Underrated Games

[Laddy]

I just starting playing this bad boy.

Game is sweet.

[Lionx]

[GhandiOwnsYou]

Startropics for NES. That game was frickin awesome, but I've run into very few people that ever played it. Vectorman for Genesis seemed to widely promoted, but I never ran into anyone else that ever played it.

This is my own personal pet peeve, but Aggressive Inline for PS2. Back in the day when Tony Hawk was still halfway popular and they were releasing X-TREME PRO everything, they released an inline skating game called Aggressive Inline. It was the first game to do away with 2:00 time limits, have really interactive levels, feature the now standard "find this guy and get your next challenge" open world style of play, and a million other now standard gameplay points. It was nigh on flawless, except for the simple fact that it was rollerblading and rollerblading was not cool anymore by this point. As such, no one bought it, Tony Hawk ripped EVERYTHING off from it (though it took them two games and several years) and then everyone else ripped off Tony Hawk again.

[Del Murder]

Startropics is underrated? I thought most nerds know about it.

[Old Manus]

The second game is Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and its expansion, Alien Crossfire. Simply put, it's Civ in space. But I love it more than any of the Civ games. There's just something I find really cool about it. I've loved it since I was a kid. It never took off, though, and it went out of print fairly quickly, but if sniff around the internet you can pick up a copy real cheap.

YOU ARE MY NEW FAVORITE PERSON ON THE FORUM.

(...aaaand no one else on the forum is surprised)

I saw the little rep icon on his post and immediately knew it must have been you.

I thought the Mark of Kri was a pretty good game that nobody played. It was like Manhunt except with swords and cartoon violence.

[Raistlin]

[Araciel]

Jumping Flash! 2 (ps1)
Rocket Knight Adventures (genesis)

[I Took the Red Pill]

-Brave Fencer Musashi
-Intelligent Qube
-Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
-Legend of Legaia
-The Simpsons: Hit & Run
-Okage: Shadow King


I'll also emphatically agree with whomever said Descent and Arc the Lad:TotS

[Alpha2099]

I'll also emphatically agree with whomever said Descent...

Hooray! Another fan!

[GhandiOwnsYou]

Startropics is underrated? I thought most nerds know about it.

I've seen a few top 25 lists mention it, but I still consider it underrated. It's one of those that a good chunk of nerds know, but the average NES player never heard of it. At least I always got that impression.

[NeoCracker]

I'll join in in Windwaker and Magical Quest.

I'll also add in Brigandine: Legend of Forsena. One of the greatest SRPG's ever made and it was on the PS1. No one played it though.

Magical Quest brings back fond memories.

Another game I thought underrated back in the day was Paladin's Quest for SNES. It's a fun little RPG that uses an interesting magic system (there is no MP and all spells use HP), and throughout the game you construct your party by hiring mercenaries that can be found virtually anywhere, creating some varied experiences.

You know, I actually owned this game and did enjoy it.

That said, I in no way will say it is under rated. It's graphics were aweful for when it came out. The first breath of Fire shames this game badly.

I liked the HP Idea on the spells, but they were no where near useful enough to make up for the HP loss. Just going pure physical got the job done just as good, if not better. There are way to few exceptions to this.

And the story was pretty damn basic, so it gets no points there.

Again though, I did find it enjoyable for some reason.

[Hollycat]

Freelancer
This PC game is overlooked so often, but it had pretty much the greatest multiplayer of its time, and was nearly copied to create EVE online. Freelancer is quite honestly the largest game ever made.
It is not as long as it could be, but the fans who have found it have created over 700 hour of additional story line gameplay, hundreds of ships, new weapons, engines, star systems, enemies, etc.

There is even voice acting in Crossfire.

This is one of the greatest games of all time, but I'm pretty sure I am the only person on this forum who has played it. You all should try it, it is only ten USD, or you could become like Jack Sparrow if you know what I mean.

[escobert]

Saga Frontier 1 & 2. Both are beautiful games that are very fun to play and VERY repayable.

[Flying Arrow]

I'll also add in Brigandine: Legend of Forsena. One of the greatest SRPG's ever made and it was on the PS1. No one played it though.

I played that. Good game from what I remember.

[Depression Moon]

People need to play Beyond Good & Evil, Okami, and Threads of Fate.