Totally Psychonauts. I agree. So hilarious and imaginative. Sadly, most games that don't involve shooting people don't sell well. I think I'd rather play a game that has a charming story-line and characters and overall fun gameplay than slick graphics.
The Most Underrated Games of the Decade
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Haha, don't worry about it. The controls in the game weren't the best I'll admit, but I also got used to them as well. I could never get a handle on the driving controls, though. I constantly ran into things because the controls weren't the best there. XDPeePantz said:
The normal squad cars were the worst, though. For me at least, in each of the ones I drove in the controls were a little too responsive. I'd just barely move the stick to the left and the thing would veer off crazily into a wall.
Dark Sector- don't see why it got a bunch a negative reviews. The story's not that great but the gameplay is actually pretty good. Although I do agree that the multiplayer was tacked on.
Splinter Cell Conviction- The game is a little different from other splinter cell games, but it isn't that bad. The Campaign is about 8-9 hours long and the co-op missions are about another 4-5 hours long. plus there's a generator defense mode and a versus mode that might be kind of Meh but you still will have fun with it for a little while. Overall I thought Splinter Cell Conviction was a pretty good game even though it has considerably less stealth then the previous titles.
Splinter Cell Conviction- The game is a little different from other splinter cell games, but it isn't that bad. The Campaign is about 8-9 hours long and the co-op missions are about another 4-5 hours long. plus there's a generator defense mode and a versus mode that might be kind of Meh but you still will have fun with it for a little while. Overall I thought Splinter Cell Conviction was a pretty good game even though it has considerably less stealth then the previous titles.
Hahahaha. I hear you on that one. Eventually, I became a car master. I got enough practice with that ridiculous map that forced you to memorize everything. I also loved how the camera for the car was so close even when you were zoomed out to the max. Thank God for movie trivia with Zach, otherwise I would have walked everywhere and just sully up my suit.Dragonizer said:
Crackdown.
Well, on second thought, it's not underrated. It got many 9/10's and 5/5's, but it is very overlooked and under-appreciated.
A lot of these games in this thread are the same, like Okami. It's considered awesome by most who have played it, so it's not underrated, it's just not mainstream.
Well, on second thought, it's not underrated. It got many 9/10's and 5/5's, but it is very overlooked and under-appreciated.
A lot of these games in this thread are the same, like Okami. It's considered awesome by most who have played it, so it's not underrated, it's just not mainstream.
I'm gonna have to say Beyond Good and Evil.
Known fairly well but it did so many great things, like its stories and it's characters- not just Jade, who is still my favorite female game protagonist. Really doesn't deserve to fall into obscurity or fade out without a continuation. Was really happy when the sequel was announced, but never went anywhere ):
Known fairly well but it did so many great things, like its stories and it's characters- not just Jade, who is still my favorite female game protagonist. Really doesn't deserve to fall into obscurity or fade out without a continuation. Was really happy when the sequel was announced, but never went anywhere ):
So why did we celebrate the millennia at 2000? Why not 2001?Mike Laserbeam said:I'm pretty sure 2011 is the start of the new decade. I'm just going to say what was already said in some threads I read a few days ago but, Year 1 was the first year in the first decade, therefore 2011 is the first year in this decade.Anchupom said:
Sorry for my ignorance though
Was that also not the start of a new decade?
Now, completely contradicting what I have said, a decade is technically any 10-year period. So it could be starting from 1876.
A Calendar decade starts when the year ends with the number 1.
It makes more sense to end on a 0
And this talk about ignorance.
Arrogance is also a factor...
It sounds dumb at first, but you start counting years at "0". There's 10 years from 2000 to 2009. 2010 was the start of a new decade.The Diseased Toe said:So why did we celebrate the millennia at 2000? Why not 2001?Mike Laserbeam said:I'm pretty sure 2011 is the start of the new decade. I'm just going to say what was already said in some threads I read a few days ago but, Year 1 was the first year in the first decade, therefore 2011 is the first year in this decade.Anchupom said:
Sorry for my ignorance though
Was that also not the start of a new decade?
Now, completely contradicting what I have said, a decade is technically any 10-year period. So it could be starting from 1876.
A Calendar decade starts when the year ends with the number 1.
It makes more sense to end on a 0
And this talk about ignorance.
Arrogance is also a factor...
Incidentally, my most underrated games of the decade?
-Just about everything from Relic. Company of Heroes is literally the most acclaimed strategy game ever, and every relic game garners high praise but their sales are hit or miss. Home world is probably one of my favorite games of all time.
-Perfect Darkness. Probably because the Gamecube was a poorly exposed system, but the game was still great and it just hasn't been revisited since.
-Time Splitters. It's sad that Free Radical had to file for bankruptcy, and then got picked up by Crytec but this is the perfect example of why there's no school like old school. You can taste the Golden Eye influences in the game, and its refreshing to actually play an FPS with a sense of humor.
-Advanced Wars series. Days of Ruin is my favorite even if people like to rip on it. I like my strategy games with a side of balance, rather than CO power cheese.
i have a few to mention, Zone Of the Enders: the Second Runner, syphon filter 2 and Armored Core 2
quoted for truth, Valkyria chronicles was brilliantaquaman839 said:
Short answer? 2001 was the first year in the 21st century.Anchupom said:So why do we treat centuries and millenia as the "0" being the first year in that century?
Surely if that logic held true - year 1 being the first year in the first century - 2001 would be the first year in the twenty-first century, and the new millenium, not 2000?
Dates should either stick to proper logic, or stick to their own absurd logic... No mixing. Makes me confused.
F.E.A.R. Looking solely at the multiplayer
This game had some of the last great run n' gun, mutliplayer shooting of the DECADE. This is how multiplayer FPS games should be made, and this style will rise again.
PlanetSide
If you missed the brief window when it was mind-blowing (2004-2005ish), you just can't understand. We won't see MMOFPS take off until 2015, the game was a decade ahead of it's time.
This game had some of the last great run n' gun, mutliplayer shooting of the DECADE. This is how multiplayer FPS games should be made, and this style will rise again.
PlanetSide
If you missed the brief window when it was mind-blowing (2004-2005ish), you just can't understand. We won't see MMOFPS take off until 2015, the game was a decade ahead of it's time.
You're right about decades beginning at any year, it's just a unit really, but if you were to treat a decade the same way you would treat a century as in, "the 21st century" started at a specific time - that time being the 1st of January 2001 - then this decade should have started yesterday. Because there was no such thing as a "Year 0" the beginning of every century, millennium and decade is the first year in that region ending with a "1".The Diseased Toe said:
We celebrated 2000 as the new millennium because it was cool to be in "The 2000s", but 2001 was the beginning of that millennium, we were just wrong.
Edit: Sorry for taking stuff so off topic everyone!
you start by having a year before you can say one year has passed, therefore year 0 does exist.Mike Laserbeam said:You're right about decades beginning at any year, it's just a unit really, but if you were to treat a decade the same way you would treat a century as in, "the 21st century" started at a specific time - that time being the 1st of January 2001 - then this decade should have started yesterday. Because there was no such thing as a "Year 0" the beginning of every century, millennium and decade is the first year in that region ending with a "1".The Diseased Toe said:
We celebrated 2000 as the new millennium because it was cool to be in "The 2000s", but 2001 was the beginning of that millennium, we were just wrong.
Edit: Sorry for taking stuff so off topic everyone!
there, i compressed that train of thought as much as i could.
OT: i did play darkness and Age od mythology, both great games.
sadly i cannot really contribute to the actual list here.
Off topic again: there is a string of cobweb hanging from my roof, and it seems to disobey the laws of gravity and momentum.......
