Your favourote underrated/unsuccessful games.

[shard]

No one lives forever 1&2, got great reviews, but sold like crap. I love those games That and the obligatory Deus Ex 1, never did even close to a regular release does, but kicked oh so much ***.

 

[damarble]

No one lives forever 1&2, got great reviews, but sold like crap.

Oh yeah, I forgot about those, really fun games.

 

[Fathom1990]

Psychonauts, a surreal platform game about a plot to steal brains.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Crash Bandicoot 2 for the ps1. Oh man, when I got my ps1 for xmas that year, I had so much fun playing that game.

 

[Wiggles]

Blake Stone

 

[BigFoofieMan]

Psychonauts, a surreal platform game about a plot to steal brains.

Yea that game was pretty good, got alot of rater love but didnt sell at all if i remember right.

 

[piotrr]

System Shock 2

(Yes 2. The nostalgics who obsess over SS1 need to consider what the chances are that someone who's played modern FPSs would ever be able to play the key-ridden RPG monstrosity that SS1 truly was.)


I remember trying out Metal Fatigue as a demo once upon a time. I need to give that game another try.

 

[SteveLord]

Ultima VII The Black Gate. Pretty sure it sold well back in 94(?) But I think the technology it had makes it very underrated. Great 2D graphics and colors, awesome storyline and AI routines that still arent implemented properly in today's RPGs.

Although, it had a funky memory manager...which made it a real chore to get to run properly in the old days.

 

[Gabkicks]

I used to love the jet moto games. I wish i still had them. jet moto 2 was great.

 

[Krovvy]

More recently Vampire Bloodlines: The Masquerade, with the community patches it's GREAT! Some older games, which I haven't heard about in years, would be Dungeon Keeper and Motoracer. I still have the CD's for Dungeon Keeper and Motoracer, but they don't work.

 

[Roofles]

KKND and KKND2 (Krush Kill and Destroy) awesome RTS games that were really fun, and you could customize units!

Majesty - Another pretty cool mix of rpg and rts.

 

[FudgeNuggets]

Every 2kSports game ever released **** EA

 

[raevien]

Arcanum
Command & Conquer (why does every fawn all over red alert it wasnt that much different?)
Alpha Centari
Gothic Series
Freelancer
KROZ
MDK2

Every 2kSports game ever released **** EA

HAHA! amen to that.

 

[SteveLord]

Joint Operations

 

[Oni]

Oni, made by Bungie studios before MS swallowed them. It had a really cool ground-up engine that blended hand-to-hand combat and weaponry. Almost nobody knows about it. It was absolutely fantastic. They made it for the PS2 and PC. I played it on PC. It was ported brilliantly.

Earthbound for the SNES is another one that just about nobody knows about beyond it's cult following. It is probably my most favourite game ever. Quirky settings, interesting characters, cool powers and trippy backgrounds make this game totally awesome.

You can find it on eBay for about USD$80 without a box or manual. With box and manual they go for about USD$120 (that's what it was when I last checked). Absolutely fantastic game.

 

[FudgeNuggets]

and here I thought your forum name was referring to the little Japanese demon-fellows. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni_(Japanese_folklore)

 

[Roofles]

Arcanum

Yeah! That was another great game, really good storyline and the engine was really pretty. Game map was huge and you could use magic or technology!

 

[YellowDart]

Marathon and Marathon 2 - good ol' pre-M$ Bungie... classic shooters
Planescape: Torment - the best game BioWare did that nobody played...
Under A Killing Moon - murder mystery style game... awesome game for its time

 

[SteveLord]

Oni, made by Bungie studios before MS swallowed them. It had a really cool ground-up engine that blended hand-to-hand combat and weaponry. Almost nobody knows about it. It was absolutely fantastic. They made it for the PS2 and PC. I played it on PC. It was ported brilliantly.

Earthbound for the SNES is another one that just about nobody knows about beyond it's cult following. It is probably my most favourite game ever. Quirky settings, interesting characters, cool powers and trippy backgrounds make this game totally awesome.

You can find it on eBay for about USD$80 without a box or manual. With box and manual they go for about USD$120 (that's what it was when I last checked). Absolutely fantastic game.

I happen to know both! And I totally agree! Great games that got little attention!

 

[Xenocide]

Red Faction (for PC). That game never seemed to get a lot of love but it's still fun today. It offered a lot of stuff that other games didn't at the time, and the multiplayer is easily in my top 5 favorites.

no kidding!!!!!!

i sat there and played that LONG single player in one day