I'd have to say El Shaddai. Beautiful, intriguing, fun, unique...it had everything. A pity it didn't sell well. Same with Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom.
I see your Dark Messiah of Might and Magic... And I raise you, Might and Magic (1-8). Everytime I try to recommend it to someone they confuse it with Dark Messiah which makes me think the damn thing isnt as underrated as people keep saying.ResonanceGames said:Before this gets flooded with games that are in no way underrated (and it will), I want to toss out Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth and Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. I think both of those games have tons of great qualities and are absolutely worth playing, but some flaws and middling review scores have made them more or less forgotten.
themind said:Beyond Good and Evil. Amazing PS2 game.
I'm gonna put on my hipster glasses and say that while I adore Majesty, I just couldn't get into the sequel... But yeah, the first one was glorious. Hell, I replayed the demo maybe 20-30 times before I even got the full game.denseWorm said:Majesty.
Fantastic strategy game with awesome, unique gameplay. You didn't build and fight with units, you built guilds and had heroes come to your town to populate them, stocked them with items from your market and blacksmith and sent them off to kill monsters by putting bounties on their heads.
There was a sequel, it was also an absolutely fantastic game. I heartily recommend that everyone and anyone plays Majesty 2.
Funny, I never thought of them as underrated, but that's probably because in Poland, they were HUGE.Arfonious said:Gothic and Gothic 2
Yes, It was definitely big in our region (Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic), so I too don't consider them as underrated.RyQ_TMC said:Funny, I never thought of them as underrated, but that's probably because in Poland, they were HUGE.Arfonious said:Gothic and Gothic 2
Because it isn't underrated nor forgotten. Any WRPG fan worth their salt knows the game, and half of those people have played it. Really, Vampire is Troika's most well-known RPG. Arcanum gets (close?) second and Temple of Eelemental Evil is the obscure oneSebastian Van Deus said:I am surprised that not one as mentioned Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines!
No offense, but I'm starting to think you don't know the meaning of underrated nor forgotten. Baldur's Gate 2 is anything BUTSebastian Van Deus said:But... To me... The best underrated game I played, own, love, cherish, and elevate every chance I get... is Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Honestly, I'd go so far as to say that BG&E is overrated by its fanbase, though I'd somewhat agree on the game's obscurity factor. That game managed to "wow" me maybe once or twice when I played it a year back, but made me groan 10 times for each of those moments.chiggerwood said:Beyond Good and Evil a forgotten, underrated gem? Really? You know I'm not sure what to say to that! Just... no! That's like saying Okami is underrated and forgotten. I mean yeah it wasn't the biggest seller out there but it was far, far from being underrated, or forgotten.
Actually VTM:Bloodlines is often referenced as one of the best Vampire based games and a good game full stop regardless of bugs.Sebastian Van Deus said:I am surprised that not one as mentioned Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines! That game is a great classic and just because it had a lot of bugs and flaws thanks to a studio being shut down... but it is still a worthy game even to this day!
But... To me... The best underrated game I played, own, love, cherish, and elevate every chance I get... is Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. This is the first RPG I ever played in my life... when I was about 7 years old... Too young to really understand the D&D rule sets... But not young enough to just say meh.... haha. I love this game. Nothing so much fulfills that "create your own life, in a game"-game than BG2:SoA.
Whoops?Shadowstar38 said:May I present to you...
This is my all time favorite game from the Gameboy Advance. I sunk more time into this than Pokemon Rudy. It's that fucking good.
YES! Majesty was such an awesome game. I can't believe the formula didn't get copied by more people. The gameplay was fun and original, and everything felt so characterful. And the sequel managed to build on the first game without losing any of the charm.denseWorm said:Majesty.
Fantastic strategy game with awesome, unique gameplay. You didn't build and fight with units, you built guilds and had heroes come to your town to populate them, stocked them with items from your market and blacksmith and sent them off to kill monsters by putting bounties on their heads.
There was a sequel, it was also an absolutely fantastic game. I heartily recommend that everyone and anyone plays Majesty 2.
The mission in this gameplay video is the one I was up to when I last played the game, it's friggin impossible, the enemy chews up your heroes like so many cats and dogs. Anyways, it's still an amazingly fun game.