That underrated, forgotten gem of a game.

[Jfswift]

It's really fun turn based mech battle goodness and no seems to have heard of it (same could be said about vagrant story , also a square soft game from this era.)

 

[Tanis]

'Wizard's chess with a 3rd person action element'.

All and all a fun game, but the loading time could be HORRID.

 

[search_rip]

"Crystalis" an RPG by SNK published in 1990 for the NES, for me it was better than Zelda *gasp* ^_^

 

[Valis7]

Legend of Mana, I LOVED this game as a kid the art and soundtrack are amazing.

 

[Nieroshai]

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.

That didn't take long. Good games, but no one's heard of them? A couple years ago maybe, but the internet (and Steam) has a habit of taking the exclusiveness out of cult classics. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines for example.

I'm listing this because I've seen no recent chatter about it whatsoever: Warzone 2100. Highly rated back in the day, at least according to Wikipedia, it seems no one's heard of it. A pity, since it was such a unique RTS for its time, with individually customizable units and expanding your tech tree by finding lost technology. It, as well, is a lost treasure I only found again because Bookman's is apparently the Needful Things of gaming. What did I end up paying? Ask the shop-keeper. He may not tell you, but he is never without a bargain you'll be dying to take home.

 

[lacktheknack]

Ever heard of Dark Fall?

You've never heard of Dark Fall.

That's a shame.

It was a deliciously creepy adventure/ghost-hunter game set in an ancient, abandoned hotel where ghosts talked to you, the atmosphere was positively painful, and the scares were GOOD.

I always thought that "lights in the hallway turning off towards you" was cliche and inherently not scary, until Dark Fall did it. I suppose the fact that I survived without a scratch made it even worse, because the malevolent force was just TAUNTING me.

 

[Random Encounter]

Probably Terranigma for the SNES. It came out in 1997 and was never released in North America.

 

[vasiD]

I've got 2:
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (I know that the internet is huge on this game, but if I were to tell any other gamer whom I know in person they'd have no idea, even my pc gaming friends)
Planescape Torment (Only people at least 5 years older than me seem to respond to this one)


And a while ago, before 3 came out, I would have put Fallout 2 at the top of this list.

 

[vasiD]

Probably Terranigma for the SNES. It came out in 1997 and was never released in North America.

This too. Also while I'm at it your signature added one: Shadowrun SNES.

I feel like all anyone had a SNES for was Mario, Metroid, Zelda, and Final Fantasy.

One last thing that NO ONE I have ever spoken to has played: LSD the Dream Emulator.

 

[ResonanceGames]

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.

That didn't take long. Good games, but no one's heard of them? A couple years ago maybe, but the internet (and Steam) has a habit of taking the exclusiveness out of cult classics. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines for example.

But Bloodlines isn't comparable. It's just a cult classic; not underrated at all. Neither DMoMM or Cthulhu got good reviews OR have had lavished praise from the gaming communities since their release (which Bloodlines has, a thousand times over). Both have the occasional fan. That's it.

Underrated does not necessarily mean completely obscure. Not sure where you're coming up with that.

 

[jamesbrown]

The Stanley Parable, it is SO good.
Heres the video for its HD remake; GO PLAY IT, it will only take you about 30 min to play all of the endings, but it is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/bB4AR5Crb54

 

[Charli]

Age of Wonders

The series did fairly well but it just seems to have become completely forgotten over the years which is a pity because it was a fantastic series. Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic has got to be one of my all time favourites even, such a damned good game!

Oh sweet mercy. Yes! So much wasted summer holiday spent on that game.

 

[Tallim]

It Came From The Desert.

It was awesome and I remembered it the other day and I used to play it a lot.

 

[Tallim]

Disgaea good luck hearing that much about it.

Disgaea is pretty well known I would have thought.

Soul Nomad and the World Eaters would be a lesser known one by the same company. It was also really good.

 

[Pink Gregory]

Ever heard of Dark Fall?

You've never heard of Dark Fall.

That's a shame.

It was a deliciously creepy adventure/ghost-hunter game set in an ancient, abandoned hotel where ghosts talked to you, the atmosphere was positively painful, and the scares were GOOD.

I always thought that "lights in the hallway turning off towards you" was cliche and inherently not scary, until Dark Fall did it. I suppose the fact that I survived without a scratch made it even worse, because the malevolent force was just TAUNTING me.

It's available on GOG.com.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/dark_fall_the_journal

There's a sequel as well, apparently.

 

[tellytoy]

The Saboteur. Oh how I love The Saboteur. It's GTA meets Assassin's Creed with a hint of Just Cause, set in World War II France. A little bit buggy, but that's because the dev studio was shut down before it was released.

I miss Pandemic Studios.

 

[Tallim]

Ever heard of Dark Fall?

You've never heard of Dark Fall.

That's a shame.

It was a deliciously creepy adventure/ghost-hunter game set in an ancient, abandoned hotel where ghosts talked to you, the atmosphere was positively painful, and the scares were GOOD.

I always thought that "lights in the hallway turning off towards you" was cliche and inherently not scary, until Dark Fall did it. I suppose the fact that I survived without a scratch made it even worse, because the malevolent force was just TAUNTING me.

It's available on GOG.com.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/dark_fall_the_journal

There's a sequel as well, apparently.

Two sequels actually, with the third on returning to the train station area of the first.

 

[Skarvig]

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.

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.

Thank both of you. Now I don't have to write in this thread. All is already said.

Also:
I don't understand how critics praise Dishonored and dismissed Dark Messiah. I really think they have a couple of things in common.

 

[lacktheknack]

Ever heard of Dark Fall?

You've never heard of Dark Fall.

That's a shame.

It was a deliciously creepy adventure/ghost-hunter game set in an ancient, abandoned hotel where ghosts talked to you, the atmosphere was positively painful, and the scares were GOOD.

I always thought that "lights in the hallway turning off towards you" was cliche and inherently not scary, until Dark Fall did it. I suppose the fact that I survived without a scratch made it even worse, because the malevolent force was just TAUNTING me.

It's available on GOG.com.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/dark_fall_the_journal

There's a sequel as well, apparently.

Two sequels, actually.

The first one is the best, and any patient horror fan should play it.

 

[Jaeke]

Well I'm gonna cheat and name a few:

Spoiler: Dat mech masterpiece

Spoiler: Dat awsome RPG

Spoiler: Dat RTS gold