Favorite underrated games

[Woodsey]

Mafia - critically acclaimed (bar the most hilariously-wrong Eurogamer review I've ever seen*), but I don't think it ever sold amazingly like it should have.




*[small]Boy do I get mad when people try to compare it to GTA. [/small]

 

[AdmiralWolverineLightningbolt]

disaster day of crisis, gets my vote any day

EDIT
sonic adventure 2 is apparently not liked by many people so that too since it's one of my favourite games ever

and the world ends with you, i think it may be the best rpg ive ever played

 

[reg42]

Psychonauts
The entire Myst series (I have yet to meet another human being who has even heard of this series)

I have
OT: Future Cop man, that game kicked ass on so many levels.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

Why thank you, I guess it is hardcore. Though I've never created a new profile so as to begin at Level 1 again so perhaps that's something I should next attempt. Sure it would be nice to play multiplayer on DR2 with another fanatic like myself. Also, just out of interest, I guess you've tried Infinity Mode before? If so what time did you achieve?

Best I ever did in Infinity mode was to last just long enough to unlock the Laser Sword. As soon as I got the 5day achievement I turned off the machine.

That mode was a decent idea in theory, but in practice it just meant a whole lot of waiting around. And I can wait around in real life. I haven't played that mode again after getting the 5 day survivor achievement.

How about you?

 

[Kroker]

Why thank you, I guess it is hardcore. Though I've never created a new profile so as to begin at Level 1 again so perhaps that's something I should next attempt. Sure it would be nice to play multiplayer on DR2 with another fanatic like myself. Also, just out of interest, I guess you've tried Infinity Mode before? If so what time did you achieve?

Best I ever did in Infinity mode was to last just long enough to unlock the Laser Sword. As soon as I got the 5day achievement I turned off the machine.

That mode was a decent idea in theory, but in practice it just meant a whole lot of waiting around. And I can wait around in real life. I haven't played that mode again after getting the 5 day survivor achievement.

How about you?

Well originally I was planning on playing just long enough to unlock both the Five Day and Seven Day Survivor achievements, but somewhere down the line I thought I would see how long I could last. The answer? 24 hours 25 minutes and 30 seconds (in-game 12 days 5 hours and 6 minutes). Earned me rank 257 in the world but it was agonisingly dull.

 

[superdance14]

SSX series

TimeSplitters series (Well, 2 and Future Perfect mostly)

Sly Cooper series (Go play these games right now)

 

[ratix2]

Megaman Legends.

absolutly. awesome games but too many people never gave them a chance because of the words mega man in the title.

also, i dont think stalker can really be considered an under rated game. with close to 3 million copies sold and pretty good review scores i wouldnt consider it under rated.

for me though, id have to say clive barkers undying (awesome fps, great atmosphere and art direction and a great shooter to boot) and system shock (the original).

 

[almostgold]

Chronicles of Riddick and Republic Commando

 

[ThatJoelGuy]

A few people have put ff VIII, since when was that game underrated?


FF IV

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

Well originally I was planning on playing just long enough to unlock both the Five Day and Seven Day Survivor achievements, but somewhere down the line I thought I would see how long I could last. The answer? 24 hours 25 minutes and 30 seconds (in-game 12 days 5 hours and 6 minutes). Earned me rank 257 in the world but it was agonisingly dull.

Wow. I bow to your superior Frank Westness. You have truly covered wars my friend.

 

[SteelWolf89]

urban chaos: riot response(ps2/xbox)

gauntlet dark legacy(xbox/gc)

conker's bad fur day (n64)

resident evil (gc remake)

 

[Kroker]

Well originally I was planning on playing just long enough to unlock both the Five Day and Seven Day Survivor achievements, but somewhere down the line I thought I would see how long I could last. The answer? 24 hours 25 minutes and 30 seconds (in-game 12 days 5 hours and 6 minutes). Earned me rank 257 in the world but it was agonisingly dull.

Wow. I bow to your superior Frank Westness. You have truly covered wars my friend.

Ah why thank you my good man. I look forward to making your acquaintance in Dead Rising 2.

 

[aPod]

Aquanox
Sacrifice

Underrated is hard for me, since my grading scale is either good or bad... so im going good games that i dont think many people ever played.

 

[elfshiree]

Runescape. Yah I know that makes me a dweeb but I am proud of my dweebness.

 

[Hutchy_Bear]

Power Stone 2.

This.

Also; Phantasy Star Online.

 

[gtamad12]

Shadow of the Colossus and Zone of Enders

Dear god I loved Zone of the enders, I cannot count how many hours i have spent playing that game over the years, unfortunately I lost my special edition version of the second runner, which was selling on Ebay for £40 at one time.

OT: Zone of the enders, some of the half life 2 mods out there, and of course Dead rising

 

[Steppin Razor]

The World Ends With You, the Phoenix Wright series and TimeSplitters. If Free Radical hadn't shot themselves in the foot by making Haze, and if it was more popular so that new owners Crytek had a large enough fanbase, we might have had TimeSplitters 4 sometime this year.

[sub]Edit for grammar and spelling and added in TimeSplitters[/sub]

 

[Qracle]

It has to be Dwarf Fortress.