Under rated games

lordrobs · 24 Jan 2007 at 22:52

What are yours?

For me at the moment its got to be Import Tuner Challenge. The car handling is challenging without being frustrating. The tracks whilst some would complain are too boring are perfect for the street racing type battles. The game progression is paced just right.

Best thing- The car modification is superb. I've got a Nissan 200SX S15 which I love, I spent ages picking body parts and wheels etc. to get it looking perfect, I've changed the gear ratios to give me the best mix of acceleration and top speed. When you do a performance mod you see it on the car. Buy an intercooler, it appears behind your front bumper. The great thing is that unlike GT or Forza this car will stay with me for most of the game, I'll continue to tweak and tune it until it no longer keeps pace... then I'll buy a Skyline :cool:

In this regard its quite realistic compared to the buy a car > fully mod it > race it twice > never use it again of GT.

So thats my pimping of this great game over and done with so what are your under rated gems of the video game world?

Begbie · 24 Jan 2007 at 23:21

hmm was quite intrested in this game, might see if i can get it cheap somewhere. Bored of pgr and nearly completed tdu, thought nfs:carbon was pants.

Chrisss · 24 Jan 2007 at 23:31

Kameo.

RichL · 25 Jan 2007 at 00:45

Chronicles of Riddick springs to mind.

Princey · 25 Jan 2007 at 00:56

Blue Stinger on the Dreamcast was vastly underated. It had a such a big budget movie feel about it. SiN and its mission pack Wages of SiN were aslo highly underated.

Smit · 25 Jan 2007 at 09:55

I agree with the Import Tuner Challenge, great game.

I think Dead or Alive 4 is a bit underrated, a lot of people simply don't take the time to get good enough in the game to be able to play it properly.

punky_munky · 25 Jan 2007 at 10:30

Beyond Good and Evil - wasn't underated but was very ignored. You can get it really cheap on Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube. Really worth picking up.

JUMPURS · 25 Jan 2007 at 10:40

Hardware online arena on the PS2. I had a blast on that game. Not the laggy free version but the bought one. It was so good lol

Also the MGA games on the PSP are seriously under rated.

the_dead_parrot · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:03

viva pinata! won the award on IGN for the best game nobody played... most original, fun and addictive game of the year... If only it had guns and explosions and instead of pinatas it was hoes then it would have sold loads.

Mint_Sauce · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:07

Clive Barkers Undying because it was really creepy for its time. No one I know has played it though, real shame.

Zefan · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:09

Warzone 2100
Armoured Core 2 aswell.

melchy · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:17

Blood Omen - Legacy of Kain. Most people have played and heard of its 3D sequel "Soulreaver", but not so many played the original 2D game. In my opinion one of the very best games ever release on the Playstation (and later PC) and badly overlooked.

Malc · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:38

punky_munky said:
Beyond Good and Evil - wasn't underated but was very ignored. You can get it really cheap on Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube. Really worth picking up.

Second that even though it was a bit short.

I would say it was No One Lives Forever. I don't know anybody who has played it other than me.

oweneades · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:42

Mint_Sauce said:
Clive Barkers Undying because it was really creepy for its time. No one I know has played it though, real shame.

Fantastic game!

I loved the two shot shotgun.

Quite hard too!

DEL 707 · 25 Jan 2007 at 12:42

the_dead_parrot said:
viva pinata! won the award on IGN for the best game nobody played... most original, fun and addictive game of the year... If only it had guns and explosions and instead of pinatas it was hoes then it would have sold loads.

I love Viva Pinata, R6:Vegas and Lost Planet are collecting dust because I'm too busy working on getting 5 Master Romancer awards so I can tame a Sour Macaraccoon.

Game got great reviews, but I don't see many people playing it.