Worlds most underrated PC games - post here..

[Amnesia]

Underrated ? I come in expecting to find hidden gems.
Some of these games mentioned were massive, supcom forged alliance would probably make a lot of peoples top 10 rts of all time.

 

[watercooledman]

F.E.A.R great game

 

[lokiss]

Really rate Screamer 4x4. It's just about 20 years old now and still unique, a course based jeep time trials game.

Purely PC only release that got buried in the clump of bigger end of year releases.

 

[Flaevius]

Still haven't found a wargame I prefer to some of the Close Combat series of games. Just a shame multiplayer was held together by a piece of string.

 

[FoxEye]

Deus Ex

Never heard of it.

 

[hyperseven]

Giants citizen kabuto - superb game. Bought it from GOG when I watched a vid of Total Biscuit raving about it.

 

[no_1_dave]

No One Lives Forever
No One Lives Forever 2
Shame they made a mess of Contract J.A.C.K afterwards though

 

[neoboy]

Just remembered about Armed and Dangerous from 2003, had some really quirky characters and interesting weapons.

Do we count Hidden and Dangerous as underrated or we all know those games were awesome?

 

[rubberduck]

LOTRO

 

[Converge]

Do we count Hidden and Dangerous as underrated or we all know those games were awesome?

One of my all time favourite coop games. It was so much fun! Th music and voice acting was great.

 

[linktoinsanity]

Some great suggestions in here.

Supreme Commander 2, a great gateway game to Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance.
Missile Command: Recharged
RUSE

Just my two cence.

 

[mid_gen]

Giants citizen kabuto - superb game. Bought it from GOG when I watched a vid of Total Biscuit raving about it.

Damn, good shout, I'd forgotten about it!

Multiplayer was absolutely hilarious, it used to be a staple at my LANparties...

 

[darket]

no way company of heroes 1 is the pinnacle

Coh is surely a great game ,but in terms of scale , scope and just epicness it's just not in the same league

 

[jimjam81]

Still haven't found a wargame I prefer to some of the Close Combat series of games. Just a shame multiplayer was held together by a piece of string.

+1, I am still playing GjS mod on LSA even though I have more modern RTS like steel division 2 plus all Dlc. Just love the pacing and infantry combat, 1943 mod on armoured brigade looks interesting too.

 

[Digital X]

Really rate Screamer 4x4. It's just about 20 years old now and still unique, a course based jeep time trials game.

Purely PC only release that got buried in the clump of bigger end of year releases.

I had that on my school laptop. Great fun was had! I have it on GOG now.

 

[Hellsmk2]

Many of the games here are not in any way underrated. Old, and maybe forgotten... But underrated? Nope.

Prey. No One Lives Forever. Battlefield 2142. All from page one. All absolutely massive when they were released.

 

[Mint8]

LOTRO

Spent so many hours on that. Still the best MMO I have played by a long way.

Up until it went f2p anyway and then it was just endless copy and paste busywork quests and cash shop centric.

Had a lifetime sub and got my moneys worth many times over before it went downhill.

 

[DereksDontRun]

Many of the games here are not in any way underrated. Old, and maybe forgotten... But underrated? Nope.

Prey. No One Lives Forever. Battlefield 2142. All from page one. All absolutely massive when they were released.

agree, most are just old and fondly remembered instead of underrated.

Would love to say Planetside, as I truly feel the original was well ahead of its time and massively underrated/overlooked, but I know it was still pretty popular (in its peak) and spawned a sequel, so hardly some under the radar gem...

Giants Citizen Kabuto was another that came to mind, and it's good it's been mentioned. but again, it was pretty well advertised at the time, but admittedly the sales weren't as good as the game deserved.

Sacrifice - again, epic. But, I can remember it being advertised and regarded highly at the time.

Interstate 76??? That was amazing too - but it spawned a sequel so wasn't a hidden gem either.

Battlezone from the mid 90s? again, probably pretty well know in its time.

 

[npjnpj]

In alphabetical order, I would say:

Bards Tale Trilogy Remake
Carrier Command Gaia Mission
Duskers
Fear Equation
Frozen Synapse
Genesis Alpha One
Heroes of a Broken Land
Infested Planet
Monstrum
Remnant From the Ashes
Scavenger SV-4
Spellforce 1

 

[ZombieFan]

I played and enjoyed an RTS a few years ago which no-one mentions anymore and only has 'mixed' reviews on Steam. I personally think it's underrated:

Grey Goo