most underated games

Stelly · 25 Jul 2006 at 09:52

Startopia was class

Stelly

SiD the Turtle · 25 Jul 2006 at 09:53

Stelly said:
Startopia was class

Stelly

I remember rescuing some cats from the ship Nostromo. Such a bad idea...

gadget^ · 25 Jul 2006 at 09:56

wow can be this sometimes what with the repetitive quests

Hodders · 25 Jul 2006 at 10:23

The Freespace series - great graphics and good gameplay.

VtM - Bloodlines. Got this and HL2 at the same time, played this first !

fish99 · 25 Jul 2006 at 10:29

I was going to say-

System Shock 2
Thief
Thief 2

but of course they're not underrated by anyone who knows their games, and indeed they received excellent reviews. Underrated by the masses maybe though.

I was also going to say Grand Prix Legends, but again it's not underrated by people who know and love racing sims.

SiD the Turtle said:
I remember rescuing some cats from the ship Nostromo. Such a bad idea...

Rofl

Efour · 25 Jul 2006 at 10:35

Most of these games were rated in their time lol.

Most of these are 5-10 years old at least....

Big Bernard · 25 Jul 2006 at 10:58

HicRic said:
All hail the most unheard of castle-em-up ever made! I love that game, I really do. Lovely 2D isometric graphics and really fun gameplay.

I love Stronghold as well

Do you know if there is any way to play it at a higher resolution though? About 1600 x 1200 would be nice

William · 25 Jul 2006 at 12:12

HicRic said:
All hail the most unheard of castle-em-up ever made! I love that game, I really do. Lovely 2D isometric graphics and really fun gameplay.

MAAAAAWNIN' your Lordship!

I loved the little tweeks in the menu greeting so when you got it to December it went "only 25 shopping days left until Xmas Sire"

"Merry Xmas Sire"

"Happy Easter Sire."

"Ooh I do say, Happy Birthday Sire"

"You've not played for a long time Sire."

dafloppyone · 25 Jul 2006 at 14:23

heh i remember the good old days of

zool
arachnid ;-)

Gecco · 25 Jul 2006 at 14:28

Gothic I & II

redline · 25 Jul 2006 at 14:56

Hidden and Dangerous II

Great atmosphere and sometimes great visuals...bloody hard though and buggy.

Mr Stigy · 25 Jul 2006 at 15:36

William said:
Perimeter.

z0mbi3 · 25 Jul 2006 at 15:39

HangTime said:
For the record, games such as Fahrenheit and Vampire: The Mascerade are not really what I would call underrated since nearly everyone who has played them rates them fairly highly - although it is certainly fair to say that they are relatively under publicised.

I was just thinking that, a lot of titles, even ones I've mentioned are quite well known.

It's difficult to think of some genuine good ones that slipped under the carpet.

How about Life Force Tenka?

SnipaMasta said:
They removed some stuff, but it certiantly doesn't suck. It's got an awesome storyline, interesting characters, far more freedom (it's possible to kill more characters, even those seemingly "essential" to the storyline), and it's generally enjoyable.

For a game who's original was a natural evolution of System Shock 2, Invisible War should have been a lot more. It's like Terminator 3, on its own people will say its an okay film (not me, it sucks balls) but compare it to the first two and its a severe let down. This was the case for me and many others with Invisible War.I strongly disagree with you about the freedom thing. I also think they butchered the augmentation system.

William · 25 Jul 2006 at 16:40

Noticed a lot of these games were never really underrated by the press as such, they just sold really badly. Some are critically acclaimed and sold by the boatload, like Day of The Tentacle.

Semiskimmed · 25 Jul 2006 at 22:24

one that springs to mind recently is condemned, that game is seriously hardcore. great story/acting, quite long and visually fantastic.

z0mbi3 · 25 Jul 2006 at 23:16

Second Sight

Hades · 26 Jul 2006 at 01:25

Zefan said:
Syndicate Wars

Oh yes.

Also, going back to the same era: Hired Guns

EDIT: Oh and Sentinel

SnipaMasta · 26 Jul 2006 at 03:12

Efour2 said:
Most of these are 5-10 years old at least....

That's because all the best games are 5-10 years old. They just don't make 'em like they used to.

Rob43 · 26 Jul 2006 at 09:04

System shock 2

The Chronicles of Riddick

Brilliant game

Cronox · 26 Jul 2006 at 10:36

William said:
Noticed a lot of these games were never really underrated by the press as such, they just sold really badly. Some are critically acclaimed and sold by the boatload, like Day of The Tentacle.

I second that, for example Syndicate Wars as I recall was a total success in terms of both reviews and sales. I don't remember anybody who played games back then not playing that.