Most Underrated/Overlooked games in recent memory

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: dwell
Giants: Citizen Kabuto

I have to second this! That game was so twisted, especially the first mission. Like the dialogue was written by the cast of Monty Python after a night at the strip club.

-- Jack

 

[amcdonald]

Here's a few I can think of...
Minesweeper
Wasteland
Hillsfar (commodore)
operation flashpoint (best game ever go play online you cs girls)

 

[PlatinumGold]

Myth, Myth II by Bungie.

 

[Renob]

Not very many of you have seen it, but Quake III rules.

 

[boyRacer]

Grand Prix Legends

 

[neutralizer]

Freelancer

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: ViRGE Freespace 2

This is my favorite PC game of all time. Half-Life is a distant second. They did such a good job with everything in the game.

The remake of Battlezone was awesome as well. Total Annihilation, Mafia...

 

[BladeWalker]

Really loved Sacrifice by Shiney. Got great reviews by critics but didn't seem to catch on.

 

[HiTek21]

Ikaruga, Mars Matrix

 

[spaceman]

oh i have to add:
Einhander
Shining Force 3
Nights Into Dreams.
Tetrisphere

 

[Savarak]

River City Ransom

 

[Mani]

Planescape:Torment. Didn't sell all that well but one of the best games ever made.

 

[Chaotic42]

Underrated/Overlooked:

Falcon 4-Flight simulator
Hearts of Iron-WW2 strategy

Overrated:

Diablo 2
Serious Sam

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
Here's a few I can think of...
Minesweeper
Wasteland
Hillsfar (commodore)
operation flashpoint (best game ever go play online you cs girls)

I'd have to agree on Wasteland, also liked the bards tale series.

KK

 

[TranceNation]

chuchurocket

 

[Whitecloak]

panty raider

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Mani
Planescape:Torment. Didn't sell all that well but one of the best games ever made.

Agreed. It's a great game.

 

[OulOat]

Rise of Nations, so much better than WC3 or CC: Generals, too bad never caught on.

 

[Lonyo]

MDK2 - Sold 15,500 retail units (not including as OEM sales (bundled with hardware))
Giants - Sold 17,500 retail units
NOLF - 31,500
Urban Chaos - 21,000
Project Eden - 5,000
Sacrifice - 16,500

UK sales numbers.

For comparison -
HL (& Generations) - 470,000
The Sims - 750,000
Q3 Arena - 142,000
UT - 164,000
Max Payne - 161,000
GTA - 303,000
Sim City 3 - 336,000

(all those in the top 50 of all time)

Just some games that didn't sell as well as they should.
(numbers from UK PC Gamer October 2002)

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

PC: Mafia, Majesty, Galactic Civilizations

N64: Blast Corps, Paper Mario

Dreamcast: Record of Lodoss War, Skies of Arcadia, Bangai-o

GameCube: Sega Soccer Slam, Pikmin

PS2: Mark of Kri

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
Here's a few I can think of...
Minesweeper
Wasteland
Hillsfar (commodore)
operation flashpoint (best game ever go play online you cs girls)

I don't think Wasteland was underrated. It was hugely popular in it's time.
As for Hillsfar....yikes! That was a TERRIBLE game. Although the lockpicking puzzle was kinda neat. Compared to the other SSI Forgotten Realms games (most notably Pool Of Radiance), it was a disaster.

Actually, Commodore games are so largely forgotten that almost ALL of them are now underrated.
There was a time when Origin was more than just Wing Commander and Ultima. They made Knights Of Legend, Space Rogue, and Omega, to name a few notables. These games were simply amazing.

oh and the biggest one.
Bigger then Samba De Amigo....

MULE

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: Jzero

MULE

Which was recently (and fairly faithfully) "re-imagined" as Space HoRSE.

 

[Encryptic]

Ultima Underworld I & II

 

[ViperV990]

Yahoo Graffiti!

 

[Dudd]

Mafia. I hadn't heard a thing about it until I was browsing through the gonegold forums, and it is one of the greatest games I have ever played. Simply oozed atmosphere.