Games that should have been more popular but didnt
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That game ended up on the greatest hits, is on multiple best games lists and people constantly mention it, pretty sure it's popular.Palademon said:
Earth Defense Force 2017 - Is a really fun multiplayer game, although pretty mindless.
Demon's Crest (snes) - I think this game ended up as a huge flop but it's pretty damn awesome.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. got relegated to the hardcore/special gaming category, primarily because it was a pretty hard PC FPS. Do those qualifications ring any bells? The System Shock series was released BEFORE console FPSs took off in a big way, and they were likewise relegated to the hardcore/special category. The same fate also befell almost all of NovaLogic's games, even though they produced some of the most popular PC FPSs of all time (Delta Force: Black Hawk Down and Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising).Sacman said:
Note however that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is probably the best-selling hardcore game series ever (slightly over a million copies) and is not really obscure. Sure, only PC gamers talk about it, but it's still somewhat popular.
Tachyon: The Fringe is a game that didn't sell well but was really good. A space sim brought to life in the era when flying simulations were on the decline, Tachyon had a frankly amazing story, voice acting to kill for, and some of the best graphics of its time. Despite these plus points, Novalogic's brainchild never really took off and settled for obscurity.
The Battlefield series, if only because of all the people who said "Wow! Check out this new Battlefield: Bad Company 2 game that came out of nowhere! It's so much better than Modern Warfare 2! Why did it take game companies so long to realize that gamers want a more realistic and complex shooter?"
