Ico and Shadow of the Colossus (really underrated?)

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#1 JoshuaOlson
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How is it that in the thread of "seriously" underrated games that these two keep coming up. They rate over 9 on the averaged web and publication reviews here at gamespot. They also make most PS2 top ten games lists. I would think for a game to be seriously underrated it would have to be a minimum of two points below what it deserved, probably more like two and a half. I own these games and like them both but I would like for the people that say they are so underrated to offer an explanation of what they consider seriously underrated, because scoring 9's and being consistently rated in the top ten of all PS2 games doesn't seem to qualify.
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#2 Franky-the-bat
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I think people usually mean underplayed rather than it actually being underrated.

Basically what they really mean is not getting the recognition it should have.

 

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#3 jekyll
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Or underrated by gamers as a whole, though personally I find SotC to be very overrated.
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#4 staindcoldlp
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Personally I don't think so. Both of those games were loved by reviewers and the gamers that played them. It's just that not a lot of people played them. That's the only problem.
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#5 fepepinar
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Maybe it's because it didn't sell so well? 
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#6 2deluxe
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Maybe it's because it didn't sell so well? fepepinar

Then why is SotC a GREATEST HITS tittle? Here in the US, the game has to sell to become a GH, not like Japan where it's up to whoever made the game.

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#7 alch3mist
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the mainstream media only wants you to buy the over hyped game like games based off movies and cartoons and bad spin offs.
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#8 mohmaaytah
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Underrated could mean it is not selling well, like Psychonauts for example. As for SotC being underrated, yes it might be a greatest hits title but not the best selling of them. Perhaps it is expected to sell more than it actually has but there are some issues hampering it. This is a love or hate game, there appears to be little or no middle ground in the way this game is viewed by gamers.
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#9 xriceballx
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Ico is underated, perhaps cuz of the box art. Shadow of the colossus actually had alot of sales. These twos games are really something different, but maybe the pacing was a problem for some people.
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#10 hot114
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I would say its overhyped by most people who have played it to make up for how underplayed it is, atleast here in europe where it dd not reach GH.

I would almost go as far as to fill it in the "greatest games no one played" category.
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#11 BenderUnit22
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they're underappreciated
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#12 fepepinar
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[QUOTE="fepepinar"]Maybe it's because it didn't sell so well? 2deluxe

Then why is SotC a GREATEST HITS tittle? Here in the US, the game has to sell to become a GH, not like Japan where it's up to whoever made the game.

 

Sorry, I actually meant ICO. I don't know how well SotC did on sales.

And it usually happens when something becomes so 'cult'. People who loved it cannot really get enough. I know a few games which have a rating of 8/9, but I think they deserve a 10. A big shiny 10. So they're still, somewhat, underrated in my eyes.

It's always easier to name such underratedness than a game with poor reviews, that we liked.

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#13 ghandi44
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they're underappreciatedBenderUnit22

 The are also boring.......great visuals....completely boring, if you want to ride around on a horse and only see 1 guy for what seems like forever, then go out on a trail in the mountains and beat up the first camper you see

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#14 hot114
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[QUOTE="BenderUnit22"]they're underappreciatedghandi44

The are also boring.......great visuals....completely boring, if you want to ride around on a horse and only see 1 guy for what seems like forever, then go out on a trail in the mountains and beat up the first camper you see

Thats what makes the game immersive and realistic. Games like gow and dmc are fun and all but its just you bashing a few buttons to reach the end of the level. games like ICO tend to suck you in that is IF you are the type of player that can apreciate this type of game. Its definetly not a game for eveyone but for those who its aimed for it is an incredible sensation and very rare at that.
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#15 icandressmyself
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It's a funny old world ain't it?

Garbage like Driv3r, Black Monday, TrueCrime gets to No.1 and stay there for weeks, while masterpieces like Ico and Okami are ignored.

It really tells you about what most people want.

Actually, it's a sad old world.Â