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putowtin

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kogane said:
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I am shocked, how could Beyond Good and Evil not get mentioned!!!!
This! Playing the HD version right now, and I still love it as much as I did back when it was first released.
agreed!
a game I just continue to love and love
 

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Infernai said:
Drakengard- Ok, this is, in most respects not exactly a good game. The combat, while workable, is rather boring and the environments grow rather stale after a while. BUT, simply for the fact it took what every J-RPG did at the time and still do and completely did the absolute opposite to create, arguably, the most depressing and dark game ever created. I think it should be one of those games people should atleast play through once, especially if someones tired of some of the more typical J-RPG's. But, avoid the sequel like the plague and simply get Nier instead.
Jesus, I remember that game. My friend got it when we were ten-ish and I thought it was fucking awesome, haven't played it since though.

STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl Scariest game. EVER. My all-time favorite game, there's just so many things about it that make it perfect and different I can't even list them (or be bothered to :p).

Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason Another terrifying game with great atmosphere.

Ukranians and Russians are very good with atmosphere it seems...

Shattered Horizon Awesome multi-player space shooter with -wait for it- awesome atmosphere. Sadly, the multi-player community is basically dead, but it could be re-ignited with a good push I think, maybe recommend it to a well known gamer group or something. It's also only $10 on Steam, but not made by Russians/Ukranians :(

Payday: The Heist Cool mechanics and just the feeling of being a bank robber is awesome. It also has good atmosphere....

Orcs Must Die! Silly and awesome Tower/trap defense game. Not very atmospheric though...

All of these are on PC and are available on Steam. I could add more but I'll stop now :p
 

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telocaster said:
I was thinking about how there are a lot of great games that get overshadowed by big titles like call of duty or battlefield. What are some great underrated games?


007 Nightfire

Edit: If anyone cares, I was thinking of starting a lets play channel where I play underrated games
Yes. Brilliant multiplayer with some terrific single player levels. And Rook is great.
 

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Atelier Iris was mentioned, but I'd say most of the Atelier franchise is severely underrated.

Another JRPG I think too few people have played is Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, but it isn't so much underrated (It got stellar reviews) as it is completely unheard of.
 

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Gotcha Force (GC) - Can't say I've ever met someone who had actually heard of this game, but it an awesome fighting / beat em up game which pretty much has the plot of Transformers (series not movie), but instead of giant robots, its small toys. I know that seems a little backward, but seriously, this game is the most fun I've had with my GameCube ever. Not that it set very high standards.

Goldeneye 007 (Wii) - I'll be honest, I played the original N64 Goldeneye when it came out, and I didn't like it. Maybe I just sucked too much at it, but this one is probably the best shooter on the Wii. Once again, not exactly high standards, but it does a lot of things right. Now if only they would have put Pierce Brosnan in there...

Mirror's Edge (360, PS3) - Far from a perfect game, but the central free-running mechanics work quite well and there are a number of levels that balance a kind of puzzle platforming with the more intense action sections. It got a lot of bad rap, but I'm not entirely sure why. Give it a shot at least.

Sonic Adventure (DreamCast) - May be 3D, but I still consider it the last truly good Sonic game (though I don't consider Adventure 2 all that terrible). A fairly solid story followed by fun and pulse pounding gameplay with a constant boss that keeps evolving and changing each time you face him. Not to mention the story switches between all the major characters. Yeah I know no one wants to play Amy, but seriously, E-102 Y is the best characterized robot of all time (yes, more so than the Portal ones), with one of the most tragic stories of any video game character.
 
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No One Lives Forever
Hidden and Dangerous
Limbo
PSI-Warrior
Doomsdark's Revenge
Gauntlet
Ghosts and Goblins
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble
Evil Genius
Jagged Alliance 2
Sam 'n' Max
Tropico
Kingdom of Loathing
Zombies Ate My Neighbours
City Of Heroes/Villains
Starship Command
Dwarf Fortress
Wicked
Elite
Puzzle Quest
Paradroid
 

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Animaniacs (SNES)
E.V.O. Search for Eden (SNES)
Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars (GBA)
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (GameCube)
Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (NDS)
Deadly Creatures (Wii)
 

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Infernai said:
Drakengard- Ok, this is, in most respects not exactly a good game. The combat, while workable, is rather boring and the environments grow rather stale after a while. BUT, simply for the fact it took what every J-RPG did at the time and still do and completely did the absolute opposite to create, arguably, the most depressing and dark game ever created. I think it should be one of those games people should atleast play through once, especially if someones tired of some of the more typical J-RPG's. But, avoid the sequel like the plague and simply get Nier instead.
Oh my god i loved that game. I almost cried when my dad accidentally stepped on it >.>
 

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Herbert said:
System shock 1-2 (Seriously, why the heck did these games not sell well? System shock 2 is the best shooter ever made (it is not a pure shooter, much like Deus Ex, it has a strong CRPG element))
It is the best game I've ever played (the only reason I play Dead Space is because sometimes, if I'm drunk enough, I can fool myself into thinking they remade SS2), but there's a difference between underrated and underplayed. Anybody who's actually played it puts it in the top five.

Arcanum is underplayed. Every reviewer talked about how it had the most iterations of character creation they'd ever seen (beat it 7 times-each with a completely different character) and a unique world, but nobody bought it.

Alpha Protocol was underrated. I see alot of it in Deus Ex:HR, especially the talking duels. And misplaced boss fights. It just wasn't as flashy and had more bugs. I can forgive the bugs because none of them broke the game for me, and I beat it 4 times. But the end level was kinda...retarded. Which stood out in such an otherwise intelligent game.

Vampire Masquerade: Bloodlines was massively underrated. Story and gameplay were great, it had a somehow fresh idea, and the graphics were great for their time. It just had some bugs so people didn't play it, but if that game had gotten a console release, Troika would still be around.
 

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Herbert said:
....Outcast.....
Oh man I remember that one.
An open-world, sci-fi, third person shooter, rpg doesn't sound that original these days, with Mass Effect 3 around the corner, but in 1999 it was amazing.
 

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Breath of Fire 4 (PS1)
Vagrant Story (PS1)
Front Mission 3 (PS1)
Dino Crisis 2 (PS1)
Powerstone (Dreamcast)
Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast)
Star Wars:Jedi Power Battles (Dreamcast)
Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube)
Paper Mario:Thousand Year Door (Gamecube)
Dragon Quest VIII (PS2)
Prototype (Xbox 360)
Borderlands (Xbox 360)
SplitSecond (Xbox 360)
The World Ends With You (Nintendo DS)
Advance Wars:Dual Strike (Nintendo DS)

Mainly rpg's because that what I play most and i've tried to avoid naming games i've already seen listed
 

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I don't know about underrated but underplayed is Ratchet and Clank and Sly cooper. They both got kind of overshadowed by the Jak series but I liked them more.
 

Kyle1527

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Alan Wake was an amazing game! It really should have sold better - that's the only "underrated" game I've ever bought.
 

KingWein22

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Secret of Mana (SNES)
Illusion of Gaia (SNES)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)
Guilty Gear (PS1)
Star Ocean: The Second Story (PS1)
Goldeneye 007 (Wii)
Lufia: Curse of the Sintrals (DS)
Bubble Bobble (NES)
Guilty Gear 2: Overture (Xbox 360)
Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox)
Pokemon Puzzle League (N64)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)
Pokemon Snap (N64)
Noctropolis (PC)
Age of Empires III (PC)
Bust-A-Groove 1 & 2 (PS1)
Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES)
Blackthrone (SNES)
Rock N Roll Racing (SNES)
Top Gear 3000 (SNES)

Note: Some of the games I think are/were underrated may have been mentioned by others.
 

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I play a lot of games that don't get the attention they deserve, which is a shame because they are all very good.

Persona 3 and 4 (PS2/PSP)
Brutal Legend (PS3/Xbox)
Resonance of Fate (PS3/Xbox)
Lock's Quest (DS)
3D .Dot game Heroes (PS3) Think Zelda 1 but with legos.
Rayman: Origins (PS3/Xbox) Extremely over-shadowed by Skyrim and CoD. One of the best platformers ever created.
Dark Cloud 2 (PS2)
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (Gamecube)
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (Gamecube) Before Sonic hit rock bottom.
Viewtiful Joe (Gamecube/PS2)
Psychonauts (PS2/Xbox)
Grim Fandango (PC)
Banko & Kazooie: Nuts n' Bolts (Xbox) ...I liked it.
A Space Shooter For Two Bucks! (PS3/PSP) If you have $2 bucks and a ps3 or psp, get this game! It's hilarious and can be quite challenging.

And soon to be added to the list:
Lollipop Chainsaw