'Under the Radar' Games?

What games do you think have been 'under the radar' that's been overshadowed by hyped games? It seems this is happening alot and to be honest, these 'missed' games are far better than the over hyped ones which is a shame really. A few I think that have gone under the radar:

Vanquish
3D Dot Game heroes
Nier
Shadows of the Damned

Rayman Origins. Came out the same time as MW3, Skyrim, Skyward Sword, Saints Row: The Third, AC:R...shame it did, it's excellent and not enough people have played it.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. If you can overlook its shortcomings and hook up with a friend, its insanely fun.

Journey seems to be passing under alot of peoples radar. Maybe the hype will pick up in the net week or 2.
And I'm a little surprised Silent Hill Downpour isn't getting more attention. But not totally surprised. I'm only considering SHDP because this one actually looks really good. They're being overshadowed by ME3.

You guys forgetting to add these to your lists?

Here's one totally under the radar game: Game of Dwarves. It might be fun for people who like Harvest Moon/strategy games. It looks a little rough, but hopfully they clean it up in time for its fall release.

Dark Souls!!!!!!!! Dark Souls went under the radar really, and it's great.........

Yakuza 3 and 4

Renegade Ops

Way of Samurai 3

Alice: Madness Returns

Pixel Junk Shooter

SH: D That's about it....

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West was very good but not well known.

IDK if many people played The Saboteur, but it's also very good for what it is.

From what I've played of Vanquish it also seems to be a very solid, under the radar game.

Good game that never gets brought up, even here - El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

It's a $%#&ing tragedy.

Rayman Origins. Came out the same time as MW3, Skyrim, Skyward Sword, Saints Row: The Third, AC:R...shame it did, it's excellent and not enough people have played it.

JohnBean42

I think Saints Row 2 was probably one of the most overlooked and overshadowed due to Grand Theft Auto IV.

Despite popular belief, Saints Row 2 is NOT a GTA clone (in fact no game is, people should stop saying GTA clone), Saints Row 2 has a bunch of features that GTA never had and maybe never will. Examples:

• Character customisation.
• Storage for all types of vehicles (boat, helicopter, plane), GTA has always only let you store land vehciles.
• Improvised Weapons, I miss these in Saints Row The Third but luckily Saints Row The Third added fun new features.
• Crib customisation.
• Car and Bike customisation, I know San Andreas had this feature but you could only customize a handful of cars, in Saints Row 2 you can customise nearly any land vehicle.
• The ability to replay missions.
• In mission checkpoints.
• Trains can blow up.

Mirror's Edge...
Enslaved was a decent game but had some major failings so I don't feel too bad for its demise.

King of Fighters 13 was under the radar for me because Mortal Kombat and Super Street Fighter 4. I like KoF13 a ton better than both those mainstreamed games.

King of Fighters 13 was under the radar for me because Mortal Kombat and Super Street Fighter 4. I like KoF13 a ton better than both those mainstreamed games.

ristactionjakso

The KoF franchise had a substantial fanbase that's pretty hardcore, but it had a string of horrible releases and people moved on to other fighters.

Although older, Mirrors Edge never really got the credit it deserved and because of it being overshadowed the sequel got squashed.
I think Trine and Trine 2 are also great games that never really got a whole lot of attention.

Valkyria Chronicles

I just bought Star Ocean: Last Hope International a few weeks ago... The series has somewhat of a following to JRPG players but overall I don't recall it getting a lot of hype. I think it's quite good.roboccs

Mmmmmmmmmmmkay?

I definitely agree with both Vanquish and Shadows of the Damned, they need to be experienced by a lot more people. I would also say Syndicate, that is an underrated game that is impressive.

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West was very good but not well known.blueboxdoctor

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Amazing game with an amazing storyline. I had a blast playing it and I've yet to play a game this gen with such an engaging storyline as this one.fighter91

Only reason i never bought it is because everyone says it is way too short, and after you're finish for the first time, you're done. You don't really feel like playing again, at all. Is that correct?