Favorite underrated games?

alostpacket · Jun 6, 2013

In the spirit of games we regret thread, I thought I would try the flip side and ask you all what games you loved but that didnt sell well, or rate well, or are less known.

Old but awesome:
-Clive Barker's Undying

up and comer franchise
- Torchlight 1/2

More fun than I expected (but maybe not the best ever)
- Singularity

Just, cool
- Stalker: SoC, CS

El Presidente · Jun 6, 2013

Watch me get slammed for this, but Deus Ex 2 Invisible War. :vroam:

Take it out of the Deus Ex universe and it's a great game.

supercad79 · Jun 7, 2013

Intelligent Qube for the PS1. Addictive and fun, but mostly forgotten.

ToastPwnz · Jun 7, 2013

To The Moon, that story. I don't want to spoil anything, but if you're a sucker for a good story, you'll love this game.

Audiosurf for sure, music + an enjoyable game = awesomeness and Audiosurf Air looks like it'll be good too

Alice: Madness Returns, a strange game by all accounts, but well worth the praise

Italo · Jun 7, 2013

El Presidente said:
Watch me get slammed for this, but Deus Ex 2 Invisible War. :vroam:

Take it out of the Deus Ex universe and it's a great game.

This is actually the only Deus Ex game I've played, and I really liked it.

Rage. People seemed to write this game off because it wasn't the next Doom, and wasn't PC centric. I thought I was a very enjoyable game with solid controls, and a cool upgrade system.

First two titles from Platinum Games: Bayonetta, and Vanquish.

On the PSP: Half Minute Hero; N+.

Shotgun84 · Jun 7, 2013

One that springs to mind is WET. It was kind of like playing a Quentin Tarantino film.

dibblebill · Jun 7, 2013

Old but awesome:
-American McGee's Alice

up and comer franchise
- Darksiders

More fun than I expected (but maybe not the best ever)
- Cortex Command

Just, cool
- Stalker:CoC

Shotgun84 · Jun 7, 2013

dibblebill said:
up and comer franchise
- Darksiders

Yeah I was a big fan of Darksiders. A bit disappointed with Darksiders 2 though

El Presidente · Jun 7, 2013

I also really liked Darksiders. I have the 2nd one on my shelf at the moment, I just haven't started it yet.

Italo said:
This is actually the only Deus Ex game I've played, and I really liked it.

If you can, try playing the first one. It's obviously very dated, but there's so much more depth to it than the 2nd.

Italo · Jun 7, 2013

Shotgun84 said:
One that springs to mind is WET. It was kind of like playing a Quentin Tarantino film.

I rented this game and thought it was pretty fun. I got to the level where you're free falling out of a plane, and couldn't get past it.

El Presidente said:
If you can, try playing the first one [Deus Ex]. It's obviously very dated, but there's so much more depth to it than the 2nd.

I have a physical copy for PC. I had the PS2 version, But I sold it. I don't like playing shooters on Sony consoles. Their thumb sticks just don't feel right to me.

dibblebill · Jun 7, 2013

Shotgun84 said:
Yeah I was a big fan of Darksiders. A bit disappointed with Darksiders 2 though

How so? I have it on PC but haven't started 2 yet.

Shotgun84 · Jun 7, 2013

dibblebill said:
How so? I have it on PC but haven't started 2 yet.

Don't get me wrong it's not that bad, I just preferred War as a character instead of Death and I suppose it had a lot of decent games coming out around the same time so it got put on the back shelf. I preferred the games that were competing with it at the time so never really got back into it.

dibblebill · Jun 8, 2013

Shotgun84 said:
Don't get me wrong it's not that bad, I just preferred War as a character instead of Death and I suppose it had a lot of decent games coming out around the same time so it got put on the back shelf. I preferred the games that were competing with it at the time so never really got back into it.

Ah. Got it. I'll have to get to it this summer

tastycaramel · Jun 8, 2013

Theme hospital for the ps1

ToastPwnz · Jun 9, 2013

Oh yeah, Corpse Party, I like a good horror game on occasion. Can't stress enough though, 18+, it's a brutal game with some pretty screwed up moments.

Chex Remix · Jun 11, 2013

Sonic Unleashed, and pretty much every Sonic game after SA2/before Colors. But especially Unleashed. Sonic 4 seems to get a lot of hate for silly reasons, as well.

I think mobile games in general are kind of underrated/underestimated. There's a lot of gems out there.

NYankee · Jun 15, 2013

Suikoden Series. It's criminal that the last one Suikoden 5 came out on the ps2 back in 2006. One of the best RPG series.

Gmash · Jun 16, 2013

I always wanted to start a thread like this, but never got around to it. I have a lot of obscure games, but mostly from the PS2 era. I haven't even played through all of the "big" games on PS3 yet lol.

Just a couple to start with:

Disaster Report
Disaster Report for PlayStation 2 Reviews - Metacritic

and

Raw Danger

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/raw-danger!

These are low budget Japanese games that are unique and all about survival. Not survival horror, just survival. There is no combat, just surviving the elements and the environment in the aftermath of natural disasters. Disaster Report has you trying to escape a man made island after a massive earthquake, while the sequel, Raw Danger, takes place after a tsunami and the resulting flood. Both have similar low budget graphics, which don't detract from the experience, but differences in how the stories play out. I would love to see a modern sequel to these games.

More obscure games to come.

rycolaa · Jun 19, 2013

Harvest moon - all of them
I know it's just about farming, but it's still pretty fun

Co1dNight · Jun 24, 2013

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