Just because a game is critically acclaimed or reached commercial success "back in the day" doesn't mean people forgot about it. You ask any gamer who started gaming during the 64 bit days isn't going to know a good majority of these games. Before Fallout 3 came around, there were people that didn't even know what Fallout 1 and 2 were. Arcanum just released on GOG and numerous people on these boards had never heard of it. While games like Deus Ex and Return to Castle Wolfenstein are hardly forgotten (the latter having just received a sequel a few months back) shogo is indeed a forgotten title by the majority of people. Just because yourself or myself remember these games, doesn't mean the typical gamer does (or better yet, even KNOW what it is). 70% of todays gamers are from the playstation age. Most of them never touched PC gaming (which most of these forgotten FPS titles come from). Unless it has Final Fantasy or Halo in the title they could care less to know it. You pick a random person on these boards and ask them "what did you think about Planescape: Torment?" I guarantee you are more likely to hear "what is that?" despite the fact that it received high critical praise.almost all of the titles mentioned here have been a critical/commercial success.... they are anything but "forgotten".
Jinroh_basic
Marathon is actually a fine example of everything I just said. Ask any halo fan what they thought about Marathon. Hell, ask a traditional PC gamer (note not a mac user) what Marathon is. See if they know.
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