Underrated / Unknown Games

Do you have any games that not many people know about, or are just not popular for some reason? What are they? Two that I have are Soul Bubbles (which might not be that unknown since I think it was featured on Gamespot's top list once) and one that was released recently, but doesn't seem to have that much attention- Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero. It seemed like it would be very childish at first but it surprised me; it's pretty good!

i think there are plenty of american released games that aren't very hyped or talked about:

legend of kage 2 (good cheap fun. 10 bucks at gamestop)
dragon quest heroes: rocket slime (also pretty cheap)
point blank ds (i think this game is a blast)
geometry wars: galaxies (again, cheap and addicting)
glory days 2 (hard at first, but it gets really fun)
lunar knights (just started it and i think it's fantastic)

just to name a few. there's plenty out there, most at really good prices.

I have Rocket Slime and Lunar Knights, and have heard of some of the others. I kind of liked Slime, but haven't even played Lunar Knights yet. I'm very distracted when it comes to games- I've barely played all the way through any I own. I get bored really quickly and want to try out other games, so I always end up abandoning things in middle.

I did beat Feel the Magic, that was an interesting one.

on DS? Custom Robo Arena. It's a lot of fun but no one knows about it!MarthRingman

I love Custom Robo, I wish everyone who owned a DS had this game so you could have battles on the street like in the game.

Ouendan 2 is probably my most played game. Lunar Knights is a fantastic game. Insecticide had a neat setting. Trace Memory had some pretty interesting puzzles and I never really heard anything about it.

I'm looking forward to getting Elebits, the wii game was good and I like the whole setting. I can't really think of any other underrated/underhyped games I've played.

I love Feel the Magic. That was my first DS game and still remains one of my favorite games for the system. It's just flat-out cool. And I don't know if you would consider it underrated, but Meteos was pretty good too. yokofox33

on DS? Custom Robo Arena. It's a lot of fun but no one knows about it!MarthRingman

Jump ultimate stars

Rhythm tengoku gold

Dunno what games not many people know about.

Man, there are so many.

-Star Wars Jedi Alliance

-Disgaea DS

-Bangai-O Spirits

-Lock's Quest

-Etrian Odyssey (II)

-Age of Empires: Mythologies

The last few are especially obscure, which is sad considering their quality.

I'm going to have a long list, some of these suggestions seem pretty good.

Oh yeah, Custom Robo was a lot of fun. I think I got stuck at the end though.

Blooddog, I've heard the title 'rub rabbits', but I never knew it was the Feel the Magic sequel. :)

jjtie, I don't usually try movie-to-game titles, but somehow I have Monster House. It's a time waster I suppose, but it didn't do much for me.

There is so many and this list won't cover all of the ones I know about.

Custom Robo Arena
Worms Open Warfare 2
Dradlade
Glory Days 2
Barnyard Blast Swine of the night
Flipper Critters
Civilization Revolution
Geomatry Wars Galaxies
Robocalypse
Rondo of swords
Izuna 2

Did you ever see the movie Monster House? It's an animated movie and a game was made based off of it. I don't recommend ANY franchise or games based off movies/ tv shows because it's all garbage. But this is one of a kind. The only game I've played so far where you use the d-pad to move and the stylus to control where your aiming. Picture top-down perspective cramped in a small room with enemies coming from all 4 sides. Gameplay is pretty repetitive, but the levels switch up a bit. Also there's 3 characters with different (water) gun styles. Watch some gameplay footage and decide for yourself. It's one of those games you'll never hear about..jjtiebuckle

I got Monster House as a gift a while back. Sure the game was different but I didn't find it that great.

The difficulty was very uneven.

[QUOTE="jjtiebuckle"]Did you ever see the movie Monster House? It's an animated movie and a game was made based off of it. I don't recommend ANY franchise or games based off movies/ tv shows because it's all garbage. But this is one of a kind. The only game I've played so far where you use the d-pad to move and the stylus to control where your aiming. Picture top-down perspective cramped in a small room with enemies coming from all 4 sides. Gameplay is pretty repetitive, but the levels switch up a bit. Also there's 3 characters with different (water) gun styles. Watch some gameplay footage and decide for yourself. It's one of those games you'll never hear about..world-ender-49

I got Monster House as a gift a while back. Sure the game was different but I didn't find it that great.

The difficulty was very uneven.

I love Feel the Magic. That was my first DS game and still remains one of my favorite games for the system. It's just flat-out cool. And I don't know if you would consider it underrated, but Meteos was pretty good too. yokofox33

Ok so I've tried a few of the suggested titles. I don't think Picross is underrated/unknown, but I got it and I like it- it's basically sudoku. The Rub Rabbits was good, Point Blank is kind of fun, and Rhythm Tengoku Gold is great!! (Know of any more like that besides for EBA and Oendan?) I don't like Meteos, never been into tetris-type games.

But I found another two games that I had not heard of that are a lot of fun. Big Bang Mini, and Mechanic Master. They're definitely worth checking out.

Panzer Tactics is a pretty good, unknown strategy game in the veins of Advance Wars. Pretty fun and it's based on World War 2.

Also I feel Digimon Dawn/Dusk was poorly rated and deserved much more than what it got. Personally I had more fun with it than Pokemon. Other than that I don't have any other games that would be considered underrated or unknown.

I agree with those that said Orcs and Elves and DQ:Rocket Slime, both are quite entertaining and have many hours of playtime on my DS.

Two other games I paid $10 apiece for brand new and that I also found quite entertaining are True Swing Golf and Space Invaders Extreme. Also, I'm not quite sure if Etrian Odyssey is "under the radar," but I have found it to be extremely fun too!

I agree with those that said Orcs and Elves and DQ:Rocket Slime, both are quite entertaining and have many hours of playtime on my DS.

Two other games I paid $10 apiece for brand new and that I also found quite entertaining are True Swing Golf and Space Invaders Extreme. Also, I'm not quite sure if Etrian Odyssey is "under the radar," but I have found it to be extremely fun too!

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