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#1 doomsdaydave11
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For me it is James Bond 007: Nightfire. That game has a short campaign, but such an awesome multiplayer.
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#2 Dracunos
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Bloodlines!! Arcanum! And Polly Pocket's Great Adventure
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#3 wklzip
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For me it is James Bond 007: Nightfire. That game has a short campaign, but such an awesome multiplayer.doomsdaydave11

agreed the campaign was acceptable, but the multi was amazing 

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Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales, Hard Truck Apocalypse - simply two good games that got score of 6 and even lower
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#5 Jack_Summersby
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Max Payne 2

Chronicles of Riddick 

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Bloodlines!! Arcanum! And Polly Pocket's Great AdventureDracunos

Polly Pocket's Great Adventure?!?!?!?!?! @@

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Damn you've killed me this morning... 

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#7 LiLsLashy
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Arx Fatalis.
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#8 d12malu
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X3. Once you get over the steep learning curve and ditch the shoddy storyline, you'll find yourself in one of the most beautiful and immersive games ever made. You can lose months of your life to this game.
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#9 Darth_Kane
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Most Underrated games?

There are a lot: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Jade Empire, The Punisher, Scarface: The World is Yours etc.

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#10 Rattlesnake_8
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The Close Combat series. It's been around for YEARS, you can pick up Close Combat 5: Invasion Normandy very cheap now. The community still make new maps and mods for each one of the games.

http://www.closecombat.org/  

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#11 Doom_HellKnight
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The Chronicles of Riddick.
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#12 thanatose
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The Chronicles of Riddick.Doom_HellKnight

I concure, Escape from Butcher Bay was a great game.

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#13 RK-Mara
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Max Payne 2

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 Really? I thought that everyone loves it.

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#14 Lonelynight
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I haven't played this game yet but I heard it was underrated Ground Control 2
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#15 markop2003
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Act of war: direct action

gr8 campaign storyline + good cut scenes 

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#16 Smudge_Smill
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Act of war: direct action

gr8 campaign storyline + good cut scenes

markop2003

The problem with Act of War is that it came out not too long after CnC: Generals (and Zero Hour?), and had much the same storyline and gameplay (and graphics as well). From generals, it offered nothing new. If I'd played Act of War BEFORE I'd ever played generals, I would've loved it, but by the time I tried it out, I'd already gotten bored of Generals' gameplay/atmosphere.

 My point --- Act of War is as good as generals, but because Generals came first (chronologically), it got all the glory, while act of war got the 'bargain bin'

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#17 A-S_FM
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yeah, as some others have said - chronicles of riddick: escape from butcher bay is very underrated when it comes to players (it got mostly great reviews, though)

bloodlines also deserved to be much more popular than it was, as did system shock 2 

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#18 LfunkeyA
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the chronicles of riddick was highly unreplayable for me, but it should have received more attention, definitely blows Halo away. Max Payne 2 didn't have loadsa sales, but it was an amazing game, and it's so short you can replay it anytime (my record was 2 hours 20 mins on Dead on Arrival). Clive Barker's Undying was a classic, definitely underrated. Postal 2 was far better than what Gamespot said. Finally, Psychonauts should have been a little more popular, it was a great game.
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#19 LfunkeyA
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hm... gotta try bloodlines out.
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#20 Avenger1324
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Uplink, Beyond Good and Evil, Arcanum (with the stupidly long full title :D), Bloodlines
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#21 *Parrotman
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Bloodlines

Scarface

Total Overdose

Gangland

Boiling Point

The Suffering

The Punisher

Stubbs The Zombie

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halo
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#23 yian
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Oni. One of the best game ever made... well, not really, since the levels are really not that well designed. But the fighting sequences are so much fun!
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The Ship
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#25 Giedriuz
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Hidden and Dangerous II + expansion. It is a world war 2 tactical shooter. Good game, but it's pretty old now..
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#26 shinian
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I know 2 games that where underhyped. Settlers 3 (6.1 on gamespot) and Crash Bandicoot 1 (6.8 on gamespot) I don't have an Idea why did they score so low. Even after reading the reviews:P
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[QUOTE="markop2003"]

Act of war: direct action

gr8 campaign storyline + good cut scenes

Smudge_Smill

The problem with Act of War is that it came out not too long after CnC: Generals (and Zero Hour?), and had much the same storyline and gameplay (and graphics as well). From generals, it offered nothing new. If I'd played Act of War BEFORE I'd ever played generals, I would've loved it, but by the time I tried it out, I'd already gotten bored of Generals' gameplay/atmosphere.

My point --- Act of War is as good as generals, but because Generals came first (chronologically), it got all the glory, while act of war got the 'bargain bin'

I actualy thought Act of War bought a few new things to the table and I enjoyed it more than Generals. Althought Generals kept me occupied for alot longer. Not to mention the Act of War expansion brought some great naval combat. 

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#28 frizzyman0292
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Definately Chronicle's of Riddick!!

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#29 shariq166
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The Longest Journey and Dreamfall : The Longest Journey. Though not under-rated but surely under-hyped. They are really great games ought to have performed better in the market.

One should also look for Second Sight - a 3rd person action game. 

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#30 Lonelynight
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haloBLaZe462

:lol: 

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#31 ttomm1946
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Sanitarium..A great if sort of short adventure game...Good reviews but not a lot of hype.
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oh yeah, i remember the ship, that one's groovy.
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Solitaire
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#34 Jack_Summersby
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[QUOTE="Jack_Summersby"]

Max Payne 2

RK-Mara

Really? I thought that everyone loves it.

Why is there no max Payne 3?

PC sales of Max Payne 2 were dismal.

I hate you, PC gamers. 

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#35 llakallaka
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The Chronicles of Riddick.Doom_HellKnight

OMFG how can you say CoR-EFBB is lame...ITS A GREAT GAME...
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#36 knut-am
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Act of War & The Movies :) both are very good and both sold badly or so im led to beleve .
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#37 doomsdaydave11
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[QUOTE="BLaZe462"]haloLonelynight

:lol:

Halo is def overrated. 

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[QUOTE="Doom_HellKnight"]The Chronicles of Riddick.thanatose

I concure, Escape from Butcher Bay was a great game.



yeah agreed.
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Syberia

 

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#40 ThatBlack1
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I'm going to stick with the PC with my list of underhyped gems

 

Beyond Good and Evil

Chronicles of Riddick

Vampire the Masqurade: Redemption & Bloodlines

Nexus the Jupiter Incident

Tribes 2

The Movies

Spellforce and all its expansions

SiN

SiN: Episode 1: Emergence

 Sacrifice

Armies of Exigo

Evil Genius

 

These come to mind. 

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Evil Genius

Viva Pinata 

Psychonauts (Not really underrated.. just under sold?) 

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#42 DEATH_GODX
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Deus Ex: Invisible war.......i like this game more than the first one..so...es underrated
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#43 Dracunos
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Deus Ex: Invisible war.......i like this game more than the first one..so...es underratedDEATH_GODX

Yeah!

*installs an awesome Deus Ex 2 implant into the posts that turns on a shield that deflects all disagreeing replies*

I wouldn't say better, though.. But they're both good.. *activate implant* 

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Bloodlines

Scarface

Total Overdose

Gangland

Boiling Point

The Suffering

The Punisher

Stubbs The Zombie

Parrotman

 

Great, great game! Probably the most disturbing I have ever played, though it seems to be more responsive on a console. 

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Too many to list...but I'll do my best. -The greatest game ever -Starflight (spiritual predecessor to the above game) -Rocket Jockey -Magic Carpet 2 (first game's good too, but less varied in objectives) -System Shock (both games) -Thief (I and II, forget DS) -Deus Ex (Okay, maybe that one isn't quite underrated.) -Outcast -Anachronox -Independence War 2 That'll do it for now.
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#46 bugsy153
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well, id have to say Freelancer
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I agree with Arcanum and Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines.

 

I also think that Planescape: Torment is severely underhyped. The game is [arguably] better than Baldur's Gate, and by true roleplaying standards it is probably one of the best RPG's ever made, if not the best.

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#48 lycrof
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Dark Messiah.  A good mindless first person hacknslash.
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#49 1q3er5
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Max Payne 2 was superb!  Really sad it did dismal in sales.  I bet people saw the reviews saying the game was a bit short on playtime and everyone just decided to steal it off warez / bittorrent or whatever.

 PC gamers sigh... never buy anything what do you expect.  (Comin from a PC only gamer, I'm ashamed of my people!)

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#50 GeryGo  Moderator
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[QUOTE="RK-Mara"][QUOTE="Jack_Summersby"]

Max Payne 2

Jack_Summersby

Really? I thought that everyone loves it.

Why is there no max Payne 3?

PC sales of Max Payne 2 were dismal.

I hate you, PC gamers. 

WHAT?!?!?! how could that be?? Max Payne 2 was one of the greatest games i've ever played