Your personal biggest underrated game of all time

[Brainwreck]

Imperium Galactica II.
You haven't even heard of it, have ya.

 

[lord.jeff]

My answer is always Viewitful Joe.

 

[Ishal]

I don't know if these are considered underrated here, but I'll go with two games. First is from my childhood. Loved this game.

Next is when I was slightly older. This is one of the first truly "dark" games I played and I credit it for being one of the first games to get me hooked on how important atmosphere was for me in a videogame.

 

[FFP2]

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Okay my bad, perhaps not always. But Sanzaru Games is the one that put the Sly Collection together. :x I've seen several screens and a couple vids of Sly 4 and it looks really good.

Yeah but I think that was just a port, this time they're actually creating a new game.

I was excited as well, but then I realised that Sly 3 was meant to be the final game in the franchise.

 

[Subscriptism]

Metro 2033
Great atmosphere, genuinely scary at point, great characters, fantastic game mechanics, "realistic" stealth the whole thing was so damn beautiful.

It was slick and marvellously well done and I can't believe it slipped under so many radars. I can't wait for Metro: Last Light.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

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Okay my bad, perhaps not always. But Sanzaru Games is the one that put the Sly Collection together. :x I've seen several screens and a couple vids of Sly 4 and it looks really good.

Yeah but I think that was just a port, this time they're actually creating a new game.

I was excited as well, but then I realised that Sly 3 was meant to be the final game in the franchise.

I know it was. Sly 3 wrapped everything up real nice-like and it didn't need a sequel at all. But I can't personally complain about more Sly Cooper. :x

 

[Oly J]

Shadow of Rome.

Suffered from the same fate that Godhand did (both Capcom titles and both fairly close to each other in birth). I just don't understand why it got so little love. It pushed PS2 graphics to near current gen levels, had glorious sound, played smooth and responsive (and if you knew the Onimusha engine, you could jump right in), and most importantly had some of the most magnificent video game violence you could ever ask for with no two fights ever playing out the same. Very replayable as well since you could replay the best parts of the game as you wished. Even the few people I knew who gave it a chance said it was a blast, but again, so few gave it that chance. *SIGH* Which pretty much means I'll never see a sequel...

I feel your pain friend, I borrowed that game from a friend once and didn't really get very far, but I had a hell of a time with it, I do remember thinking "Agrippa" didn't sound like a very roman name, which is weird because most of what else I remember was being completely blown away by the whole gladiator thing (I really like the roman gladiator thing and think there should be more games about it)

but sadly it's not the game I was going to put on this list

mine is Shenmue, as anyone who's seen a post of mine in a similar thread will know, I just really loved that game, and to this day I'm holding out hope for Shenmue 3, hoping against hope, and annoyingly I recently heard Sega planned for a Shenmue HD collection, and it was already complete, then I found out they've been sitting on it for about 2 years and not seen fit to release it, imagine my fanboy-headache

 

[aguspal]

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Sorry it didn't meet your realism quota MR. Smartass. I will try to do better next time.

Your avatar gives you away BTW. King is naked my friend. Sooner we speak it out, the better.

What the hell?

Well I am not sure why you responded that way, I was just saying than hopping than a new, stand alone game would get more reconision than *THE* most know character in the whole world of videogames is a little... exaggerated.



FYI I am not into mario games that much lately anyways. Hell, if I think about it, I was NEVER really that into the mario games, but rather the "secondary" mario games so to speak (As in Mario Kart, Mario Party, the Mario RPGS too...).


Mario is my avatar simply because its one of the default avatars and I am too lazy to change it. But I dont hate him either, its just there... lol.

Also I dont know what Mario has to do with realism? Those two concepts dont go togheter AT ALL.

 

[thesilentman]

Persona 4, Ico, and Flower come to my mind. Flower more so as I've never felt such euphoria pouring out of a game in my whole time on this earth.

I'd also say Cave Story, but you guys seem to be talking about triple-A level games. It's a shame, because Cave Story is the best damned indie game I've played. I want a sequel...

 

[Quazimofo]

I'm gonna go ahead and say God Hand, even though as of late I've seen a few Escapists highly commending the game. Just one of those games that's popular to mourn for, I guess.

I've actually watched an LP of the game. Looks fun.

Plus anything with a poisonous chihuahua in it has to be good right?

OT: Hmm...

Possibly Metal Arms: Glitch in the System.


Between the vast amounts of powerful and creative weapons, the large enemy variety, the humorous and fun characters, and the decently large amount of levels there are, this game is freaking awesome.

Sadly, this game didn't get very much attention at all. Of course from what I've heard, it was released around the same time as the first Prince of Persia for the PS2. So I imagined that didn't help.

Regardless, if you have an XBOX 360, go the the XBOX original hits and download this game. DO IT NOW!

Took the words right out of my mouth. I wound up buying, trading in accidentally, renting, and re buying this game like 3 times before i finally got to the penultimate boss fight, which I could never beat. Before then though, I loved every goddamn minute of the game. It was fun AND challenging when you shot a guy in the arm, but didn't take it off, so it started swerving all over the place in no particular direction, shooting wildly. Even when it happened to me.

Too bad that their acquisition by blizzard, and blizzard's subsequent abandonment of everything besides WOW, starcraft core games, and diablo, has made it so that we pretty much never will see the rest of the trilogy that was planned.

 

[MrFauxfish]

EDF 2017/Insect Armageddon. Game is hilarious and extremely fun to play with a friend. I have sunk so many hours into those games.

 

[FFP2]

I know it was. Sly 3 wrapped everything up real nice-like and it didn't need a sequel at all. But I can't personally complain about more Sly Cooper. :x

Did Sucker Punch comment on Sly 4? I wanna know what they think about it.

 

[WildFire15]

City of Heroes

Very much under appreciated and killed well before it's time.

 

[Exius Xavarus]

I know it was. Sly 3 wrapped everything up real nice-like and it didn't need a sequel at all. But I can't personally complain about more Sly Cooper. :x

Did Sucker Punch comment on Sly 4? I wanna know what they think about it.

I don't honestly remember. I think I read somewhere that Sanzaru Games had spent an extensive amount of time studying the game's styles and all that fun jazz to make sure they do the series justice. But that's about all I can remember.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Jet Force Gemini! So overlooked, so amazing. Rare once made amazing games for consoles I cared about...

 

[Jfswift]

Easy.

Puzzle-RPG with some of the best music in the franchise. The characters are blank slates and 100% is actually possible for most players. As you fight monsters and bosses, their sprites show damage as the HP lowers. Here's some music...

That was a surprisingly fun game. I remember playing that back when it came out. I agree that it has a really sweet soundtrack. Here's Daniel Tidwell performing the song you had linked earlier.

 

[AndrewF022]

Mine would probably have to be Dark Messiah Might and Magic... it reviewed ok and has a small but dedicated following of fans but its a game I cannot recommend highly enough.

Tell me, is the PC version somehow radically different? Back in the day I picked it from the bargain bin for Xbox 360 and paid 30 euros for it, and found out that I absolutely hated the game for it was so incredibly mediocre and bland. I still regret the purchase; I feel embarrassed for being cheated into buying that trash.

Then later on I found out that some people actually like the game, but they all always said that you should play it on the PC with lots of mods.

You played Dark Messiah: Might and Magic Elements the Xbox 360 port... which is a terrible port yes. Play the PC version, mods aren't needed, but worth looking at if you can't play it 'vanilla'. Just don't go into it thinking it's an RPG or looking for a good story because you ain't gonna find much of either. Even so you just might not like the game, plain and simple... and their ain't nothing wrong with that.

 

[CommanderL]

Mount&Blade: Warband, one of the best games. Has a good modding community, great mods, good concept and I still heard people say it's not good. I can't believe them...

You stole my answer


Also alpha protocol
But mount and blade is amazing one thing it does is make you feel small but at the same time like your doing something The floris mod makes it all kinds of amazing But its such a good game the sence of pride you feel when you and your mind defend a castle even though your out numbered five to one is amazing

 

[TrevHead]

Vanquish, Binary Domain plus Fortune Summoners Deluxe which plays alittle like a Cutesy 2D Dark Souls lite. Also the Ys series for a top down ARPG, WarSong / Langrisser series which Advanced Wars cloned itself on.

Also the 8/16 bit adventure games by Mike Singleton (Lords of the Midnight, Midwinter) the guy should be up there with Peter Molyneux and Sid Meiers imo.

 

[havoc33]

I would say the Yakuza series. Especially Yakuza 4. Most people thought this was just a quick money grab by Sega, but it's actually the best in the series IMO.