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Underrated games
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Donkey Kong '94 is one of Nintendo's best games ever but I figure most people have never played it
Life is Strange 2 has a stronger narrative and message than the first, but the first two episodes are its weakest so I don't think enough people gave it a chance.
Life is Strange 2 has a stronger narrative and message than the first, but the first two episodes are its weakest so I don't think enough people gave it a chance.
I have no doubt that if more people gave Tell Me Why a chance, it'd be one of their favorite games of last year.
Total Annihilation (1997 RTS). The streaming resource system was truly unique compared to many (all?) other RTS games at the time. The scale and destruction, debris on the ground after big battles, long range weapons, UI that allowed to queue all kinds of actions compared to just navigating around and so on. Soundtrack was also awesome (same composer as in Skyrim afaik).
Not going to lie, I bought that put it in and it was simply too ugly to play. If there was a full on nice looking remake I'd try it.
Nier (PS3/360). Its MC is 68, but I'd rate it much higher (it's probably my favorite PS3 game). I think folks who have played it, plus its NG+ routes, would agree. Really wish this game would get the Bluepoint treatment.
My game I think is underrated would be Man Eater, simple, stupid fun I loved it.
Wolfenstein (2009)
A very solid fps game, with great gunplay and the medallion gave just enough spice so it's not just another ww2 shooter.
Tomb Raider Underworld
It's a kinda buggy and it's dlc is trapped on x360 but has good puzzles and just the amount of moves Lara can pull off by player input pales anything seen in the latest trilogy.
A very solid fps game, with great gunplay and the medallion gave just enough spice so it's not just another ww2 shooter.
Tomb Raider Underworld
It's a kinda buggy and it's dlc is trapped on x360 but has good puzzles and just the amount of moves Lara can pull off by player input pales anything seen in the latest trilogy.
I have to respectfully disagree. The first title was ok but Shards of Darkness improved on virtually every aspect of the gameOne of the best stealth games I've ever played
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Driver: San Francisco was secretly one of the best games of the 360/PS3 gen, by my money, and I'm guessing it wasn't a big seller. Most reviews I've seen for the game have it hovering around the 6/10 to 8/10 spot, and I just don't get how folks didn't get into the shift mechanic & driving sensation in this game. I just bought it for PC so I didn't need to boot up my PS3 to play it.
The scope and creativity in this game is second-to-none for the genre, and it did things no other video game has really tried since. Split-screen tag mode alone was worth the $60 price tag. I'm surprised, to this day, it wasn't championed a la Burnout Paradise.
Split screen tag:
I applaud the resources put into this game, because the concept was new and unproven. The dialog alone when body-swapping is hilarious.
The scope and creativity in this game is second-to-none for the genre, and it did things no other video game has really tried since. Split-screen tag mode alone was worth the $60 price tag. I'm surprised, to this day, it wasn't championed a la Burnout Paradise.
Split screen tag:
I applaud the resources put into this game, because the concept was new and unproven. The dialog alone when body-swapping is hilarious.
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Hadn't even heard of Blasphemous until Arlo on Youtube did a year end highlight real. It's like classic Castlevania meets ... Metrovania... (which is weird that it somehow captures both parts)... meets a tiiiny bit of Souls in gameplay, and a lot more Souls in tone.
Just really gorgeous and haunting and incredible to explore.
And I didn't hear about it until a year + after release.
Just really gorgeous and haunting and incredible to explore.
And I didn't hear about it until a year + after release.
I'll echo this. Deemo rules. I love all the piano tunes by V.K.
Great game but it's definitely not underrated. You should have been here a month after release...it was wild.Hadn't even heard of Blasphemous until Arlo on Youtube did a year end highlight real. It's like classic Castlevania meets ... Metrovania... (which is weird that it somehow captures both parts)... meets a tiiiny bit of Souls in gameplay, and a lot more Souls in tone.
Just really gorgeous and haunting and incredible to explore.
And I didn't hear about it until a year + after release.
Edit: As much as I enjoy Arlo's stuff, the man is always waaayyyyy behind on things. Great for retrospetives
I agree that Huntdown is one of the best games of last year. It's must own for fans of 2d run 'n guns. Nice call on Little King's Story, too.
Requiem: Avenging Angel (PC)
A neat mix of Quake and magic spells.
Wet (360, PS3)
Badass Max Payne-ish game.
Megumi Rescue (Mark III)
Cute and addictive fire rescue paddle game that never came out for the Western Sega Master System.
Street Fighter 2010 (NES)
This gets a lot of shit for not being a fighting game which is a little weird considering it predates SF2 and it's a better game than SF1.
Uplink (PC)
Crazy difficult but cool hacking sim.
Requiem: Avenging Angel (PC)
A neat mix of Quake and magic spells.
Wet (360, PS3)
Badass Max Payne-ish game.
Megumi Rescue (Mark III)
Cute and addictive fire rescue paddle game that never came out for the Western Sega Master System.
Street Fighter 2010 (NES)
This gets a lot of shit for not being a fighting game which is a little weird considering it predates SF2 and it's a better game than SF1.
Uplink (PC)
Crazy difficult but cool hacking sim.
Agreed with many of the suggestions posted. I'll add...
Alpha Protocol - its a great RPG and has fantastic dialogue and outcomes. Needs some polish but who cares?
Street Fighter X Tekken - it is an excellent fighter that was buried under Capcom's idiotic PR bullshit and a rough launch. Totally unfair.
Alpha Protocol - its a great RPG and has fantastic dialogue and outcomes. Needs some polish but who cares?
Street Fighter X Tekken - it is an excellent fighter that was buried under Capcom's idiotic PR bullshit and a rough launch. Totally unfair.
Drakan: Order of the Flame
I've always seen it as medieval Tomb Raider with a dragon your fly around on- Rynn on the ground hack and slack + bow, and then mount Arokh your dragon companion for dragon dogfights and occasionally land and have him burn the baddies on the ground to a crisp to save time.
I've always seen it as medieval Tomb Raider with a dragon your fly around on- Rynn on the ground hack and slack + bow, and then mount Arokh your dragon companion for dragon dogfights and occasionally land and have him burn the baddies on the ground to a crisp to save time.
I second this - a really good hidden gem.
If you like the classic Resident Evil style, try Curse: The Eye of Isis (PC and Xbox).
Recently I'd say Watchdog: Legion
It's a flawed game to be sure but the core gameplay loop was really fun and while the hacking wasn't as extensive as WD2 the combat was better and the ability to recruit practically anyone was an interesting feature that I hope they flesh out for WD4.
If they can merge WD2 and Legion and learn from their mistakes, WD4 could be brilliant.
It's a flawed game to be sure but the core gameplay loop was really fun and while the hacking wasn't as extensive as WD2 the combat was better and the ability to recruit practically anyone was an interesting feature that I hope they flesh out for WD4.
If they can merge WD2 and Legion and learn from their mistakes, WD4 could be brilliant.
Exactly the first thing that came to mind when I read them thread title.
That said it's selections are top notch.
On ds I would also rate 999 and radiant historian as peak titles for the system.
And on that note
Takes place 10 years before another underrated set of games, Shadow Hearts.
I wish we got remasters of this and the Shadow Hearts games. It's much deserved.
We're now two gens out from this, and it's not fair. This has to be one of the best arcade racers, if not the most fun, from the PS360 generation. I will ALWAYS CHAMPION this game.
How bad are the first 15 mins? What happens? Just curious cause I've heard it's good otherwise. From roguesquirrel maybe? Might be tagging the wrong user there.
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first 15 minutes are really bad though
Acclaim? wonder who owns the rights now
Some y'all posting from really well known and liked stuff in a underrated games thread, js.
I'm never going to stop beating this drum though:
God, and this too. It was my GOTY in 2019 and it's such bliss to play. I don't know how it flew so under the radar after getting a Game Awards trailer and a decently high profile mobile release.
I'm never going to stop beating this drum though:
God, and this too. It was my GOTY in 2019 and it's such bliss to play. I don't know how it flew so under the radar after getting a Game Awards trailer and a decently high profile mobile release.
Majora's Mask the monster moon bearing down on the world makes a lot of people say hell no, most underrated Zelda game.
So I guess I should play this. I got this a year ago through Games with Gold but never played it.One of the best stealth games I've ever played
Desperados 3 came out last year and it felt like no one talked about it yet I put nearly 140 hours in the game doing damn near everything (only badge I didn't get for the main story was the final mission speedrun). Absolutely an awesome game made by Mimimi who also made Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (also awesome).
I'll be the inevitable first mention of Binary Domain in this thread, because that game has no business being as charming and as fun to play as it is.
Just a brand tutorial that's combat focused. Always remember one guy at egm gave it a 9.5. It's a great Mario clone
theyre not lying, the opening tutorial is really bad. they explain the "collect 100 whatzits to get the star" concept by literally having you run around a square room collecting 100 whatzits. game is fun and inventive once you get past that tho
Ohhh gotcha thank you both. I thought the bad opening had to do with the forced edginess factor. Glad to hear it's just about gameplay. I heard the game is quite cheesy. But features solid platforming. I would like to try it alongside other under-appreciated PS2 era 3D platformers I see mentioned like Scaler, Ninja whatever it's called and Pac Man World 2. I'm always up for 3D platformers where level design is the focus rather than open world.
I did try Finny the Fish and the 7 Waters though and it was confusingly janky.
This!
Huntdown is also an excellent couch coop game (thanks to checkpoints and resurrection system).
One of the most overlooked Dragon Quest games even though it's fucking great.
Its the only of the DS Dragon Quests games I never played. Is it that great?
Almost any modern Inxile game.
Wasteland 3 was fantastic and I'm almost through Bard's Tale IV, with no understanding of why that isn't brought up more often. It's not as much an RPG, as it is a puzzle game, where the battles on higher difficulties and even some weapons function as puzzles, just as the overworld is littered with them. Aside from a few bugs, I'm loving everything about it.
Wasteland 3 was fantastic and I'm almost through Bard's Tale IV, with no understanding of why that isn't brought up more often. It's not as much an RPG, as it is a puzzle game, where the battles on higher difficulties and even some weapons function as puzzles, just as the overworld is littered with them. Aside from a few bugs, I'm loving everything about it.