That underrated, forgotten gem of a game.
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Actually, it has... sort of. Wrecked: Revenge Revisited is the xbla/PSN follow up to mashed, but falls far short of the original in content. It has virtually no singleplayer, you can't add AI to online matches, and it only has 6 tracks. One of them is based on Polar Wharf though, so for some that's really all you needKissmahArceus said:
Rumour has it that NTSC versions of Mashed are compatible with Xbox 360s, too.
URRMUHGURRD SO MUCH NOSTALGIA!Shadowstar38 said:May I present to you...
This is my all time favorite game from the Gameboy Advance. I sunk more time into this than Pokemon Rudy. It's that fucking good.
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I'm going to avoid saying Okami, and say the Viewtiful Joe series...not sure if it would be all that underrated nowadays, with how you could find both of the games in bargain bins everywhere, and the fact he showed up in MVC3.
I'm still greatly saddened by the fact that there will never be a final installment, since Clover shut down. Actually, I'mma go play through VJ2 again. But hey, even for an unfinished series, I can live with the cliffhanger at the end of VJ2. After all, they do pretty well at tying up those other loose ends.
Also, NIER was a good one. If the combat were a tad better it would have held itself up quite nicely after the third playthrough to figure out the entire story.
And last, but not least, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. I loved this game. Period.
Otogi: Myth of Demons and its sequel Otogi: Immortal Warriors. I loved thos games. Shame they aren't backwards compatible with the 360.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Crimson Skies yet. I've only played it on the PC and I know it's based on a pen and paper, but that game was amazing. Fun combat, diverse missions, extraordinary alternate history setting and a lot of style. You play as an air pirate in 1930s continental US, which has separated into multiple states, destroying the land infrastructure and making air travel and zeppelin aircraft carriers a fact of life. And you're an effing corsair in a pulpy, black swan as a love interest, story. Again, it had style, and deserved far more than the Xbox rerelease. I still have the extras it gave me at the end of a mission, if i did sidequests - a signed photo from a nurse I saved, a gold coin from the treasure of the king of Hawaii etc and lots of pinups from grateful young ladies
I still have itSmeatza said:Micro Maniacs
It seems that me and a few friends were the only ones in the world that played this game (as I've never met anyone else who claims they have), but it is creative, innovative, challenging and most of all, really REALLY fun.
Haven't actually played it that much though...
"Crystalis" an RPG by SNK published in 1990 for the NES, for me it was better than Zelda *gasp* ^_^
ResonanceGames said:
That didn't take long. Good games, but no one's heard of them? A couple years ago maybe, but the internet (and Steam) has a habit of taking the exclusiveness out of cult classics. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines for example.ResonanceGames said:
I'm listing this because I've seen no recent chatter about it whatsoever: Warzone 2100. Highly rated back in the day, at least according to Wikipedia, it seems no one's heard of it. A pity, since it was such a unique RTS for its time, with individually customizable units and expanding your tech tree by finding lost technology. It, as well, is a lost treasure I only found again because Bookman's is apparently the Needful Things of gaming. What did I end up paying? Ask the shop-keeper. He may not tell you, but he is never without a bargain you'll be dying to take home.
Ever heard of Dark Fall?
You've never heard of Dark Fall.
That's a shame.
It was a deliciously creepy adventure/ghost-hunter game set in an ancient, abandoned hotel where ghosts talked to you, the atmosphere was positively painful, and the scares were GOOD.
I always thought that "lights in the hallway turning off towards you" was cliche and inherently not scary, until Dark Fall did it. I suppose the fact that I survived without a scratch made it even worse, because the malevolent force was just TAUNTING me.
You've never heard of Dark Fall.
That's a shame.
It was a deliciously creepy adventure/ghost-hunter game set in an ancient, abandoned hotel where ghosts talked to you, the atmosphere was positively painful, and the scares were GOOD.
I always thought that "lights in the hallway turning off towards you" was cliche and inherently not scary, until Dark Fall did it. I suppose the fact that I survived without a scratch made it even worse, because the malevolent force was just TAUNTING me.
I've got 2:
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (I know that the internet is huge on this game, but if I were to tell any other gamer whom I know in person they'd have no idea, even my pc gaming friends)
Planescape Torment (Only people at least 5 years older than me seem to respond to this one)
And a while ago, before 3 came out, I would have put Fallout 2 at the top of this list.
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (I know that the internet is huge on this game, but if I were to tell any other gamer whom I know in person they'd have no idea, even my pc gaming friends)
Planescape Torment (Only people at least 5 years older than me seem to respond to this one)
And a while ago, before 3 came out, I would have put Fallout 2 at the top of this list.
This too. Also while I'm at it your signature added one: Shadowrun SNES.Random Encounter said:
I feel like all anyone had a SNES for was Mario, Metroid, Zelda, and Final Fantasy.
One last thing that NO ONE I have ever spoken to has played: LSD the Dream Emulator.
But Bloodlines isn't comparable. It's just a cult classic; not underrated at all. Neither DMoMM or Cthulhu got good reviews OR have had lavished praise from the gaming communities since their release (which Bloodlines has, a thousand times over). Both have the occasional fan. That's it.Nieroshai said:
Underrated does not necessarily mean completely obscure. Not sure where you're coming up with that.