I would have to say that for this day and age, the entire MYST franchise in underrated, because hardly anyone in the industry views MYST as more than a joke

Xenosaga was an excellent sci-fi RPG series with major philosophical overtones. It was supposed to be a six-part series but they had to compress parts 3-6 into one game because the sales just weren't there. It was really ambitious, perhaps to a fault but I found it endearing.

Toejam & Earl. It had a pretty good cult following, but was never really what could be called a hit.

Toejam and Earl was alot of fun, I liked the hidden hot tub level, though the sequel "Panic on Funkatron" was an absolute travesty. And now that I think about it one of my favourite games of all times was comix zone on the mega drive, i'll have to look into mystic defender sounds kind of cool.

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Posted By: Not MandatoryI don't know if its considered underrated, but Heavenly Sword is one of my favorites.Book: If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

Yeah, Heavenly Sword was one of those that went from overhyped to underrated. I really enjoyed it too, even though I haven't beat the final boss yet.

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It took me FOR-EV-ER to beat that game! I didn't mind though because its still one of the most beautiful things I've ever had in my eyes!

I'll say that everything I played on my Sega Saturn was underrated.

Posted By: his holinessAnd now that I think about it one of my favourite games of all times was comix zone on the mega drive

Wasn't Comix Zone the one where you play as the guy sucked into his own comic? And he had a rat? I loved that game!

Beyond Good & Evil definitely
Comix Zone was pretty awesome too
Would be remiss not to mention Shenmue too

I know that you've mentioned the TNG game before in the castcast, it does sound pretty cool as an idea I just can't see the execution living up to it.

Beyond Good and Evil was amazing and I can't wait for the sequel.

Anything Tim Schaffer does is underrated and amazing.

Posted By: FerrosFor all the folks talking about Gun i highly highly recommend Red Dead Revolver on the original Xbox. Probably the best Western game ever made, decent story, excellent mechanics. Not big open world but there's a hub town and from there you can go on missions or get involved in quick draw contests. It really was excellent, made by Rockstar if i remember correctly.

Red Dead Revolver

I also highly recommend Giantbomb for all your video game wiki type needs it really is fantastic.Never go with a hippie to a second location.

The cover of that game always reminds me of Roland of Gilead...and I'm a giant weirdo.

Posted By: FerrosFor all the folks talking about Gun i highly highly recommend Red Dead Revolver on the original Xbox. Probably the best Western game ever made, decent story, excellent mechanics. Not big open world but there's a hub town and from there you can go on missions or get involved in quick draw contests. It really was excellent, made by Rockstar if i remember correctly.

Red Dead Revolver

I also highly recommend Giantbomb for all your video game wiki type needs it really is fantastic.Never go with a hippie to a second location.

I played Red Dead to death back in the PS2 days, incredible game. There's a second Red Dead in development for the PS3...

There's also a Star Trek MMO in development if anyone's interested...

"Crazy Taxi" - big convertible cabs tear ass around fake San Francisco-like city as the Offspring blare from your stereo. Just too much fun to be legal (or popular).

hook the move video game and power rangers for the snes. Aladdin for the snes. that one xbox release title i cant remember but its a gameshow deathmatch thingy...WHACKED! thats what it was called. ADVENT RISING DEUS EX

Posted By: Diggithook the move video game and power rangers for the snes. Aladdin for the snes. that one xbox release title i cant remember but its a gameshow deathmatch thingy...WHACKED! thats what it was called. ADVENT RISING DEUS EX

I had the power rangers one on the genesis it was actually pretty fucking sweet if i'm honest.

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Crackdown. It sold a ton of copies based on the Halo 3 Beta Key and then everyone turned their copies in at GameStop and quickly forgot about it. It's one of the most addictive and fun open world games outside of GTA. The jump orb is one of the most addictive items to collect ever made even worse by the fact it improves your character.

Posted By: AaronCrackdown. It sold a ton of copies based on the Halo 3 Beta Key and then everyone turned their copies in at GameStop and quickly forgot about it. It's one of the most addictive and fun open world games outside of GTA. The jump orb is one of the most addictive items to collect ever made even worse by the fact it improves your character.You try the best you can. The best you can is good enough.

I rented Crackdown about 4 months ago, and I could never really get into it. Controls felt to loose for me.

Tribes 2. Great game, no servers these days. Also, the game was released corrupted, so you had to add a specific command to open the online multiplayer. At least, I did.

Posted By: turtlesorpenguinsOdd World Stranger's Wrath. Only xbox exclusive game I ever liked.

Oddworld and Munch's Odyssey were pretty good, too.

Many of you are naming games that were critical darlings, but simply didn't perform sales-wise, which I wouldn't necessarily consider "underrated". But if guess if I were to pick a game under that description, the quintessential one would be Grim Fandango.

I always hearken back to that game, because it influenced me as a gamer so much, if just because I was so young and still developing. I remember the first time I actually tried it, it was from a PC Gamer demo disc. I actually hadn't played any adventure games before that time, being more of a console gamer than anything else. It was just a fluke, or maybe even boredom that made me play the demo, and even though it didn't blow me away, it stuck with me for some reason. And while shopping with my dad, on an impulse, I bought the game, and have been thankful for that decision ever since. I'd like to say it was some sort of adolescent "gamer sense", but... no wait, let's go with that. Seriously though, it's just that good.


As for a game which was only good/mediocre score-wise, but I still liked... one would be Star War Republic Commando, which I thought was fantastic from a visual stand-point, and had some solid, albeit fairly by the numbers, gameplay. I think it's a game that's in sore need of a sequel, as crazy as that may sound (more shooters?!).

And not to break my Lucas Arts plug, I actually liked the KotORII more than the first one. And not just because I'm a dirty munchkin, and liked the 'epic' levels and prestige classes, but also because of the more interesting (imo) characters. Kreia alone made that game.

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Posted By: TarmanydynMany of you are naming games that were critical darlings, but simply didn't perform sales-wise, which I wouldn't necessarily consider "underrated".

If the critics unanimously hate a game it most likely is a bad game and is underrated to no one. To me something is underrated because it was critically well liked but that didn't translate into actual sales. These are games that deserve a second chance by the gamers because they were overlooked the first time by consumers.You try the best you can. The best you can is good enough.

OK, I hate to be pedantic but... to take the definition of underrated:

"To rate too low; underestimate." - TheFreeDictionary

A game that's "rated" highly, or in my words, "critical darlings", wouldn't be underrated if only a small number of people enjoyed it. It would more likely be appropriately rated, but simply under appreciated.

Further more, your opening statement is a false premise. Something that's liked by few, but rated lowly by critics is the very definition of something being underrated. You can't assume no one will like it simply because critics don't.

OK, I'm done...

Posted By: sQUEAKYfOAMpEANUtTribes 2. Great game, no servers these days. Also, the game was released corrupted, so you had to add a specific command to open the online multiplayer. At least, I did.

Just saw this yesterday, http://www.tribesnext.com/, haven't tried it out yet - but looks like they got it so you can play tribes 2 online again.

Posted By: FrackTruckThe wild arms games are pretty good, and have gone completely under the radar. AlterCodeF for ps2 (remake of Wild Arms 1 from psx) being my favorite. The later games aren't as story intensive, but the mechanics are pretty fun.

I'll have to second this choice. The Wild Arms games were always solid choices in a sea of JRPG sadness.

speaking of JRPGs, all the nippon Ichi games (disgaea series, la pucelle, makai kingdom, etc) are always good if not complete time sucks, though good luck finding the earlier games that fit the following criteria, A: in a store, B: Relatively Cheap, C: in good condition