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Amazing games that sold far fewer copies than they should have?
- Thread starter Kaeden
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I'm not too familiar with Warhawk sales but I'm gonna guess it didn't sell as much as it should have considering how damn good it was.
I can post like 80% of the games I like in this thread, but I'll go with Prey. Absolutely phenomenal game
The original Nier.
Gameplay was all over the damn place, but you could see the genius of Yoko Taro at work in the characters and story. Combine that with an all-time great soundtrack and you have yourself a cult classic.
Gameplay was all over the damn place, but you could see the genius of Yoko Taro at work in the characters and story. Combine that with an all-time great soundtrack and you have yourself a cult classic.
To me, it is Freedom Fighters all day any day.
It came about when tactical shooters genres were en vogue and thinking that it is all about tactical complexity. And there came a game boiling it down to 4 (? I don't remember right now) simple commands and allow for complexity to derive from it through the "AI" engine.
It hovered around a 70ish score with equivalent sales at the time and therefore led the studio/publisher to concentrate on their cash cow (Hitman) franchise.
Man, what I wouldn't give for a Freedom Fighters 2 ...
It came about when tactical shooters genres were en vogue and thinking that it is all about tactical complexity. And there came a game boiling it down to 4 (? I don't remember right now) simple commands and allow for complexity to derive from it through the "AI" engine.
It hovered around a 70ish score with equivalent sales at the time and therefore led the studio/publisher to concentrate on their cash cow (Hitman) franchise.
Man, what I wouldn't give for a Freedom Fighters 2 ...
Polybius, and maybe most of Jeff Minter's games.
It's a great tempest-esque arcade game and a really rad VR experience to boot, it's just so damn fast. More people should play Polybius!
It's a great tempest-esque arcade game and a really rad VR experience to boot, it's just so damn fast. More people should play Polybius!
Dragons Dogma still best Arpg to date
Shadows of the damned I thought was a really good single player game
Shadows of the damned I thought was a really good single player game
I'm gonna extend this farther and say Zenimax Studios subsidiaries all deserve more sales. Some do well (I personally don't like most Bethesda games) but TEW1/2 deserved way more too
Thanks for the suggestion. I wondered why I hadn't heard of it, despite checking sales every week. It's because 18 months after release it's still full price $15.49, and while it looks fun, that's a bit pricey considering my backlog and the retro graphics.
It reminds me a little of an earlier game I loved, Deathchase on the Speccie (and someone made a free version of that on Android).
I was really hoping (even though it would never likely happen) that Arkane would be given Metroid Prime 4 instead of (seemingly) Bandai Namco. It would have been a perfect fit, they created such great atmosphere in the Dishonored games I really think they would have nailed it.
Such a talented team there with a track record up there with the very best. Certainly don't get the recognition (or sales) they deserve.
Tokyo Mirage Sessions.
In a just world, it would have sold 1mill+
Unfortunately, JPop/Anime + Alienated fans + Wii U = Dead before it even dropped outta its mama
In a just world, it would have sold 1mill+
Unfortunately, JPop/Anime + Alienated fans + Wii U = Dead before it even dropped outta its mama
I'll submit Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and Alice: Madness Returns.
ETQW was a fantastic team based shooter that was played by far more people than actually bought it.
AMR has some of the best art design that's ever been included in a video game.
ETQW was a fantastic team based shooter that was played by far more people than actually bought it.
AMR has some of the best art design that's ever been included in a video game.
it launched in an unfinished state and its still early to even know what worldwide sales are going to be
It was stil nothing, i remember even non-JRPG fans being really hyped for this game.
Same goes for Bayonetta: this is such a fantastic franchise who deserves more million copies sold.
The game is 36€ at Amazon Germany. Had discounts to 30€. I think its save to say it flopped pretty hard.
Marketing was bad.
People are still tired of EAs pay to win MTXs.
Many didn't like the colorful presentation/ setting.
Dont underestimate the number of idiots who boycott the game because of ''SJW bullshit''.
Sleeping Dogs T_T
SE's crazy sales expectations or United Front's weird ass handling of the franchise with Triad Wars killed it for now. Maybe the movie will breath a little...ah who am I kidding!
SE's crazy sales expectations or United Front's weird ass handling of the franchise with Triad Wars killed it for now. Maybe the movie will breath a little...ah who am I kidding!
Dragon's Dogma. I wish it was as successful as MHW. The sequel has so much potential.
Persona 5 would have sold Nier A numbers if it was mulltiplat(not port begging I already finished it twice and bought the CE). Hell maybe it would have sold alot more if atlus continued supporting the game with meaningful story DLCs.
And I'm sure Gravity Rush 2 already mentioned.
Persona 5 would have sold Nier A numbers if it was mulltiplat(not port begging I already finished it twice and bought the CE). Hell maybe it would have sold alot more if atlus continued supporting the game with meaningful story DLCs.
And I'm sure Gravity Rush 2 already mentioned.
Yeah Freedom Fighters 2 needs to happen, singleplayer was great and my buddy and I use to play the multiplayer like crazy too. If I'm not mistaken I think IO Interactive owns the rights to the game still but I could be wrong but if so then there's some hope.
Prey.
Titanfall 2.
Ys VIII.
Yep, played the demo, enjoyed, went to buy, laughed, closed the eshop.
Titanfall 2.
Ys VIII.
Yep, played the demo, enjoyed, went to buy, laughed, closed the eshop.
Took four pages to get to it, but at least there's two people on this website I don't have to be disappointed in.
far cry 1
enemy territory quake wars
crysis 1
these were dismissed as "tech demos". the era where everyone was drinking the half-life kool-aid was truly something else
enemy territory quake wars
crysis 1
these were dismissed as "tech demos". the era where everyone was drinking the half-life kool-aid was truly something else
- Sleeping Dogs.
- Quantum Break.
- Hitman 1 & 2.
- The Council.
- Fallout: New Vegas (it did less than Fallout 3 & 4).
- Agents of Mayhem.
- Tyranny.
- Torment: Tides of Numenera.
- Pillars of Eternity II.
- Tales from the Borderlands (probably the best Telltale).
Yeah, a lot of games...
W101 need enhanced version on Switch so badly. It's a great game. Also a sequel please.