Your personal biggest underrated game of all time
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Descent, it was released back in 1995 but it was pure awesome. it was essentially doom but if the doom marine was replaced with a space ship. The levels were made so that you could traverse them vertically as well as horizontally. It had that classic style of level design, ie find the key to proceed, where you have to search the map for where to go next. Exploration was vital as there were many secrets scattered across the level. My favourite gameplay element was how after killing the core( boss ) for each level you then had to find the level exit.
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus.
The first game, Oddysee, was good but it had its flaws. Exoddus took all of those little flaws and beat them into the ground with a rusty pole.
The first game, Oddysee, was good but it had its flaws. Exoddus took all of those little flaws and beat them into the ground with a rusty pole.
Easy. It is also my favorite game ever: Little Samson for the NES.
The game was released when the NES was going out and the SNES was being born. So it was easily ignored. However, it's a great platformer. Simple story, incredible music, fun characters, nice difficulty curb...
Seriously, if you never played it, do yourself a favor and play it. It shows how a simple game can be plenty of fun.
But, unlike KH, it felt like it was dragging on too much. A lot of time was spent from going from point A to point B, rinse and repeat. At least KH kept it short and interesting (At least per world) (Also, I know you did the KH referring to the combat). But still, it was an interesting game.
I'll cast my vote for this one too.
EDIT: And Um Jammer Lammy! 95% of the people I know have no knowledge of this game.
The game was released when the NES was going out and the SNES was being born. So it was easily ignored. However, it's a great platformer. Simple story, incredible music, fun characters, nice difficulty curb...
Seriously, if you never played it, do yourself a favor and play it. It shows how a simple game can be plenty of fun.
Oh, I remember that one! In fact, I still got it! I remember thinking it was an original idea. Space pirates? Hell, yeah!chozo_hybrid said:
But, unlike KH, it felt like it was dragging on too much. A lot of time was spent from going from point A to point B, rinse and repeat. At least KH kept it short and interesting (At least per world) (Also, I know you did the KH referring to the combat). But still, it was an interesting game.
I'll cast my vote for this one too.
EDIT: And Um Jammer Lammy! 95% of the people I know have no knowledge of this game.
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
One of the funniest games ever created, and was a revolutionary combination of different genres at the time. Seriously, why didn't more people buy that game?
EDIT: I'm gonna throw one out there for Silent Hill: Downpour
Okay sure, the monsters could have used more inspiration, controls could have been better, should of been more bosses. HOWEVER. The cult was nowhere to be found. which means in my book +500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 points. Like what was said on ZP, if you put a human face on something it just isn't as scary. It's like the difference between SH2 and SH3, SH2 was just so much better because of how personal the story was for James (not saying Silent Hill 3 wasn't a really amazing, emotional game, it was, this just comes down to preference for me). But they got rid of the cult, made the story personal, and I absolutely loved it for that. Despite it's flaws it's one of my all time favorites.
One of the funniest games ever created, and was a revolutionary combination of different genres at the time. Seriously, why didn't more people buy that game?
EDIT: I'm gonna throw one out there for Silent Hill: Downpour
Okay sure, the monsters could have used more inspiration, controls could have been better, should of been more bosses. HOWEVER. The cult was nowhere to be found. which means in my book +500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 points. Like what was said on ZP, if you put a human face on something it just isn't as scary. It's like the difference between SH2 and SH3, SH2 was just so much better because of how personal the story was for James (not saying Silent Hill 3 wasn't a really amazing, emotional game, it was, this just comes down to preference for me). But they got rid of the cult, made the story personal, and I absolutely loved it for that. Despite it's flaws it's one of my all time favorites.
Portal 2.
For the amount of love and award Portal gets, only to have it's sequel improve it in every way only to get overlooked, is a shame.
For the amount of love and award Portal gets, only to have it's sequel improve it in every way only to get overlooked, is a shame.
Mine has to be Dark Reign: The Future of War. It came out around the same time as Starcraft and Command and Conquer so it was pretty well ignored by most RTS gamers. The one element that grabbed my attention was the AI of your units. You could send them off to scout, harass and seek and destroy but then control variables like health tolerance, independence and pursuit range. So I'd set a bunch of air units to harass and place them on a low health tolerance, they'd scout the map for me, shoot enemy units until they ran out of ammo or took 50% damage, return to base, repair and bomb up, then rinse and repeat. This allowed me to spend more time building up a main force to attack rather than having to micromanage a ton of units.
Whoops, a bit long there, but I haven't seen another RTS do it since and it was such a good idea.
Whoops, a bit long there, but I haven't seen another RTS do it since and it was such a good idea.
As the OP has stated, mine would have to be Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I had flaws, I found something here and there to complain about, but it's a great game overall and amazingly fun.
One thing I absolutely loved about the game was the way it weaved the separate categories together as it did.
Wanna be a Battle Mage? Might and Sorcery and BAM have fun!(this is easily my favorite combo, btw)
Wanna be a Magic Thief? Sorcery and Finesse, BAM you're a terror in the shadows and a nightmare in the open.
Wanna be an Agile Warrior? Might and Finesse, WHAM you're an instant flood of blood.
What's that? You want to be a combination of all three? DO IT! Instant Jack-of-All-Trades.
Or you can just go purely down one path! It's all fun!
I thought Amalur was a beautiful world filled to the brim with life. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and I actually wanted to do the side quests. The music was a joy to listen to, as well.
One thing I absolutely loved about the game was the way it weaved the separate categories together as it did.
Wanna be a Battle Mage? Might and Sorcery and BAM have fun!(this is easily my favorite combo, btw)
Wanna be a Magic Thief? Sorcery and Finesse, BAM you're a terror in the shadows and a nightmare in the open.
Wanna be an Agile Warrior? Might and Finesse, WHAM you're an instant flood of blood.
What's that? You want to be a combination of all three? DO IT! Instant Jack-of-All-Trades.
Or you can just go purely down one path! It's all fun!
I thought Amalur was a beautiful world filled to the brim with life. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and I actually wanted to do the side quests. The music was a joy to listen to, as well.
Sly 2: Band of Thieves is an excellent game. I couldn't go without buying the Sly Collection for my PlayStation 3. Although the first Sly is my favorite of the three and I'm stoked for Sly 4.FFP2 said:
I've never played the first one, and I regret not buying a PS3 purely because of the Sly Collection. Not excited for 4 though. Not devloped by Sucker Punch, way too many playable characters and worst of all- Nolan North is in it.Exius Xavarus said:Sly 2: Band of Thieves is an excellent game. I couldn't go without buying the Sly Collection for my PlayStation 3. Although the first Sly is my favorite of the three and I'm stoked for Sly 4.
OT: I saw one person mention FF X-2 and I gotta agree with him. It's my favourite FF and I just love how lighthearted it is. That, and you play as three girls in bikinis
Sanzaru Games has always been a part of the Sly trilogy, however, so I'm not worried about them developing Sly 4.FFP2 said:I've never played the first one, and I regret not buying a PS3 purely because of the Sly Collection. Not excited for 4 though. Not devloped by Sucker Punch, way too many playable characters and worst of all- Nolan North is in it.Exius Xavarus said:Sly 2: Band of Thieves is an excellent game. I couldn't go without buying the Sly Collection for my PlayStation 3. Although the first Sly is my favorite of the three and I'm stoked for Sly 4.
OT: I saw one person mention FF X-2 and I gotta agree with him. It's my favourite FF and I just love how lighthearted it is. That, and you play as three girls in bikinis
True, true.zzkill said:
I'd like to second that, and also extend it to Napoleonic Wars. Personally, I think people just get the shits when a single bullet or bayonet/sword hit will more often than not kill you. That, and that it takes 2o seconds to reload a musket during which time you stand painfully immobile on a battlefield with cavalry pounding towards you. These are the things I like about M&B.
A further bonus is that, considering M&B's age, quite literally almost anyone's computer will run it and run it well. The problem with WotR is you need a freakin' awesome machine for it to run well ... and for everyone else with just a bog standard machine, well ... you're just arrow fodder for people with good machines.
Can't wait for M&B 2. Just hoping the AI/path-finding is bumped up, and we have somewhat better tactical options. Imagine M&B where the map is more useful - at the start of the battle a set up period where you could arrange your deployment a la Total War, and then jump into it !!
Oh sweet Jesus I think I need to change my pants ...
Whenever people talk about great PS2 games, they never seem to talk about Area 51, which is a shame. It's one of my favorite shooters ever.
Id have to say lotr the two towers on the gba, but then its such an old system it might be highly praised and ive missed it
Silent Storm. It's a turnbased RPG type thing set shortly after WWII. It's really fun but the plot twist made me mad.
Mine would be Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Seriously, this is probably the best game in the Max Payne trilogy. The shooting and bullet time mechanics are exciting and work really well, the environment is appropriately dark and depressing, and the story is well told and genuinely heartbreaking. While it is kind of short, it's still an amazing experience from beginning to end.
If you have a Steam account, then I would implore you to check it out.
If you have a Steam account, then I would implore you to check it out.
Aye, but don't forget that SotC predates journey by half a decade at least. But you're right, it doesn't change much, although I think some of the later Colossi have to be approached with very different mindsets to the earlier ones if you're going to figure out how to beat them. Been a long time since I played it though.Vrach said:
It did have that problem now and then, but I'm just glad someone else has played it.Beautiful End said:
I absolutely adore Legend of Dragoon. I wish I was eloquent enough to do it justice here. I love it's dumb old RPG story and it's tired if slightly repetitive turn based combat. It's fun how for one character you need to get to the last part of the game to get him magic powers or you find that an annoying salesman you want nothing to do with anymore from the beginning of the game has the magic rock you need to get said powers halfway through the game. It's genuinly challenging at times as well and has enough fun, well made levels to keep you engaged and mastering the wierd addition combat system for way too long.
Alright, I'm going to go out on a limb and say Chess. Yes, the game with the checkered board and the pieces that some people affectionately call "horsies" to the ire of everyone else. I started playing it again for the first time in years and I found that saying Checkmate in context is more satisfying than any headshot I've made to date.
However if we're going to narrow this to videogames then I'm going to say Artemis: Bridge Simulator. I've played with family and friends and have found very few party games surpass it. If you haven't heard of it please take the chance to look it up. I love this game and would love to see the community grow.
However if we're going to narrow this to videogames then I'm going to say Artemis: Bridge Simulator. I've played with family and friends and have found very few party games surpass it. If you haven't heard of it please take the chance to look it up. I love this game and would love to see the community grow.