underrated games

Post by **mrJotaan** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:45 am

I played Manhunt and that was the most garbage game ever. I look to this great comic strip from Penny Arcade: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?d ... 2-01&res=l

Post by **Eldo** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:48 am

Hehe. Nice comic MrJotaan.

Freedom Force was another great underrated game. I'm looking forward to the sequel that is going to be released soon.

Post by **Buzkashi** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:02 am

Id say a really fun party game that doesnt get as much credit as it deserves is mario party, i liked it.

Post by **raziel** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:03 am

I only got to play the demo, but damn, it was awesome and unfortunately not well known.

Gundam Sidestory

Post by **Malvado** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:38 am

the berserk game for dreamcast. oh yes mass mandragora sceaming infinite shotgun cannon arm ammo pirate killing death. stupid sentence structure.

Post by **Buzkashi** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:46 am

Starnum would have field day with you.....

Post by **Kêthêrîc** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:53 am

Malvado wrote:
raziel wrote:ketheric: yay another dreaming fan, did you listen to stabbing westward? i actually pmed you a while ago about this.
Not to jump in your convesation but Stabbing Westward=the great!

yes yes yes yes yes!

poor christopher just got hit in the face by a snowboarder after he fell and had to get stitches and his teeth put back in place.

anyways..... Castlevania: Symphony of the Night was a beautiful game that didn't get very much credit.

Post by **Starnum** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:55 am

raziel wrote:
Starnum wrote:It's called an Orbital Frame, not a Mobile Suit. It'd have to be from a Gundam series in order to be an MS. The OF in Z.O.E. was named Jehuty, by the way.
relax, we weren't going in depth about the game, so I opted to use a casual well known phrase (mobile suit) since this is a well known term(s) and that basically describes what it actually is. sleek looking mobile suit like bot = orbital frame

Malvado: too bad, Stabbing Westward was underrated on a different note.

I am relaxed...I was just making sure you knew that. Most people don't you see. I hear people say mobile suit all the time, but they don't realize that's a Gundam exclusive term. *Shrugs*

Post by **raziel** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:08 am

no need to make sure, im not writing an essay on mobile suits vs. orbital frames.

another one: Wild 9 for ps

Post by **Starnum** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 8:25 am

Well!

Maybe you should be.

Geez, did me correcting you bother you or something? Perhaps you are the one who needs to relax. I was simply trying to help...

Post by **Eldo** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:07 am

Another underrated game was Bad Mojo. Most of you probably never heard of it, but it's a game where you are transformed into a cockroach and run around amok in gritty places like sewers and pipes! Not for the faint of heart, there's some fish that leaps out of the water and giant spiders that may scare the hell out of ya....

Oh, and let's not forget Shadowrun.

Post by **Trant** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:36 am

raziel wrote:no need to make sure, im not writing an essay on mobile suits vs. orbital frames.

another one: Wild 9 for ps

I was thinking about this game the other day. Definitely a lot of fun. Always nice to play a 2d platformer every now and then (yes, it was 3d but it played like a 2d game)

Suikoden is my favorite series. While 4 is by no means a bad game, it's most likely the weakest of the series so far. It doesn't help that a lot of the fan service was lost by making it a prequel set so far apart from the the rest. I want my returning characters.

And at least one member of the Howling Voice Guild.

I remember when I first saw Valkyrie Profile mentioned in a magazine. It looked and sounded incredible...But no hype meant I forgot about it. Then I found the intro on the internet. Couldn't find the game in stores and forgot about it. It took me too many years to finally look for a copy and buy it. Definitely a game worth the wait.

Here's another good one: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Fairly fun, but I could not find another soul to play this with.

Seeing as how some games mentioned received excellent ratings but went largely unnoticed by the general public, perhaps the thread title should be changed to "Underappreciated games" ?

Post by **Gaiseric** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:59 am

I gotta go with Rez. It didnt have amazing graphics, but the gameplay, style, and music were great. Very unique and fun game.

Post by **Femto** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:44 pm

I'd say Rez as well. The perfect blend of music and imagery yet in a video game.

And The Zone of the Enders is NOT underrated, the game just isn't that good. The music and graphics are awesome, and the controls are tight, but for the most part it just isn't fun. The boss fights are just horrible. It's not that the game completely sucks (some parts are really entertaining), but it's not really underrated. At least the second one isn't, I haven't played the first one.

Post by **Starnum** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:24 am

You should check out Z.O.E.: Fist of Mars, for the GBA. It's an awesome tactical RPG. Really great story.

Post by **raziel** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:54 am

Starnum wrote:Well!

Maybe you should be.

Geez, did me correcting you bother you or something? Perhaps you are the one who needs to relax. I was simply trying to help...

gah, forgot the smiley. didnt mean to be harsh. but i must say the grammar nazi thing irked me a little. i guess ill just get used to it.

femto: sad to see you think zoe isn't underrated. i thought it was different from the usual type of games.

Post by **Starnum** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:07 am

Hey, no big deal. I'm going to try to stop correcting people so much. They tend to take it the wrong way. I can understand why, but my intentions are never to be condescending or anything. I guess it's just me...or hard to understand in text or something. Anyway, it's all good.

Post by **raziel** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:58 pm

yeah from what i see its cuz we're talking in text, so the politeness is gone.

Ape Escape

Post by **Kêthêrîc** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:33 am

looking through the ROMS list and i found these old school treasures

Lemmings
Rygar
Bionic Commando
Burger Time - ya know you loved it!
Crystalis
Joe and Mac

some ninja game where you could transorm into animals by holding down on the D-Pad. it was for 2 players on the NES... anyone remember the name?

Website · Post by **BasouKazuma** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:54 am

Malvado wrote:the berserk game for dreamcast. oh yes mass mandragora sceaming infinite shotgun cannon arm ammo pirate killing death. stupid sentence structure.

Gaiseric wrote:I gotta go with Rez. It didnt have amazing graphics, but the gameplay, style, and music were great. Very unique and fun game.

I had both of those games. I beat Berserk a while ago but it doesnt work anymore and my Rez game just stopped working after the 4 or 5th level.

Post by **Ayanami** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:30 am

Rez is indeed a sweet under rated game. I also think that Albert Odyssey for the Saturn and Vagrant Story for the PSone are under rated and are very, very good.

Post by **DarkenRahlX** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:59 pm

The top 5 most underrated games for me are:

1. Guardian Heroes (Saturn) - Sega (best beat'em up game of all time...look at how much it sells for on Ebay!)

2. Valkyrie Profile (PS) - Square Enix

3. Omega Boost (PS) - Polyphony (Gran Turismo guys...Best rail mecha game EVER!!!)

4. Guilty Gear (PS) - Arc System Works

5. Ikaruga (GC, DC) - Treasure[/b]

Post by **Ayanami** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:14 am

DarkenRahlX wrote:The top 5 most underrated games for me are:

1. Guardian Heroes (Saturn) - Sega (best beat'em up game of all time...look at how much it sells for on Ebay!)

2. Valkyrie Profile (PS) - Square Enix

3. Omega Boost (PS) - Polyphony (Gran Turismo guys...Best rail mecha game EVER!!!)

4. Guilty Gear (PS) - Arc System Works

5. Ikaruga (GC, DC) - Treasure[/b]

I agree with Guardian Heroes, as that game does indeed own. However, I don't think Guilty Gear is underrated. Valkyrie Profile is a good game but I would not call it number 2 on this kind of list. And I can't say I am fond of Omega Boost.

Post by **Femto** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:34 am

Valkyrie Profile is not overrated, it gets extremely repetitive after a while.

Post by **Buzkashi** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:44 am

You mean underrated..... Oh and yea it does get very repetative.