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#1 organic_machine
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What are games you thought were brilliant in concept, design, gameplay, etc.; but did not become widely accepted by gamers?

My pick goes to Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.

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#2 Lto_thaG
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Shadow of Rome
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#3 joopyme
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socom:confrontation...

the game's fun, not THAT awesome, but still worth the try...

heck the headset's an AAAE(9.5) on IGN. go figure.

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Psychonauts
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#5 -Mad_Rhetoric-
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Ico - I heard the sales were less than 500K or something, which is saddening
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#6 organic_machine
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Psychonauts EuroMafia

True that. And Beyong Good and Evil, except BGAE is getting a sequel!

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#7 LittleHands134
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Mount and Blade.
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#8 angryfodder
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Soldier of fortune payback

and maybe just cause

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#9 Andrew_Xavier
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Valkyrie Chronicles
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#10 navyguy21
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Just Cause LittleBigPlanet Mass Effect (on Gamespot :P ) Ratchet and Clank FTOD
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#11 KiIIgore
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The ones that come to mind are Zack and Wiki and Magical Starsign.
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#12 carljohnson3456
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Lair. Call me crazy, but I did quite enjoy the game. Most people hate it without even played it because the reviews were so terrible. I'm glad I played it for myself. Also, Heavenly Sword. Sure it topped over a million games sold but if it sold more there would have been a sequel. Unfortunately, Sony canned the idea.
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Psychonauts EuroMafia
playing that game right now on gametap for free. so far its a good game
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#14 Rahnyc4
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[QUOTE="navyguy21"]Just Cause

have just cause on my pc, bad game.
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#15 naju890_963
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I must say fifa 06 was dissapointning the gameplay was to bad i mean you cant control the ball for less than 3 seconds:o
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#16 kerpal_cz
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Test Drive Unlimited.

Great game, but the multiplayer races are always empty.

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#18 Salt_The_Fries
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Ultima Underworld: Stygian Abyss Syndicate System Shock 1 Jagged Alliance 1 BioForge The Journeyman Project The Last Express Jagged Alliance 2 System Shock 2 Operation Flashpoint Clive Barker's Undying Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth STALKER The Witcher Left 4 Dead
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ICO
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#20 Salt_The_Fries
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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
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#21 ball_of_air
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Any Sega game.
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#22 -Mad_Rhetoric-
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Any Sega game.ball_of_air
qft
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#23 naval
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Rise of Legends, Grim Fandango, Bloodlines, Planescape Torment, Etherlords 2
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#24 MightyMuna
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ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, Ninja Gaiden Black(best game on Xbox, it did not even sell a million, yet, its sequel which is crap in comparison, did), Guilty Gear, SIREN: Blood Curse.
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#25 DivineSword  Moderator
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I wish Resident Evil Remake was more successful in sales, but with the type of gameplay it had it wasn't really a surprise for me. It was truly a well done remake but to bad the gameplay wasn't users friendly for newcomers. When it really comes down to it the game really appeal to the old school gamer and with it being on the Gamecube the sales wasn't that high.
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#26 pp222
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Shadow the Hedgehog. Awesome game is awesome.
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#27 Sgt_Hale
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[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"]Lair. Call me crazy, but I did quite enjoy the game. Most people hate it without even played it because the reviews were so terrible. I'm glad I played it for myself. Also, Heavenly Sword. Sure it topped over a million games sold but if it sold more there would have been a sequel. Unfortunately, Sony canned the idea.

I do agree with Heavenly Sword... the game had it's share of flaws, but the combat was terribly fun and the story was a thing of beauty.
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Okami, Psychonauts, Killer 7, Ico, Future Cop: LAPD, Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, Valkyria Chronicles and Crush.

But NOT and I repeat, NOT Beyond Good and Evil. Seriously... that game disappointed the hell outta me...

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#29 -Mad_Rhetoric-
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ICO, Shadow of the Colossus, Ninja Gaiden Black(best game on Xbox, it did not even sell a million, yet, its sequel which is crap in comparison, did), Guilty Gear, SIREN: Blood Curse.MightyMuna
agreed, but NG + NGB sold over a million combined (NGB is the same game with extras) -
I wish Resident Evil Remake was more successful in sales, but with the type of gameplay it had it wasn't really a surprise for me. It was truly a well done remake but to bad the gameplay wasn't users friendly for newcomers. When it really comes down to it the game really appeal to the old school gamer and with it being on the Gamecube the sales wasn't that high.-DarthMaul-
REmake sold over a million
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#30 BuryMe
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Kya Dark Lineage and Blood Will Tell. 2 amazing, but completely over looked games
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#31 thepwninator
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I feel that more people should have played System Shock 2. It's just so...awesome.

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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & BoltsSalt_The_Fries

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#33 organic_machine
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I feel that more people should have played System Shock 2. It's just so...awesome.

thepwninator

I am counting down the days before this game is brought to Steam. Do you know if SS2 is on Xfire? If so, I'll go and buy it!!!

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#34 hiphops_savior
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Killer7, Conker Live and Reloaded.
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#37 gunswordfist
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Shadow of RomeLto_thaG
Oh yeah *goes to goozex to put game on hold*

lol Anyway, just saying the gameplay videos makes me agree. SoR looks incredible.

Psychonauts EuroMafia
Another game I still need to get.
Ico - I heard the sales were less than 500K or something, which is saddening -Mad_Rhetoric-
Ditto.

[QUOTE="EuroMafia"]Psychonauts organic_machine


True that. And Beyong Good and Evil, except BGAE is getting a sequel!

Yet another game I still need to play. Beyond Good & Evil looks amazing.

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#38 Dragonfly_Jones
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NBA Hangtime and NBA Courtside.
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#39 mr_mozilla
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GalCiv2. I know it sold well relative to the production costs, but considering how good it is it would imo deserve Civ4-like sales. Maybe it's better this way tho so they keep the franchise more niche oriented.
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#40 CrazyyyDylan
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System Shock 2 Ico Shadow of the Colossus The Witcher Sins of A Solar Empire Adventures of Cookie and Cream
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#41 jimmyand360
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No More Heros.
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#42 GinoNYC
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System Shock 2 and Dead Space.
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System Shock 2 and Dead Space.GinoNYC
Was I the only one, out of curiosity, who felt that Dead Space felt somewhat like a remake of System Shock 2 sans SHODAN?
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#44 XanderZane
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Beyond Good & Evil, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales of Vesperia, Valkyrie Chronicles (why is no one buying this game?), Dead Space, Far Cry 2, Resistance 2 (ditto) and LBP.
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#45 NinjaMunkey01
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Why have people posted in the same colour as the background? I had to highlight each just to read them :P

I would say LBP, but to be honest Im startig to get bored of the game, I might try to get back into it but even the devs levels are not amazing.

The only level i created which is good is not really a level, just messing about...

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#46 Salt_The_Fries
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[QUOTE="GinoNYC"]System Shock 2 and Dead Space.thepwninator
Was I the only one, out of curiosity, who felt that Dead Space felt somewhat like a remake of System Shock 2 sans SHODAN?

No, you're not the only one. I still enjoyed the game, though and your critique towards Dead Space is the only one I can take seriously, because most of people criticising it got stuck towards Resident Evil 4 comparisons...
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#47 Silent-Hal
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Valkyria Chronicles, Shadow Of The Colossus and Forbidden Siren all deserved more than what they got. It's really a shame when great games get ignored while a bunch or generic and/or casual titles go straight to the top of sales charts.
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#48 GinoNYC
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[QUOTE="GinoNYC"]System Shock 2 and Dead Space.thepwninator
Was I the only one, out of curiosity, who felt that Dead Space felt somewhat like a remake of System Shock 2 sans SHODAN?

Yeah, seemed like a spiritual sequel to SS 2. Even the load screens look similar, lol. Too bad SS 2 didn't sell that well...Dead Space could have done better in sales, also. But at least EA confirmed a sequel, which they never did for SS 2.
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#49 thepwninator
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[QUOTE="thepwninator"][QUOTE="GinoNYC"]System Shock 2 and Dead Space.Salt_The_Fries
Was I the only one, out of curiosity, who felt that Dead Space felt somewhat like a remake of System Shock 2 sans SHODAN?

No, you're not the only one. I still enjoyed the game, though and your critique towards Dead Space is the only one I can take seriously, because most of people criticising it got stuck towards Resident Evil 4 comparisons...

Criticizing it? One of my top gaming wishes was for a remake or sequel to the System Shock franchise, and I got it :)

There were, IMO, a few things that would've made it even better, but it was still a great game (and I was actually very, very happy that there wasn't breakdown of weapons, TBH). So far, it's my favorite new game of '08 (I preferred The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, however), though I have yet to play Fallout 3, but I'm waiting for mod support before I pick that up...

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#50 naruto7777
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FF XII could have been better in sales