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Other Things => Gaming => Topic started by: megaman24681012 on November 02, 2009, 02:32:10 AM
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As said in the title, what's your most favourite underrated game(s)? :D
;)
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Bionicle Heroes, if that's considered an "underrated" game, I really don't know..
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I'd go with..
- Summon Night Series
- Anything from Treasure
- Rocket Knight
- Sonic Riders (Zero G's controls are a little akward)
- Vectorman
- Medabots/Medarot
- Telefang Speed/Power Ver.
- *Goes with Irgy on this one with the Bionicle Game Series*
*list goes on*
Yeah.. these kinda topics often make me shed a tear or two. Those that get unnecessary attention does it always have to be the crap titles/shovelware?
Also megaman24681012, what's YOURS?
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Too many to count. x3
- Actraiser
- Adventures of Batman & Robin (SNES)
- Adventures in Magic Kingdom (NES)
- Darkwing Duck
- Demon's Crest
- Drill Dozer / Screw Breaker
- Legend of Xanadu II (PC Engine)
- Pocky & Rocky
- Popful Mail (Sega CD)
- Rockman EXE Transmission
- Shadow of the Ninja / Blue Shadow (NES)
- Shantae (GBC)
- Shatterhand (NES)
- SkyBlazer
- Soul Blazer
- Sparkster (SNES)
- Uforia / Hebereke (NES)
It's only a small list of games for now. ^^ </wii>
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Also megaman24681012, what's YOURS?
i bet it's the green smilie.
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Why is that smile green anyway?
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whoever made it is retarded. that's why
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Iridion II (GBA)
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Tails' Adventures
Pulseman
Megaman X: Command Mission
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
Really, most of my favorite games are those that are popular/have sold well. I have very few otherwise, but the ones that do like the ones listed above are gold, sheer gold.
Hopefully I can get my hands on Shantae and some other GBC games here, soon, and add that to my list.
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Deja vu. We had this topic before the most recent crash, right?
Best example I can think of is MMX6.
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Super Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back/Return of the Jedi (SNES)
Rock N Roll Racing (SNES)
Solar Striker (GB)
Zone of the Enders 2 (PS2)
Godzilla: Save The Earth (XBOX)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
8U
WAT
Although as little as talk about/play it anymore, that might be true!
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Oh, forgot a few...
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Tetris (NES/GB/SNES/GBA/DS)
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
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Oh, forgot a few...
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Tetris (NES/GB/SNES/GBA/DS)
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Those seem more Overrated than Underrated, especially the last one..
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Yeah, they're all very overrated.
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Fire & Ice : Solomon's Key II
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i bet it's the green smilie.
:o wat. Just address me as Mega, my most fav underrated game is Gotcha Force.
raise your right hand if you know the game... now raise your other hand if you actually have the game. :D
;)
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I think any Disney games in SNES/Genesis are considered underrated.
Well, I'm not sure though.
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Do I really have to say anything more at this point? XD
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Do I really have to say anything more at this point? XD
[sarcastic] I'm guessing.... Naruto! >0<
naah, we all know already! :) I hope -_- '>.>
;)
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Favorite underrated games huh.
Well I'm not sure if the games I have in mind for this list are truly underrated or not...but I'll post them here anyway.
Zelda II: Link's Adventure [NES]
Kid Klown in Krazy Chase (or something like that) [SNES]
PulseMan [Genesis/Megadrive]
Rocket Knight Adventures [Genesis/Megadrive]
Mischief Makers [N64]
Custom Robo [series]
One Piece Mansion [PS1]
Megama Legends [PS1] (Haven't played MML2 or MoTB so I can't mark it as series...yet)
Killer 7 [GC/PS2]
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg [GC] ♪La la la-la la la la la-la-la la la la-la la♪
Luigi's Mansion [GC]
No More Heroes [Wii]
Mad World [Wii]
Later I'll post some other game and or game series that I think might be underrated, but I'm not a 100% sure of the fact.
Then again, I'm not a 100% sure on the above mentioned games either.
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[sarcastic] I'm guessing.... Naruto! >0<
naah, we all know already! :) I hope -_- '>.>
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Don't do that again.
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what? that was sarcasm. *shrugs* Okay, shutting up now...
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I think he meant the overkill in Emotes.
Anyway, I would like to put MMX6 and MMX7 on the plate for me. I don't care what you guys say, but as a Shooter game MMX7 isn't terrible...
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Power Quest
Sonic Heroes (I dont see why people hate this so much...)
Megaman X7
I cant think of much else. I would say Harry Potter for the GBC, but it is pretty bad... its glitchy in that if you dont get a certain item first in one quest, you cant get it after, forcing you to restart the game.
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Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge (Snes/Only America)
Drill Dozer/Screw Breaker (GBA)
ESP Ra.De. (Arcade)
Pulseman (Megadrive)
Dragon Blaze (Arcade)
Waku Waku 7 ( Arcade/Neo geo)
Kabuki Klash ( Arcade/Neo geo)
Garou: Mark of the Wolves ( Arcade/Neo geo)
:P
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Drill Dozer (GBA)
Zen - Intergalactic Ninja (Nes)
Daze before X-mas (Genesis)
Rocket Knight adventures (Genesis)
Ristar (Genesis)
Galaga (Nes)
Super Mario bros. Advanced (GBA)
Megaman Zero 2 (GBA)
Mickey´s Mousecapade (NES)
Mickey´s adventure in Numberland (NES)
Vectorman (Genesis)
Adventures of Batman & Robin (SNES)
Darkwing Duck (NES)
Rockin´ cats (NES)
TMNT (NES)
Snow bros. (NES)
All I can think of in the moment
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Garou: Mark of the Wolves ( Arcade/Neo geo)
Garou counts as underrated? Still, I'm surprised to see I'm not the only one here that played/liked Kabuki Klash and Waku Waku 7
Anyways...
-Boktai series
-KOF Neowave
-KOF XII
-Money Idol Echanger (lets see who actually knows this one)
-Neo Mr. Do
-Kabuki Klash
-Waku Waku 7
-Castlevania Judgment
And those are all that come to my mind so far that I've really liked but aren't popular.
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Update/Edit of favorite underrated games:
(*=Added ?=Not sure if it's really that underrated.)
Zelda II: Link's Adventure [NES]
Kid Klown in Krazy Chase [SNES]
PulseMan [Genesis/Megadrive]
Rocket Knight Adventures [Genesis/Megadrive]
*Ristar [Genesis Megadrive]
*?Gunstar Heroes [Genesis/Megadrive]
Mischief Makers [N64]
*Chameleon Twist 1 & 2 [N64]
*?Sin & Punishment
?Custom Robo [series]
One Piece Mansion [PS1]
Megaman Legends [PS1]
*?Klonoa 1 and 2 [PS1-PS2]
*Boktai [GBA] (Haven't played 2 and 3 so I can't really count the series)
Killer 7 [GC/PS2]
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg [GC]
Luigi's Mansion [GC]
No More Heroes [Wii]
Mad World [Wii]
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Dynamite Headdy
James Bond 007: Nightfire
Cel Damage
Toejam and Earl: Panic on Funkotron
Mickey and Donald's World of Illusion
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Vectorman
Ristar
Sonic Heroes
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Luigi's Mansion
No More Heroes
Okami
Gotcha Force
Gunstar Heroes
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Worms 3D
Pikmin 2
Red Steel
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Lego Racers
Mario Party 2
Wario World
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Chameleon Twist
Tonic Trouble
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I don't think NMH is underrated in the least. It's very well received.
To my list I'll add Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers The Movie and Toy Story. Both are the Genesis versions. I'll put the PS2 Castlevanias there as well; they get a lot of undeserved flac.
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There are many games listed here that aren't even close to underrated... :\ Overlooked maybe... but still very well received by those who played them.
God Hand is underrated.
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Everything by Suda51.
Everything.
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There are many games listed here that aren't even close to underrated... :\ Overlooked maybe... but still very well received by those who played them.
God Hand is underrated.
God Hand is the very same thing you just described.
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There are many games listed here that aren't even close to underrated... :\ Overlooked maybe... but still very well received by those who played them.
God Hand is underrated.
Now that you say that, I kinda remember Animaniacs (Genesis). Sega's (technically Konami's work, then published by Sega for the Megadrive) first REAL control-three-chars-at-once game before they did Sonic Heroes. Only better because it was in 2D, with a Megaman 7-y password system (character input from Yakko, Wakko, and Dot to the rest of the cast). Plus Jawbreakers which almost has the same mechanic, but made by Bam!. but not as crazy hard as Animaniacs.
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I have two, both for the N64 and were rented:
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Chameleon Twist
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Now that you say that, I kinda remember Animaniacs (Genesis). Sega's first REAL control-three-chars-at-once game before they did Sonic Heroes. Only better because it was in 2D, with a Megaman 7-y password system (character input from Yakko, Wakko, and Dot to the rest of the cast). Plus Jawbreakers which almost has the same mechanic, but made by Bam!. but not as crazy hard as Animaniacs.
... That was made by Konami.
Anyways, for the topic... well, I would be here for a long time, and I don't really feel like typing up a massive list. For that reason, I'll just name the MegaMan game that I find is the most underrated, and that would be Network Transmission.
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... That was made by Konami.
Anyways, for the topic... well, I would be here for a long time, and I don't really feel like typing up a massive list. For that reason, I'll just name the MegaMan game that I find is the most underrated, and that would be Network Transmission.
Sorry, last time I played the game. ^^; Anyway, yeah. good Megaman game, but I think the battle network as a whole is under appreciated. there's 50% of fans that actually hate the series and it's sequel series too.
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Pokémon
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Galerians...but, Galerians isn't exactly for everyone either...
and perhaps Earthworm Jim 1 and 2
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Keno: That might be the furthest example from being underrated this thread has seen yet. Pokemon always gets high marks (well, the core RPGs anyway), and fans are still eating them up.
Pokemon Snap might fall into the underrated category, though.
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?Dynamite Heady
*Cel Damage
*Funkotron
Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
?Okami
?Gotcha Force
+Pikmin 2
*JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
*Tonic Trouble
[games marked with "*" are games that I am intrested in. Those marked with "+" I games I plan to play in the near, or far, future. And games marked with "?" are games that I have a question(s) about or that I merely want to comment about them. The rest are added to my ever growing list of favorites]
I was going to add Okami, but I wasn't sure if it truly was an underrated game. As for Dynamite Headdy...I didn't feel right addding a game to my favorites lists when I haven't finished it yet. Even though, from what I played at least, the game was very fun and crazy.
What is this Gotcha Force that some of you have spoken of?
And as for the games marked with "*". What are they about and what systems are they from?
[spoiler=list of ever growing favorite underrated games part 1]Update/Edit of favorite underrated games:
(*=Added ?=Not sure if it's really that underrated.)
Zelda II: Link's Adventure [NES]
Kid Klown in Krazy Chase [SNES]
PulseMan [Genesis/Megadrive]
Rocket Knight Adventures [Genesis/Megadrive]
Ristar [Genesis Megadrive]
Gunstar Heroes [Genesis/Megadrive]
Mischief Makers [N64]
Chameleon Twist 1 & 2 [N64]
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards [N64 (Obviously)]
?Sin & Punishment
?Custom Robo [series]
One Piece Mansion [PS1]
Megaman Legends [PS1]
Klonoa 1 and 2 [PS1-PS2]
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons [GB]
Boktai [GBA]
*Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland [GBA] [spoiler]Adding it on my list mostly for having a playable Metaknight.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=List part 2]Killer 7 [GC/PS2]
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg [GC]
Luigi's Mansion [GC]
Psychonauts [Xbox/PS2] (Own the PS2 version, with it's bad looking water...dirty plain, not even PS1 looking water. Some of the glitches in one particular level can be a bit of a turn off too.)
No More Heroes [Wii]
*Okami [PS2/Wii] (I own the Wii version. Some people complained that the motion control ruined the game, at first I thougth so too, but then I found a trick to it and it made the game very enjoyable.)
Mad World [Wii][/spoiler]
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Zelda 2 is underrated? By what [Top Spin]s?
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A lot of people don't like it. It's the black sheep of the Zelda family.
Oh yeah, Gunstar Heroes isn't underrated either. Far from it, it's regarded as one of the best run'n'guns ever.
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As for Dynamite Headdy...I didn't feel right addding a game to my favorites lists when I haven't finished it yet. Even though, from what I played at least, the game was very fun and crazy.
I've only fully completed the game once. Believe me, the final levels - Fatal Contraption, Far Trek and Finale Analysis - will have you crying manly tears of blood and rage. Dark Demon is a [sonic slicer] to fight, even when you know the right strategy.
But damnit I love that game.
What is this Gotcha Force that some of you have spoken of?
A criminally unheard-of Gamecube game where you collect and customise an army of tiny robots and monsters, then pit them against eachother in hectic battles. The voice acting is pretty cheesy and the story isn't great, but it's still a fun little game if you can get your hands on it cheap.
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Is Shadowgate considered underrated? What about Magmax?
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Honestly, I'm not sure if ZOE2 is underrated or not.
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I've only fully completed the game once. Believe me, the final levels - Fatal Contraption, Far Trek and Finale Analysis - will have you crying manly tears of blood and rage. Dark Demon is a [sonic slicer] to fight, even when you know the right strategy.
So the final levels are tough...sweeeeeeeeeeet.
A criminally unheard-of Gamecube game where you collect and customise an army of tiny robots and monsters, then pit them against eachother in hectic battles. The voice acting is pretty cheesy and the story isn't great, but it's still a fun little game if you can get your hands on it cheap.
Sounds fun, I might buy it next time I drop by a game store...if I can find it that is.
Gotta try my hands at God Hand too. Oh yeah, Gunstar Heroes isn't underrated either. Far from it, it's regarded as one of the best run'n'guns ever.
Guess that means I gotta remove that one from my list.
So what about Sin & Punishmet and the other games I marked with "?" on my list, are some or all of them not underrated?
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I hate Sin & Punishment, personally.
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I hate Sin & Punishment, personally.
My friend doesn't like it either...but then of course, everyone has different taste in games, shows, toons, fetishes, other sources of media and entertainment, etc.
I for one find the Metal Gear Solid series a bit overrated.
On another note, PB, what exactly is Zone of Enders? I don't believe I heard about that game before you started mentioning it on the E3 09 thread.
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Just how do you qualify a game as underrated anyway? Everyone I've spoken to that knows of it says Dark Messiah is indeed awesomesauce, but it didn't sell very well at all.
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An underrated game is a game that is not overrated, simply put. It's mostly a popularity thing; an underrated game doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
At least, that's how I see it.
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I consider the general impression of public and critics. I can't label underrated a 90 Metacritic game that sold 8 million copies, a game that when I ask people about they go crazy in excitement. The game is loved and successful, it's not underrated.
God Hand received countless mediocre reviews when it was released (including 3.0/10 from IGN) and received horrible word of mouth publicity because of sloppy presentation and insane difficulty. Except it's a very very niche game that does the hardcore brawler thing like no other. This game would never sell 10 million copies because most people don't bother procuring beyond what they hear. And what they hear is that this game is too hard and looks like crap. So it's definitely underrated.
Now, a game like Okami can't be considered underrated, because it got raved by every single person who's played or reviewed it... the 12 of 'em anyway. People only have positive things to say about it. This game had everything to sell zillions of copies. It's just overlooked, like Eternal Darkness.
Of course it's mostly opinion anyway, if you dislike Eternal Darkness you probably consider it overrated... but I try to look at the game for what it is. I can't bring myself to play Guitar Hero for instance, but they're well made games. I can't say they're overrated just because they're not my type.
Just my view on the thing anyway. :)
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First the most part right on, although I would argue that "overlooked" can qualify as "underrated" by itself. If people aren't buying it, that says that there is a poor or at least indifferent opinion of it by the general public. Whether that opinion is educated or not is a different issue.
- Actraiser
I don't think ActRaiser is underrated, or at least not the first one. But hell, they're both awesome anyway.
So, besides that, here's some others that come to mind:
-MegaMan X6 (PS1)
-MegaMan Xtreme2 (GBC)
-MegaMan X Command Mission (GCN)
-Pretty much the entire Legends and ZX series
-Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (NES)
-Godzilla Unleashed (Wii)
-Joe & Mac (SNES)
-Shadow The Hedgehog (GCN; it's no SA2, but it's better than most give it credit for)
-Sonic Adventure 2 (DC; less by the general public and more by the so-called "professional" press)
-Mario Kart Double Dash (GCN)
-Pokemon Colosseum (GCN)
-Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii)
-New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis (Wii; mostly by reviewers who cannot seem to find the Options menu)
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-Shadow The Hedgehog (GCN; it's no SA2, but it's better than most give it credit for)
-Sonic Adventure 2 (DC; less by the general public and more by the so-called "professional" press)
If we're talking underrated Sonic games, we have to talk about Sonic '06. That game was no glitchier than any other Sonic game, & people abhor it. I found it to be all I wanted in a SA3.
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Personally, I think Sonic & the Secret Rings & Sonic Unleashed are underrated as well. I throughly enjoyed both.
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That game was no glitchier than any other Sonic game, & people abhor it.
It was glitchier, and the glitches got in the way of playing the game, becuase they were caused by the shitty physics. Oh, and it was slow as molasses too.
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The glitches in SA & SA2 got in the way of me playing as well. I found them to have weird physics too.
I never really found it to be that slow. I mean, some levels were meant to be, but Sonic's stages were fast. Shadow's were too when you weren't killing dudes, but that was his focus. Silver's a different horse. I liked Blaze in it a lot, though.