Underappreciated Games

[Kaboose the Moose]

The Thief series. Amazing game with amazing stories. Thief: Deadly Shadows + Shalebridge Cradle mission = best video gaming level in the history of ever.

 

[Helgi]

Dark Sector, I really enjoyed that game.

Some people have already mentioned XIII and The Thing, I agree with them.

 

[Christemo]

Titan Quest. best RPG ive ever played. the Metacrtic score for it is around 77. it should be 101.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Arcanum. From the Fallout series creators. Great game, although I think the gameplay will be be too clucnky for nowadays standards.

Second. Although it wasn't without it's faults though.

Spoiler

They never explained what happened to your character in the end, at least not in the 'good' ending anyway.

 

[randomrob]

Star Wars battlefront-2, seriously it's my all time favourite shooter

 

[onikaze26]

okay i couldent let this thread pass by without mentioning advent rising, its only competition for the best game ive ever played is portal, yet it never sold well enough to warrent the other two parts of its planned trilogy, which really sucks because everything was top notch.

 

[Poopie McGhee]

Darkest of Days.
Seriously, I liked it.

It was good, and Dark Sector is pretty good, and i got it for $8 a year after it came out... And condemned is awesome. As is the game that came with the DS Super Mario DS (or something of that sort)... The Darkness, Prey, and Timeshift (kinda)... so far that's all i can think of

 

[Jenova65]

I never thought of Skies Of Arcadia or Jade Empire being underrated or appreciated tbh, but maybe that was just in my house (I have played both of them a lot, a really lot)

 

[zahr]

Jade Empire. BioWare's best game and yet I see a lot of so-called BioWare fans saying it's bad.

Path of Neo

I'm not sure it's even possible to underappreciate a game like that.

 

[Zombie Badger]

Jade Empire. BioWare's best game and yet I see a lot of so-called BioWare fans saying it's bad.

People say it's bad? What the hell? It was easily the best original Xbox game! I haven't yet met anyone who's heard of Planescape Torment though.

 

[joe182]

Shadow Of Rome, its one of Capcoms best games, its fucking awesome! Hard as fuck though.

Have to agree with you there, brilliant game, but one that caused me to break 2 pof my PS2 controllers in frustration.

 

[ae86gamer]

Uncharted. A lot of people here know about it and like it, but gamers who I talk to IRL either hate it or have never even heard if it.

 

[Danpascooch]

I thought Prey was unbelievably racist toward native Americans

I think I might be the only person on this freaking planet who liked Advent Rising

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

I have to mention one of the most fun games I ever played, and still installed it tho it was released in 2002:

Stronghold Crusader, a hybrid of RTS and light castle sim. Set in the crusades, it features both European and Arabic forces to play with and against. It's incredibly deep, but intuitive, fun and easy to play and there are very many game options. You can create your own scenarios within already made maps (of which there are a massive number of already) and fight with up to seven AI controlled enemies or partners. There are no difficulty settings; instead the enemies you choose, who you team up with and how you set the resources determines the challenge. Then you can just settle on building an ever-expanding castle in the Castle Builder mode, or take on four "story-driven" historical campaigns which follow the events of the crusades. Then you can create your own maps and it even featured online support (thoug I don't believe there are any living servers left).

And of course, the granddaddy of underappreciated gems, System Shock 2, though I think this has already been mentioned and will be mentioned many times over.

 

[CK76]

Grandia II (Sega Dreamcast), my all time favorite JRPG, and yet, rarely makes people's radar

 

[KidGalaxy]

Deus Ex
Vampire:The Masquerade - Bloodlines (By Troika, like Arcanum)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Shadows of Chernobyl

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Earth Defense Force 2017

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[mykalwane]

Voodoo Vince [not that Vince is exactly recent but it's all I got]

Yea, but it is f**king good. Agree with that. Perfect Dark those that don't think it is, it is a game I have to explain everytime I might mention it. I still put it as the best FPS I have every played is why I might bring it up in passing. Kameo is one no really appericated, but love.

 

[TheTygre]

Alot of the games in my library I consider underappreciated. My favorites though;
Jade Empire (It always seems to get overshadowed by KotOR, at least to me.)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Lord of the Rings; The Third Age
Champions of Norrath
Onimusha Series

 

[FiveSpeedf150]

Zone of Enders.

See, Zone of Enders was a cool game that was just TOO short and ended at a point that left the player feeling completely ripped off.

I'd almost suppressed the memory. Reminding me of Zone of the Enders will put me in a bad mood for at least a week. Loved that game, could have been so much more, could have been a great series...