it was not underrated at all if you are talking about the original ps2 version i completely agree

I own both, so I don't really know what you're talking about.