Sleeper Hits - underhyped titles which you know will be awesome

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Kollega

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There's a thread next door about big overhyped games that will,in our opinion,suck big fat popsicle.

So,i thought we should share our opinions on the opposite - so-called "sleeper hits". We can actually raise awareness that way,and if they turn out to be good,more people will know to buy them.

For me,it's Just Cause 2. First Just Cause was an opposite of a sleeper hit - it was a hybrid of James Bond and El Mariachi,so there were big expectations. Game itself,though,was merely OK. But second part radically improves findings of a first - there's still tropical island,but there's more content,there's still grappling hook,but now there's much more functions to it,there's still crazy stunts,but there's more of them,and they're more crazy.

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And please,don't just name the game and go away. Elaborate and discuss!
 

Aqualung

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Alan Wake and Singularity, I think.

Not sure exactly how hyped those are, though.
 

Kollega

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wouldyoukindly99 said:
I'm excited for Singularity it's seems like the middle ground between COD and Bioshock.
Oh yeah,Singularity. Truly underhyped game which can still be awesome. Can't forget that one.
 

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Risen and Fairytale fights. One looks like a promising Rpg, the other just batshit awesome.
 

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
kings bounty: armored princess
and the might and magic ds game (I hope)
 

Kollega

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IdealistCommi said:
I think Torchlight(if that is the name) will be pretty cool.
What's that? Don't just name the game,explain why you expect it to be cool.
 

FloodOne

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Demon's Souls.

I'm gonna put Dragon Age: Origins here too, because I've honestly only read maybe two or three articles about the game, when I figured it would've been over saturated by now.
 

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Back on PS2 a game I thought was just fantastic got little to no press at all and I thought that it was strange considering the game was really good, at least in my opinion...

Steambot Chronicles was the game btw, it was by Atlus studios
 

Kollega

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The Black White Guy said:
Back on PS2 a game I thought was just fantastic got little to no press at all and I thought that it was strange considering the game was really good, at least in my opinion...

Steambot Chronicles was the game btw, it was by Atlus studios
Please note that it's not a nostalgic thread. Share opinions on titles that WILL be cool,but are underhyped,not on the titles that ARE cool,but underrated.

And welcome to the Escapist. Please proceed to equipment station for your standard troll-control nightstick and flame-proof suit.
 

Kollega

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IdealistCommi said:
Kollega said:
IdealistCommi said:
I think Torchlight(if that is the name) will be pretty cool.
What's that? Don't just name the game,explain why you expect it to be cool.
From what I've read; it will be a $20 RPG that will ship with a creation tool built in, so modders can fuck the game up as they wish. The multiplayer section of the game is also free to download.
Sounds intresting.
 

DroppedMidget

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I'm looking forward to Borderlands, simply because I know so little about it, but from what I've gained it looks pretty neato.
 

-Drifter-

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Edge of Twilight looks pretty incredible. The voice acting, writing, and art design are great, from what I can tell from the trailers. Go search it on Gametrailers or Youtube, watch the Fall trailer and the Someone Special trailer.
 

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Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. I absolutely LOVED that game. It was so original. And the totally set up sequel never materialized. Something about the company who was making it disappearing. No excuse though.

Edit: Wait. Misread the topic. Umm.....I have no idea. Want to go play metal arms now though.